Navy SEAL Lt. Commander Erik Kristensen died trying to rescue his fellow SEALs in the Operation Red Wings disaster 10 years ago. Kristensen Family — -- When Ed and Suzanne Kristensen first ...

US and coalition forces were battling through the 4th year of Operation Enduring Freedom. While few envisioned an end to the overall mission in Afghanistan any time soon, there was some hope in the ...

Tasked with inserting the SEAL special ... commander for the operation. He and some of his fellow “Night Stalkers” felt the SEALs’ plan, dubbed Operation Red Wings, was too risky.

Afghan Who Saved Navy SEAL Comes to D.C. U.S. Navy SEAL Marcus ... with a four-man reconnaissance unit as a part of Operation Red Wings. Their mission was to locate local Taliban commander Ahmad ...

It's been seven years since 19 Navy SEALs and Army Night Stalkers were killed during a rescue attempt dubbed Operation Red Wings ... Twenty members of SEAL Team 6 were killed.

"The Murph" workout, a Memorial Day tradition, celebrates Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy's legacy, challenging participants to ...

Lt. Michael Murphy, Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Danny Dietz, Sonar Technician 2nd Class Matthew Axelson, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Marcus Luttrell embarked on Operation Red Wings on June 27 ...

Kristensen’s son Erik was the SEAL Commander of the helicopter that was shot down in Operation Red Wings. Operation Red Wings was the inspiration for the book “Lone Survivor” by Navy SEAL ...

That's who Erik really was," said Jason Redman, who served in SEAL Team 10 as an officer with Kristensen at the time of the Operation Red Wings disaster and had once been in Murphy's platoon.

Tasked with inserting the SEAL special reconnaissance (SR ... on this leg of the flight home. The rescue operation, known as Operation Red Wings II, continued for weeks. Almost every variety ...