Many of SEAL Team 6 killed in crash

[DQuaN]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/06/ap/cabstatepent/main20089050.shtml

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/06/us-biggest-loss-afghan-war-helicopter-crash-38

The biggest loss of life for the US in the Afganistan war and it seems that 22 of them were from SEAL Team 6. I have massive respect for these guys (and the SAS). A shame that they were killed like this, it seems a rocket propelled grenade fired by the Taliban brought them down.


*edit*
Would just like to point out that I have massive respect for all the men and women fighting overseas, but especially so for the special forces.

 

[CAM]

That is such a shame.. Those were some of the very best (not bashing on anyone else) of our Armed Forces. May they rest in peace.

 

[Omnis]

Hate to be saying this, but since DEVGRU is involved... are we sure that this is really legit? I mean, are they just "dead." ?

 

[Submerged]

Devgru?

 

[sumbrownkid]

^DEVGRU is the top tier unit of SEALs of which a lot of their activities are classified.

They operate in missions in which the US government cannot publicly be known to have supported and conducted.

Cream of the crop really.

And @Omnis.

Just because they are DEVGRU doesn't give them the ability to cheat death...Though popular opinion seems to think that.

May they rest in peace.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

And @Omnis.

Just because they are DEVGRU doesn't give them the ability to cheat death...Though popular opinion seems to think that.

I think Omnis is implying that there was no actual accident and that this is a story sent out to officially list them as dead to free up their ability to move about behidn enemy lines or some such.

 

[CAM]

Omnis' idea sounds like something from the A-Team or Mission Impossible. You never know, the government does a lot of weird stuff, it could happen. But in any case, assuming that they really are dead, it's terribly sad.

 

[sumbrownkid]

The A-Team idea does not seem far-fetched actually.

They literally are America's A-Team in context...