A U.S. Navy SEAL platoon hangs beneath an HH-60H Seahawk helicopter assigned to the "Red Wolves" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 84 during a special patrol insertion/extraction (SPIE) demonstration at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - Fort Story, Va., July 17, 2010. The demonstration is part of the 41st UDT/SEAL East Coast Reunion celebration, which is held to honor UDT/SEAL history, heritage and families. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matt Daniels, U.S. Navy/Released)
Were this an Army unit, I'd call that a squad... or an A-team.
(And yes, Sol, I realize that it's called a platoon in the original. I'm just wondering -- was it a typo on their part, or am I seriously out of date here?)
This method of dropping troops into a situation is much better than what the IDF used with the Mavi Marmara. Note that thanks to their harnesses, these guys have their hands free, which means they can hold their weapons, so they're much less vulnerable or liable to be overwhelmed than were the Israelis soldiers—not that paintball guns would have been much of a match for steel bars and chains. But those poor guys came down one at a time, not in pairs, and their hands and legs were busy rappelling, putting them at a great disadvantage.
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A platoon? Six SEALs is a platoon?
Were this an Army unit, I'd call that a squad... or an A-team.
(And yes, Sol, I realize that it's called a platoon in the original. I'm just wondering -- was it a typo on their part, or am I seriously out of date here?)
This method of dropping troops into a situation is much better than what the IDF used with the Mavi Marmara. Note that thanks to their harnesses, these guys have their hands free, which means they can hold their weapons, so they're much less vulnerable or liable to be overwhelmed than were the Israelis soldiers—not that paintball guns would have been much of a match for steel bars and chains. But those poor guys came down one at a time, not in pairs, and their hands and legs were busy rappelling, putting them at a great disadvantage.