Very Correct. I wish all battles were put in formats like this. "That's when Iraqi vehicles IV1, IV2, IV3, IV4, IV5, and their Artillery vehicles IAV1, IAV2, IAV3 & IAV4 all turned and fled Battle Zone 1. lol...
@@jb-bz4sg SHUT THE FUCK UP stupid fat kids overusing this shit . Man I'm 21 and yall kids just pathetic using it all the time like it's thaaat funny. stfu and grow the fuck up goddamn.
@@ryandan646 Yo and as much air/armor/Exo-skeleton soldiers support as possible. Be nice to see a Vulcan rip through all their lines (like the gun off an A10 but held by US soldiers) .
You are truly an awful human being, America is the worlds only true defender of freedom and you dare to insult the families that have lost a family member, rot in hell you totalitarian seeking asshole. Stod
Let's at least allow the bodies to go cold before we let Hollywood sink their fangs in. I'm sure we'll see this in a 'Based on a True Story' dramatisation in our lifetimes.
@@MegaMapper Its less about respecting the Military as a Whole and more about respecting their Families. You don't have to respect the Military at all. But you should at least have the decency to understand that the people who died had families and loved ones. People who have had something ripped out of their lives. If you are lucky you will never have to experience something like it. But imagine how much love and compassion their loved ones have had for them. Then imagine them getting their loved ones ripped apart. The worst part is not knowing how it happened. People should have the decency to understand and not to make fun or talk bad upon the people who died. If you do you are a wretched person. I personally am against most Military Action. But I have the decency to understand what has happened. I can only imagine what pain and suffering people are feeling still now. Some having to even bury their children without a body.
The combat footage of this still breaks my heart. The feeling of hopelessness just grows and grows as you see these men bounding across wide open spaces doing all they can to survive
Ya, but videos like it are the most important for people to see, maybe if enough people see them society will stop allowing the government to casually engage in murder and sacrificing of human life for inane reasons
They were not running for their lives as a last resort. They thought that the rest of the team was just up ahead (facing right to the vehicle) and that they could run and re unite to them and then escape. This is where they were wrong, because the other guys had sped off after maneuvering past the red smoke grenades. They ran for about 30-40 seconds before Jeremiah was struck and downed, and then Dwight.
I saw the real images of the battle, and very sad, the soldiers fought until the end, they tried to retreat but they were hit, and they were still shot, and very sad, RIP :,,(
They stopped to check on their guy. When that happened they were singled out as the only vehicle in the area so every gun was probably zero'd in on them so i wouldn't assume it was simple as get back in a drive away.
As a Russian I strongly respect the soldier who stayed with his fallen brother till the end. In our country we have a proverb: “Be a warrior- live eternally”. This soldier is a true warrior, fallen in fight with terrorists. I respect him.
@@nirvanic3610 I don’t think so... The only patriots here are Americans and Nigerian army because they have their motherlands to fight for. Terrorists neither have their own land nor they should be treated as equals to soldiers who fight against them because they have no honour as they only courageous when attacking civilians or small army formations(like here).
@@froggygaming4104 Grab your team and drive, then. Or if that's not possible, just drive. Some of them could've made it back but none of them did, ultimately they all died for nothing.
Actually two Mirage 2000 of the French Air Force came to support about an hour after the rescue call. But allies and enemy’s troops where too close and they would have annihilate anyone, not only the terrorists so they did not opened fire.
R.I.P Jeremiah Johnson. R.I.P LaDavid Johnson. R.I.P Bryan Black. R.I.P Dustin Wright. I always come back to this video to be reminded of their courage up until the very end. Thank you for your service and you will never be forgotten by me.
@@yoloswaggins1579 Their name was Goubé Mahamadou Issaka, Yacouba Issoufou, Bagué Soumana and Abdoul Rachid Yerimah. You can get it from wiki. Apparently their lives are not as important for the western audience.
What a fucking legend of white's possition, tried to run, realised his teammate is down and decieded that he will take the 1% chance that he can save his battle buddy instead of the 99% chance that he is more likely to survive ditching him. Legend
@@DingoAteMeBaby My question as well. The idea this was set up to feign a small uncoordinated force and draw them in - sends shivers up my spine. Brilliant, scary - horrific tragedy. The cohesion of the convoy force? Conflicting orders - broken communication? Loitering overwatch by drones armed with hellfire-micro-nukes. I can't handle the truth and reality of war - a vicious circle beyond my feeble mind.
Simple fact is that, unfortunately, special operations personnel get stuck in some really shitty, scary, dangerous, high risk, situations. Often with inadequate resources. But they do what's asked of them. So tired of all the horrible grammar, bad English negative comments coming from these third, fourth, and fifth world countries that were a fucked up mess long before we ever got there. Some clean nukes, and fresh start would be an option. Can't fix an evil region that can't even coexist with itself.
@@richsmith8035 shut the fuck up man. What are they doing in Nigeria anyways. This war is not their business, they go armed to foreign country and play gods there. That's the punishment.
The CO keeps changing the numbers; 41 vs 59 was just the initial report. Now the CO in the latest report gave the Coalition unit as: 34 Niger, 10 SF, 1 contractor and 1 interpreter. That’s means 46 vs 50 if what they are now reporting is correct.
the convoy should not have stopped, ideally. the enemy outnumbered them significantly. with such an advantage, victory is almost guaranteed for the bigger force.
Based on ur comment I have inferred that you are serving in the military. If you are I salute you and want to thank you for your service. Y’all have balls of fucking steel going out there and risking your lives. Thank you for your service
idiotic protocol, they let their rear get slaughtered because they were too keen on getting the hell out of there. The enemy can quickly advance on separated forces. They should have at least ensured that all units were ready to move out before hightailing out. Definitely abandonment. Most of the deaths were from fleeing rather than holding.
@@trentbyington5957 'ISIS', you mean the boogeyman? Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant operating in Niger Africa? You mean Islamic State of Greater Sahara. More people die in US inner city gang violence than from terrorism in West Africa. So, no, it's not to eradicate terrorism, it's to exploit resources and assert hegemony. They, just like the service men who participated in the most useless conflict in Afghanistan, shed blood for absolutely nothing. A terrible time to be part of the US army. Definitely have blood on your hands if you were part of that industry.
Aegys TierOne When I served in Iraq I think LaDavid did what I would have done. Fought until he knew he would be captured and killed himself. Brave man.
LaDavid Johnson deserves recognition for his actions that day. He is an absolute hero! I’m proud he was from South Florida like me, and am grateful that an American like him ever lived. God bless his family
@@bigdawg7980 you are such a loser we are all American at the end of the day, he was fighting for America like the white, Latino, black and Asian soldiers in the military
I didn't lmao, I'm so used to looking at that nations name, by this point I associate it with the nation instead of the n-word. It would be interesting if it was the latter.
It's best not to die for something that is worthless. At least, you shouldn't allow yourself to risk your life so easily. The best is to avoid situations like these...
Like a true warrior, sgt. Ladavid Johnson fought to the bitter end. God Bless his soul and his wife children. Respectfully Eddie.....your brother in arms
@@LavishPeasant I also watched the video, not only did they not kill anyone, nobody stopped to "fight" at all and all ran and got shot down while running lol
@Jack Daniels yeah? the video is cool you should watch it sometime you see them all get merked and do absolutely nothing like what people are claiming xDD
@@LavishPeasant I believe you, I notice inconsistencies. In this version they left out how the driver backing up caused the first soldier to be killed instantly. In the GoPro video I also never saw anyone return to fight to the death alongside their fallen comrade. It’s obvious aspects of this story have been prettied up or modified.
