February 19, 201412 yr 2 former Navy SEALs found dead aboard ship at center of ?Captain Phillips? saga | Fox News
February 19, 201412 yr Certainly something to pay close attention to in the coming days. Will be interesting to see how this all unfolds, certainly thoughts and prayers to the families of the 2 former SEALS.
February 19, 201412 yr Does anyone have anymore details on this? If someone goes after Navy Seals and succeeds that is a force to be reckoned with.
February 19, 201412 yr Note To Self: Stay off of cargo ships...permanently. Its getting to the point where these cargo ships need an entire platoon of security.
February 19, 201412 yr Its getting to the point where these cargo ships need an entire platoon of security. Exactly
February 19, 201412 yr Author These guys are part of a private security detail that was on the ship. I was reading that since the Capt Phillips episode that Pirates tried to take the ship again but this time the ship had armed security that used small arms and those focused audio weapons to drive them away.
February 19, 201412 yr These guys are part of a private security detail that was on the ship. I was reading that since the Capt Phillips episode that Pirates tried to take the ship again but this time the ship had armed security that used small arms and those focused audio weapons to drive them away. As well armed as the pirates are sometimes, I wonder why they restrict themselves to small arms? I would be tempted to have Browning 50 Cal.s mounted on the ships.
February 19, 201412 yr Author As well armed as the pirates are sometimes, I wonder why they restrict themselves to small arms? I would be tempted to have Browning 50 Cal.s mounted on the ships. True but they do have the high ground so to speak. That said they may have .50's or even .50 sniper rifles.
February 19, 201412 yr This is one of those " I hate it for the individuals and their families BUT...they are taking on extremely risky work." Sadly, it's going to happen too often when you're in that line of work.
February 20, 201412 yr Author This is one of those " I hate it for the individuals and their families BUT...they are taking on extremely risky work." Sadly, it's going to happen too often when you're in that line of work. Have they said what happened yet? I haven't heard if it was a Pirate attack, got killed by someone aboard ship or they blew themselves up with a hand grenade...no idea what happened.
February 20, 201412 yr From the linked article: Details of the contractors' deaths remain unclear, but they were not on watch and did not die while performing a security operation, Tom Rothrauff, the president of the Trident Group, said. He said an initial assessment of the scene did not suggest any foul play.
February 20, 201412 yr From the linked article: Details of the contractors' deaths remain unclear' date=' but they were not on watch and did not die while performing a security operation, Tom Rothrauff, the president of the Trident Group, said. He said an initial assessment of the scene did not suggest any foul play.[/quote'] That's just odd.
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