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Oct. 1, 2012 11:32pm Jason Howerton

(Source: YouTube/The Daily)

It is easy to take for granted the brave men and women who are overseas fighting and risking their lives for all the freedom and liberty we enjoy here in the United States.

But every once and a while we get a glimpse into the world of the U.S. military. A new video report from The Daily follows a team of Navy SEALs who patrol parts of Afghanistan looking for Taliban leaders and dangerous weapons, including improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The Daily explains:

Navy SEALs take on some of the toughest missions in Afghanistan. The Daily got a firsthand look as they helicoptered into a remote village to search for Taliban leaders and weapons. Since the SEALs’ work is often secret, they asked that we not show their faces.

Watch the compelling video report via The Daily:

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junkmaninohio
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:50am
As with Viet Nam we lost 58 thousand young lives to a worthless cause fighting for nothing and ending in eventual withdrawal and defeat. However, in Viet Nam our top military generals never blamed our own troops for their own demise as they are now doing in Afghanistan. General Allen is “angry” at all the green on blue murders and General Dempsey blames our troops for getting themselves killed. Both men should be fired and we should get our young people out of that corrupt place NOW!

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4Stars
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 5:17pm
This is a misrepresentation of “SEALs”. These are not SEALs. Dude is wearing an ISAF patch and they are patrolling amongst the population. Give me a break. The media’s fascination with special ops reminds me of a three-year olds fascination with lollipops. Move along, nothing to see here. Bonafide special ops doing God’s work in the shadows as per design with no fanfare…

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bandi9
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 9:35am
nothing against Seals, but my son is an Army Ranger and he has done this stuff for 4 years, missions exactly like what they were doing.. Just saying seems only special forces getting all the shout-outs are Seals. by the way, my son also said most of the Seals he has met are “cowboys”. He did say Team 6 was the exception to that. they are professional.

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- DrunkGOP_Hack
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 10:20am
  Thank you for your sons service.
  
  But let’s not compare. They ALL do the work no one else will do.
  
  …and seals are just a tad tougher. ; )
  
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- Cadcamtrainer
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 2:48pm
  Army Rangers….US Navy SEALS…. I agree, let’s not compare! They are all exceptional Americans fighting for our country. But that is where all the comparing stops. The training, the weaponry, the scope of the missions. I think that your son might be a bit jealous. When something as important, as dangerous as the killing of UBL, how many Rangers were sent in??? How much Army personnel was involved on that mission. Ask him why the Rangers weren’t sent in. I bet he wouldn’t give you a simple, straight answer. By the way, HOOYAH!
  
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- M4
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 2:58pm
  USAF Para Rescue never gets any credit and most people don’t seem to know they exist. They train just as hard as any other special forces unit. ;)
  
  As the wife of a retired member of the military and as the mother of a child who just joined the military, I am thankful ALL of them exist and are so well trained as I know my husband was and my child will be in good hands should they need it :)
  
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- M4
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 3:28pm
  And, yes, I realize that while PJ’s train just as hard, their mission is mostly different than the other special forces units. my point is that they are all important
  
  When my Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps relatives get together, their good natured insults amazingly degenerate quite quickly into some of the raunchiest, yet funniest back and forth one can imagine
  
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- Halloween
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 5:18pm
  @band19 – You can’t compare apples and oranges. Example; The Army has aircraft and they fly better than the Air Force but not as good as the Navy. The Air Force has rifles and fight better than the Army. You can’t make blanket statements comparing special ops units, they all have a reason to exist.
  
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- CapnFatz
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 10:45pm
  Army Rangers are not SEALS. They exist to excel in different missions. Its foolish to compare them.
  
  Might as well compare Force Recon to SEALs.
  
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JonQ
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 8:55am
or if the pedophile FMD would have just pulled out of a teenager named barry whom he used to molest…then maybe that person wouldn’t have become so totally psychologically screwed up

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BIGDANE
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 2:32am
We should have turned the place to glass.

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- N37BU6
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 2:54am
  Right. Slinging nukes around and killing millions of innocent people like it’s no big deal is the best way to stabilize the world.
  
  No wonder so many people hate America… great comment.
  