The GoPro footage of this is one of the most fucked up things I've ever seen. Their leadership absolutely failed them that day. I'll never stop wondering why they didn't just get in the vehicle and drive off with the rest of the convoy.
Because they wrongly assessed the situation. Knowing how these militias operate one would assume these US soldiers know that they usually attack in large groups and not just with few militants. They were close enough to the village to turn back their vehicles but screwed it up.
Rip to all four brave warriors .....im not a military man but i understand why they stop ....they had a several weak points . they were escorted by untrained local soldiers . and they cant leave them . even some of these locals run away because they well knew the militia boys of their country how to work ....also i guess the green berets thinks that this militia group is smaller and barely can kill a soldier"" only few AK47 and toyotas """" as usual ...i think this is the reasons thats make them stop
@@HeathBlythe i think the trees were manually added，since there aren't precise 3d models of Niger Also, i bet they used InfraWorks to get the Google earth data into a 3d model
And stopping in the first place in the face of an unknown force, with a significant number of troops not well-trained or experienced enough to be useful.
I think the biggest mistake was entrusting the local militia in staying to fight, they lost because the thickness of fire was too overwhelming. Their job there initially was to train and aid the local militia, but in any asshole of the world you don’t trust militia as what we see can result. It would have saved them if they could get air or ground support, if that’s what you are talking about.
That man saw his brother dying and chose to be by his side and fighting in his final moments even though he KNEW doing so would mean his own death. I cannot express how proud this makes me feel that these men do this while asking nothing of me other than that I live a good and decent life in service of my safe community back home. We do not do enough for these guys.
When LaDavid was running the animation seemed like some shit from Mad Max him running from the army of vehicles and having a stand off at a tree pretty badass in my book
SSgt Wright and the four guys that volunteered to go alone and find the 3 missing team members and the driver that circled around to pick up his commander all deserve medal of honors in my opinion
@karim Neji yes US soldier loves air support. Everyone does. The us can fight without air support. The reason the Green berets fuck up so badly, it is because they had untrained soldiers with them. The video link you provided dont really prove anything. I can find countless videos of rebels laying like that screaming.
It's kinda breaks my heart to see all these armchair generals arguing and barking over a death of soldiers. Can't we all just respect them by stfu and leave assessment to US military.
Let me preface by saying i've never been in combat (outside of a cage). I believe that the fog of war, uncertainty, and tunnel vision are something that the average Joe (or even guys with experience) can't fathom. These guys did quite well considering the circumstances. I can't imagine what that was like for them. People who feel entitled to criticize others (who usually aren't experienced) are a dime a dozen. Any 15 year old with a computer that mom bought can imagine an ideal scenario in hindsight or from afar. It's pure fantasy, and because they'll likely never experience combat they'll never know how disgustingly entitled they are to make such criticisms.
These so called arm chair generals as you put it won us our freedom. Every day citizens won the revolutionary war. Some people have natural leadership and understanding of plans and tactics. So yeah some people dont join their military but I bet they could kill many of them if needed.
GYPSY KING FURY but the conflict is small and calm in the middle east now, you wanna risk going through all that training and wasting 4 years of your life just to not see combat?
@Abu Bakr Asadullah Al Baghdadhi Hamza I think that those screams are edited in for sure. This is definitely propaganda since they edited music, they can edit screams that dont even sound realistic to when you just get shot.
Going back for his fallen brother under overwhelming forces, knowing that you will most likely die if you stay and fight. The amount of balls and courage that takes to not leave while you can. RIP to all those that lost their lives on that faithful day
They were trying to run to re group with the rest of the team, I think as they were running (Dwight) the guy in front quickly realized that the team was already gone, and when Jeremiah got hit he just accepted that this is it. If that were me I'd rather die with my squadmates than by myself too.
I first saw that body cam footage 6 or 8 months ago and it's haunts me to this day. I just wish whoever was driving would have told that solder to get in so they could drive the hell out of there just to regroup and come back. That part of this video is a good portion of what is driving me nuts!
What made me mad about this video is that it’s in Niger, what the hell was our military doing in the middle of Africa?? Who or what is out there that they had to be there?
@subcomandante marcos I know USS Liberty and other tragedies caused by Israel, ISIS isn't one of it dumbass. I've seen firsthand ISIS in my country, those dipshits want to turn my country into a caliphate.
@@agarjakendu Mostly because we have the biggest guns. I'm an American Citizen...and I don't agree with our international policies. I don't like the fact that we arrested Huawei CFO because they are more technological advanced. Tons of Americans don't support what the government is doing.
@@AudiowaveTV That's not why they arrested the CFO. Look further into it my friend. I do agree with you though, the empire doesn't care about the mad in the middle.
@@agarjakendu When allied, its a two way deal, you aid each other, be it resources or counter terrorism. It just happen that US stood the highest when it comes to being support. There will be still agendas of course. It's not just the US that sends soldiers offshore too, you also have the brits and the russians. Sometimes other allies such as PH, SK, JP would join in along side the US or the others.
Jesus Christ this is haunting. Especially the body cam footage. The worst part was La David running hopelessly out in the open trying to get away from the enemy only to find 1 single thorny tree and just stay their and fight until his inevitable death... God.
From the other side of the vehicle they had better concealment/cover from the enemy. It also might have been hard to get into the vehicle under enemy fire. I think they made a choice that is was better to suppress enemy fire by continually firing on them, instead of trying to haul ass out of there. It was a terribly difficult situation in any case. As soon as they were separated their options became limited.
The SUVs were not armoured and were taking an insane amount of small arms fire by the time the call was made to withdraw. You can see them struggling to get in the vehicle during the ambush vid. Dustin Wright had to lie down and use his hands to manoeuvre the pedals whilst rounds hit the dashboard of the SUV. When Black was shot and killed you can see the SUV roll back as Wright jumps out to pull black behind to check his vitals. It’s pretty clear they had no chance at that point in jumping in and booking it. The Vehicle was being turned to cheese. They could only use it as a defensive cover until they were forced to book it on foot. They recovered the SUV later and there are pictures online of the damage it took.
Black was hit by the SUV... The SUV was recovered by Tuareg rebels; look at the pics. According to them it still ran when they took it from the “ISIS” guys (who took it from us). mobile.twitter.com/tmgneff/status/973908348784578560?lang=en
Every time he emphasized a certain hero I knew that hero would be a fallen one and my heart would sink to my stomach. I’m proud to be represented by the best military on the planet. Thank you to our veterans alive and deceased for your service
RIP to the fallen US soldiers. It breaks my heart to see such a situation, and to see that even though the soldier knew he would likely die, he refused to leave behind his injured brother and fought to the death to try and save him.
they got spotted by friendly choppers that open fired at them, they had to wave an american flag to signal they were friendly then was picked up by choppers to safety.
ye thats wha am sayin i feel like the story is made up like it might be just told as a story within the platoon or whaever but doubt it was like they way he explained it
They severely underestimated the size of the enemy attack. Probably never imagined something so overwhelming would happen. They had 3 separate agendas as a team that created confusion once they realized how massive this attack was. Just pure chaos.
