They died doing what SEALs do. Giving their all, even when it wasn’t their obligation.
The two former Navy SEALs killed in last week’s attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi were not part of Ambassador Chris Stevens’ official security detail but took up arms in an effort to protect the facility when it was overrun by insurgents, U.S. officials tell the Washington Guardian.
The two former SEALS, Tyrone Woods, 41, and Glen Doherty, 42, were not employed by the State Department diplomatic security office and instead were what is known as personal service contractors who had other duties related to security, the officials said.
They stepped into action, however, when Stevens became separated from the small security detail normally assigned to protect him when he traveled from the more fortified embassy in Tripoli to Benghazi, the officials said.
The two ex-Seals and others engaged in a lengthy firefight with the extremists who attacked the compound, a fight that stretched from the inner area of the consulate to an outside annex and a nearby safe house — a location that the insurgents appeared to know about, the officials said.
The officials provided the information to the Washington Guardian, saying they feared the Obama administration’s scant description of the episode left a misimpression that the two ex-Navy SEALs might have been responsible for the ambassador’s personal safety or become separated from him.
“Woods and Doherty weren’t part of the detail, nor were they personally responsible for the ambassador’s security, but they stepped into the breach when the attacks occurred and their actions saved others lives — and they shouldn’t be lumped in with the security detail,” one senior official said, speaking only on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the State Department.
The administration has not fully described the two former Navy SEALs’ activities, characterizing their work only vaguely as being security related. “Our embassies could not carry on our critical work around the world without the service and sacrifice of brave people like Tyrone and Glen,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after the attacks.
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Where do you find men such as this? Where do you find this kind of hero? It reduces one to tears.
Have you never seen a person killed in combat? I used to see it everyday in Vietnam. But there was no time for tears.
Stay classy lib1/Markos.
@Aye: yikes that’s eerie
@liberal1(objectivity): No I have not but I have had a 6 year old girl die in my arms.
@liberal1(objectivity): In 1978 I was on call Christmas Eve and got summoned to the hospital for a couple in an MVA. He was DOA and I was told she was a 21 y/o in critical but stable condition. We were in the process of reducing some fractures when she coded. Forty minutes and we could not revive her. The neurosurgeon asked the two of us residents what we thought happened. We both thought “head” and he said no. He was right and we were wrong. It was a dissecting aorta. We had no chance.
I returned to my in-laws house later and my father in law took a look at me and sarcastically said “What? Did someone die?”
I said yes. The rest of the evening was pretty quiet.
There are more but these two stand out.
I respect your experience and service. So do I make the club?
@liberal1(objectivity): Bohica man: Your point?
@liberal1(objectivity):
OMG, now I know who you are, Lib1. You are the Bradley Manning of DaNang.
Lib 1, well, well, well, aren’t you the tough guy. And may I ask what your point is or do you think that being a tough guy elevates you above the rest of us. I know something about tough guys, they never talk about it; the ones who do are the first ones to piss their trousers when the situation turns grim.
Doc, count him absent; you don’t need to qualify yourself to this bottom feeder hiding behind a computer.
I can only imagine the tragedy and suffering you have seen and continue to see. It is obvious, that you posses both compassion and dignity. I wish you the best and thank you for your service to your community.
DrJohn
thank you for being you,
@ilovebeeswarzone:
Thank you very kindly, Bees
Liberal1[objective]
after those years, what made you lean on the wrong side,
you should be on the CONSERVATIVE side,
DON’T YOU SEE THE MUSLIMATION OF THIS GLORIOUS AMERICA
BY OBAMA, DON’T YOU SEE WHAT HAPPEN IF HE GET RE-ELECTED,
DON’T YOU SEE THE ALREADY DESTRUCTION BEGINNING BY OBAMA
AND HIS CREW WHO DON’T KNOW OTHER THAN HARASS THE BUSYNESS OWNERS, DON’T YOU LOVE AMERICA AND WANT THE BEST PRESIDENT WHO KNOW WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO,
AND HE IS SUPPORT BY THE NATION’S LEADERS, WHO KNOW OBAMA’S TRICKS
TO MAKE IT HARD ON PEOPLE .