The United States Central Command has announced that two sailors are missing off the coast of Somalia after operations on January 11th, 2023. The announcement reads below:
”On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy Sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia. Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors. For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete.Out of respect for the families affected, we will not release further information on the missing personnel at this time.The sailors were forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) area of operations supporting a wide variety of missions.”
This is developing.