here are a variety of vehicles that Navy SEALs use when they are carrying out missions. It is vitally important that all Navy SEALs understand the purpose and intricacies of the vehicles that they may use during their missions. All Navy SEALs are of course given sufficient training with each vehicle that they may be asked to use over the course of their years of service in the Navy SEALs.
Posts tagged ‘rescue mission’
In April 2009 the world at large watched in frustration when they discovered that the Maersk Alabama cargo ship that was near the coast of Africa had been hijacked by Somali pirates. This hijacking made news around the world as people anxiously awaited to see what would become of hostage Capt. Richard Phillips.
Mixed emotions [...]
In June 2005 the Navy SEALs lost one of their. Daniel Healy, a resident of Exeter, NH made headlines when his helicopter was shot down over Afghanistan during a rescue mission. The death of Daniel Healy was a major loss for the Navy SEALs and for the people of Exeter who looked up to Healy as an inspirational hero.
The ordeal is finally over for Capt. Richard Phillips, captain of hijacked ship Maersk Alabama, who was taken as a hostage by four pirates off the coast of Somalia. He has been held in a lifeboat floating on the Indian Ocean since the attack on his ship last Wednesday, after he volunteered to stay with [...]
