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The SEALs were reported missing after boarding the vessel in a
Jan. 11 operation near the coast of Somali, the U.S. Central
Command said on X.
“We mourn the loss of our two Naval Special Warfare warriors,
and we will forever honor their sacrifice and example. Our
prayers are with the SEALs’ families, friends, the U.S. Navy,
and the entire Special Operations community during this time,”
CENTCOM Commander General Michael Erik Kurilla said in a
statement.
A joint operation carried out by the United States, Spain and
Japan searched more than 21,000 square miles of ocean for the
missing SEALs, CENTCOM said in the statement.
That mission had now become a recovery operation, CENTCOM said.
The U.S. has carried out a string of strikes against Houthi
targets in response to Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the
Red Sea that have disrupted global trade and raised fears of
supply bottlenecks.
U.S. Central Command forces on Saturday struck a Houthi
anti-ship missile that was aimed into the Gulf of Aden and
prepared to launch, the U.S. military said.
The Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, have
claimed their attacks on commercial ships are aimed at
supporting the Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza.
The Houthi movement has vowed to keep up attacks despite the
strikes last week against radar and missile capabilities.
(Reporting by Rami Ayyub in Washington and Dan Whitcomb in Los
Angeles; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Leslie Adler)
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