Yesterday the Most Wanted Terrorist in the world, Osama Bin Laden, was killed by U.S. Navy SEAL's. The news struck a chord with people from many places but none more than the United States. After ten years of one long ass hide-and-go-seek game, we got the man we'd been searching for.
The elimination of Bin Laden is a great success, but it doesn't reverse the evils of what has already been done. While it is true that his death doesn't bring back the people who have died at the hand of him and his followers, I can't help but feel a swell of pride in the success of our capture. I'm proud of our military and intelligence agencies. I'm proud to be a part of this country. To be honest, I'm not celebrating the death of Bin Laden. I feel more pride and exuberance in another successful mission done by our military. I wish to acknowledge not the fact that Osama is dead, but the fact that we truly do have some amazing men and women out there working within our military.
The event sparked my interest once more in the work of our military. It reminded me that our soldiers perform dangerous and intricate tasks like these almost everyday in order to ensure the safety of our nation and of our allies. Not only that, but we perform such tasks in the most badass ways possible.
You know that shit you do in Call of Duty? Yeah, they do it in real life.
Honestly, reading about the way the Osama Search-and-Destroy mission went down sounds like something straight out of a movie or video game level. Here's how it played out basically:
Thanks to information collected by the CIA, NSA, and other American Intelligence agencies (as well as useful aid from Pakistan) we were able to pinpoint the location for our military team to strike. Careful planning and training for the operation went into place months prior to the actual assignment. On May 1st Obama gave the green light to execute the operation.
Cutscene over. Mission start.
DEVGRU Navy SEAL's, with the support of Spec Ops Command and several aircraft, fast-roped down from two Black Hawk helicopters into the compound where Bin Laden was located. The SEAL's engaged in a firefight with Bin Laden's guards and successfully neutralized them. It was then time to search the building.
They cleared out every room and eventually found Osama on the third floor. One fatal head-shot later, the terrorist was dead. The SEAL's also killed one of his sons and two of his couriers, along with 22 other men (some who may or may not have been detained) and one innocent bystander. But the mission wasn't over yet.
The soldiers swept the compound for information, taking along any intelligence they could find for further examination. Once that was finished, they collected Osama's body and prepared for extraction.
One team had to call in one of two backup helicopters in order to leave. Earlier on, one of their helicopters experienced mechanical difficulties and had to make an emergency landing. Upon leaving the mission site, the damaged helicopter was destroyed in order to protect classified equipment. Perhaps a flaw, but what would make a more kickass cutscene than our heroes flying off from a successful mission with an explosion in the background?
Nothing.
Oh, and did I mention that none of our men were seriously injured or killed?
Now proceed to listen to this:
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