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By Robert D. Seals, USASOC  Operation IVORY COAST was a joint special operations mission executed on November 21, 1970, to liberate American prisoners of war (POW) held at Son Tay, near Hanoi, North Vietnam. The rescue effort, launched from allied air bases in Thailand, was a “mission of mercy,” according to President Richard M. Nixon. If the plan succeeded, Nixon planned to possibly have the freed POWs at the White House for Thanksgiving dinner. A successful raid might also bring hope to the other POWs in North Vietnam and their families back in the U.S. Operation IVORY COAST did not s...

Share This: Yes, you read the headline correctly and you’ll soon know just how true it is. In 2002 our Mechanized Infantry unit deployed to Kuwait for Operation Desert Spring. Since it was right after 9/11/2001, we had a sneaky feeling that we weren’t just going on a rotation to train with the Kuwaitis. Six months later, we went home for a couple of months and then found ourselves right back in the Middle East. February 2003. Celebrating my 21st birthday in Kuwait isn’t precisely how I had imagined it. I thought I would be with the boys in a college town drinking until I couldn’t walk...

Removed from. if the ground force commander has identified an air drop mission, i endorse it from here. i wouldn't question his judgment. it was my reporting from earlier today they identified the fastest to be through ground-based means by clearing first and delivering second. they needed security forces and they applied them. there's a security force for each of the drivers to feel safe. >> several aid flights have gotten out of south florida and deliver food and water without logistical problems. there's reports of mismanagement coming all the way from the president. how do you respond to t...

Don't step into something i could be far removed from. if the ground force commander identified and air drop mission faster more product uv i endorse it from here and wouldn't question his judgment. it was my reporting, understanding, earlier today they identified the fastest delivery methodology clearing first, delivering second and needed drivers and augmenting them and needed security force and we've applied those. a security force plan now laid down for each of the drivers so they can feel safe. >> and from several aid flights have gotten out of south florida and managed to get to the isla...

Would never do and they are doing it in our name to fight terrorists. >> that's right and from what i understand happened in this particular mission is when our forces went in whether the drones were overheard or insertion was overheard often it's an isolated mountainous areas and we started getting chatter so to speak that the. was compromised. at that point the ground force commander that's a decision to make. he can abort the mission or press forward and in this case for a variety of unsure good reasons the ground force commander decided to press on. he took that risk. that's what he is pai...