Marcus Luttrell Navy SEAL Team 10 Tells His Story of Operation Redwing Video

I know you have heard of Marcus Luttrell, the former Navy SEAL member of Team 10. He is speaking at a gun show in 2008 in this video. Team 10's assigned mission was to capture or kill a high-ranking Taliban leader, thought to be close to Osama bin Laden. Marcus was critically wounded several times and was the only SEAL to make it out alive. He was badly wounded and after the wounding, there was no medivac helicopter to swoop in and take him out. In fact, the rescue helicopter called in by one of the men was shot down by an RPG while attempting the rescue. Sixteen men aboard died. See a video below.

Marcus Luttrell and DASY

From the WashingtonPost:

It is a tale of moral choices and of prejudices transcended. It is also a reminder of how challenging it is to be a smart soldier, and how hard it is to be a good man.

Marcus tells the story, and nothing I can say here would even come close, except one thing, which had no yet happened when he gave this speech. When Marcus arrived back home, he brought with him a yellow Labrador puppy, named DASY. She was given to him to help him through his rehabilitation. In 2009, four teenagers came to Luttrell's home and killed DASY with a .357 Magnum at about 1 a.m. in the morning. Read what happened here.

Each letter in DASY's name stood for a team member killed in the operation known as Operation Red Wing: D for Danny Deitz, A for Matthew "Axe"Axelson, S for Southern boy (Marcus) and Y for Michael "Yankee" Murphy.

The target of Team 10's mission survived Operation Redwing. In an interview, he said a trap was set for the Americans. This quote is attributed to him:

We certainly know that when the American army comes under pressure and they get hit, they will try to help their friends. It is the law of the battlefield."

Three years later, the target known as "Shah" died in a firefight with Pakistani police.

Operation Redwing began on June 28, 2005, almost five years ago. Luttrell is the author of Lone Survivor. Your heart will swell as you listen to this brave American hero, and hear the story of his Team 10 members.







Marcus Luttrell, Navy Seal (video)
Other Reading:Thoughts on Marcus Luttrell and Touch Choices at NavySeals.com

Julio Huertas is Navy Seal charged in Punching a Terrorist Incident

Julio Huertas is one of three Navy SEALS charged in the "punching a Fallujah, Iraq terrorist" incidence. Update 12-07-09 below. Update 4-22-10: Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas has been found NOT GUILTY! God bless the two remaining sailors still facing trial.

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Huertas is 28-years-old. He enlisted in 1999 and has served in "secial warfare units since 2002. He has an Iraq Campaign Medal and was advanced to the SEALs in June 2006. He is originally from Blue Island, Illinois. Huertas is charged with offenses occurring around September 1st, of one count each of dereliction of duty and false official statement and impeding an investigation.

Update 12-07-09:

Ways you Can Help:

Lodge your protest at 813-828-4976
Email your protest to holly.silkman@soccent.centcom.mil

Mail your protest to US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps
The office of the Judge Advocate General, Public Affairs
1322 Patterson Ave., Suite 3000
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5066

Other phone numbers:

Comm: 202-685-5493
Washington Navy Yard: 202-685-5190
Pentagon, Room 4C642: 703-614-7420

AJAG, Military Law: 1254 Charles Morris St., SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5047
Comm: 202-685-7053

This from a reader for donations to a defense fund:

"U.S.NavySEAL/Warrior Legal Defense Fund" acct. # 435020290711 c/o Bank of America, P.O. Box F, Fort Eustis, VA. 23604
Can contribute through any Bank of America. 

Also, paypal: http://sites.Google. com/site/usnavyseallegaldefencefund/

Not 501(c)(3), so not tax deductible

Ahmed Hashim Abed, known to the military as Obejctive Amber, is believed to have orchestrated the brutal attack on four Blackwater contractors delivering catering supplies to our military in Fallujah, Iraq. He was one of the most wanted insurgents in in Iraq before three Navy Seals, deployed in an elite commando unit, captured him.

Blackwater Hangings

The source said intelligence briefings provided to the SEALs stated that "Objective Amber" planned the 2004 Fallujah ambush, and "they had been tracking this guy for some time."

The Fallujah atrocity came to symbolize the brutality of the enemy in Iraq and the degree to which a homegrown insurgency was extending its grip over Iraq.

The four Blackwater agents were transporting supplies for a catering company when they were ambushed and killed by gunfire and grenades. Insurgents burned the bodies and dragged them through the city. They hanged two of the bodies on a bridge over the Euphrates River for the world press to photograph [see above in an AP photo].

