Still no official word but this sounds good -- the Somali Pirates
The US has not released the accounts of what actually went down on Easter Sunday but this sounds plausible and the author has their jargon down perfectly. From
Theo:
What Really Happened to the Pirates
This is the first-hand account from a good friend's son on board the USS Boxer.
Subject: How did YOU spend Easter!?
I spent mine watching some pirates get spattered off the coast of Somalia!
I've been taking notes on facts and (well noted) speculation and rumors. What I know is on the eleventh of April, 2009 at 1600 two C17 cargo planes flew over Boxer and out of the back four parachutes emerged.
Then came the boats! Four very fast 1300 hp SWCC boats with radar and guns! After those were safely extracted the personnel and SEALs jumped. About 95 people in all arrived in the water near Boxer, Swam to the ship and entered the well-deck.
I spoke with some of the SEALs in the hangar bay where the are staging their gear for the time being. He was rearranging his gear and talking to a younger looking Ops guy with shoulder-length hair and a feeble semblance of a beard. I struck up a conversation with them and they're really friendly the older SEAL finished with his bag and reached for a rifle case casually unzipped it and pulled out a Mark 416 a highly specialized carbine and as he explained "it's basically an M -4, but made by H&K so it's better!"
"visible and non-visible lasers, colapsable stock. It's nice."
"And is that an advanced armament suppressor?" I asked.
"yeah that just makes it sound better, and the ladies love it!"
I asked him if it's the coolest job in the navy.
"well I haven't ever flown an F-18 off a carrier, but yeah, pretty much!"
"you guys don't wear any insignia."
"We don't wear it, but we're still in the Navy."
"I know that but what's with that?"
"Well I'm a Chief, and he is a second-class"
"oh, ok"
"So, Chief, did you come in as a SEAL?"
"yep, you don't have to be formal, that's why we don't wear it. It gets in the way and besides, we know who's in charge."
"well I have to get back to watch."
"OK, any time you see us over hear and just want to chat and shoot the shit, feel free!"
"Cool, thanks"
"any time"
I also found out from the CPO that the guys flew in from VB on C17's and that took 18 hours!
They parachuted into the ocean! That's' cool as hell!
The rest is quite the story. Go NAVY!
Posted by DaveH at April 17, 2009 11:14 AM