Operation Neptune’s Spear

[xl_target]

The New Yorker has posted an article on the Internet about the operation that took down Osama Bin Laden. i don't know how closely it follows the truth but it makes interesting reading.

The helicopters traversed Mohmand, one of Pakistan’s seven tribal areas, skirted the north of Peshawar, and continued due east. The commander of DEVGRU’s Red Squadron, whom I will call James, sat on the floor, squeezed among ten other SEALs, Ahmed, and Cairo. (The names of all the covert operators mentioned in this story have been changed.) James, a broad-chested man in his late thirties, does not have the lithe swimmer’s frame that one might expect of a SEAL—he is built more like a discus thrower. That night, he wore a shirt and trousers in Desert Digital Camouflage, and carried a silenced Sig Sauer P226 pistol, along with extra ammunition; a CamelBak, for hydration; and gel shots, for endurance. He held a short-barrel, silenced M4 rifle. (Others SEALs had chosen the Heckler & Koch MP7.)

LINK: Getting Bin Laden

[dr.jayakumar]

devgru...sounds indian, any thing connected or just random?

[The Doc]

devgru...sounds indian, any thing connected or just random?

DEVGRU = Naval Special Warfare Development Group


@ xl_target - Thank you for the link. A very interesting article indeed. The last part is the best .....

Before the President returned to Washington, he posed for photographs with each team member and spoke with many of them, but he left one thing unsaid. He never asked who fired the kill shot, and the SEALs never volunteered to tell him.

best,
Rp.

[xl_target]

devgru...sounds indian, any thing connected or just random?

DEVGRU = Naval Special Warfare Development Group

As Doc mentions, DEVGRU is what the fabled Seal Team Six* is called nowadays.


*A Google search for "Rogue Warrior" (the title of a book) or "Dick Marcinko" will give you more information about the formation, training methods and organization of Seal Team Six.