Operation red wings ambush original video footage 2005

[O.Shawabkeh]

For sake of those interested, early on beside shouts of "A. Akbar" you'd also hear repeatedly "Allah'humma thabbit aqdamana" that's an Arabic call to God to basically grant them courage to hold their ground. An old one from the prophet days.
(The literal translation is roughly: God stabilize/entrench our feet)

[TyroneMalon]

Around the 9:50 mark you start to clearly hear a suppressed rifle being fired. It creates an echo sound..like a crack then a thud. Its very distinct and Axe was the only team guy to have one. Its obvious by the gunfire that hes on his own, both Dietz and Murphy are dead. Marcus is probably half way down the mountain. Axe put up a hell of a fight by himself. He battles on alone while they chase him down the mountain. I know these guys are trained for this but it still would've been terrifying knowing your on your own and fighting for your life. By now he'd know he wasn't coming home and still did not surrender. A true in peace brother

[sulw]

Full Translation for the entire 17+ minutes video: “ This valley is under the control of the Mujahideen and they can roam around in it in broad daylight too. News on the radio (female voice) in the background. Cuts to burst of fire…”god is great”. Another voice in the distance yelling “ SURRENDER, SURRENDER!”. The Taliban making video, again, saying “god is great” repeatedly with bullets firing, and reciting verses in Arabic, repeatedly. At 3:05 a fighter sensing “victory” relays the news to the others, collectively repeating “god is great”.
At 3:26: one yelling at the distance and saying who are you guys? The response: mentions something in Pashto, something also about RPGs, maybe around the lines “we are the RPG guys”, this guy tells him to watch their backs as “these guys (Americans)…not audible. 3:44: get down from it, the camera guy says the same thing too, and then in English: “we don’t kill you, if you don’t fight we don’t kill you, hand up, hand up. The Taliban member in the distance calls a name “Gulistan(a)”. camera guy “god is great”, the other says it too. Recites on Arabic. At 4:30: The camera guy says “descend on them”, the one in the distance says “shoot, shoot”. Bursts of gunfire…”god is great” collectively. 4:48: “shoot, shoot”…gunfire, sound of RPG…”god is great”. Recitation in Arabic. 5:15: The camera guy: “you brave young men, descend on them”. Gunfire…5:24 a voice in the distance relays info, but not audible, the camera guy and the say “shoot them, shoot them, shoot them”, “god is great”. Both tell the other Taliban “tell them to surrender, surrender”. Let’s get down guys. Camera guy 5:51 “try to capture them alive”. 6:00 discussion in the distance, camera guy English” if you don’t fight we don’t kill you”, someone next to him tells him “stop with these anecdotes now”. In the distance: “he is one of ours”. The Taliban ahead visible on the screen says on the phone to the others ”ok, ok we will not shoot towards your direction”, tells his men “don’t shoot too straight until you don’t see…not audible”. 6:37 He then says “be very careful and don’t hurt yourselves”. Gunfire “god is great, shoot, shoot” gunfire, RPG sound. 7:40 “I can hear you, hear you, coming, let’s go guys, run, run”. 8:00: guys they reached the bottom, give the PK Machine-gunner some some ammos”. Gunfire, RPG, 8:23: “shoot, shoot, they will not surrender”. Gunfire continues “god is great”, reciting in Arabic. 9:07 calm, 9:18 a dog barking in the distance. 9:24 gunfire again “god is great” 9:46: “shoot, shoot” in the distance, followed by more gunfire. 12:02 “get a close up of it”. One asks “where is the other one? Only one has been shot? Response: “no, many of them have been shot"…”camera, camera, there is one camera inside and more…pick them up, did you pick them up? Yes”. 12:22: about the Camera “This is a trophy”..chatter..”god is great” collectively.
12:37: Helicopter hoovering in the distance, camera guy “one American helicopter, with the help of god, has been shot down, and that one- god willing- will meet the same fate”
13:04: “These items are trophies that on the date June 28, 2005, as the result of an operation conducted by the Mujahideen [Taliban] in Kunar province in the district of manogee, have been captured from the Americans. Not to mention, this is one half of the collection of trophies, some are with the Mujahideen at their homes and, once we collect them, will make a video of them too.”
13:33 man speaks in ARABIC, some Pashto sentences too, some words “gps, night vision, counting..operation equipment…there is a nightvision binocular installed on top of it…thank god. Turned it on…they had this on their helmets, this gun was used against the mujahideen [Taliban], we have three of these, 2 with the other Taliban men, we will make a video of those too.”. 15:18 someone in URDU language says “hurry up brothers”. Then the other one says in Pashto: “this the 3rd helmet & the 4th, put the 4th helmet next to them…like that..we will use these against them”.
15:50 “we captured these trophies, and this device; they put it on the ground to signal the helicopters/planes about their coordinates, and this was is a card…flash system…flash… that they take photos with it from afar and identifies the target with. Take a picture of it and get the card from him.”. 16:46 one pointing the captured weapon the other says “this uses a laser…take a step back, keep walking back and turned the camera off”…”take this PK with you”.

