Navy Seals Assault Terrorist Controlled Village (*MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*) Seal Team 6 Combat

Mark Owen is the PIN name of retired US Navy SEAL and author of the book No Easy Day Matt Bessanet back in 2014. Mark Owen did an interview talking about the emotional and mental costs of war and in the interview Review the details of a fight. mission that still haunts him to this day and this is that story, the unmanned drone flying over the target reported seeing half a dozen men sleeping outside. It was summer in Iraq and even at night it was too hot to stay inside without air conditioning. actually just a group of about 10 Adobe style houses.

I didn't see any power lines entering the town while we patrolled, so we expected people to be sleeping outside. We slowly closed the town just before three in the morning, the desert was flat and wide open and it was difficult to see the horizon even with my night vision goggles on. The Village could have been on the moon, nothing surrounded it for miles but sand and rocks above me, the stars were thick and bright now near the houses, the March was one slow step at a time The Scoutmaster gave the order and we moved into a large L-shaped formation and began approaching the

village

.

The base or bottom of the L was to be established just outside the

village

and, if necessary, it would provide a fire base and cover our movement. The vertical part of the L was to move through the village searching for fighters. It was in the second group on the radio network in my ear. I heard updates from the other

assault

team

s. I knew they were circling us. and just out of audible range we had drones to give us eyes in the sky and an AC-130 to cover us in case we needed immediate close air support. I scanned towards where the drones reported seeing the sleepers.

I could

only

make out about 10 bedrolls a couple of men were standing scanning the desert they weren't talking or at least it didn't seem like it so it looked like they were straining to see in the blackness of the desert night I was sure they couldn't see us maybe they could I heard the AC-130 upstairs, finally a man came over to where the others were still sleeping and started waking them up. His companion never stopped scanning the open desert. I could see the others slowly get up and start looking around as the others moved. Several men walked towards the nearest house, the others eventually following them.

None of the men had weapons so we couldn't open fire, but it was definitely suspicious to see a large group of men sleeping on the outskirts of the village where all the women and children were. The group was halfway to a house on the outskirts of town when they stopped, the entire group turned and began walking back to their bedrolls. We were about 200 yards away and I could see each of the men as clear as day on my night. When they returned to their duffel bags, I could see them grabbing AK-47 grenade launchers and even a belt-fed PKM machine gun.

Multiple IR lasers appeared and aimed at the fighters' chests as our snipers went to work seconds later, three of the enemy fell, the others panicked and began running back towards the village. The suppressed rounds continued to rain down on them. I counted five

combat

ants killed at this point in the war. We were very conscious of not rushing to our deaths, so we paused for a moment. The base of the L remained in place, we hoped that the enemy had noticed the rest of us on their right flank, our position had not yet fired in an effort to go unnoticed in a matter of minutes, I heard the troop leader's voice on the radio, okay, guys, The bass is going to hold position and the maneuver is starting the

assault

right now.

Well, I heard the troop leader say on the radio. Take it. Our entire element stood up and began to slowly jump forward in pairs. Two or three

seal

s would advance slowly with weapons at the ready, stopping a short distance in front of the next group, then kneel and maintain security while the rest of the unit jumped past them. We were about to enter the village when we saw four men in a Sprint dead running. Back at the mats I was less than 100 yards from them. I raised my gun and aimed it at the first boy in the group.

He seemed anxious as they ran. His eyes widened. He practically skidded to a stop. His chest heaved and he began to fumble. Through the folds of his bedroll, the first man reached his bedroll and knelt. I could see him pull out an AK-47. I put my laser on his chest and fired. My

team

mates also opened and shot. We all hit the same guy in quick succession. I took him down one by one. I followed our lasers to the next target until all four of us were on the ground motionless again, we paused to assess the situation.