The lesson here is when given an order to withdraw get out of there ASAP. At 5:58 when the withdraw order was given it took Johnson and the two Nigeri far too long to get in vehicle 3 and retreat. They could have made it.
hello, I am a former French soldier, and I know this kind of terrain, for being there, these countries were part of our colonial empire, and it's been years that we fight there. And what I see, unfortunately, is an accumulation of errors, the first and most deadly of which is to underestimate the enemy. You should never go out on this kind of terrain without some firepower. We NEVER do it. Even our special forces are heavily armed on these lands, and in general, our opponents are fleeing us, they know what awaits them in case of confrontation. The most dangerous stuff is IEDs and RPG-type rockets. For the rest, in case of confrontation, the firepower that is deployed is so hellish that I even pity the guys across the street .... sometimes .... but this is the only way to have the minimum loss on our side (personally, I really like our 20 mm cannon loaded with piercing, explosive, incendiary ammunition, the gusts of this little monster are terrible, and in general .... definitive) for the rest your guys did what they could with inadequate means and tactics. Another thing, do not nested with elements of a foreign army in a convoy, it is a mistake of amateurs and specifically with units of these countries, do not wait for anything of their on the other hand, it is not their fault, they are soldiers who lack of means and training. But, well trained and well framed, they allowed France to have an empire. They have potential, but it is no longer used for a long time. In recent decades we have trained and equiped Chadian soldiers who are formidable warriors and a little our "armed arm" in Africa today. We also respect the Tuaregs a lot because we still have traditions in our army (which has many) that go back to the time of the Saharan meharist units when our army was patrolling the desert on camels. Coming back to the ambush, from what I've seen 3D simulations, in my opinion, their only chance to get out, it would have been that from the beginning of the enemy fire, it would have had to turn back, take refuge in the village, and call for help, at least the mirages could have bombed the area knowing where the friends were
This year in an airsoft game I talked to a military who participated to the rescue helicopter team (or maybe the revenge team, I forgot)... And he said exactly the same things. They did many mistakes, that obviously lead to their death. + the fact that they had no air intel.
A portable drone would of been a life saver. They would of got the fu#k out of there with quickness if they deployed a drone and saw everything they were up against. Were the portable drones not being used back then? They are used all of the time now. They can fit into the size of a suitcase and just be launched by throwing them into the air. Why didn't they have one?
Very sad. The SF commander was too arrogant. Never underestimate your enemy. The fact that the commander’s initial thought was to flank without knowing the enemies numbers was brave but stupid. That’s what started the chaos. On a tactical standpoint, the Isis commander of this ambush was brilliant. He played on their confidence, attacking the rear from the best cover in the area. Meanwhile preparing a heavy flank from the southeast. The SF’s only chance was to flee with no cover. Very sad.
As Russian, I really can't understand why they didn't used Stryker or other armoured vehicle for such operation. Is this a real problem for government to give a few armoured vehicles for their soldiers protection?
I think reason is that their mission plan got categorized as a reconnaissance mission while the missions itself was to capture or kill a high value target, so these guys are equipped for a recon mission. If you want to know more look up "Deadly US decisions before Niger ambush" this is really a string of bad decision, bad circumstances and bad luck.
@@daimyogames3245 I think they screwed up and thought there were less enemy than there were, and by the time they realized, they were too pinned down to move fast in the direction they were going. Also what the other guy said.
I have so much appreciation for and respect for how you both create and present this material. Please keep doing more videos like this. You have a lot of talent with explaining combat situations and visually displaying that explaination with detailed precision. Thanks again.
i remember hearing about this late 2017, just now getting around to looking into it, this is extremely sad, rest in peace to the 4 brave green berets and the others in that convoy who also perished
I just watched the documentary on this finally, so sad what happened to La David. Imagine being alone, with only a small tree to hide under, with enemy surrounding you and no hope of escape. Credit to Wright for stopping and fighting to the death next to his wounded comrade, and it was his first overseas deployment.
He died because he was left behind by Nigerian Forces. He was with three others in a vehicle as part of the larger group who left behind Jeremiah, Bryan, and Dwight. The vehicle had left the initial ambush site and somehow they ended up engaging the enemies again. I'm assuming La David knew that some were left behind because, more specifically that part of his team, the guys he knew were still back there. So they stopped a little distance away to wait for their vehicle to show up (unbeknownst). La David and the Nigerian soldiers started shooting at the enemies coming from the initial attack (now moving past the three KIA) They did not know about the larger force with vehicles coming their way. La David was left because he was 10-20 feet away from the vehicle as he and the other Nigerian soldiers were shooting at the enemies, which came under fire and caused the driver and Nigerian soldiers in it to drive off for their own lives, leaving La David. The vehicle with the Nigerian Forces took off and left La David behind. After this I can imagine La David, in the heat of the moment thinking how they left him behind and this may be it for him. So he bolted for his life, ran 1/2 a mile towards where the other vehicles left.( Full on sprinting for about 5 minutes) Incredibly impressive. But came under fire from ISIS who shot at him with their AK-47's after hopping out of vehicles which closed in on him. So there he was in the middle of the desert, left behind, no cover, hot as hell, so he laid under a bush where he continued to shoot at them until he was over run.
@@cejannuzi No. There were a little over 100 ISIL militants involved in the ambush. A combination of superior intelligence, better planning, and numbers allowed them to win this engagement. In short, they had all the cards. That said, it was a pyrrhic victory. The result of this engagement was not positive for ISIL forces in the region, as intensified US and French operations following the ambush killed a large number of ISIL militants, many of whom were likely involved in the ambush directly (e.g. French special forces recovered the side arm of on US military member killed). Arguably, a wiser course of action would have been to bomb the convoy with an IED, same effect and fewer consequences. Challenging the United States with a stand up force is not wise, even if you win an engagement or two such as this.
@Ahmed Ali first of all, this ambush happened in Africa, not Iraq. Second of all, those "girly faces" have some of the toughest combat training in the world and almost never take more losses than the enemy. Third of all, we know at least twenty enemies died because that's how many enemy corpses were found by the French and Nigerien reinforcements.
Very informative video, giving much additional insight to the original video I saw. Absolutely heartbreaking what happened here, but we all know they fought bravely to the end - true warriors. Rest in peace to those fallen. God bless our American Allies. 🇺🇸
The graphics they use for this are brilliant formats like this should be used to explain all combat actions.
Jordan Boyle i thought the same
Agree
Very Correct. I wish all battles were put in formats like this. "That's when Iraqi vehicles IV1, IV2, IV3, IV4, IV5, and their Artillery vehicles IAV1, IAV2, IAV3 & IAV4 all turned and fled Battle Zone 1. lol...
I like the style of depiction too
Agree. Simple and easy to understand
That soldier is so dam loyal and is a hero for going back for his friend and fighting to the death with him.
Leave no Man behind
@moonbeam ok boomer
@@jb-bz4sg SHUT THE FUCK UP stupid fat kids overusing this shit . Man I'm 21 and yall kids just pathetic using it all the time like it's thaaat funny. stfu and grow the fuck up goddamn.
@moonbeamI swear it's a shame dude... All this for "freedom and protection" smh🤦🏽♂️
@@jb-bz4sg U realise he has the anti-boomer take right
Damn he stopped and fought to the death next to his fallen brother and respect
I would to take as much fuckers down to avenge
@@jacksonpettit9423 give them enough ammunitions, greandes, and they'll stack bodies.
