the fight. they are there. they are there on the ground with the force that they are helping. scott taylor recalls his own first mission in iraq which was alongside milliken. everyone loved kyle, everyone loved him. reporter: milliken also had years of combat. in 2007 alone, 48 combat missions in iraq. on the one mission, he helped evacuate three wounded soelz under fire. there is one clue on how secret their work was. in 2015 milliken was awarded the navy achievement medal for developing ground-breaking procedures for future national mission taskings. in the world of special operations. national missions are the most classified requiring presidential approval and remaining secret for decades. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. and our thanks to barbara starr for that report and other world news today. the white house this afternoon called on the russian government
we re back with the world lead. the pentagon has identified three u.s. troops shot and killed by an afghan army commando on saturday on what is being designated an insider attack. they are 25-year-old sergeant eric hauck, 29-year-old sergeant william baez and corporal dillon bal d. rich, and their deaths are another stark reminder that the u.s. has tens of thousands of u.s. service members in harm s way around the globe and while these three souls were not special operations increasingly american casualties have been from special forces, navy seals and other special operators. in a cnn exclusive barbara starr reports on the exceptional valor showed by two navy seals killed in the line of duty earlier this year. navy s.e.a.l. ryan owens 36