I knelt down and started scanning the surrounding buildings waiting for more heroes, Phil, my team leader knelt down. next to me I could hear him whispering that it was interesting, he said I guess they really want to fight, let's take it slow and easy tonight, these guys are serious, let's keep moving, the troop leader interrupted over the radio, my team spent the next 30 minutes cleaning the clearing chamber. After the house I scanned every door and window waiting for a fighter to appear up ahead. I caught a glimpse of a guy looking through a door. He was hiding at the entrance, but not far enough.

I could see the muzzle of his AK-47. As he waited for us to approach, luckily it was dark, at least it was dark for him, we had our night vision goggles. I wasn't sure Phil saw it at first, the man pulled his head back quickly and I saw Phil's laser shine where. his head was once the man slowly slid his head back into view as he tried to see our position. Phil's laser was now on the man's forehead. I heard several suppressed gunshots from Phil's MP7 and the man's head disappeared from view. Two fighters ran. The village came out the other end and tried to hide by running into the open desert.

They stood out immediately on the infrared cameras carried by the ISR on AC-130. A team of four

seal

s and a

combat

dog ran out of the village after the AC-130 fighters banked and headed toward the group. I was following his progress on the radio. I finally heard the boom of the AC-130's cannons as my teammates reached the bodies. It was a shocking scene. It looked like one of the The fighters were blown completely upside down. A bullet from one of the plane's 105-millimeter howitzers must have hit it. The 105 millimeter projectile is twice the size of a bowling alley and can cause serious damage to the village.

I was still at security when Phil The voice came over the network Alpha 2 Alpha 1 Phil said using our call signs he needs you here I stepped over the fighter's body and the soft feeling and two of my teammates searching the room Mainly the gun the fighter had been holding was leaning against the back wall of the hallway. Phil had removed the magazine and cleared the chamber. I looked back at the dead fighter. His head was turned away from the door that led to the main room. If the fighter hadn't exposed himself at the door, there was a good chance that Phil wouldn't have seen him.

If he had had a little patience, he would have had to jump on us. Phil had clearly shot him with a big shot, the bullet hitting him right above his nose, right at the bottom of his forehead. I started looking away. When a flash of movement caught my attention, a ragged looking Calico kitten, its fur matted to its thin ribcage stood at the edge of the puddle of red liquid, the kitten sniffed the puddle and then I saw its pink tongue dart out and lick the red. liquid from the floor I expected to see lifeless bodies and I had gotten more or less used to that, but there was something about that ragged cat that didn't seem right.

I didn't expect it, it was quite scary. I turned around and started searching the house, the area was safe so I didn't stay silent. I was digging in a cabinet near the door when I heard something behind me, it sounded like a sob or a moan. I moved one hand on the grip of my rifle and saw a little boy hanging in the corner, he was curled up behind a pile of blankets and my teammates must have missed him on the initial clear. I crouched down to get a better look. I wasn't sure if he had hurt his hair.

He was matted, his tears washed some of the dirt from his cheeks, he looked as ragged as the cat in the hall. I looked back over his shoulder and realized that from his vantage point he would have seen the man in the hallway when he was shot. He had no idea if the man was his father or just a fighter hiding in the house. Either way, he saw us shoot the guy and probably saw the cat licking the puddle. Wow, I thought I'd seen some crazy things, but this poor kid. He's going to be ruined by this for the rest of his life.

I gave the boy a Kim light and a Jolly Rancher that I had in my pocket and took him to where we had the rest of the children and the women I knew the boy was. I was now safe, so I returned to the house to continue my search. I could still picture the cat licking the puddle of red liquid and the boy watching from across the room as the man's head was blown off. I quickly shook the image from my mind. and I resumed my search. I didn't have time to think about it after the missions.

I blocked it, that didn't make it any easier when I returned to the real world. We are expected to forget everything we did to survive abroad. How did I leave it all there? I don't know. All I know is that I got better and better at compartmentalizing things. I just blocked out a lot of the emotional stuff. I struggled through the confusion of living one life abroad and another at home. and that is the end of this story, thank you all very much for watching. I hope you enjoyed it if you haven't read Mark Owens' book, No Easy Day.

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