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