“But all the know-it-alls “
You were the one who came up with the 3 day period and stated you assumed they were training or doing mock-ups. You seriously need to stop watching television shows and Chuck Norris movies for your conclusions.
The SEALs train and plan to be anywhere within hours, not days. They forego family and friends, suffer high divorce rates, and beat the Hell out of their bodies all to ensure they can respond as fast as an aircraft or boat can get them there. Yet, you wrongly assume due to your influence from television and movies that they do mockups and train before they ever leave, making for days worth of delay. You are insult and put down those that can get there long before 3 days.
Yet it took them four days to arrive. That was my entire point. The know-it-alls thumped their chests and said the SEALs got there immediately, and some even claimed definitively that the SEALs had been held back from rescuing the captain during his first rescue attempt. I was simply postulating ways the SEALs could have NOT been there within a day. As it turns out, it took four days. And that means the know-it-alls were pulling their definitive claims out of their arses.