Who?
@@ryandan646 Yo and as much air/armor/Exo-skeleton soldiers support as possible. Be nice to see a Vulcan rip through all their lines (like the gun off an A10 but held by US soldiers) .
Grant Fielding he can’t outrun them, might as well fight to death
So much respect for the guy that returned to his battle buddy. Makes me emotional thinking about it. Real modern day warriors.
That takes balls bro..under fire and willingly returning to his comrade
Yea man I was looking for that coment ☹️ he stayed with him and died with him 😭
It’s instilled in them through training. Bravery and Courage is the life that most of them uphold in battle.
Should’ve kept going
@@huh-by2lr that's what most would have done. Thats why he's greater than you or I.
Holy crap this was infinitely more complex than I initially thought after viewing the ambush video...
Like every damn thing was crazy
The actual video was sad.
They literally left them to die
Deja vu Who left whom?
You are truly an awful human being, America is the worlds only true defender of freedom and you dare to insult the families that have lost a family member, rot in hell you totalitarian seeking asshole. Stod
It's enough material for 2 hours long hollywood movie, holy shit.
Let's at least allow the bodies to go cold before we let Hollywood sink their fangs in.
I'm sure we'll see this in a 'Based on a True Story' dramatisation in our lifetimes.
please no hollywood
No if Hollywood fucked up 13 hours then I'd rather have a different movie company make the movie then Hollywood
@@MegaMapper Its less about respecting the Military as a Whole and more about respecting their Families. You don't have to respect the Military at all. But you should at least have the decency to understand that the people who died had families and loved ones. People who have had something ripped out of their lives. If you are lucky you will never have to experience something like it. But imagine how much love and compassion their loved ones have had for them. Then imagine them getting their loved ones ripped apart. The worst part is not knowing how it happened.
People should have the decency to understand and not to make fun or talk bad upon the people who died. If you do you are a wretched person.
I personally am against most Military Action. But I have the decency to understand what has happened. I can only imagine what pain and suffering people are feeling still now. Some having to even bury their children without a body.
@@supremebuffalo6322 lol k loser
Definitely had to reread that title
Same lol
We can't be the only people who read it incorrectly
@@kiri4186 lmao same bro my high ass
yeah...i was like how did youtube allow the title
@BearMouse you are sturdied.
The combat footage of this still breaks my heart. The feeling of hopelessness just grows and grows as you see these men bounding across wide open spaces doing all they can to survive
Ya, but videos like it are the most important for people to see, maybe if enough people see them society will stop allowing the government to casually engage in murder and sacrificing of human life for inane reasons
They were not running for their lives as a last resort. They thought that the rest of the team was just up ahead (facing right to the vehicle) and that they could run and re unite to them and then escape. This is where they were wrong, because the other guys had sped off after maneuvering past the red smoke grenades. They ran for about 30-40 seconds before Jeremiah was struck and downed, and then Dwight.
I saw the real images of the battle, and very sad, the soldiers fought until the end, they tried to retreat but they were hit, and they were still shot, and very sad, RIP :,,(
Did the US ever send in another force to follow up on this? I'd like to know that the enemy received what was coming to them.
Their biggest mistake was to stop
victor, What's your M.O.S.??
@@onemischiefmaker7032 Im a 15w idk why they didn't have UAS support watching them. It could've prevented this from being a total disaster
Dude they would have gotten guned by a truck with a turret
They stopped to check on their guy. When that happened they were singled out as the only vehicle in the area so every gun was probably zero'd in on them so i wouldn't assume it was simple as get back in a drive away.
Wow. These guys were so stupid. SF is just a meme
This video demonstrates the importance of drone and helicopter in counter-terrorist warfare.
HAO SUN also, not stopping a convoy in the middle of an ambush.
Dawud Helvy indeed apparently there’s oil too I’m sensing dangerously low levels of freedom that need fixing
Agreed... but I'd like to think NOT halting a convoy and dismounting in a fucking kill zone is even more important. Just my opinion, though.
Ignore Hao, he seems to think that air support can be sprung out of fucking no where.
This video demonstrates American forces aren’t anything without their technology. Lol
when u take a wrong turn in chicago at night
xd
More like philly
Its funny- also Detroit and Oakland- where the guns are "banned"
Lol damn.
*tec nine sounds*
As a Russian I strongly respect the soldier who stayed with his fallen brother till the end. In our country we have a proverb: “Be a warrior- live eternally”. This soldier is a true warrior, fallen in fight with terrorists. I respect him.
As a American I said the same thing for Lt Alexander Prokhorenk. His last stand is the stuff of legend, respected even here in the US.
Patriot fallen in fight with other Patriots.
What does you being Russian have to do with anything
@@nirvanic3610 I don’t think so... The only patriots here are Americans and Nigerian army because they have their motherlands to fight for. Terrorists neither have their own land nor they should be treated as equals to soldiers who fight against them because they have no honour as they only courageous when attacking civilians or small army formations(like here).
@@scout_cat Lmao what, they ambush small units because the honourless Americans come with very advanced weapons
Sometimes its better to just keep driving.
well its a war crime to desert your team idiot
Ahh so you're a combat expert and a tactics savant?
@@froggygaming4104 Grab your team and drive, then. Or if that's not possible, just drive. Some of them could've made it back but none of them did, ultimately they all died for nothing.
Nah sometimes its just better to drive into them with bullet proof car
@Jet Life yes
damn now i know why soldiers love the A-10 warthog so much.
Everyone gangsta till the hear the fart of death
Dutch LMAO
BRRRRRRRT
Actually two Mirage 2000 of the French Air Force came to support about an hour after the rescue call. But allies and enemy’s troops where too close and they would have annihilate anyone, not only the terrorists so they did not opened fire.
@@zecurity7572 ???
R.I.P Jeremiah Johnson. R.I.P LaDavid Johnson. R.I.P Bryan Black. R.I.P Dustin Wright. I always come back to this video to be reminded of their courage up until the very end. Thank you for your service and you will never be forgotten by me.
bryan blacks mom was my teacher when this happened. it was very sad
So what about the Nigerians who died?
@@yoloswaggins1579 They weren't named. Neither were the other dead Americans in the video. You get the point he was trying to make. Buffoon
@@yoloswaggins1579 Their name was Goubé Mahamadou Issaka, Yacouba Issoufou, Bagué Soumana and Abdoul Rachid Yerimah. You can get it from wiki. Apparently their lives are not as important for the western audience.
Imperialistic swine got what they deserved.
What a fucking legend of white's possition, tried to run, realised his teammate is down and decieded that he will take the 1% chance that he can save his battle buddy instead of the 99% chance that he is more likely to survive ditching him. Legend
Watch out, lots of armchair generals in the comments who never deployed and don’t even sound old enough to enlist critiquing special forces soldiers.
why did they stop
@@DingoAteMeBaby
My question as well.
The idea this was set up to feign a small uncoordinated force and draw them in - sends shivers up my spine. Brilliant, scary - horrific tragedy.
The cohesion of the convoy force? Conflicting orders - broken communication?
Loitering overwatch by drones armed with hellfire-micro-nukes.
I can't handle the truth and reality of war - a vicious circle beyond my feeble mind.
