Update (1516 EST): According to Bloomberg, at least one of the SEALs was knocked off of an entry ladder by high seas during a maritime interdiction mission.
As this publication reported yesterday, United States Central Command reported that two U.S. Navy personnel were reported missing off the coast of Somalia during operations. Luis Martinez from ABC has now reported that those two persons were Navy SEALs. His report is below:
Two Navy Seals are missing in the Gulf of Aden during a nighttime boarding operation according to two U.S. officials. search and rescue operations are continuing.
— luis martinez (@LMartinezABC) January 13, 2024
CENTCOM and the U.S. Navy have not confirmed the identities of the personnel and search and rescue operations are still underway.
This is developing.