I tend not to believe early reports in the news. Most of the time its speculations passed off as facts.
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I tend not to believe early reports in the news. Most of the time its speculations passed off as facts.
Supposedly they took an RPG.
25 SEALs, 2 FACs and a K9 and handler on board.
Reminds me of the boys killed in Operation Red Wings....
The only people I've seen claiming they were shot down right now are the Taliban. They always claim aircraft were shot down. The unfortunate facts about waging a war in the mountains is that infil and exfil suck. Foot/vehicle movements are brutally hard and time consuming. Air movements are dangerous as hell. Terrain, weather and altitude all play merry hell with the equipment.
They may very well have been shot down. But I won't believe it until a spokesman for USFOR-A or SOCOM confirms it.
RIP [Salute]
Murphy's Ridge. Another very sad day in our military.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ridge
If these reports are true it would be one of the largest losses the Teams have seen.
They and their families will be in my prayers.
Operation Red Wing... never heard it as Wings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ridge
A friend of mine was killed on that mission. If you haven't read the book, Lone Survivor, you should.
Ya Lone Survivor is a must read. I had the opportunity to meet Danny Dietz parents at the Remembering the Brave Match a couple months ago, humbling experience to say the least.
Seals that took out osam were all on board.
Hopefully no one tells the taliban as they will say alah prevailed for osama.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44043847...sia/?gt1=43001
That's been discredited ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.man
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08...icopter-crash/
Quote:
None of those killed in the crash is believed to have been part of the SEALs mission that killed bin Laden, but they were from the same unit as the bin Laden team.
"We don't believe that any of the special operators who were killed were involved in the bin Laden operation," a senior U.S. military official told Fox News.
Yeah conflicting reports. I HATE the media.