Simple fact is that, unfortunately, special operations personnel get stuck in some really shitty, scary, dangerous, high risk, situations. Often with inadequate resources. But they do what's asked of them. So tired of all the horrible grammar, bad English negative comments coming from these third, fourth, and fifth world countries that were a fucked up mess long before we ever got there. Some clean nukes, and fresh start would be an option. Can't fix an evil region that can't even coexist with itself.
@@richsmith8035 shut the fuck up man. What are they doing in Nigeria anyways. This war is not their business, they go armed to foreign country and play gods there. That's the punishment.
Jan Kowalski They we’re helping local forces engage Boko haram dick head.
3 Nigerian vehicles got scared and took off leaving everyone else behind
you should get out the basement.....its warping your brain.....filmed in a hollywood studio by nasa?...wow.....
The CO keeps changing the numbers; 41 vs 59 was just the initial report. Now the CO in the latest report gave the Coalition unit as: 34 Niger, 10 SF, 1 contractor and 1 interpreter. That’s means 46 vs 50 if what they are now reporting is correct.
Apparently ISIS was able to make those same “locals” into an effective fighting force. See what I mean?
MALA- fan-boy, you cannot handle that your SF-heroes in this video only managed to fight their enemy for 25 minutes; what’s wrong with you??
they all survived.. theres something to be said about that
In training we were always told convoys don't stop. That ambush was executed just like the one of the ones in our scenarios.
the convoy should not have stopped, ideally. the enemy outnumbered them significantly. with such an advantage, victory is almost guaranteed for the bigger force.
thats what i thought especially under and ambush
Based on ur comment I have inferred that you are serving in the military. If you are I salute you and want to thank you for your service. Y’all have balls of fucking steel going out there and risking your lives. Thank you for your service
idiotic protocol, they let their rear get slaughtered because they were too keen on getting the hell out of there. The enemy can quickly advance on separated forces. They should have at least ensured that all units were ready to move out before hightailing out. Definitely abandonment. Most of the deaths were from fleeing rather than holding.
@@maaz322 Justin Wright went back when Jeremiah Johnson was shot and they fought to the end but I know what you mean
This is why we honor memorial day...
@Syphax Atlas I mean I don’t like the guy but he’s better than isis
@@trentbyington5957 'ISIS', you mean the boogeyman? Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant operating in Niger Africa? You mean Islamic State of Greater Sahara. More people die in US inner city gang violence than from terrorism in West Africa. So, no, it's not to eradicate terrorism, it's to exploit resources and assert hegemony. They, just like the service men who participated in the most useless conflict in Afghanistan, shed blood for absolutely nothing. A terrible time to be part of the US army. Definitely have blood on your hands if you were part of that industry.
Whoa, whoa... what's up with that ending? Your detailed analysis was amazing, but then you left us with a cliffhanger!
I know I'm 7 months late, but if you're still interested. ruclips.net/video/cFmN-1N0SWg/видео.html
@@limejelly5658 i come late too but thank you
@@limejelly5658 Thaaaaanks
@@limejelly5658 thanks!
Here you go ruclips.net/video/zK9olNUi9j0/видео.html
Rest of the report here
The soldiers fought bravely to the end. Respect.
Mobile Android you can watch the video, they fought hard
Aegys TierOne looks like they ran in the end..lol
Aegys TierOne When I served in Iraq I think LaDavid did what I would have done. Fought until he knew he would be captured and killed himself. Brave man.
ruata vangchhia ran while shooting back no person would stay and fight under those odds unless they were a dumbass
They were men of honor.
LaDavid Johnson deserves recognition for his actions that day. He is an absolute hero! I’m proud he was from South Florida like me, and am grateful that an American like him ever lived. God bless his family
he shouldnt of been there, he died fighting for a Country that kills his kind every day. Its a sad but he was on the wrong side. RIP GADDAFI
@@bigdawg7980 That is by far the most ridiculous thing I have read.
@@bigdawg7980 ahhh virtue signaling
@@bigdawg7980 There is no "his kind" racist we are all the same thing.
@@bigdawg7980 you are such a loser we are all American at the end of the day, he was fighting for America like the white, Latino, black and Asian soldiers in the military
Who else did a double take when they first read the title of the video ??
I didn't lmao, I'm so used to looking at that nations name, by this point I associate it with the nation instead of the n-word. It would be interesting if it was the latter.
I am amazed its not forced to change it yet with how soft this world is getting people only wanna watch what they wanna hear anymore.
anyway, let's continue (scrolling RUclips)... n-words??
Lmao the title is exactly what happens on blm riots 😂
Thought I was about to watch a video on drive-by shootings. 😩
In the military is where real friends are. Brotherhood! Never leave a fallen brother behind. We all die together
hoo-rah brother
dying together is worse than living together outside of the military... but camaraderie is undeniable. friends are friends.
rahhhh
It's best not to die for something that is worthless. At least, you shouldn't allow yourself to risk your life so easily. The best is to avoid situations like these...
I totally didn’t read the title wrong
LOL HAHHAHA SAME
I clicked on this video just to find this comment
People who annoy you Southpark
BRUH
@@kevinpheley574 same
Like a true warrior, sgt. Ladavid Johnson fought to the bitter end. God Bless his soul and his wife children.
Respectfully
Eddie.....your brother in arms
That’s not how it happened, this story was made to protect colonel Moses, don’t ask how I know, I’m tired of the lies, sgt Johnson was left to. . .
@@LavishPeasant I also watched the video, not only did they not kill anyone, nobody stopped to "fight" at all and all ran and got shot down while running lol
@Jack Daniels yeah? the video is cool you should watch it sometime you see them all get merked and do absolutely nothing like what people are claiming xDD
@Jack Daniels says who? isnt that why the us is putting themselfs into the situations to cause death? lmaoo
@@LavishPeasant I believe you, I notice inconsistencies. In this version they left out how the driver backing up caused the first soldier to be killed instantly. In the GoPro video I also never saw anyone return to fight to the death alongside their fallen comrade. It’s obvious aspects of this story have been prettied up or modified.
The GoPro footage of this is one of the most fucked up things I've ever seen. Their leadership absolutely failed them that day. I'll never stop wondering why they didn't just get in the vehicle and drive off with the rest of the convoy.
Because they wrongly assessed the situation. Knowing how these militias operate one would assume these US soldiers know that they usually attack in large groups and not just with few militants. They were close enough to the village to turn back their vehicles but screwed it up.
Where can the footage be found?
@@Goldnblade08 damn that last guy got point blank shot rip.
@@Goldnblade08 damn
Rip to all four brave warriors .....im not a military man but i understand why they stop ....they had a several weak points . they were escorted by untrained local soldiers . and they cant leave them . even some of these locals run away because they well knew the militia boys of their country how to work ....also i guess the green berets thinks that this militia group is smaller and barely can kill a soldier"" only few AK47 and toyotas """" as usual
...i think this is the reasons thats make them stop
Ah the tactical geniuses come out in the comments
Yup
@@joelhowell6653 ah, we got an online tactical mastermind here
@@joelhowell6653 they are Green Berets fool
@@joelhowell6653 they were probably giving supressive fire while the others ran away
Intelligent Feminist Na just common sense the investigation even concluded this
How was this video made? AfterEffects? I'm impressed by how well done it is and how clear and easy to follow the narration goes.
Just hacking Around - I believe it was recorded in a simulator
They somehow got the textures, 3d info and position from google maps, and maybe used After Effects to combine the 3d map and animations.
