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Vice-Adm. Gortney Describes "Remarkable Marksmanship" of Navy SEAL Sharpshooters - Video 4/13/09
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | April 14, 2009 | BrianinMO

Posted on 04/14/2009 4:36:12 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot

Here is video of Vice-Admiral William Gortney describing the scene surrounding the Navy SEALs who rescued Captain Richard Phillips. He describes the tense circumstances and the "2-3 ft. sea-state" that had the lifeboat bobbing up and down and then says,"three shots were fired, and all were fatal." Gortney describes the shots as "phenomenal" and called their work "remarkable marksmanship." . . . . (Watch Video)

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: navy; phillips; sharpshooters

1 posted on 04/14/2009 4:36:12 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot

I can never get videos to load from that site.


2 posted on 04/14/2009 4:58:07 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Federalist Patriot

Next time I hope they really show off and do a two-fer — one bullet through two pirate heads.


3 posted on 04/14/2009 5:39:19 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: GovernmentShrinker

Can they take out the guy who yells, “GO IN THE HOLE”, at The Masters?


4 posted on 04/14/2009 5:54:17 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: massgopguy
Can they take out the guy who yells, “GO IN THE HOLE”, at The Masters?

I'll do it myself for free practice round passes.

5 posted on 04/14/2009 6:00:36 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Maybe we should elect illegals to congress to cut costs.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

The Admiral spoke of barbed wire around the ship. I am sure he meant razor wire. That is some nasty stuff.

http://www.fencing-online.com/razor_wire_3_ctg.htm


6 posted on 04/14/2009 6:41:06 AM PDT by Venturer
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