One of the Blackwater contractors murder was a former Navy SEAL.

According CNN, the three SEALS refused a "nonjudicial resolution," to the charges, saying they wanted their names cleared and they did not harm the detainee in anyway. Their charges are said to equvalent to a "misdemeanor,: yet:

If found guilty, they could be sentenced to a maximum of a year in a military prison, demotion to the lowest Navy rank, a cut in pay and a bad conduct discharge.

But if found innocent of all charges, they would be able to continue their careers with no record of the case in their personnel files.

The three SEALs are with their unit in Norfolk, Virginia. They will make an initial appearance before a military judge on December 7. The court-martial is scheduled to begin in January.

The attorney said he expects the SEALs will not waive their constitutional right to confront the accuser in court, which could cause a logistical challenge. Abed is believed to be in a U.S. military detention center overseas, and it is unclear if the military would want him brought to the United States for the court-martial.

Certainly, there is no similarity to the the punishment brought by a civilian misdemeanor.

The men charged are assigned to SEAL Team 10, based in Little Creek, Virginia. Also charged are Petty Officer Jonathan Keefe, SO-2 and Petty Officer Julio Huertas, SO-1.

Related:
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Jonathan Keefe is Navy Seal Charged in Punching a Terrorist Incident

Jonathan Keefe is one of three Navy SEALS charged in the "punching a Fallujah, Iraq terrorist" incidence. Update 12-07-09 below.

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Keefe is 25 years old. He enlisted in 2006 and began his SEAL training the same year. He is originally from Yorktown, Virginia. Keefe is charged with offenses occurring around September 1st, of one count each of dereliction of duty and false official statement.

Update 12-07-09:

Ways you Can Help:

Lodge your protest at 813-828-4976
Email your protest to holly.silkman@soccent.centcom.mil

Mail your protest to US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps
The office of the Judge Advocate General, Public Affairs
1322 Patterson Ave., Suite 3000
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5066

Other phone numbers:

Comm: 202-685-5493
Washington Navy Yard: 202-685-5190
Pentagon, Room 4C642: 703-614-7420

AJAG, Military Law: 1254 Charles Morris St., SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5047
Comm: 202-685-7053

This from a reader for donations to a defense fund:

"U.S.NavySEAL/Warrior Legal Defense Fund" acct. # 435020290711 c/o Bank of America, P.O. Box F, Fort Eustis, VA. 23604
Can contribute through any Bank of America. 

Also, paypal: http://sites.Google. com/site/usnavyseallegaldefencefund/

Not 501(c)(3), so not tax deductible

Ahmed Hashim Abed, known to the military as Obejctive Amber, is believed to have orchestrated the brutal attack on four Blackwater contractors delivering catering supplies to our military in Fallujah, Iraq. He was one of the most wanted insurgents in in Iraq before three Navy Seals, deployed in an elite commando unit, captured him.

Blackwater Hangings

The source said intelligence briefings provided to the SEALs stated that "Objective Amber" planned the 2004 Fallujah ambush, and "they had been tracking this guy for some time."

The Fallujah atrocity came to symbolize the brutality of the enemy in Iraq and the degree to which a homegrown insurgency was extending its grip over Iraq.

The four Blackwater agents were transporting supplies for a catering company when they were ambushed and killed by gunfire and grenades. Insurgents burned the bodies and dragged them through the city. They hanged two of the bodies on a bridge over the Euphrates River for the world press to photograph [see above in an AP photo].

One of the Blackwater contractors murder was a former Navy SEAL.

According CNN, the three SEALS refused a "nonjudicial resolution," to the charges, saying they wanted their names cleared and they did not harm the detainee in anyway. Their charges are said to equvalent to a "misdemeanor,: yet:

If found guilty, they could be sentenced to a maximum of a year in a military prison, demotion to the lowest Navy rank, a cut in pay and a bad conduct discharge.

But if found innocent of all charges, they would be able to continue their careers with no record of the case in their personnel files.

The three SEALs are with their unit in Norfolk, Virginia. They will make an initial appearance before a military judge on December 7. The court-martial is scheduled to begin in January.

The attorney said he expects the SEALs will not waive their constitutional right to confront the accuser in court, which could cause a logistical challenge. Abed is believed to be in a U.S. military detention center overseas, and it is unclear if the military would want him brought to the United States for the court-martial.

