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Two U.S Navy sailors missing off coast of Somalia: Central Command |
2024-01-13 |
[USNInews] Two Navy sailors are missing at sea off the coast of Somalia, U.S. Central Command said via a statement Friday. Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing, according to the statements. Additional details, including the ship the sailors were on or their names, have not yet been released. The sailors were forward-deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet, according to the statement. The U.S. has been operating more ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden over the last two months following a steady steam of attacks from Houthi forces in Yemen starting on Oct. 17. Here’s the complete Central Command statement: On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy Sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia. Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors. For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete. |
Posted by:Skidmark |
#7 Hearing they were pilots of a shot-down F-18 |
Posted by: Enver Henbane2830 2024-01-13 23:37 |
#6 :-( |
Posted by: Frank G 2024-01-13 19:29 |
#5 Hearing the missing are 2 SEALs who were lost during an op to board a ship in the Gulf of Aden. |
Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2024-01-13 19:28 |
#4 Why did they die? Poss because they were tired of your BS. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-13 14:19 |
#3 ...and for what? Why did they die? Certainly not for "our freedoms". So that Biden could distract the media from the story of the daybcause it was bad news for his side? |
Posted by: Butch Spump3316 2024-01-13 10:51 |
#2 /\ AN/GSR 9-10. SENSORS really are the future. * If found go ahead, pick me up and take me to your next tribal meeting show & tell. My job here is done. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2024-01-13 09:40 |
#1 SEAL Delivery Vehicle "In 2003, SEALs using SEAL Delivery Vehicles swam ashore along the Somali coastline and emplaced covert surveillance cameras. Known as cardinals, the cameras were designed to watch likely target locations for wanted terrorists as al-Qaeda and its affiliates began to regroup in the country" |
Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-13 09:29 |