Sad. If it wasn’t to rescue a hostage, it should have been 2 or 3 giant JDAMs. We need to use firepower instead of wasting lives and money.
Maybe they were trying to capture an ISIS bigwig for questioning?
Yemen is a hell hole.
I flew a COD into there, took 20 Yemenis out to the boat for the day. Yemeni general unstrapped when hot on cat one, I was .00005 seconds away from saluting and taking the shot. Yemeni general stood up, my aircrewman yelled suspend just in time. Airboss and shooter Suspended. Another general started beating the dude up who stood up. Then I went to Yemen to drop them off. Smitty the aircrewman ran in base ops to get our float coats back. Dudes all pointed guns at him and didn’t lower them. We hurried back to the carrier.
Yemen is a hell hole.
I’m sorry we lost a SEAL. Prayers for the family.