@@HeathBlythe i think the trees were manually added，since there aren't precise 3d models of Niger
Also, i bet they used InfraWorks to get the Google earth data into a 3d model
I dunno ask the Pentagon
Yes !
So glad this video is here. Puts so much more info out than the body cam footage we’re all used to
All deaths were tragic but Sgt. LaDavid Johnson’s was by far the worst. Rip to all of those brave soldiers.
I think he should've stayed there and lay low. When you fire back they'll know you're somewhere out there
@@LickyTee wow so wise, you should train soldier little dude
@Islamic Army there pussies that are little ducks waiting to be cut apart by drone fire
I saw the video of the ambush…
Oh wow, we get it, you're so edgy! Want a cookie?
The biggest mistake was communication problems.
And stopping in the first place in the face of an unknown force, with a significant number of troops not well-trained or experienced enough to be useful.
And not having armored vehicles...
You’re right though... it was a big commo problem
I think the biggest mistake was entrusting the local militia in staying to fight, they lost because the thickness of fire was too overwhelming. Their job there initially was to train and aid the local militia, but in any asshole of the world you don’t trust militia as what we see can result. It would have saved them if they could get air or ground support, if that’s what you are talking about.
@@boofassist But they didn't due to the nature of the US presence.
That man saw his brother dying and chose to be by his side and fighting in his final moments even though he KNEW doing so would mean his own death. I cannot express how proud this makes me feel that these men do this while asking nothing of me other than that I live a good and decent life in service of my safe community back home. We do not do enough for these guys.
Not all hero’s wear capes. They, however will always wear camo.
@@andyaitken4243 😂😂😂😂
that shouldn’t make u proud it enrage u
When LaDavid was running the animation seemed like some shit from Mad Max him running from the army of vehicles and having a stand off at a tree pretty badass in my book
SSgt Wright and the four guys that volunteered to go alone and find the 3 missing team members and the driver that circled around to pick up his commander all deserve medal of honors in my opinion
2 got silver stars and 2 got bronze stars than later 1 got a silver star also, and some of the Nigerians alps got medals
Can’t imagine how scary that must of been realising your in some serious shit watching the enemy advancing 🤢 brave boys them Americans!
Agree
@Ahmed Ali why?
@Ahmed Ali Why cant you call those guys brave??
@karim Neji yes US soldier loves air support. Everyone does. The us can fight without air support. The reason the Green berets fuck up so badly, it is because they had untrained soldiers with them.
The video link you provided dont really prove anything. I can find countless videos of rebels laying like that screaming.
Cheek Boy lmfao loser, it’s true tho Americans can’t fight
It's kinda breaks my heart to see all these armchair generals arguing and barking over a death of soldiers. Can't we all just respect them by stfu and leave assessment to US military.
Thank you.
Let me preface by saying i've never been in combat (outside of a cage). I believe that the fog of war, uncertainty, and tunnel vision are something that the average Joe (or even guys with experience) can't fathom. These guys did quite well considering the circumstances. I can't imagine what that was like for them. People who feel entitled to criticize others (who usually aren't experienced) are a dime a dozen. Any 15 year old with a computer that mom bought can imagine an ideal scenario in hindsight or from afar. It's pure fantasy, and because they'll likely never experience combat they'll never know how disgustingly entitled they are to make such criticisms.
These so called arm chair generals as you put it won us our freedom. Every day citizens won the revolutionary war. Some people have natural leadership and understanding of plans and tactics. So yeah some people dont join their military but I bet they could kill many of them if needed.
no
soldiers enough , risk of the job and the big money isnt it
I would like to see more military situations explained like this.
GYPSY KING FURY but the conflict is small and calm in the middle east now, you wanna risk going through all that training and wasting 4 years of your life just to not see combat?
@GYPSY KING FURY bruh
@Abu Bakr Asadullah Al Baghdadhi Hamza I think that those screams are edited in for sure. This is definitely propaganda since they edited music, they can edit screams that dont even sound realistic to when you just get shot.
@النضر ابن الحارث damn that video is some fucked up shit. Thanks for the link
It's explained with a crappy paper map
Just read the title didnt watch the video, was this in detroit?
Going back for his fallen brother under overwhelming forces, knowing that you will most likely die if you stay and fight. The amount of balls and courage that takes to not leave while you can. RIP to all those that lost their lives on that faithful day
They were trying to run to re group with the rest of the team, I think as they were running (Dwight) the guy in front quickly realized that the team was already gone, and when Jeremiah got hit he just accepted that this is it. If that were me I'd rather die with my squadmates than by myself too.
Rest in peace to these brave fighters
They r gonna burn in hell... Jesus said to kill no man... They r gonna burn for eternity
@@leaveme3559 stfu
@@erwinrommel6561 truth hurts.... Ur gonna burn too if u deny the lord the savior...
@@leaveme3559 God is gay
@@coupa10 God. Is good.... Bend the knee and repent for ur sins... Jesus is our savior
Video about people getting ambushed and killed
People in comments: oH i ReAd ThE tItLe WrOnG
its a joke mate
@@aside1713 it really isnt they are serious
"Does anything disrespectful"
Its a joke chill lol
@@chiefcaptn1922 ikr
Bigg black Indian yeah it’s a joke. You know what’s also a joke your pathetic life. Fuck outta here pussy boi
Imagine if that last order to break contact with the enemy and regroup was the first order given when contact was made. Your guys would still be alive
I'm here because I saw the title and knew the comments would be beautiful
Lmao same
EXACTLY
@@undergroundlux2555 shut up ass hole
@@alstrza7272 u sound like an athiest
@@jetstreak2786 Exactly as I predicted. Beautiful.
This makes me genuinely sad and angry the body cam footage is some of the saddest stuff I've ever seen
its brutal
I first saw that body cam footage 6 or 8 months ago and it's haunts me to this day. I just wish whoever was driving would have told that solder to get in so they could drive the hell out of there just to regroup and come back. That part of this video is a good portion of what is driving me nuts!
What made me mad about this video is that it’s in Niger, what the hell was our military doing in the middle of Africa?? Who or what is out there that they had to be there?
@subcomandante marcos Edgy
@subcomandante marcos I know USS Liberty and other tragedies caused by Israel, ISIS isn't one of it dumbass. I've seen firsthand ISIS in my country, those dipshits want to turn my country into a caliphate.
shit what a last stand, RIP to all the fighters
they could have all lived if they left like the Nigerians did.... it was an ambush, why fight a pointless fight? 5 months late :)
@@omega458 Politics. The nameless men caught in the middle die. And history repeats itself once again.
@@agarjakendu Mostly because we have the biggest guns. I'm an American Citizen...and I don't agree with our international policies. I don't like the fact that we arrested Huawei CFO because they are more technological advanced. Tons of Americans don't support what the government is doing.
@@AudiowaveTV That's not why they arrested the CFO. Look further into it my friend. I do agree with you though, the empire doesn't care about the mad in the middle.
@@agarjakendu When allied, its a two way deal, you aid each other, be it resources or counter terrorism. It just happen that US stood the highest when it comes to being support. There will be still agendas of course.
It's not just the US that sends soldiers offshore too, you also have the brits and the russians.
Sometimes other allies such as PH, SK, JP would join in along side the US or the others.
Jesus Christ this is haunting. Especially the body cam footage. The worst part was La David running hopelessly out in the open trying to get away from the enemy only to find 1 single thorny tree and just stay their and fight until his inevitable death... God.
