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Knowing who their actual target was. by sunday, they knew the location of every gate and window in that compound. the exact white of the walls. >> they operated according to that, and they didnt know when they got there exactly what some of the internal features of it would be. >> the defense official said by the time the s.e.a.l.s ran out of the house with bin ladens body, they could probably count the exact steps to the helicopter outside. special operator training is brutal. >> i cant see [ b...

Dev group. >> the s.e.a.l. team is the all-star of the s.e.a.l. teams. >> reporter: stu smith a former s.e.a.l. who says the men in that raid have at least five years as special operators. >> the s.e.a.l. team is based on combat experience, all of these guy probably have a hundred, 20 omissions. >> reporter: the cia provided detailed satellite pictures of bin ladens compound. enough to build a replica, where the s.e.a.l. team practiced. a soon yor enior defense offici they trained without nowing...

Detailed satellite pictures of plauds compound, enough to build a replica. a senior defense official said for a time they trained for a time not knowing who their actual target was. but by sunday they knew every gate and window in that compound, the exact height of the walls. >> they operated according to that. they didnt know when they got there exactly what some of the internal features of it would be. >> reporter: the defense official says by the time the s.e.a.l.s ran out of the house with b...

>> reporter: stu smith is a former s.e.a.l. that says the men in that -- have five years of special operators. >> this s.e.a.l. team is based on combat experience. and all these guys probably have 100 2shgs 100, 200 missions. >> reporter: enough to build a replica where the s.e.a.l. team practiced. an official said for a time they trained without knowing who their actual target was. by sunday, they knew the location of every gate and window in that compound. the exact height of the walls. >> ope...