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General Category => World News => Topic started by: 240B on January 21, 2023, 01:52:18 pm
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Time
BY W.J. HENNIGAN
UPDATED: JANUARY 20, 2023
A former American Navy SEAL was killed this week during Russia’s assault on eastern Ukraine while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, a Navy official tells TIME.
Daniel W. Swift, a Navy Special Warfare Operator First Class who had gone AWOL, died Jan. 18 after suffering injuries with a unit under attack by Russia, the official said.
The Navy confirmed that Swift has been in “an active deserter status since March 11, 2019,” but did not provide any additional information. It wasn’t yet known how long Swift was in Ukraine and why he was fighting there.
Swift, who is from Oregon, first enlisted in 2005, according to his releasable service records obtained by TIME. The records don’t detail any of his deployments or SEAL teams he may have served on. They list assignments with a Naval Special Warfare “Cold Weather Detachment” out of Kodiak, Ak. in 2007 and separate stints with two “West Coast-based Special Warfare Unit(s)” from July 2007 to January 2014. Beginning in August 2017, Swift was with a “West Coast Special Warfare Unit.”
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https://time.com/6248929/navy-seal-killed-fighting-ukraine/
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More here:
Former SEAL Dies in Ukraine; 6th Known American Killed in War (https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/01/20/former-seal-dies-ukraine-6th-known-american-killed-war.html)
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AWOL Navy Seal Becomes Sixth American Killed in Ukraine
By Margaret Flavin
Published January 21, 2023 at 9:31am
An AWOL U.S. Navy Seal, Daniel W. Swift, has reportedly been killed in Ukraine.
AP reports:
A former U.S. Navy SEAL who went AWOL in 2019 was killed this week in Ukraine, American officials said Friday. They said he was not fighting in an official capacity.
Daniel W. Swift, who was a 1st class petty officer, was injured in Dnipro and died of his wounds, said one of the officials, who all spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel issues.
No other details were available, including whether Swift’s body has been taken out of Ukraine.
The Navy said he deserted his post in San Diego, California, in March 2019. “We cannot speculate as to why the former Sailor was in Ukraine,” the Navy said.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/awol-navy-seal-becomes-sixth-american-killed-ukraine/
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Merged.
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Well, either he felt strongly enough about it to desert...
Or this is the 'legend' used to cover...
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Well, either he felt strongly enough about it to desert...
Or this is the 'legend' used to cover...
Deserted in 2019, well before the Russians invaded Ukraine. Sketch as hell.
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Deserted in 2019, well before the Russians invaded Ukraine. Sketch as hell.
@SZonian
I agree. There is more here than is being told.
For one thing,deserters RARELY desert so they can go fight somewhere. They mostly desert because they hate being in the military and having to follow orders.
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My guess is that he was a fuckup in the SEALs. Maybe alcohol, drugs, committed an assault...whatever. Went AWOL before being court-martialed.
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Well, either he felt strongly enough about it to desert...
Or this is the 'legend' used to cover...
The CIA's stink is all over this one. 2019 is just added to provide cover.