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Than you are also aware there are 4 different squadrons under six and this was not the one on the bin laden mission, aside from individuals that may have subbed or changed teams to fill needed holes. Also, if you think it was not known seal team six operated in and out of that theater, you are living in a conspiracy dream world. Further, while the seals were acknowledged in the speech of May 3, 2011, the team number was not mentioned. DID NOT IDENTIFY SEAL TEAM 6 OR ANY TEAM BY NUMBER OR PERSONNEL NAME or color. Have read there was a Afghani operating with the team that was thought to be dirty, if so, guarantee he died that night. Last I read, the satchel charge detonation inside the bird had been ruled out. That would only be ruled out by examination of the wreckage of the bird. That clears it for me, as I took that course. A lateral RPG strike in the upper front quarter or upper rear quarter could easily take out the bird causing it to fall into the mountanous AO and as you are probably aware, they, like our shoulder fired rockets are usually employed in multiples, so forget lucky shot. It ain't hard to aim and fire fairly accurately if you are trained. Like I said, we trained them years ago to shoot from the moutainsides as the target back then was the Russian Hind helicopter (the most heavily armored helicopter on any battle field of that time and most likely could not be taken out with an RPG from below. Was there an OPSEC breach? Quite possibly, especially if there was a was a dirty Hadji in the the woodpile. Still no relation to anything Biden said, so basic premise of story incorrect and provable on any fact check site of the speech.The identity of teams conducting classified missions is kept secret for a reason. Once SEAL Team 6 was identified they became a target of revenge. As I pointed out, the Chinook was not taken out by chance by random rocket launchers. The team on the ground was engaged by a large force to draw the response team into that valley - all r ridges in and out had manpad / launcher teams. Once in the 'bowl' they were f*ed. Radio calls described rockets coming in from 'everywhere'... A satchel charge was also detonated from the inside by an Afghan troop added to the flight just before takeoff... There is much more to this story the media did not know / did not write, more people on this board don't know...but the identities of teams conducting classified ops are kept SECRET to prevent targeting / retaliation ... Biden gave up the identity of the team...the enemy did their homework and did the rest. The Afghan embedded with the team was the insurance policy...