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You must in the back of your mind think to yourself i have no idea if i'm going to get out of this. >> even these young sergeants, actually we did what no other team did. we decentralized down into four three man teams. you had these sergeants teamed up with three or 400 other fighters from the other factions. some of the other factions, and we were able to envelope the battlefield. ainsley: how did you go from that to now a movie that premiers tonight? you laugh. unbelievable, right? >> our team is humbled and honored we help represent the special forces community, the green beret community, ...

Incident. detailing a revised timeline of the ambush that killed four troops. october 3rd, 12 members of the u.s. special operations task force leave the capital of niger with 30 nigeren troops, their goal a reconnaissance mission 30 miles north. >> the intelligence at the time was contact with the enemy was unlikely. >> but they came under fire, about 50 local fighters with ties to isis. nbc reports u.s. officials are looking into whether the militants were tipped off by somebody in the village. the special forces team engaged in the firefight for an hour before requesting help, and within mi...

Bear in trying to recover his body. >> there's the shock of 800 troops in niger. is that the high point in terms of what we have there for do we have 1,000 in mali and -- >> that's the largest number in africa right now. we have more in east africa. in any warren country, that's the most. >> people -- >> i tell you what i'll do, i'll have the team come back and make sure that -- just take a look at all the countries. it is a high -- we've been there off and on for over 20 years. we establish a joint special operations task force in 2011, 2008 and we probably had four or 600 force there's some ...

Military network to defeat terrorism. in our discussions the next day or two, we'll focus on improving information sharing to detect and defeat attacks before that occur. that's what our forces in niger were doing. the united states military has had forces in niger off and on for more than 20 years. today approximately 800 service members in niger work as part of an international effort led by 4,000 french troops. french and u.s. troops have trained a 5,000 person west african force and over 35,000 soldiers from the region to fight terrorists affiliated with isis, al-quaida and bocaism -- boca...

Johnson was missing, we brought the full weight of the u.s. government to bear in trying to recover his body. >> the shock of 800 troops in niger. is that a high point of what we have in the region or 1,000 in mali and more in nigeria? >> that's the largest number in africa right now. we have more in east africa but in any one country, that's the most. i'll have the team come back and just make sure that -- just take a look at all the countries, but that is -- and it also is a high, in this particular area, we've been there off and on for over 20 years. we've established a joint special operat...