How SEALs Carried Out Their Mission

The Washington Post ^ | Monday, April 13, 2009 | Ann Scott Tyson

[IrishMike]

He may have to go on another ‘we are one world tour’
more bowing in homage will be needed to clear this episode up.

There there will be additional and severe funding cuts of the military.... starting with the shut down of sniper schools.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

” explained that Obama issued a standing order that the military was to act if the captain’s life was in immediate danger.”

Was this immediately after Phillips was taken on Wed ?
Or was this Friday night at 9:30 during the pizza party ?
If the latter, why the wait ?
Were different orders given prior to Fri night ?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

We should bill them...likely would be cheaper than the ransom they were going to pay...sic the IRS on them....

[ItsForTheChildren]

Some.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Were different orders given prior to Fri night ?

Just wait a bit,....the Media will soon have another article giving us a detailed timeline as to how Obama pulled off this marvelous operation...with help from the (Hated ) Military....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The media is getting close to saying exactly that!

[DOGHEAD]

I like how we are supposed to rely and believe what the media says happened. I don’t know what went down and I hope that we would not come out and specify exactly every step that we took. Only that the three Pirates are DEAD.

[Syncro]

No it doesn’t, hence the comment.

Add to that the comment above about the short tow, prop wash etc and I think the three shot scenario stated looks even more “miraculous”.

Not second guessing anything, just looking at the details.

My apologies for questioning your observations and subsequent opinion.

This covered it for me in the article, thus my comment to you:

...two pirates moved to one of the hatches of the lifeboat and stuck their heads out. The third pirate advanced toward the captain and pointed his AK-47 straight at Phillips's back, the rifle touching it or inches away, the official said.

U.S. military observers thought that Phillips was about to be shot. SEAL snipers, who were positioned on a deck at the stern of the Bainbridge, an area known as the fantail, had the three pirates in their sights.

It was not a miracle, it was excellent training.

Not that some can't have the opinion of a miracle, no prob.

To an ordinary citizen like me, to be trained to do a job like that so well is just almost unbelievable.

Having a good friend who is the mother of a SEAL, nothing they do surprises me though.

To answer your other question, "If you could see Phillips, wouldn't that mean he'd be in the line of fire too ? "

No

[Miss Behave]

[The three other pirates, however, showed signs of growing irritation....]

...from all that lice in their dinky dangle dens.

[longtermmemmory]

it could be they were comming off their “cott” drugs.

Supposedly all those pirates are just addicted to drugs and the drugs cause them to spontaneously become pirates.

Whoraldo was trying to blame the drugs as the source of all the paranoia.

In all seriousness, would not a comming off drugs cause an addict to be agitated?

I would imagine the pirates doing the taking are the “expendibles” with the real pirate brains safe far away from the ships. Life is cheep outside the USA.

[Delacon]

I disagree. I like being a US citizen(and am willing to pay for it) knowing that unlike with most other countries, if some foreign group messes with me or my fellow citizens, the might of the US may come raining down on their heads. Not for nothing this is a rare occurence done to US vessels. Lets not forget there are over 240 hostages from other countries right now in Somalia, the result of non stop pirating on other countries(who do virtually nothing, hats of to the french though) shipping.

[Syncro]

Was this immediately after Phillips was taken on Wed ?

No, Obama wasn't even "present" then.

Or was this Friday night at 9:30 during the pizza party ?

Ha ha, LOL! Are you kidding? Obama salivated all during his pizza makers flight.

If the latter, why the wait ?

One word: "Present" Obama

Were different orders given prior to Fri night ?

I don't think Obama had gotten his orders from his handlers yet at that time.

Disclaimer: All answers given tongue-in-cheek with no real knowledge of same, but possibly correct

[Syncro]

An itemized bill will include the 3 rounds of rifle ammo expended to end the “man-made disaster”

I'd gladly pay that part.

[spectre]

http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=148929

[Armedanddangerous]

theyre all cross trained

[Hot Tabasco]

two pirates moved to one of the hatches of the lifeboat and stuck their heads out.

For some reason "Whack a Mole" comes to mind......LO! Nice shooting guys!

[krogers58]

First time I've seen anything re beatings. Still having trouble understanding how they could see Phillips' back etc. Covered lifeboat, "cockpit" is aft, it's being towed, how could you see into the thing from the Bainbridge ? If you could see Phillips, wouldn't that mean he'd be in the line of fire too ?

I had read somewhere that they were using drones to give them some overhead intel. Usually, SOP would also dictate some type of situational awareness (i.e. drilled hull with micro cameras installed, or some type of bolt removed and cameras/microphones installed.) Who knows how good the thermal optics are these days that the seals are using. Perhaps they were able to see the thermal signatures through the light fiberglass hull?

[Natty Bumppo@frontier.net]

I do know one of their “mottos” or whatever it would be called “You can run, but you will just die tired”

Regarding U.S. Navy SEALS:

To find them you have to be smart,

To catch them you have to be quick,

To beat them...you've got to be kidding!

[cyberaxe]

.....all seals have a "standard" job within the team, just like other assault teams.....

.....seals are crossed trained in most aspects of each "job".....

.....individual seal teams do however, have specialty mission capabilities.....

[cyberaxe]

“You can run, but you will just die tired”

.....it's actually, "the only easy day was yesterday".....