ABC News was first to report on the missing SEALs
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ABC World News Tonight (@abcworldnews). original sound - ABC World News Tonight. An urgent search is underway in the Gulf of Aden, between Somalia and Yemen, for two elite US Navy SEALs, after they ...
A statement made by US Central Command on Friday stated,
- "On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy Sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia. Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors."
- "The sailors were forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) area of operations supporting a wide variety of missions," the statement continued.
STATEMENT | Jan. 12, 2024
Two U.S. Navy Sailors missing off the coast of Somalia
USCENTCOM
On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy Sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia. Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors. For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete.Out of respect for the families affected, we will not release further information on the missing personnel at this time.The sailors were forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) area of operations supporting a wide variety of missions.
Uploaded: Jan 13, 2024
Two U.S. Navy SEALs went missing late this week during a mission in the waters off the coast of Somalia, U.S. officials said. #navysealsmissing #navyseal #sealteamsix #gulfofaiden #navy #seal ...
It is unclear what, if any relation the missing sailors have to the ongoing activities in the Red Sea area.
- The U.S. has a small military presence in Somalia focusing on Al-Shabaab, an extremist Islamist organization that has carried out attacks against the Somali government.
- Efforts to combat piracy, a huge problem in the region, especially off Somalia, are handled by Combined Maritime Forces Task Force 151.
- That country also has hundreds of miles of coastline on the Gulf of Aden.
- It is notable that the statement about the missing sailors was released by CENTCOM.
- "At this time AFRICOM has nothing to provide as CENTCOM has the lead!" LCDR Bobby Dixon, an AFRICOM spokesman, told The War Zone Saturday morning.
The missing personnel have not been identified, and it was not immediately clear what vessel they were attempting to board, or why.
U.S. forces routinely partner with other nations as part of a counter-piracy task that operates in the Gulf of Aden.
Those missions sometimes include boarding vessels to ensure they have proper credentials or are not transporting illicit material.
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