OAN's Avril Elfie
3:40pm – Saturday, January 13, 2024
Two U.S. Navy SEALs went missing off the coast of Somalia after an overnight boarding mission.
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On Thursday, SEALs were reportedly climbing a ship on an interdiction mission when one of them was swept away by waves.
According to their protocol, when one SEAL is overtaken, another jumps in after them.
U.S. officials said search and rescue operations were underway and the waters in the Gulf of Aden where they were operating were warm.
Weapons on a ship bound for Houthi-held Yemen were intercepted by the U.S. Navy during a routine interdiction mission.
Officials on Saturday said the mission had no connection to Operation Prosperity Guardian, the ongoing U.S. and international effort to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea, or the retaliatory strikes carried out by the U.S. and Britain in Yemen. There was none. The previous two days.
A third U.S. official also said there was no connection to Iran's seizure of the St. Nicholas tanker.
U.S. Central Command said in a statement Saturday that the search for the two sailors continues.
The command said it would not release further details about Thursday night's incident until the personnel recovery mission was completed.
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