User talk:Mblack71

Hello, I'm Adolphus79. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Tongo Tongo ambush have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. - Adolphus79 (talk) 07:04, 12 October 2021 (UTC)


 * I have a conflict of interest as I am the widow of one of the men killed in the Niger ambush. However, I published the only detailed account of events on the ground and see multiple errors in this write up of the ambush. My book Sacrifice A Gold Star Widow's Fight for the Truth published by Putnam a subsidiary of Penguin Random House was written based up exclusive interviews with the men who survived and several officers to include Major Alan Van Saun who lost his career to the incident. My book has been written up in the military times, sofrep, coffee or die, the new york times, the daily beast, the tacoma tribune, and task and purpose as well. I know that I know very little about Wikipedia and how it works but I believe you would be interested in having the most accurate and up to date information on the subject that is detailed within the sites pages. I consulted with Thomas Gibbons-Neff of the New York Times on the book many times. His articles are quoted throughout this article and so I hope you are willing to consider my book to be somewhat authoritative on the subject. ABC will be coming out with a documentary shortly and requested my interviews of the team members who refused them and instead spoke to me. My book is the only place this information can or will be found.Mblack71 (talk) 00:44, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

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some proposed changes
Michelle Black speaking on the investigation into her husband's death in the book Sacrifice: A Gold Star Widow's Fight for the Truth It was ironic, really, that a National Geographic documentary series called Chain of Command had filmed an episode of my husband and his team only weeks before the ambush. The series’ goal was to explore the chain of command from the Pentagon to the front lines. Now here I was needing answers about that very same chain of command and how they had operated from the top down in the days leading up to the attack on the team. Somehow, all those higher up the chain of command who were featured in that documentary were now conspicuously missing from the very real-life drama that their authorizations and command decisions had created.

According to former SOCAFRICA Commander General Don Bolduc who interviewed for the book Sacrifice: A Gold Star Widow's Fight for the Truth: SOCAFRICA was a bottom-driven unit. The men on the ground had the final say about missions. Just a few months prior to the ambush, he turned over command. And in this particular case, it appeared that his command guidance was not followed. Mblack71 (talk) 21:11, 5 November 2021 (UTC)