The Forgotten Hero of Black Hawk Down (1993)
Staff Sgt. Daniel Busch, a Delta Force sniper, defended the wounded after the first Black Hawk was shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. Despite being shot four times, he continued fighting until reinforcements secured the crash site.
Busch succumbed to his wounds shortly afterward and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his extraordinary heroism.
In July 1967, two MACV-SOG operators were extracted from dense jungle in Vietnam using the Fulton Skyhook system. Unable to land a helicopter, an Air Force MC-130E Combat Talon dropped an extraction kit. The operators put on a dual harness and inflated a helium balloon, which lifted a 500-foot nylon cable above the tree canopy.
The MC-130E flew low, catching the cable with its nose-mounted, V-shaped yoke. The mechanism locked onto the line, severed the balloon, and yanked the men vertically into the air to avoid the trees. Once they were suspended below the moving plane, the aircrew used a winch to pull the operators into the rear cargo bay.đ
The efficiency of killing in Tier 1.
In his book Unafraid, DEVGRU (Seal Team 6) operator Eddie Penney recalled a mission where he trimmed his kit to save weight, swapping out his HK416 for the lighter and more compact MP7.
It nearly cost him.
While on a mission, after putting multiple rounds into an enemy's body, the man didn't drop, and only a final shot through the eye put him down for good. Penney then made the decision to stop using the MP7. He went back to the HK416, a rifle he knew could end an engagement faster.
For Penney and his fellow operators at DEVGRU, the efficiency of killing eventually created a different kind of problem. When rifle kills became routine, some men began pushing the limits.
Operators started going for pistol shots and knife kills rather than using their primary weapon. They began looking for a harder challenge in the most dangerous environment on earth.
It didnât take long before they realized that particular game wasnât worth playing.
Silver Squadron(SEAL Team 6) was selected because it had already been preparing for a similar mission in North KoreaâŠ
Inside the mission to retrieve the HEU in Iran.
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