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The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who exposed torture by U.S. troops

10:25pm December 02, 2021

by Quil Lawrence

Ian Fishback was a Green Beret who exposed torture by U.S. troops in Iraq. After serving four combat tours and earning a Ph.D. in philosophy, Fishback died last month in a nursing home. He was 42.

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael James Goble, who was killed during combat operations in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, on Sunday.

20th American Service Member Killed In Deadly Year For U.S. In Afghanistan

6:19pm December 24, 2019

by David Welna

The death of an American Green Beret on Monday raised the tally of U.S. forces killed in action in Afghanistan to 20 this year, the highest since combat operations officially ended in 2014.

Members of the 3rd Special Forces Group, 2nd battalion salute the casket of U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson at his burial service in Hollywood, Florida, on Oct. 21. Johnson and three other U.S. soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger on Oct. 4.

World News

Pentagon Niger Ambush Report Will Not Assign Blame For Soldiers' Deaths

7:01am May 09, 2018

by Tom Bowman

NPR has obtained details of the report, to be released Thursday, on the deaths of four American soldiers in Niger last October. The report identifies no single failure leading to their deaths.

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Members of the United States Army Special Forces, also known as the Green Berets, look through night vision goggles during a training of Afghanistan Special Forces on Sept. 10, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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U.S. Army Green Berets Accused From Within Of Lowering Standards

1:04pm December 15, 2017

by Tom Bowman

The Green Beret community is in a bitter internal debate over whether standards have been lowered for the U.S. Army elite force.

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