Two U.S. Navy SEALs are missing off the coast of Somalia after having fallen into the water during a nighttime boarding mission on Thursday, according to two U.S. officials. The officials said that the SEALs had fallen into the water one after the other during the boarding of a vessel by boat in the Gulf of Aden. Search operations for the missing SEALs are continuing, said a U.S. defense official. A former U.S. official described nighttime boarding operations as some of the most complex and dangerous operations that Navy sailors can carry out and that ocean sea states and environmental considerations are constantly being monitored. 2 Navy SEALs missing off Somalia coast were on a nighttime boarding mission: US officials originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News January 14, 2024 04:00 UTC