Only thing I couldn't get was why the 2 berets who were walking alongside the SUV didn't just jump in and take off.
From the other side of the vehicle they had better concealment/cover from the enemy. It also might have been hard to get into the vehicle under enemy fire. I think they made a choice that is was better to suppress enemy fire by continually firing on them, instead of trying to haul ass out of there.
It was a terribly difficult situation in any case. As soon as they were separated their options became limited.
A truck makes an easy target for RPG. Plus all the tires were shot. Flat Tires in sand = worthless
Looks like the driver got hit pretty quick after they started moving - can't imagine those vics had bulletproof glass.
The SUVs were not armoured and were taking an insane amount of small arms fire by the time the call was made to withdraw. You can see them struggling to get in the vehicle during the ambush vid. Dustin Wright had to lie down and use his hands to manoeuvre the pedals whilst rounds hit the dashboard of the SUV. When Black was shot and killed you can see the SUV roll back as Wright jumps out to pull black behind to check his vitals. It’s pretty clear they had no chance at that point in jumping in and booking it. The Vehicle was being turned to cheese. They could only use it as a defensive cover until they were forced to book it on foot. They recovered the SUV later and there are pictures online of the damage it took.
Black was hit by the SUV... The SUV was recovered by Tuareg rebels; look at the pics. According to them it still ran when they took it from the “ISIS” guys (who took it from us).
mobile.twitter.com/tmgneff/status/973908348784578560?lang=en
this is actually scary to watch
there's helmet footage from Jeremiah Johnson that leaked. That's pretty scary I don't recommend.
i saw that bro, i was shaking
To anyone else who goes watching it, know that some versions are doctored by ISIS, in the version I watched they added fake screams.
lol k nerd
They were lucky to last as long as they did. That's the ambush. Surprise
Rip to our fallen troops sgt Ladavid Johnson your bravery will not be forgotten fighting alongside your fellow soldiers til the very end.
So much respect for the guy to stay back to fight for his wounded team member only to die a hero 🙏
Every time he emphasized a certain hero I knew that hero would be a fallen one and my heart would sink to my stomach. I’m proud to be represented by the best military on the planet. Thank you to our veterans alive and deceased for your service
Hero doesn't exist. These soldiers doesn't protect anyone other than invading other's land and bombing their children.
RIP to the fallen US soldiers. It breaks my heart to see such a situation, and to see that even though the soldier knew he would likely die, he refused to leave behind his injured brother and fought to the death to try and save him.
"The french saved our bacon..without them we would have lost everyone " Unknown US official
No we still would have won we just would have over 10 times more casualties than we had at the ambush
Da’mani The Goat 10 times more casualties ? No one would have survived you clown
I misread the title and thought this was a documentary about Chicago
Good simulation video.
Seeing the GoPro footage of this and learning the full story is really sad . Mad respect to all those soldiers
Anyone else cry thinking about what their last thoughts were?
Family?
Children?
It’s just so sad
I clicked only for the title
Gave me chills... knowing that he would die, SSG Wright still returned to his fallen comrade. Respect man... respect
Guess in those situations it's better to die a true soldier and friend than to save yourself and live as a deserter
I love how this video was edited and made. Please let me kno if anymore is like this. I wanna watch them asap
I wish they could’ve just called for air support.
They did, but it took hours to come
mr_rabbit 78 they called for air support an hour after attack
@@socoushaank nah 14mn
Is there a part too to this ?? I wanted to see what happend after they got to the clearing
Two*
@@thiccrawsauce3921 Thick*
There is go pro footage of it from the soldiers helmet cam on live leak.
they got spotted by friendly choppers that open fired at them, they had to wave an american flag to signal they were friendly then was picked up by choppers to safety.
ruclips.net/video/cFmN-1N0SWg/видео.html @ 17:20 is when this video continues.
I wonder how many enemies were there for them to be overwhelmed that much.
i misread the title
how did you make this video? did you use a program to create this reenactment?
Who else read the title wrong and had to reread it to make sure it isn’t actually what you think it is?
😂😂😂😂😂
Why there is no air support during this ambushed?
Knight-Sgt. Reyes Exactly! Which is so sad because if they had expected enemy contact and their was air support this wouldn't have happened.
Because it was supposed to be a routine visit to the stupid village, but the village was all in on it with the terrorists
Damn...those were true badass warriors till the very end. Against an overwhelming enemy force. RiP to the fallen warriors.
why did they stop when the ambush started?
I was thinking the same thing. Usually you don't stop in a Kill zone and would just push through
ye thats wha am sayin i feel like the story is made up like it might be just told as a story within the platoon or whaever but doubt it was like they way he explained it
@@thewatcher2223 i don't think its made up. But they were special forces and stuff so. There sop might have been to pull over and engage the enemy
@@thewatcher2223 why would it be made up?
Because they underestimated the enemy strength. It's just that simple.
They severely underestimated the size of the enemy attack. Probably never imagined something so overwhelming would happen. They had 3 separate agendas as a team that created confusion once they realized how massive this attack was. Just pure chaos.
why did they set out in hostile territory without air cover?
The commander of the patrol told his superiors he didn't have the equipment or the Intel to do the mission but he was ordered on anyway.
I misread the title and busted into laughter lmao 💀
Me and my friends did the same exact thing💀💀💀
The lesson here is when given an order to withdraw get out of there ASAP. At 5:58 when the withdraw order was given it took Johnson and the two Nigeri far too long to get in vehicle 3 and retreat. They could have made it.
hello, I am a former French soldier, and I know this kind of terrain, for being there, these countries were part of our colonial empire, and it's been years that we fight there. And what I see, unfortunately, is an accumulation of errors, the first and most deadly of which is to underestimate the enemy. You should never go out on this kind of terrain without some firepower. We NEVER do it. Even our special forces are heavily armed on these lands, and in general, our opponents are fleeing us, they know what awaits them in case of confrontation. The most dangerous stuff is IEDs and RPG-type rockets. For the rest, in case of confrontation, the firepower that is deployed is so hellish that I even pity the guys across the street .... sometimes .... but this is the only way to have the minimum loss on our side (personally, I really like our 20 mm cannon loaded with piercing, explosive, incendiary ammunition, the gusts of this little monster are terrible, and in general .... definitive) for the rest your guys did what they could with inadequate means and tactics. Another thing, do not nested with elements of a foreign army in a convoy, it is a mistake of amateurs and specifically with units of these countries, do not wait for anything of their on the other hand, it is not their fault, they are soldiers who lack of means and training. But, well trained and well framed, they allowed France to have an empire. They have potential, but it is no longer used for a long time. In recent decades we have trained and equiped Chadian soldiers who are formidable warriors and a little our "armed arm" in Africa today. We also respect the Tuaregs a lot because we still have traditions in our army (which has many) that go back to the time of the Saharan meharist units when our army was patrolling the desert on camels. Coming back to the ambush, from what I've seen 3D simulations, in my opinion, their only chance to get out, it would have been that from the beginning of the enemy fire, it would have had to turn back, take refuge in the village, and call for help, at least the mirages could have bombed the area knowing where the friends were
This year in an airsoft game I talked to a military who participated to the rescue helicopter team (or maybe the revenge team, I forgot)... And he said exactly the same things. They did many mistakes, that obviously lead to their death. + the fact that they had no air intel.
