I saw a repeat of SIXTY MINUTES tonight about Seal Team Six saving the aid worker in the Sudan. She said she heard a
“scratching” sound and looked into one of her captors’ faces and saw fear in his eyes. Within a few seconds the captors were dead and the Seals told the woman they were there to save her. She said one of them picked her up and ran with her for about two miles. She was put on a chopper, the Seals put on another, and she never saw them again.
I found her description of the Seals very telling. She said they were so kind and gentle. I thought, “If they’re on your side, they’re kind and gentle. If not, they’re deadly.” It’s all in their job description.
Then on Dateline was a story bout a woman with two kids pinned in an auto hanging off of a bridge. Some Seabees rolled up and told the first responders that they had a piece of equipment that they could use to help them out. The bees said it was like nobody heard them and they didn’t want to be in the way so they started directing traffic.
After an hour the first responders were going to give up because the car was going to fall. Again, the Seabees came to them and this time got their attention. They rushed the forklift down to the scene and the forks on this thing would telescope. So they used it to reach across the ravine from the other bridge and slid the forks in under the car and held it there. This allowed the first responders to climb out onto the forks and pull the victims free.
The Seabees had loaded the forklift at the beginning of their trip but had to take it off and re-load it and this put them behind schedule. Had that not happened they would have crossed the bridge before the accident happened.
Personally, I think the Seals’ missions are being put in jeopardy because the press tells everything the Seals do. But I don’t believe the Seabees get enough credit for what they do. For instance, a decade or so back a plane crashed up in the mountains on Guam. The Seabees built a road up to the crash site and rescued a bunch of survivors.
My advice to anyone is if you’re in a precarious situation and some Seabees show up, ask the cops to ask the Seabees if they have any advice. If Seals show up it’ll be a different situation so just sit back and relax.
I salute the SEALS! I salute the Seabees! I salute all men and women who wear the uniform of the United States.
Amen!