rastamanila 313 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) Rescued two deminers from Somali Pirates... http://www.nytimes.c...ref=global-home "The same unit that killed Osama bin Laden..."-BBC http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/01/25/world/africa/AP-AF-Somalia-Helicopter-Raid.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fworld%2Fafrica%2Findex.jsonp Edited January 25, 2012 by rastamanila 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolverine 10,360 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Two thumbs up for Seal Team Six. Those guys are good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yakdung 2,926 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Great news! I hope they killed some bad guys in the process. Those pirates are a nuisance. Yakdung Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gregomega 929 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) im confused, was the news that seal team six going down in a chopper crash BS? I thought they all died? : President Barack Obama said Saturday that the deaths of Americans in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan are a reminder of the "extraordinary" price the U.S. military is paying in the decade-long Afghan war. Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite unit as the Navy SEALs who killed former Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war against the Taliban. One current and one former U.S. official said that the dead included 25 Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six, the unit that carried out the raid in Pakistan in May that killed bin Laden. They were being flown by a crew of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because families are still being notified. Regardless. thats excellent news. Edited January 25, 2012 by AZG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yakdung 2,926 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 More info: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/01/somalia-rescue-hostages-pirates.html Yakdung Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatonic 159 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Seals do what they are told. Bravo for the work they do, but this was for obamas glory. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donkeyshins 87 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Seals do what they are told. Bravo for the work they do, but this was for obamas glory. Or maybe, just maybe, an opportunity was presented to rescue a pair of hostages? Not everything is about trying to garner votes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beefcakeb99 572 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 im confused, was the news that seal team six going down in a chopper crash BS? I thought they all died? : President Barack Obama said Saturday that the deaths of Americans in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan are a reminder of the "extraordinary" price the U.S. military is paying in the decade-long Afghan war. Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite unit as the Navy SEALs who killed former Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war against the Taliban. One current and one former U.S. official said that the dead included 25 Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six, the unit that carried out the raid in Pakistan in May that killed bin Laden. They were being flown by a crew of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because families are still being notified. Regardless. thats excellent news. probably counter intelligence...planting false information, et cetera. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Shandlanos 1,470 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 From the article (my emphasis added): ". The Seals were from the same elite Navy commando unit — Seal Team Six — that secretly entered Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden in May, senior American officials said, though the rescue mission in Somalia was carried out by a different assault team within the unit." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gregomega 929 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 im confused, the rescue mission in Somalia was carried out by a different assault team within the unit." Doh!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MT Predator 2,294 Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Awesome job but Obama's ass didn't direct them to do it, rather approved the action based on credible Intel and the fact we had a team in the local area ready to give some Somali Pirates a dirt nap. I give full credit to the Military and OGA involved as they did the work, not the POTUS. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sunnybean 939 Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 In case anyone was wondering, Wikipedia claims, "The Teams deploy as Naval Special Warfare Squadrons or Special Operations Task Forces and can deploy anywhere in the world. Squadrons will normally be deployed and fall under a Joint Task Force (JTF) or a Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) as a Special Operations Task Force (SOTF). SEAL Team 5 conducts an exercise in a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft in 2000 Each SEAL Team is commanded by a Navy Commander (O-5), and has a number of operational SEAL platoons and a headquarters element. A SEAL Team has a Staff Headquarters element and three 40-man Troops. Each Troop consist of a Headquarters element consisting of a Troop Commander, typically a Lieutenant Commander (O-4), a Troop Senior Enlisted (E-8), a Targeting/Operations Officer (O-2/3) and a Targeting/Operations Leading/Chief Petty Officer (E-6/7). Under the HQ element are two SEAL platoons of 16–20 men (two officers, 14–16 enlisted SEALs and sometimes two enlisted EOD Operators making a platoon of 18–20); a company-sized Combat Service Support (CSS) and/or Combat Support (CS) consisting of staff N-codes (the Army and Marine Corps use S-codes); N1 Administrative support, N2 Intelligence, N3 Operations, N4 Logistics, N5 Plans and Targeting, N6 Communications, N7 Training, and N8 Air/Medical. Each Troop can be easily task organized into four squads or eight 4–5 man fire teams for operational purposes. The size of each SEAL “Team” with Troops and support staff is approximately 300 personnel. The typical SEAL platoon has an OIC (Officer in Charge, usually a Lieutenant (O-3), an AOIC (Assistant Officer in Charge, usually a Lieutenant (junior grade), O-2), a platoon chief (E-7), an Operations NCO/LPO (Leading Petty Officer, E-6) and other operators E-4 to E-6. The core leadership in the Troop and Platoon are the Commander/OIC and the Senior Enlisted NCO (Senior Chief/Chief). Troop core skills consist of: Sniper, Breacher, Communicator, Maritime/Engineering, Close Air Support, Corpsman, Point-man/Navigator, Primary Driver/Navigator (Rural/Urban/Protective Security), Heavy Weapons Operator, Sensitive Site Exploitation, Air Operations Master, Lead Climber, Lead Diver/Navigator, Interrogator, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Technical Surveillance, and Advanced Special Operations." 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrThunder88 912 Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 To quote an old MTG card, "Few can withstand the wrath of the righteous". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Kenny 144 Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 According to the BBC version, 9 Somali pirates dead, 3 captured. And no scratches to our guys. [puts another $100 into the beer-fund for SEAL Team 6] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
headshot 52 Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 im confused, was the news that seal team six going down in a chopper crash BS? I thought they all died? : President Barack Obama said Saturday that the deaths of Americans in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan are a reminder of the "extraordinary" price the U.S. military is paying in the decade-long Afghan war. Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite unit as the Navy SEALs who killed former Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war against the Taliban. One current and one former U.S. official said that the dead included 25 Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six, the unit that carried out the raid in Pakistan in May that killed bin Laden. They were being flown by a crew of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because families are still being notified. Regardless. thats excellent news. Seal Team Six does not exist anymore in name. They were renamed Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) The ones killed in the crash were an assault element. There are several, designated by color. I doubt that was even an entire element. I don't know how many colors there are, but it would take quite a few helicopters to transport the entire body of DEVGRU. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MT Predator 2,294 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Even Assault Element shooters are SEALs. Each team has a specialty. One team specializes in Arctic Environments for example. The guys formerly known as Team Six/Red Cell, now DEVGRU, specialize in Counter Terrorist Ops. All teams are capable of Hostage Rescue Ops as well as whacking bad guys. Just happens DEVGRU had guys in the area conducting their Counter Terror Ops and that is who conducted the operation. I just think that is cool shit that they HALO'd into the camp to kick off the mission. The nine dead Tangos were probably dead before the jumpers even hit the ground. Death From Above! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Kenny 144 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 According to the BBC report, they HALO'd in about a mile away, drew some fire on the way in and fragged some Tangos... excuse me, pirates, and rescued the two people. SEAL Teams are large groups of people, close to 200 men. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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