New Orleans nun kidnapped in Africa released with US military help

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New Orleans nun kidnapped in Africa released with US military help
By Zamone Perez
Sep 2, 02:35 PM
A Burkinabe soldier walks past a French Armoured Personnel Carrier part of a French military convoy heading to Niger, stopped by protesters in Kaya, Burkina Faso, Saturday Nov. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley announced this week that U.S. troops had recently secured the release of a hostage in West Africa, coinciding with the freeing of a Catholic nun from New Orleans who had been kidnapped in Burkina Faso in April.

During a speech at a change of leadership ceremony for U.S. Special Operations Command, Milley went through a list of accomplishments and objectives achieved by SOCOM.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] Sgt (Join to see) SFC Bernard Walko SPC Michael Terrell CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace SGT Mark Anderson CPL LaForest Gray SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM PV2 Larry Sellnow MSG Darold R. PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT Steve McFarland