U.S. Central Command reported two U.S. Navy sailors missing Thursday while conducting an operation off the coast of Somalia.
Search and rescue operations are still underway, but The statement said:.
The two sailors were reported missing Thursday night, officials said.
The brief statement provided no additional information about what the pair were doing when they went missing.
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A plane lands on a safe beach area near the runway at Aden Adde International Airport at sunset in Mogadishu, Somalia, September 4, 2022. (Ed Lamb/Getty Images))
Centcom said the sailors were forward deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) area of operations and supported a “wide range of missions.”
“Out of respect for the families affected, we will not be releasing any further information at this time,” the statement said.
Al-Shabaab fighters conduct military exercises in the Sukaholaha area of Mogadishu, northern Somalia, Sunday, September 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsame, File)
The United States has an estimated 450 military personnel stationed in Somalia after President Biden reversed his predecessor Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops.
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The United States is providing military aid to the East African country where fighting continues in what the United States calls “the world's largest and most dangerous al-Qaeda network.”
(LR) President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the US-Africa Summit on Peace and Security – Arrived to attend Governance Forum Summit in Washington, DC on December 13, 2022. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
In 2022, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who has controlled parts of the country for more than a decade and carried out devastating attacks while exploiting clan divisions to extort millions of dollars a year declared “all-out war” against 1,000 al-Shabab militants. their quest to impose an Islamic state;
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The United States is supporting the Somali military and the African Union multinational force with drone strikes, intelligence, and training.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