"our colonial empire" sounds many people, you are the cannon meat :D
A portable drone would of been a life saver. They would of got the fu#k out of there with quickness if they deployed a drone and saw everything they were up against. Were the portable drones not being used back then? They are used all of the time now. They can fit into the size of a suitcase and just be launched by throwing them into the air. Why didn't they have one?
Very sad. The SF commander was too arrogant. Never underestimate your enemy. The fact that the commander’s initial thought was to flank without knowing the enemies numbers was brave but stupid. That’s what started the chaos. On a tactical standpoint, the Isis commander of this ambush was brilliant. He played on their confidence, attacking the rear from the best cover in the area. Meanwhile preparing a heavy flank from the southeast. The SF’s only chance was to flee with no cover. Very sad.
As Russian, I really can't understand why they didn't used Stryker or other armoured vehicle for such operation. Is this a real problem for government to give a few armoured vehicles for their soldiers protection?
Special Forces want to move fast and light over long distances, and blend in when possible. AAV's can't do any of that.
I think reason is that their mission plan got categorized as a reconnaissance mission while the missions itself was to capture or kill a high value target, so these guys are equipped for a recon mission.
If you want to know more look up "Deadly US decisions before Niger ambush" this is really a string of bad decision, bad circumstances and bad luck.
@@joeking5679 but why they didn't used their speed to escape? Why they moved so slow? Maybe 40km/h is enough?(BTR-80 speed)
@@FriendlyYandere ok, thank you.
@@daimyogames3245 I think they screwed up and thought there were less enemy than there were, and by the time they realized, they were too pinned down to move fast in the direction they were going. Also what the other guy said.
You had a car, and you decided to try to outrun the enemy encirclement on foot, hilarious.
kinda just cuts off at the end?
No matter your political views you can have nothing but respect to those warriors. Fighting to save the next man next to you...
I respect them. At the same time, they should not be there.
I was in Africa when this happened they was about to deploy the whole base.. We was geared up and ready to go.
@@Deno2100 I agree
@@logandavis954 Daam man they were under a very heavy assault glad you got home okay !.
@@logandavis954 thank you for your service bro those shitty terrorist still lost 20 we only lost 4 while they had hundreds more than us
*reads title then scrolls*
*realizes what it says double check it*
"Oh its nigeria i thought it was something else"
no its Niger, a separate country from Nigeria
lol Americans and their geography. Double checks and still gets it wrong
Who ever made this video, can you please cover more conflicts like this. Please. Watching this gives you a small glimpse into the caoss
where is part 2
ruclips.net/video/4744kJbW-LM/видео.html
I have so much appreciation for and respect for how you both create and present this material. Please keep doing more videos like this. You have a lot of talent with explaining combat situations and visually displaying that explaination with detailed precision. Thanks again.
I can't be the only one that misread thr title.
I read that shit with an extra g bro
@@timothyjordan8748 Me too. XD
i clicked on this video just because of the title
Stayed with his brother till the end. That’s love man
Sad and unfortunate event. Thanks for covering it so respectfully, intelligently and professionally
What a complete mess and so many mistakes made. You don’t stop when confronted with an ambush. You get the hell out and regroup.
In the beginning they thought it was a small group attacking them that they could easily fend off. It was just the tip of the iceberg
@@chinchilla505 obviously 🙄 at the end of the day piss poor performance all around that costs the lives of so many men
one extra G in the title and this would be catastrophal
best video title ever
i remember hearing about this late 2017, just now getting around to looking into it, this is extremely sad, rest in peace to the 4 brave green berets and the others in that convoy who also perished
But RIP to my fellow fallen soldiers they stuck to the code never leaving a man behind they got my respect
Two time in the video they drive off not realizing part of the team is left behind.
Substandard Gamer Kiba ok wats your point?
I just watched the documentary on this finally, so sad what happened to La David. Imagine being alone, with only a small tree to hide under, with enemy surrounding you and no hope of escape. Credit to Wright for stopping and fighting to the death next to his wounded comrade, and it was his first overseas deployment.
Rip to the Nigerian men too💯🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬💪🏾💪🏾
@@segzkelly Yes RIP to them too.. They faught bravely and with exemplary courage too.
He died because he was left behind by Nigerian Forces. He was with three others in a vehicle as part of the larger group who left behind Jeremiah, Bryan, and Dwight. The vehicle had left the initial ambush site and somehow they ended up engaging the enemies again. I'm assuming La David knew that some were left behind because, more specifically that part of his team, the guys he knew were still back there. So they stopped a little distance away to wait for their vehicle to show up (unbeknownst). La David and the Nigerian soldiers started shooting at the enemies coming from the initial attack (now moving past the three KIA) They did not know about the larger force with vehicles coming their way. La David was left because he was 10-20 feet away from the vehicle as he and the other Nigerian soldiers were shooting at the enemies, which came under fire and caused the driver and Nigerian soldiers in it to drive off for their own lives, leaving La David. The vehicle with the Nigerian Forces took off and left La David behind. After this I can imagine La David, in the heat of the moment thinking how they left him behind and this may be it for him. So he bolted for his life, ran 1/2 a mile towards where the other vehicles left.( Full on sprinting for about 5 minutes) Incredibly impressive. But came under fire from ISIS who shot at him with their AK-47's after hopping out of vehicles which closed in on him. So there he was in the middle of the desert, left behind, no cover, hot as hell, so he laid under a bush where he continued to shoot at them until he was over run.
@@segzkelly Nigerien not Nigerian. This happened in Niger
@@Saltiumine They are Nigeriens soldiers not Nigerian soldiers
When you use gps in Chicago
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Hahahahaha fuck bro I wasn’t ready for this
Muh milk came out my nose!
The sad thing is it's the trump supporters who are most likely to kill you. They should be the extremists compared to these Muslim extremists
Roy Staggers lmfao gtfo pussy it’s the truth if u ever been to chicago
America heroes I love you. Thank you for your will to fight.
RIP
Heroes?
This video makes it appear there were thousands of enemy combatants.
@@cejannuzi No. There were a little over 100 ISIL militants involved in the ambush. A combination of superior intelligence, better planning, and numbers allowed them to win this engagement. In short, they had all the cards.
That said, it was a pyrrhic victory. The result of this engagement was not positive for ISIL forces in the region, as intensified US and French operations following the ambush killed a large number of ISIL militants, many of whom were likely involved in the ambush directly (e.g. French special forces recovered the side arm of on US military member killed).
Arguably, a wiser course of action would have been to bomb the convoy with an IED, same effect and fewer consequences. Challenging the United States with a stand up force is not wise, even if you win an engagement or two such as this.
@Ahmed Ali it was not 8 to 10 enemy
@Ahmed Ali It would've been literally impossible for 10 soldiers to pull this off, especially considering that at least 20 enemies died.
@Ahmed Ali first of all, this ambush happened in Africa, not Iraq. Second of all, those "girly faces" have some of the toughest combat training in the world and almost never take more losses than the enemy. Third of all, we know at least twenty enemies died because that's how many enemy corpses were found by the French and Nigerien reinforcements.
@karim Neji excuse US soldiers for still being human, unlike the brainwashed terrorists. You would shit yourself if you were under artillery fire.
Very informative video, giving much additional insight to the original video I saw. Absolutely heartbreaking what happened here, but we all know they fought bravely to the end - true warriors.
Rest in peace to those fallen. God bless our American Allies. 🇺🇸
My dyslexic ass looking at this title....