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U.S. Officials Claim Two Navy SEALs Missing Near Somalia ‘Fell Into Water’

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U.S. Officials Claim Two Navy SEALs Missing Near Somalia ‘Fell Into Water’

An MH-60R Seahawk provides aerial support to an interdiction team from guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) approaching a fishing vessel May 16, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lily Gebauer)

Two U.S. sailors who the Central Command (CENTCOM) announced they went missing off the coast of Somalia on January 11 were members of the Navy’s elite SEALs unit, U.S. officials revealed.

The officials told ABC News on January 13 that the SEALs went missing after falling into the water during a nighttime boarding mission.

The SEALs had fallen into the water one after the other during the boarding of a vessel by boat in the Gulf of Aden, the officials said, without explaining what had prompted them to board the vessel.

According to the officials, it is standard protocol for sailors from the elite Navy unit to jump into the water to rescue a fellow SEAL when they fall overboard.

“On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy Sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia,” said a statement from the CENTCOM issued on January 12 that disclosed that the sailors had gone missing.

“Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors,” the command said. “For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete.”

The SEALs are the primary special operations force of the U.S. Navy and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command.

Among the SEALs’ main functions are conducting small-unit special operation missions in maritime, jungle, urban, arctic, mountainous and desert environments. SEALs are typically ordered to capture or kill high level targets, or to gather intelligence behind enemy lines.

The two sailors went missing just hours before the U.S. and United Kingdom launched strikes against the Iranian-backed Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen, which is located right next to Somalia. The U.S. recently expanded its naval presence in the Red Sea to counter Houthi attacks on Israel-affiliated ships.

SEAL team personnel are hand selected, highly trained and possess an especially high degree of proficiency in swimming and diving. This makes the claims of them going missing after failing into the water very questionable.

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