By: Zman
| Marine of the 1st Recon company, 7th platoon, and Navy SEALs moved into Somalia in the early morning hrs of 9 Dec. with 1300 marines comming in by helos. The marines and seals assigned to the beach were met by a media circus with crowds of cameramen using bright light to get footage of there arriva. Soon regular marines of the 15th MEU arrived and the focus shifted to them, allowing the recon marines and seals to finish there mission ensuring 2 AA gunsspotted on satellite were inoperable |
| A platoon from SEAL team 2, with the WASP Amphibious Ready Group,Marines, on there first mission, the Seals reconnoiterd the Jubba River{which included dodging crocodiles} to gather intell on gun smuggling. these Seals performed many ops in April and May. Predawn shore recon of Kismayu, clearing a potential beach landing site south of Mogadishu: recon missions in the 3 river region south of Kismayu and at Koyaama island, and a recon of Daanai beach in extremely rough seas. |
| Outstanding stuff again old buddy! I always really liked the stuff from this period. Some excellent looking figures here without a doubt. Special thanks as always for sending these cool projects in and sharing them with us. - GL |
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