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One of the U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers killed during the Oct. 4, 2017 ambush in Niger has been posthumously honored for a second time. Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black’s Bronze Star, given for his actions during the ambush, is being upgraded to the Silver Star.
The upgraded honor, eight years after Black’s death, comes after the Army received and reviewed new body camera footage from the firefight. The footage came from Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson’s helmet camera, and shows more of Black’s actions during that battle.

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Work continues on the removal of the Confederate Memorial in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Dec. 20, 2023. Public Domain

By Thomas English  |  The Daily Caller News Foundation
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing federal agencies to restore U.S. monuments removed during former President Joe Biden’s term and scrub “anti-American ideology” from national museums, parks and memorials.

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AFP received the following from the U.S. Army recovery efforts in Lithuania to retrieve the bodies of missing U.S. servicemen who were killed in a training accident.

The post UPDATE: Lithuanian Recovery Efforts appeared first on Armed Forces Press.

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