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Eugene

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Sun Jan 14, 2024, 07:11 PM Jan 2024

2 Navy SEALs missing off Somalia coast were on a nighttime boarding mission: US officials [View all]

Source: ABC News

2 Navy SEALs missing off Somalia coast were on a nighttime boarding mission: US officials

The search continues for both sailors in the Gulf of Aden.

ByLuis Martinez
January 14, 2024, 2:33 PM

Two U.S. Navy SEALs are missing off the coast of Somalia after having fallen into the water during a nighttime boarding mission on Thursday, according to two U.S. officials.

The officials said that the SEALs had fallen into the water one after the other during the boarding of a vessel by boat in the Gulf of Aden.

It was unclear what had prompted them to board the vessel.

For SEALs, it is standard protocol to jump into the water to rescue a fellow SEAL when they fall overboard, said a U.S. official.

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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-navy-seals-missing-off-somalia-coast-nighttime/story?id=106352086

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