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Anyone remember Tears of the Sun?
I watched that movie. Full disclosure, I have never served. I was medically disqualified. But my friend, Lee, in early 1964 saw a sign on the peg board aboard ship (he was in the Navy) asking for people for what he thought was special services. Turned out to be special forces. In 1962, Pres. Kennedy signed the EO to change bud to bud/S. So, he made it through through the course and became a SEAL and served 3 active combat tours from 1964 to 1969, having risen to the rank of Second Class Petty Officer.
So, I learned from him the thinking of the SEAL teams. #1, accomplish the objective, regardless of obstacles.
The movie had a technical advisor and so yes, the movements of the team are correct. Also correct is in the beginning of the movie when they are returning from a mission and the captain, played buy Tom Skerritt, meets them on the flight deck to give them one more mission before dinner.
Nigeria is going through another civil war and bad guys and good guys are running around. The mission is to rescue a doctor who works for "Doctors without Borders." When they meet him, they do not salute, which is correct. They do not salute superior officers because that paints a target on the one in charge, in case the enemy is looking. It is a habit they get into.
So, the mission plan does not have clearance in nigerian air space. So, they are going to go in to an LZ, drop out. Then find her and escort her out. Back aboard ship in time for dinner.
It's going according to plan and they find her at some little hospital taking care of about 20 patients and they explain that they are here to extract her. She refuses because she cannot leave her patients. The rest of the movie is hiking out of Nigeria.
Accomplish the objective regardless of obstacles. In a real mission, she would be physically detained and searched for weapons and booby traps and identification. And then, when she pitches a bitch, the medic in the group gives her a tranq and the big guy gets her on his shoulder and they hump to the EP. Back aboard ship in time for dinner.
So, that glaring mistake in procedure stuck with me. This should have been more like a documentary.