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- DoseofReality
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 11:56am
  Bigdane – YOU and people who feel like you are whats wrong with the world. And you probably call yourself a Christian dont you?
  
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- dndcrazy
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 2:20pm
  Understand what your saying but we can never go down that road. I do fear what is going to happen after Israel strikes Iran. Things could get out of hand
  
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- Cadcamtrainer
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 2:52pm
  We either joke them now or they will nuke us later when they get their hands on them. In a perfect world we shouldn’t talk like that. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world……. Most people need to learn and realize who we are dealing with. I love it how people that never served, become experts on how the military should deal with their enemies. That kind of mentality got us here to begin with. I wonder what Gen. Patton will do!
  
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- dpmo63
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 3:33pm
  Don’t fret these pantywaists. They hate glass. I would like to know where they get the term innocent Muslims. Really? I don’t hate them, but “forgiveness is God’s business, ours is just to arrange the meeting.” Most of these goobs seem to be too young to remember the Muslim world after 9/11. I won’t ever forget them dancing in the streets.
  
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carl_in_ohio
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 1:19am
I’m pro military, but how effective is lining the citizens up and then asking them if they are Taliban?

that wouldn’t work in a high school if you ask “who throw the spitball?”
The US troop presence walks through and then moves on. the Taliban stays.
this didn’t work in Vietnam.
there has to be a change in their hearts. they have to want the change, or it won’t happen.
our cultures are very different.

it would seem you would need enough troops to actually know who is in the villages. to know their names and families, rather than rely on eye scanners. its similar to a policeman walking his patrol area daily, learning the people.

I appreciate the troops effort, but it just ineffective.

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- robh
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 1:39am
  There might be slightly more complexity to the interrogative techniques that the SEALs use than is shown in this couple of minutes of footage.
  
  Hooyah!
  
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- Apple Bite
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 5:35am
  It’s ineffective, yes. But you know what? They’re hands are tied as well. Blame the Liberals in power for twisting the rules that tie the military’s hands behind their back, demanding they fight “fairly”. Even in peace time, you see this kind of thing….
  
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- Cadcamtrainer
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 2:55pm
  3 minutes video of a entire operation. I hope you don’t think that you have seen everything that went on……. Even this shouldn’t have been shown. This is a PR campaign to sow the world how nice we are….
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 12:18am
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Get our soldiers out of the Muslim H*LL-HOLES. Those people are a hopeless cause. They refuse to act civilized and move into the twenty first century.
They treat their goats better than they treat their women. Americans are dying for nothing.
Israel is the only Middle Eastern country worth fighting for and saving.

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razhunter100
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:57pm
only reason we are in afghan is for the poppi and lithium mines.

big pharma and material for hi tech devices (batteries).

TRILLIONS IN MINERAL DEPOSITS AFGHANISTAN LITHIUM !!! GREED GREAT PAINS HELL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz4dnSZKFUI

U.S. Soldiers Grow Opium/Heroin Poppy in Afghanistan!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXTZKlnL0U0

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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:56pm
Never ending waste of time and US precious blood, minds and treasure. Bring the troops home. We need them on our boarder.

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justsomesense
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:51pm
Folks, this is a special ops organization of the US Military. Their missions are classified. You don’t show their ops becasue that is revealing their tactics. What is going on here? What is this fascitation with SEAL ops? Something is up here.

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- carl_in_ohio
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 1:22am
  I agree. and why use SEALS for patrols?
  we have over access to the details.
  
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- robh
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 1:44am
  Yeah, this footage was shot yesterday!
  
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3letter-word-JOBS
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:47pm
God, please bless these men, I know president mom jeans could care less about them.

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- Cadcamtrainer
  Posted on October 2, 2012 at 2:58pm
  GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS. if anyone can write bad things about them or our country, it is because these brave men protect that freedom for you!
  
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woodyee
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:40pm
New video? In what terms? When was this video produced?

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- Obama_Forward_Over_The_Cliff
  Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:48pm
  Click the in-story link for “The Daily”:
  “The Daily got a firsthand look as Navy SEALs helicoptered into a remote village to search for Taliban leaders. Monday, October 1, 2012″
  
  Glad to help! Oh, and that’ll be $5 for my research fee. Please pay on the way out. ;)
  
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