Bodycam footage of SF soldiers ambushed in Niger *WARNING*

[svtfocus2cobra]

If you are familiar with the ambush in Niger of the handful of SF operators that took place in Oct, they have released some pretty heart-wrenching footage from a bodycam of one of the guys. Im warning you now that this will probably be one of the hardest videos you will ever watch, especially the last 15 seconds. I debated whether I should share it or not but I think it is something everyone needs to see. I was both sad and pissed off after seeing it but these guys went out like true warriors.

https://sofrep.com/100433/breaking-footage-of-isis-ambushing-u-s-special-forces-in-niger/

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[Skitzerman]

Brutal reality.............RIP Warriors.

 

[bokyo1987]

RIP.

Watching the event unfold was much more gut wrenching than reading a report about it.

 

[Serpent]

If you are familiar with the ambush in Niger of the handful of SF operators that took place in Oct, they have released some pretty heart-wrenching footage from a bodycam of one of the guys. Im warning you now that this will probably be one of the hardest videos you will ever watch, especially the last 15 seconds. I debated whether I should share it or not but I think it is something everyone needs to see. I was both sad and pissed off after seeing it but these guys went out like true warriors.

Damn, ****ing tragic. This pisses me off. RIP to those SF guys.

Do you know if they had a QRF? Should have had that or maybe a cobra gunship on standby. But then again you never know when someone/people are up to no good.

 

[svtfocus2cobra]

From what I had read, I think French air support got there right after but it was obviously too late. My buddy told me there is a show called Chain of Command that covered it. Said they took out quite a few of the insurgents but ran out of ammo which is why they just started running rather than bound back. They just couldn't get away.

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[ZYBORG]

Rough.

 

[Serpent]

From what I had read, I think French air support got there right after but it was obviously too late. My buddy told me there is a show called Chain of Command that covered it. Said they took out quite a few of the insurgents but ran out of ammo which is why they just started running rather than bound back. They just couldn't get away.

It was a team of 4 SF guys right? I read the article, says they took out 21. That's a positive at least.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongo_Tongo_ambush

 

[TK1299]

RIP brothers

 

[blk02edge]

damn that was really hard to watch, RIP

 

[KingBlack]

not watching, and the site that uploaded this should be ashamed. How do you think these peoples family feel about this?

 

[MFE]

Why is there no sound?

 

[KingBlack]

Do you know if they had a QRF?

in my personal experience, QRF's are anything but. Paperwork has to go from company all the way up to battalion....it can take forever

 

[svtfocus2cobra]

not watching, and the site that uploaded this should be ashamed. How do you think these peoples family feel about this?

The site I posted from is run by prior sof guys. I doubt they were the original source, but they are able to get stuff most media sources can't. It's touchy but it speaks more about these soldiers than against them. Shows how truly strong they were that they fought til the end.

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[svtfocus2cobra]

Why is there no sound?

Not sure, but taking out the sound may have been a way to soften the reaction to it. I cant imagine hearing what them going through that would have been pleasant. Know what I mean?

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[Serpent]

in my personal experience, QRF's are anything but. Paperwork has to go from company all the way up to battalion....it can take forever

Negative. Our QRF in Ramadi was ran at the company level. Platoons have their own AO where the squads would patrol. QRF was always on standby when any of the squads were out on patrol. They would have cammies on but can have your boots off, gear right next to you. Kind of like firefighters



Also there is no sound because this video is from the insurgents when they got to the bodies. They made a propaganda video with added screaming and music. SOF edited the video and muted it.

 

[Serpent]

Idiot double post, sorry

 

[svtfocus2cobra]

Negative. Our QRF in Ramadi was ran at the company level. Platoons have their own AO where the squads would patrol. QRF was always on standby when any of the squads were out on patrol. They would have cammies on but can have your boots off, gear right next to you. Kind of like firefighters



Also there is no sound because this video is from the insurgents when they got to the bodies. They made a propaganda video with added screaming and music. SOF edited the video and muted it.

That's what I thought of too. It was likely that when we got there they were stripoed of their gear and weapons.

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[KingBlack]

Negative. Our QRF in Ramadi was ran at the company level. Platoons have their own AO where the squads would patrol. QRF was always on standby when any of the squads were out on patrol. They would have cammies on but can have your boots off, gear right next to you. Kind of like firefighters



Also there is no sound because this video is from the insurgents when they got to the bodies. They made a propaganda video with added screaming and music. SOF edited the video and muted it.

Again, I said in my experience. I added that because it happened to me personally while guarding a convoy

 

[ViperRed91GT]

Been a part of an aviation QRF, and it had to be approved by the BN commander first, then the TF commander (2 Star) had launch approval. That was (and still is) SOP in the respective theatre.

 

[Machdup1]

not watching, and the site that uploaded this should be ashamed. How do you think these peoples family feel about this?

Agreed.