The number of US soldiers in Somalia has increased under President Donald Trump.
One of their jobs involves training a local group to become an elite force to take on al-Shabab fighters.
Al Jazeera gets a first-hand look at the so-called "lightning force" in training.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports from central Somalia.

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