US Navy says two SEALs lacking in Gulf of Aden declared deceased

The navy of the USA on Monday mentioned the 2 Navy SEALs who went lacking within the Gulf of Aden earlier this month haven’t been situated and that their standing had been modified to deceased.

The SEALs have been reported lacking after boarding an Iranian vessel, the US Central Command mentioned on X.

“The search and rescue operation for the 2 Navy SEALs reported lacking in the course of the boarding of a bootleg dhow carrying Iranian superior standard weapons Jan. 11 concluded and we are actually conducting restoration operations. Throughout this expansive search operation, airborne and naval platforms from the U.S., Japan, and Spain constantly searched greater than 21,000 sq. miles to find our lacking teammates,” it mentioned.

“Search help was additionally offered by Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Heart, the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Space Command, College of San Diego – Scripts Institute of Oceanography, and the Workplace of Naval Analysis – Oceanographic Assist. Out of respect for the households, no additional info might be launched at the moment,” the US Central Command tweeted.

Earlier, the US navy had mentioned the Seals have been misplaced whereas its naval forces have been conducting a ‘flag verification’ of a dhow close to the coast of Somalia.

It mentioned commandos primarily based on the usLewis Puller, which is classed as an expeditionary cellular base vessel, executed a ‘advanced’ night-time boarding, with the help of helicopters and drones, and seized Iranian-made ballistic and cruise missile parts.

Based on earlier US studies citing defence officers, the Seals approached the dhow in small particular operations fight boats.

As they have been boarding the boat on excessive seas with 8ft (2.4-metre) swells, one Seal commando was knocked into the ocean by a excessive wave and one other dived in after him, following protocol for such an incident.