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Two Navy SEALs are missing after a night mission off the coast of Somalia (apnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

The U.S. Navy has conducted regular interdiction missions, where they have intercepted weapons on ships that were bound for Houthi-controlled Yemen.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Every person who has talked to me about a SEAL theyve known describes the worst sociopath imaginable.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If it's not too much trouble, I'd be interested in hearing more

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not the person you responded to, but YouTube has a ton of ex Special operations guys talking about their experiences. One navy seal I watched talked about his experience staring into the eyes of absolute evil. Since he referred to this enemy combatant as evil you would imagine it must be some hardcore insurgent veteran with years of combat experience right? Nope, it’s a 14 year old kid.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

jfc

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Sorry, I'm not a good story teller and I don't want to make up details on stuff that happened a long time ago.

I'm just remembering vibes on a second-hand account. I most vividly remember this woman who married/dating a SEAL saying they went swimming somewhere and he just disappeared while swimming. She started panicking and was searching for him for a couple minutes until he emerged behind her and scared her? Can't remember the end of that one, but I do remember thinking that this dude was a fucking creep despite her being pretty nonchalant about it. She mentioned his ego a lot.

One of the people I've met directly a few years back was a Green Beret who told us at length how he killed socialists in central america during the 80's and how he felt like everyone hated him after wards in College. Understandably so, glad he didn't hide that part.

From what I remember they would hide near areas that were well traveled for a prolonged period of time, he said days, and ambush people crossing by. I think I recall him saying that they trained people too.

I met a former Marine prison warden, he probably dressed up what he really was, he was a massive loser "the boss will give me a raise" type. Who would brag about how they'd beat inmates especially from what he was saying the clearly mentally ill ones.

I've also met military people who ranged from fascist to just massive libs with their head in the sand to based people who were just scamming the system so they could get out and make ends meet.

I meet a lot of different people and I tend to listen more than talk in real life, but my memory sucks so sorry if you were looking for something more. There's way more but I'm no longer confident in the details or it's too personal to share.

Also, you don't need my stories, you can go online and see that SEAL who ran so much he pissed blood or the guy who raised Isabella Janke (Sonichu stuff)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My best friend's stepdad is an old SEAL at Camp Pendleton. He's a pretty chill guy for a stepdad, loves weed and airbrushing/painting tikis onto palm fronds. He cheers too loud at football games on the TV, but that's about it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Get him talking about people he worked with