odanny
Diamond Member
They were doing a nighttime boarding operation, if you fall off the net, you're in big trouble if your wearing any heavy gear, especially if the seas are rough. I sure hope they are safe but if they are missing it would be a miracle to find either of them alive. It's important to recover them no matter what.
"On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy Sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia," said a statementfrom U.S. Central Command issued Friday that disclosed that the sailors had gone missing.
"Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors," said the statement. "For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete."
The statement did not disclose what type of operation the sailors were conducting at the time other than to say that they were "were forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) area of operations supporting a wide variety of missions."
"Out of respect for the families affected, we will not release further information on the missing personnel at this time," it added.
A former U.S. official described nighttime boarding operations as some of the most complex and dangerous operations that Navy sailors can carry out and that ocean sea states and environmental considerations are constantly being monitored.
"On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy Sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia," said a statementfrom U.S. Central Command issued Friday that disclosed that the sailors had gone missing.
"Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors," said the statement. "For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete."
The statement did not disclose what type of operation the sailors were conducting at the time other than to say that they were "were forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) area of operations supporting a wide variety of missions."
"Out of respect for the families affected, we will not release further information on the missing personnel at this time," it added.
A former U.S. official described nighttime boarding operations as some of the most complex and dangerous operations that Navy sailors can carry out and that ocean sea states and environmental considerations are constantly being monitored.
2 Navy SEALs missing off Somalia coast were on a nighttime boarding mission: US officials
Two U.S. Navy SEALs are missing off the coast of Somalia after having fallen into the water during a nighttime boarding mission on Thursday, according to two U.S. officials. The officials said that the SEALs had fallen into the water one after the other during the boarding of a vessel by boat...
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