We Salute the Navy SEALs!

By Barbara Hummel to Articles | Apr 24, 2009 11:00AM |

On April 13th, the US Navy rescued Captain Richard Phillips from the Somali pirates who had held him hostage for four days. The rescue was carried out by the Navy SEALs, a special-warfare group who take their name from the elements in and from which they operate (SEa, Air, Land).

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At first sight, I thought Barbara had just copy/pasted without changing a word, only adding a break. Then I saw SCY : that's THE differen... more »
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