By John Haughey President Donald Trump was assured by the Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency that the assembled array of special forces, precise intelligence, high-tech electronics, and battle-tested aircraft could extract a wounded U.S. airman being hunted deep inside Iran, but was cautioned that it would be risky and could go sideways in a hurry. […]
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The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy’s primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs’ main functions are conducting small-unit special operation missions in maritime, jungle, urban, arctic, mountainous, and desert environments. SEALs are typically ordered to capture or to eliminate high level targets, or to gather intelligence behind enemy lines.
