Family fighting for answer in death after Green on Blue attack

Family seeks answers in killing of son in Afghanistan
News Telegram
By Bill Fortier CORRESPONDENT
May 11, 2014

Maj. David L. Brodeur's brilliance as a U.S. Air Force pilot ended in a burst of gunfire in Afghanistan on April 27, 2011, when an Afghan Air Force colonel fired at least 30 shots from an automatic handgun, killing the major, seven American servicemen and a Department of Defense contractor.

Since that bloody morning, Maj. Brodeur's father, Lawrence A. Brodeur of Sutton, has been determined to find the truth about what happened, and why.

But classified documents from military investigations will not be declassified until 2038, and gnawing questions persist about whether the shooter acted alone and what motivated his murderous madness.

Although reports documenting the investigation don't say it, Mr. Brodeur, a man who carefully measures his words, said he believes strongly that his son and the eight other Americans were killed that day by 46-year-old Col. Ahmed Gul because the American team was working on measures that would cut down on profits made by Afghan officers in a criminal patronage network within the Afghan military.

The attack came in the Air Command and Control Center at Kabul International Airport. It is believed to be the deadliest single attack involving U.S. Air Force personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. When the gunfire began, the 34-year-old major was engaged in daily activities, talking to an Afghan Air Force captain.

Maj. Brodeur was shot first in the neck and twice more, according to reports. According to his family and diagrams provided by the military, instead of fleeing through a nearby door, Maj. Brodeur moved nearly 20 feet toward the killer, who died minutes after being shot by Air Force Capt. Nathan Nylander. Capt. Nylander also died in the gunfire.
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