In Niger Study, Junior Officers Are the Focus.

The article reports on the investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) into a 2017 U.S. Army Special Forces (SF) mission in Niger. Topics explored include the training of SF junior officers prior to their military counterterrorism mission in the region, the death of 4 U.S. soldiers in an ambush led by militant group Islamic State, and the assistance extended by Nigerien soldiers to the SF mission.