Thanks for the article NICO!
via NBC News.
The SEALs were facing a primitive force and were repelled.
They lost.
General Vaughn's warning is staring McRaven in the face and we have gotten no response from the Top Bullfrog.
What does this tell us about SOCOM? What does it say about operations in the future?
I think it means that the entire dept is headed toward Ranger type operations. No more platoon sized raids. We're looking at Company or larger. I wouldn't be surprised to see the number of SEAL Teams contract with each Team getting MUCH larger.
In other words we're going to see SOCOM looking more and more like a Marine Corps Infantry Battalion..additionally someone is going to have to take a serious look at the tooth-to-tail ratio of SOCOM.
via NBC News.
The SEALs opted to withdraw.No racial or ethnic biased is intended in the title. I simply state the obvious in terms of military power.
U.S. military sources said they did so in stages, making their way down the beach, asking and waiting for further orders. The team, sources said, was still considering the option of returning to fight some more.
As air support was called in, the SEALs headed back to the beach and to their boat. A command decision had been made that the prize was not worth the risk of casualties to civilians and SEALs.
The SEALs escaped from Barawe without any deaths or injuries, according to sources and officials. And the target they sought to capture is still at large.
The SEALs were members of the same unit that raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in 2011, killing the al Qaeda leader.
“After the past few years and the bin Laden raid, everyone thinks these operations are easy – they’re not,” said a senior military official familiar with the operation. “The area doesn’t have the same support network for us as Afghanistan and Iraq.”
The SEALs were facing a primitive force and were repelled.
They lost.
General Vaughn's warning is staring McRaven in the face and we have gotten no response from the Top Bullfrog.
What does this tell us about SOCOM? What does it say about operations in the future?
I think it means that the entire dept is headed toward Ranger type operations. No more platoon sized raids. We're looking at Company or larger. I wouldn't be surprised to see the number of SEAL Teams contract with each Team getting MUCH larger.
In other words we're going to see SOCOM looking more and more like a Marine Corps Infantry Battalion..additionally someone is going to have to take a serious look at the tooth-to-tail ratio of SOCOM.
