Official Google Webmaster Central Blog. Families suspect SEAL Team 6 crash was inside job on worst day in Afghanistan. Questions haunt the families of Extortion 1. Afghanistan that suffered the most U. S. military deaths in a single day in the war on terrorism. The investigative file made available to The Washington Times shows that the helicopters landing zone was not properly vetted for threats nor protected by gunships, while commanders criticized the mission as too rushed and the conventional Chinook chopper as ill suited for  a dangerous troop infiltration. Every day, Charlie Strange, the father of one of the 3. Americans who died Aug. Michael, was set up by someone inside the Afghan government wanting revenge on Osama bin Ladens killers SEAL Team 6. Somebody was leaking to the Taliban, said Mr. Strange, whose son intercepted communications as a Navy cryptologist. They knew. Somebody tipped them off. There were guys in a tower. Guys on the bush line. They were sitting there, waiting. And they sent our guys right into the middle. Doug Hamburgers son, Patrick, an Army staff sergeant, also perished when the CH 4. D Chinook descended to a spot less than 1. Taliban fighters watched from a turret. He asks why the command sent his son into Tangi Valley toward a hot landing zone in a cargo airship instead of a special operations helicopter. Stats that stood out Posted by Chris Brown on November 3, 2017 347 am Bills average yards per carry 2. Jets average yards per carry 4. Inside Job 3' title='Inside Job 3' />The souped up choppers the MH 4. MH 6. 0 Black Hawk, which SEAL Team 6 rode the stealth version of to kill bin Laden are flown by Night Stalker pilots skilled in fast, ground hugging maneuvers to avoid detection. PHOTOS Elite U. S. Navy SEALs in actionWhen you want to fly them into a valley, when youve got hillsides on both sides of it with houses built into sides of the valley, that is an extremely dangerous mission, Mr. Hamburger said. The MH, the new model, theyve got radar that will pick up an incoming missile or incoming RPG. Theyre faster. Theyre quicker on attack. Theyre more agile. So there was every reason in the world to use the MH that night. Sith Douangdara, whose 2. John, was a Navy expeditionary specialist who handled warrior dog Bart, said he has lots of unanswered questions. I want to know why so many U. Inside Job 3' title='Inside Job 3' />S. SEALs, were assembled on one aircraft, he said. I want to know why the black box of the helicopter has not been found. I want to know many things. Not all families believe the fact finding investigation, conducted by Army Brig. The man has never met a question he wouldnt avoid Promoted by Colorado Pols. While its sometimes hard to tell due to each branch of the military having mixed forces, each one has a specific mission. View videos and photo galleries from USA TODAY. Trump Kills Cordrays Arbitration Rule Would He Do the Same for Debt Collectors 2 November 2017 at 0858 a. Gen. Jeffrey Colt covered all issues. Gen. Colt, who has since been promoted to major general, told commanders that his job was not to find fault and his report did not criticize any person or decision. I want people held accountable, said Mr. ZtYUn6Q/TbVdi5WM8WI/AAAAAAAACj8/QS_0K9GTHIQ/s1600/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzInsideJob_DC.jpg' alt='Inside Job 3' title='Inside Job 3' />Team selling is one way to influence sales. Team selling is a group of people representing the sales department and other functional areas in the firm, such as. Strange, a former union construction worker who deals blackjack in a Philadelphia casino. A spokesman for U. S. Central Command, which overseas the war and conducted the probe, declined to answer the families questions and referred a reporter to Gen. Colts report. Congress gets involved. More than two years later, more answers may be forthcoming. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, is making inquiries after meeting with some families. Larry Klayman, who runs the nonprofit watchdog group Freedom Watch, has filed suit in U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Pentagon, as well as the Air Force, Army and Navy. He wants a judge to order the military to turn over an array of documents under the U. S. Freedom of Information Act. He said the Defense Department stonewalled his written requests, so Freedom Watch went to court last month and succeeded in forcing the government to turn over records. For the first time, Mr. Klayman allowed The Washington Times to view the militarys investigative files turned over to family members two years ago. The families of our fallen heroes, who I am proud to represent, need closure to this tragedy, Mr. Klayman said. There are many unanswered questions and the militarys explanations of the causes of the crash do not add up. He said families also want changes to the militarys restrictive rules of engagement that made it more difficult for U. S. helicopter pilots to fire back at the Taliban fighters they believed brought down the Chinook. The families also want our militarys rules of engagement to be changed, as a testament to and in honor of their dead sons, Mr. Klayman said. When our nation enters into battle, it must be to win the battle, not the hearts and minds of the Islamic jihadist enemy and the Muslim civilian population it uses as human shields. He also wants to know the identities of Afghan soldiers onboard, and why the aircrafts black box, washed away in a fierce rainstorm, was never found even though it has a homing device. We want to make sure our fallen heroes are respected and that answers are provided, he said. About an possible insider betrayal, he says Were not saying that happened, but it needs to be explored because increasingly Americans are being killed at the hands of Afghans. Even some military personnel involved that night questioned the operations afterward. The navigator aboard the AC 1. Tangi Valley expressed in 2. One of the other things that we did talk about kind of what youre hitting on, sir, is about the fact that, you know, for three hours we had been burning holes in the sky, the officer told Gen. Colts team. Youve got Apaches flying around, so theres a lot of noise going on and, basically, this entire valley knows that theres something happening in this area. So, to do an infil on the X or Y, you know, having that element of surprise in the beginning of an operation is good, but by the time weve been there for three hours, and the partys up, bringing in another aircraft like that, you know, may not be the most tactically sound decision. The mission. After Gen. Colts report became public in September 2. Oct. 1. 2 in Little Creek, Va., home to Naval Special Warfare Development Group, popularly called SEAL Team 6. The crash took the lives of 1. SEALs and five special warfare development group operators, making it the worst one day loss in the history of U. S. naval special operations. The choppers manifest included five Army soldiers, three Air Force airmen, seven Afghan soldiers and one Afghan interpreter. All 3. 8 died. Twenty two of them, such as Petty Officer Strange, were thrown from the aircraft. The rest died inside the fireball. The military morgue at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware reported that all succumbed within seconds. Gen. Colt said they were most likely rapid fatalities. President Obama went to Dover to receive the fallen and console the families. Your son changed America, Mr. Strange said the president told him. I grabbed the president by the shoulders and said, I dont need to know about my son. I need to know what happened. The nation mourned as 3. Lostprophets Weapon Zip on this page. America. The public was transfixed by the service in Rockford, Iowa, for Petty Officer 1st Class Jon Tumilson, a SEAL. His beloved Labrador, Hawkeye, stayed loyal to the end, lying at the casket as more than 5. SEALs sat in attendance. The military probe. Gen. Colt had the right experience to lead the probe He is a decorated Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and career helicopter pilot, including time in the storied 1. Special Operations Regiment. He is now deputy commander of Fort Bragg, N. C. For the families on Oct. DVDs. But the questions the next of kin have today did not materialize until they began poring over 1,3. 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