U.S. officials reported two U.S. Navy SEALs went missing late this week during a mission off the coast of Somalia.
The SEALs were allegedly conducting a nighttime interdiction mission where they were climbing up onto a vessel when one got knocked off by powerful waves.
A search and rescue operation is underway for both SEALs in the waters of the Gulf of Aden.
U.S. Central Command did not confirm details about the two individuals who were missing, only identifying them as “sailors” who were “were forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) area of operations supporting a wide variety of missions.”
