oil tanker in iraq

[alexander]

last night i heard on the news that an oil tanker was seized by the us navy and was secured by a group of seals. anyone else hear about it?

[srff]

no

[Jack Ryan]

Caught the tail end of the story this morning. Didn't hear anything about Seals securing the ship. Although they did show a group of what looked to be Seals running down the side of the ship. Maybe Tom or someone can find an article and post it on the forum.

[alexander]

i saw seals mentioned in an article on the msnbc website

[SpecOpNightfall]

Didn't see the vid myself, but on NBC Nightly News, my parents saw video of SEALs choppering in and taking it while it was under way.

[trident86]

10 SEALs from ST 2. No shots fired, no casualties. Smooth as it goes.

[srff]

Did the tanker try to run the blockade? I heard they were co-operative. Why were SEALS neccessary. I did one cvbg and 2 marg cruises, and usually the shoes did boardings where there was no resistance. We did not want to end up doing a lot of waste of time law enforcement stuff.

[Fred]

It's not in the job description for the shoes to motor over in their launch and board an uncooperative fast moving vessel, as I understand the crew only cooperated once the guys roped in.

[Snake]

So whats the option when the Navy needs to board and no SEAL's or Marines are around?
Give em the 5"?

Snake
25th ID(L)

[alexander]

does anyone know if there is a platoon of seals in the gulf area?

[Mike]

read trident86's posting past 5 messages above.

[Tom Hunter]

I went ahead and put together an article on the boarding at: http://www.specialoperations.com/Focus/News/Volgoneft.htm

Added a photo I found on a Navy site as well that was taken during the boarding.

[SILENTOP]

All I can say is "sweet!" Wish I could have been there.

SILENTOP

[tacintelct]

enforcing the embargo during the gulf war, i was on "toto station". seal team "x" came aboard at port said and did ALL boardings of iraqi merchant ships. we came in on the third helo with our cti's. these nice young men are trained to stop ships. don't try this at home.

[tacintelct]

enforcing the embargo during the gulf war, i was on "toto station". seal team "x" came aboard at port said and did ALL boardings of iraqi merchant ships. we came in on the third helo with our cti's. these nice young men are trained to stop ships. don't try this at home....dm it. forgot my signature. do you know me? drop me a line if you are an operator and remember the hot times.

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