[USDOTATF]

2:25 “I’m hit”
4:25 “There’s no other place to jump”
5:55 Michael: “Troops in contact”
6:07 “Michael Come Back. Michael”
6:32 “Help. Help Me Marcus”
6:48 Suppressed rifle engages after call for help
8:08 “Wheres Michael”

[Herecomesthethruth]

Even if it's 10 guys, they knew the area, had the high ground, had more firepower.if you look at the maps of where they were, or just from this video, they were trapped. If your trapped, and the enemies know your location, it's only a matter of time.being a navy seal doesn't change any of this.the story he told or didn't tell is irrelevant.this is huge mistake made by the people that planned it, and it cost 3 great men there lives.listen to all the rounds being shot at them at once, now imagine being there trying to locate where they are shooting from, and trying not to get shot, what a fucked up situation.

[aidenpettigrew]

I made a comment here about a year ago during very difficult times. I was angry and bitter. I called most of you cowards and reading it back I wish I never said such things. It's hard to say how someone you dont know would react under stress. Most people wouldnt want to be in such a position anyway. These men are truly one of a kind. May their souls rest in peace, and may their memories live on through friends, family, and supporters.

[Brandon_Smith]

Hearing them scream Marcus is fucking heartbreaking

[EntryLevelLuxury]

The way they are casually strolling really takes the fire out of the whole story…

[KidDynamite]

fighting in that terrain multiple elevations, trees, acoustics is a total nightmare acquiring enemy location from incoming rounds no matter how trained you are

[billymcswain]

This is the real movie Lone Survivor, not that Hollywood bs

[Ancryptoh]

Man they were outgunned an trapped an cornered an put up one hell of a fight on foreign land. That sounds like straight chaos

[wetworkssun]

"Marcus come back" at 06:10 sends chills down my spine. He just left them. In the book, it says hundreds of Taliban fighters. But looks/sounds like no more than 20 at most.

[gladiator_games]

It’s does sound like a crazy gunfight though. Poor guys

[TimBur-lgxw]

"If You Don't Fight, We Don't Kill You". Classic trick some parents use but without the "Fight"

[chANTler]

I did not realize until watching this footage. Danny says in the movie. Their everywhere. How can they move so fast on the mountain? Something along those lines. But it wasn't that the enemy was fast. Which in the movie it seems almost like a chase. The enemy was just well prepared. And surrounded the seals completely. No matter where those soldiers went on that mountain. There were insurgents waiting for them.

[robwernet]

Man they were in close contact. You can hear our guys voices and weapons firing distinctly. 3 round burst and most single shots are our guys weapons firing. At the beginning you can hear a single shot wiz by this guy and it come really close.

[alexdeghost]

So, I want to point something pretty important out. There are claims in the comment section that Marcus merely ran and hid the entire gunfight and let his team die. There is evidence to debunk these claims.

Marcus says something like “He had crawled left and he started screaming my name. Marcus! Marcus you gotta help me! I heard his gun go off. I was trying everything in my power to get to him.”

At 6:30, we hear Mike Murphy calling out to Marcus for help. And soon after, at 6:40 that is the sound of an unsuppressed M4, so Mike is engaging. Then at 6:48, the sound of accurate suppressed M4 shots are heart before an insurgent returns fire. This is most likely Marcus because at this time, Axe had been blinded by a shot to the temple and it matches what Luttrell recounts. These two M4s don’t stop until 7:30 despite AK, RPK and RPG fire. So yes, I believe that was Marcus trying his hardest to cover and get to Murphy after he had made the phone call for help. But unfortunately he couldn’t get to him, dropped his weapon and covered his ears so he wouldn’t hear Mikey die, which Marcus openly calls himself a coward for, not a brave hero.

[einfachsteff]

RIP fallen soldiers 🇺🇸❤️ thank you for your service, you will never be forgotten!!

[brettbambouturton]

Deepest respect to the American Navy Seals and pilots that died that day🇺🇸

[aguy]

Personally, I don’t think the guy says, “allahu akbar” enough times.