Certainly, there is no similarity to the the punishment brought by a civilian misdemeanor.

The men charged are assigned to SEAL Team 10, based in Little Creek, Virginia. Petty Officer Jonathan Keefe, SO-2 and Petty Officer Julio Huertas, SO-1 faces the same charges as McCabe, of "dereliction of performance of duty and making a false official statement."

Related:
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Matthew McCabe is Navy SEAL charged for punching terrorist 

Matthew McCabe is Navy Seal Charged for Punching Terrorist

Matthew McCabe is one of three Navy SEALs charged with punching a Fallujah, Iraq terrorist in the mouth and bloodying his lip, or "punching him in the gut" or both. Update 12-07-09 below.

McCabe is 24 years old. He enlisted in the Navy in 2003 and is originally from Perrysburg, Ohio. He is charged with offenses occuring around September 1st, of one count each of assault of the detainee, dereliction of duty, making a false official statement, and "willfully failing to safeguard a detainee." Update 12-07-09:

Ways you Can Help:

Lodge your protest at 813-828-4976
Email your protest to holly.silkman@soccent.centcom.mil

Mail your protest to US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps
The office of the Judge Advocate General, Public Affairs
1322 Patterson Ave., Suite 3000
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5066

Other phone numbers:

Comm: 202-685-5493
Washington Navy Yard: 202-685-5190
Pentagon, Room 4C642: 703-614-7420

AJAG, Military Law: 1254 Charles Morris St., SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5047
Comm: 202-685-7053

This from a reader for donations to a defense fund:

"U.S.NavySEAL/Warrior Legal Defense Fund" acct. # 435020290711 c/o Bank of America, P.O. Box F, Fort Eustis, VA. 23604
Can contribute through any Bank of America. Also, paypal: http://sites.Google. com/site/usnavyseallegaldefencefund/

Not 501(c)(3), so not tax deductible

Ahmed Hashim Abed, known to the military as Obejctive Amber, is believed to have orchestrated the brutal attack on four Blackwater contractors delivering catering supplies to our military in Fallujah, Iraq. He was one of the most wanted insurgents in in Iraq before three Navy Seals, deployed in an elite commando unit, captured him.

Blackwater Hangings

The source said intelligence briefings provided to the SEALs stated that "Objective Amber" planned the 2004 Fallujah ambush, and "they had been tracking this guy for some time."

The Fallujah atrocity came to symbolize the brutality of the enemy in Iraq and the degree to which a homegrown insurgency was extending its grip over Iraq.

The four Blackwater agents were transporting supplies for a catering company when they were ambushed and killed by gunfire and grenades. Insurgents burned the bodies and dragged them through the city. They hanged two of the bodies on a bridge over the Euphrates River for the world press to photograph [see above in an AP photo].

One of the Blackwater contractors murder was a former Navy SEAL.

According CNN, the three SEALS refused a "nonjudicial resolution," to the charges, saying they wanted their names cleared and they did not harm the detainee in anyway. Their charges are said to equvalent to a "misdemeanor,: yet:

If found guilty, they could be sentenced to a maximum of a year in a military prison, demotion to the lowest Navy rank, a cut in pay and a bad conduct discharge.

But if found innocent of all charges, they would be able to continue their careers with no record of the case in their personnel files.

The three SEALs are with their unit in Norfolk, Virginia. They will make an initial appearance before a military judge on December 7. The court-martial is scheduled to begin in January.

The attorney said he expects the SEALs will not waive their constitutional right to confront the accuser in court, which could cause a logistical challenge. Abed is believed to be in a U.S. military detention center overseas, and it is unclear if the military would want him brought to the United States for the court-martial.

Certainly, there is no similarity to the the punishment brought by a civilian misdemeanor.

The men charged are assigned to SEAL Team 10, based in Little Creek, Virginia. Also charged are Petty Officer Jonathan Keefe, SO-2 and Petty Officer Julio Huertas, SO-1.

 Update 12-07-09:

Neal Puckett, the attorney for Matthew McCabe appeared on FOXNews on November 28th. Some remarks and a video below:

Neil Puckett states that McCabe “has a completely clean record.  In fact, he was onto a sterling career as a SEAL, as were his other two SEALs.”  Puckett also wants to know “if the service is going to bring this terrorist to the courtroom in Norfolk so that we can have our 6th Amendment rights to confrontation of his accuser?”

 Neal Puckett - Matthew McCabe (video)

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