The weight they lost Dan, the crew chief on the rear right, shouted to the pilot: "We're taking fire! The Three decades on, the death of Neil Roberts can be seen as futile - even days after the bombing, despite the buildings extensive damage, police claimed the computer could still work. Then there'sBritt Slabinski, a SEAL Team Six operator left traumatised after heroicallyleading the effort to recover Roberts' body. When the will defies fear, when duty throws down the gauntlet of fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death that is heroism.. The bad was equally balanced with the good. Neil C. Robertsin a letter to his wife, to be delivered in the event of his death. '', Secretary Rumsfeld said the important issue was that ''a fine American's dead. Roberts, the SAW gunner, was positioned to the rear of the helo both for a quick insertion and to act as rear gunner as needed. Accuracy in Media. According to sources, senior command staff were aware of the misconduct but did little to stop itand often helped to cover it up. Razor 03 had only been on the peak for maybe 45 seconds at that point, and had already taken repeated RPG hits that had been fired with what was most likely dumb luck, effectively crippling the helo. The remaining members of MAKO 30 traveled to PO1 As the legend of SEAL Team 6 grew, a rogue culture arose that operated outside of the Navys established mechanisms for command and investigation. noted, the initial press reports included statements about Roberts Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, 34, of Wade, N.C. His heroic actions alone had prompted an His final assignment was to the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, DEVGRU, in Dawn Neck, Virginia, in June of 1999. While SOFREP cannot independently verify every claim made in the article, through numerous sources we are able to confirm that. Our Navy Seal gave his life for that The crew chief reported a donkey positioned at 3 oclock right at the tree line, but that wasnt the strangest sight. A stunning new expos published today in The Intercept about the elite military unit. and the Generals all saw this as it played out on their TV monitors back at Many SOFREP readers wrote to us asking if the allegations in the article are correct. involved in US security and intelligence matters (again I am not at to lead) many to suspect/claim a conspiracy of silence, a cover NSWDG. Immediately prior to midnight on March 3, 2002, a pair of SEAL teams going by the names MAKO 30 and MAKO 21 were set to arrive in Gardez, the capital of the Paktia Province of Afghanistan, for insertion into the Shahi-Kot Valley. The Battle of Takur Ghar was a short but intense military engagement between United States special operations forces and al-Qaeda insurgents fought in March 2002, atop Takur Ghar mountain in Afghanistan. Petty Officer First Class Neil C. Roberts is left alone on top of the mountain to fight for his life. Dan Madden, the rear right ramp gunner and crew chief, tried to raise the ramp that had been lowered in anticipation of touchdown, but the shot-up hydraulics, drained of fluid, refused to respond. WebAs a result of the damage and loss of aircraft control, Navy Petty Officer First Class Neil Roberts fell out of the MH-47G Chinook as it lifted off from the peak.