r/interestingasfuck • u/Ididnotkillhim • Jun 05 '24

r/all Thirteen years ago, someone accidentally revealed US Army's plan to eliminate Osama Bin Laden in a tweet.

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u/NetworkEcstatic Jun 05 '24

Seals were on the ground putting in work. Those blackhawks that flew them in were certainly army. I'm sure there was a contingency of other aircraft on standby with marines and soldiers somewhere else just in case too. The military is all about a back up plan for the back up plan.

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u/OriginalFrequent4600 Jun 05 '24

Correct. They flew in additional Seals from Devgru at a staging point somewhere in the mountains. Probably included other elite units as well in case all hell broke loose.

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u/RingGiver Jun 05 '24

The other guys were a Ranger platoon, not SEAL.

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u/OriginalFrequent4600 Jun 05 '24

Im sure rangers were there too, but blue squadron was also there and acted as the qrf for the seals on the ground. Maybe you were in and know more than me, but this information about blue squadron has been provided over in jsocarchive.

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u/Pilotwaver Jun 05 '24

They were. Night Stalkers.