Snake Eaters-1st Cavalry

[tsofian]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

You're forgetting an important details of that scenario.

The SEALs were held up by Big Navy. Launched late and from further out than was supposed to happen. The SEALs had to go significantly further in a zodiac with an outboard motor...The SEALs arrived hours late...not at high tide and hours before dawn, but low tide and after sunrise....They attempted to complete their mission slogging across groin deep mud flats. Unfortunately, a Panamian soldier was more on the ball than usual and the team was spotted. The rest is history.

I'm not forgetting it. I know very well that Murphy was a grunt. It's not a perfect world and THINGS GO WRONG.

http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-war.html