Documents allege a culture among service members in which drinking was common in Mali despite restrictions.
Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar was killed in June 2017, in Bamako, Mali. By Dan Lamothe and Dan Lamothe Reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military Email Bio Follow Brad Wolverton April 16 at 1:00 PM After a long night of drinking in Mali’s capital, two Navy SEALs and two Marine Raiders smashed their way into Army Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar’s room with a sledgehammer.
All four men face the same raft of charges, including felony murder, obstruction of justice and hazing, according to U.S. military documents, in the June 4, 2017, death of Melgar, a member of 3rd Special Forces Group who had served two previous deployments in Afghanistan. The documents throw back a veil of secrecy on a culture in which womanizing and heavy drinking were said to be commonplace in the city of Bamako, despite alcohol restrictions and warnings about kidnappings and terrorist threats.
Accusations and anger The documents describe months of tension between Melgar and DeDolph and another SEAL who was not charged. Melgar and the SEALs lived in the same house, while the Marines lived a few blocks away. Melgar vented about the men to his wife, Michelle, in a series of messages that she turned over to authorities.She has asked not to be contacted by reporters, U.S. military officials said.
“The sledgehammer was not required for us to gain entrance to SSGT Melgar’s room, but we used it because we thought that the noise associated with it would further surprise him,” wrote Matthews, who was visiting Bamako for a few days.The service members attempted CPR on Melgar, and then retrieved a defibrillator and equipment to open an airway with an emergency procedure on his throat. They considered calling an ambulance, but determined it would take too long and took him to a nearby clinic.
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