I’m not saying they don’t take a risk, being out on the water in a guard role. They could be blown up with one shot from a 40mm-76mm gun fired from beyond their return fire range.
My point is that they are not SWCC, and this was not some “covert op gone wrong.”
In fact, the USCG left the Gulf after taking some casualties, and that was the genesis of the Riverine Squadrons, picking up where the USCG left in the PG: guarding ports and inlets.
I respect your opinions and posts. What is your theory of how they could have gotten so far off course. It is just very strange. Any crew member with a cell phone could determine exactly where they were, even if the GPS units on both craft had failed. Something just “aint” right.
I am a pilot and navigation is not that hard, particularly with all the modern devices we have now. Even if all navigation aids failed on both craft and no one had a cell phone the solution would be easy. Turn South West using your magnetic compass. As soon as you pick up the coastline follow it to Bahrain.