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Operation Geronimo

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On May 2, 2011, the man who organized the death of approximately 3000 Americans in one day answered for his crimes (thanks to American soldiers). His name was Osama Bin Laden, and on May 2, 2011, a selectively chosen group of United States Soldiers were chosen to shoot him down and leave with little or no tracks to cover. These special units are known as S.E.A.L. team 6, but until operation Geronimo, (the operation to kill Osama Bin Laden) the existence of S.E.A.L team 6 was unknown to the general public. The operation for S.E.A.L. team 6 initiated to kill Osama Bin Laden was called Operation Geronimo. Operation Geronimo was one of the most important operations in military history.
S.E.A.L.s have been around for a long time, but there origination …show more content…

The problem with D-Day is that European beaches were heavily fortified with mines, walls and pillboxes. In order to get rid of these obstacles, the American army needed a branch of military that was designed to do demolition work. The men that were to do this were called “frog men” (Bobby Williams). These “frog men” were (also known as the Navy Combat Demolition Unit) was ordered to be created by no other than Draper Kauffman. Which makes sence because he specializes in explosives detonation. The job of the frog men was to detonate the obstacles on Omaha beach (one of the 5 destinations where D-Day was to take place) before the rest of the army arrived for the invasion (Bobby Williams). Unfortunately there was a 52% fatality rate for the frog men on …show more content…

One of the advanced machines that S.E.A.L. has is the MH-60 Black hawk (Nicholas Schmidle). The MH-60 Black Hawk is a stealth helicopter that has the ability to deflect radar signals (Nicholas Schmidle). In Operation Geronimo, 5 of these helicopters were used to carry S.E.A.L. team 6 to their destination (Adrian Brown). S.E.A.L.s have had the most advanced technology since World War II (Bobby Williams). S.E.A.L.s have yet another advantage over the ordinary soldier; stereotype. S.E.A.L.s are feared by soldiers and have been since Vietnam (Bobby Williams). The S.E.A.L.s were called “invincible commandos” (Bobby Williams). Ever since they have been fighting on the field they have been feared. S.E.A.L.s also love to fight (Bobby Williams). Understandably, this would make them

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