Quote: Palinista wrote in post #1

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The Washington Times
by Jeffrey T. Kuhner
August 9, 2013

What really happened to Navy SEAL Team 6?

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They flew into the only spot their helicopter had to land while on a mission to try and rescue a SEAL recon team that was surrounded with all the members wounded or dead,and in severe danger of being overran and wiped out to a man or captured.

They did this because they had no choice,and these are the things you are going to be expected to do when you volunteer for duty with a Special Operations Unit.

The enemy knew they were coming,knew where they had to land,and had established covered ambush positions to start firing on them as soon as they started to land.

The Chinook has a tailgate/ramp that lowers for personnel to exit the aircraft,and when they came in with the ramp down so the assault force could quickly exit the aircraft and deploy,a Rocket Propelled Grenade was fired and by chance entered the open door and exploded,causing the helicopter to crash and burn.

This wasn't the first,or probably even the hundredth time this has happened,and sadly it won't be the last.

No matter how many movies you have seen where the good guys always survive with only minor wounds,in real life it doesn't work like that. Sometimes the bad guys win and all the good guys die.

That is the nature or war. You can train until you are the best,you can have the best equipment,and you can have all the support in the world,and sometimes you are still going to lose.

Quote: sneakypete wrote in post #2

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No matter how many movies you have seen where the good guys always survive with only minor wounds,in real life it doesn't work like that. Sometimes the bad guys win and all the good guys die.

That is the nature or war. You can train until you are the best,you can have the best equipment,and you can have all the support in the world,and sometimes you are still going to lose.

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Thanks for your post.