BREAKING: Military investigations found that poor leadership, inadequate training and a "culture of complacency” among U.S. forces undermined efforts to fend off a 2020 attack by militants at an air base in Kenya that killed three Americans. apne.ws/ODiyVEo
Two military reviews of the attack by al-Shabab militants are scathing in their conclusions that there were failures across the board at the Manda Bay air base. The attack also wounded three people and destroyed six aircraft. apne.ws/xr8bwqg
The Manda Bay base was overrun by 30 to 40 al-Qaida-linked insurgents on Jan. 5, 2020, marking al-Shabab’s first attack against U.S. forces in the East African country. The pre-dawn assault triggered a lengthy firefight. apne.ws/iWOkX30
No one person’s actions caused the attack, Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, head of U.S. Africa Command, which did the first review, told @AP. Eight Air Force personnel received some form of administrative punishment. apne.ws/4a7lZNL
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