Posted on 01/14/2024 8:28:43 PM PST by bitt
I hate to be captain obvious again, but maybe people have not noticed this story. Something isn’t right and just doesn’t add up. The events took place last Thursday, the comments by National Security Council spokesman John Kirby are today.
Look at the contrast between what U.S. Central Command put out -vs- the first AP report on the same incident.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Navy-MIA-Somalia.jpg
Now look at the AP FIRST NOTICE reporting:
Two U.S. Navy SEALs are missing after conducting a nighttime boarding mission Thursday off the coast of Somalia, according to three U.S. officials.
The SEALs were on an interdiction mission, climbing up a vessel when one got knocked off by high waves. Under their protocol, when one SEAL is overtaken the next jumps in after them.
Both SEALs are still missing. A search and rescue mission is underway and the waters in the Gulf of Aden, where they were operating, are warm, two of the U.S. officials said. (read more)
We are supposed to believe that two naval special force operators, Navy SEALS, doing a ship-to-ship transfer, fully kitted, fell into the water, suddenly disappeared and could not be located in the two days between the CentCom announcement (Jan 11) and the AP report (Jan 13).
Eh… nope. Sketchy!
So, here’s National Security Council spokesman John Kirby today. WATCH:
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
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Falling off a ship in the ocean at night is a bad scenario. I don’t know what the author expects. Has he never been to sea at all, even on a Covid cruise?
Especially in shark-infested water
Oh yes...Sundance has always been so spot on with accuracy...
TWO pieces of equipment...
1 A PLB, Personal Locator Beacon device.
2 A PFD, Personal Flotation Device, aka a Life Vest.
IF, the SEALS did not have either of these on their person, their chain of command is guilty of MANSLAUGHTER and MALFEASANCE, which is also known as... DERELICTION OF DUTY!
THIMK!
You are expecting anything related to the truth in a government briefing?
If it actually added up, then I would wonder!
Military operations, land, sea, or air, are fraught with danger. Even during peacetime, with perfect weather, fully trained teams, executing well rehearsed tasks, people get hurt or die conducting training or operations.
The wonder is how so few get injured,
Over my 32 years of active and guard service, four deployments, can think of three occasions where I could have been injured, wounded or killed. There were probably more where I had no clue I was in danger, but lucked out.
You actually *believe* that THIS administration (or virtually any other) is going to put out accurate information, especially when whatever happened, or is claimed to have happened in what is essentially a war zone??
ROFLMAO
I suggest you review the contents of this story, which was first presented as “hero saves comrades lives, loses his own”:
“...THIMK...”
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“We are supposed to believe that two naval special force operators, Navy SEALS, doing a ship-to-ship transfer, fully kitted, fell into the water, suddenly disappeared and could not be located in the two days between the CentCom announcement (Jan 11) and the AP report (Jan 13).”
It seems believable to me. I await further facts.
The author infers it’s hard to believe two men loaded with kit can drown at see. All I said was the author speaks from ignorance. People can drown at sea. It’s unforgiving.
Your reply to me is infers I said something else and since I didn’t make those claims, I will ignore it.
I had a couple of "incidents" as an augmentee during Reforger 77. I set up my Platoon CP a bit too close to a bee hive, and caught one on the temple. My left eye was shut for two days.
The second was a fender bender with an M60 tank. Crunched my jeep's radiator, but the tank was unscathed. My platoon sergeant was driving, he was closest to being injured.
That was about it. I recall one training exercise where my 4 SP Chaparrals weren't maintaining sufficient separation on the road. I think they were just wanting to get back to the motor pool. I was pretty angry about it, then my Platoon Sergeant pulled me aside and said, "LT, think about it. We all came home alive."
Calmed me down immediately, I had too much respect for his service in Vietnam. All 3 of my platoon sergeants (over 18 months) had at least one tour in Vietnam.
I've said this several times, but our platoon leaders need more opportunities for training. Butterbars need to step on their own members, so they can learn their craft. It worked for me. After flunking my first ARTEP, the light came on.
Farthest I got was Airborne School. I had a few classmates trying to talk me into going to Ranger School. I knew my limitations, i.e. I wasn't a runner, and didn't perform well on just an hour or two of sleep a day.
Sarcasm... THINK! or... THIMK!
Hertz or Avis/car rental agencies used the gist of the word phrase, back in the 60s during an advertising campaign, complete with a pin-on “campaign-style” metal button or medallion.
are there no personal emergency location devices?
Ditto - back in the day, we would look for a red flash light to pick them up; wasn’t easy
Obama sent 20 Navy SEALs to their deaths ABOARD ONE COMMERCIAL GRADE (NOT MILITARY GRADE) HELICOPTER on 11 Aug 2011. ALSO on board were two Afghanis whose flight manifest names DIDN’T MATCH THEIR ACTUAL NAMES. Our gov’t LIED and said the data recorder got swept away in a flood. Later it was proven there WAS NO FLOOD.
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