On this day, 17 years ago, three elite snipers took shots that were heard around the world.
In 2009, four Somali pirates had seized the US flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama 240 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia.
Captain Richard Phillips had voluntarily surrendered himself as a hostage to protect his crew and was being held on a small lifeboat in the Indian Ocean.
DEVGRU (Seal Team 6) operators parachuted into the ocean from a US aircraft and were taken aboard USS Bainbridge, which became their base of operations. SEAL snipers set up on the ship, and waited for the order to shoot.
After a period of waiting, a pirate was seen pointing an AK-47 directly at Phillips. The order was given, and three SEAL snipers fired simultaneously from the moving destroyer. All pirates were killed with shots to the head. Captain Phillips walked out alive.
17 years ago, DEVGRU reminded the world what American precision looks like.
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(latest → oldest):
1- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2026)
2 - The Amateur (2025)
3 - Argylle (2024)
4 - Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
5 - Heart of Stone (2023)
6 - The Gray Man (2022)
7 - No Time to Die (2021)
8 - Tenet (2020)
9 - The 355 (2022)
10 - Red Sparrow (2018)
11 - Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
12 - Atomic Blonde (2017)
13 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
14 - The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
15 - Bridge of Spies (2015)
16 - Spectre (2015)
17 - Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
18 - Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
19 - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
20 - Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
21 - Skyfall (2012)
22 - Salt (2010)
23 - Body of Lies (2008)
24 - Quantum of Solace (2008)
25 - The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
26 - Casino Royale (2006)
27 - The Good Shepherd (2006)
28 - Syriana (2005)
29 - The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
30 - The Bourne Identity (2002)
31 - Spy Game (2001)
32 - Enemy of the State (1998)
33 - GoldenEye (1995)
34 - Patriot Games (1992)
35 - The Hunt for Red October (1990)
36 - Three Days of the Condor (1975)
37 - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
38 - North by Northwest (1959)
39 - Notorious (1946)
40 - Saboteur (1942)
SOURCES:
• IMDb
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Metacritic
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According to Terry Houin’s podcast, Black Squadron Terry Houin, Red Squadron Sonny Sellitti, and a guy from the Air Force 24th STS (CCT) took the shots that rescued Captain Phillips.
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