212 Man
Having spent a good few days flopping around the Og off various Pacific nations in various stages of 'unrest', we used to practice all the time to the deck of the ship day and night as that was the only piece of friendly territory available to us. The deck used for this assault is HUGE (can fit two (three at a squeeze) helos on deck. We would have much preferred to do it to land but someone in the legal fraternity always kept saying that it was an act of war to just lob on someones doorstep.
Knowing the way the army does business, I'm quite sure the mission was briefed and planned well. Let the BOC decide on why the execution of the plan failed. Hopefully, we can learn from this tragic accident.
All I can say is that its a tradgedy that two young lives were lost but its a miracle that most got out (from depths of 30m they are saying).
