During Razor 04s transit, an AC-130 gunship arrived to reconnoiter and identified what the crew thought was Roberts body leaning against a tree. But it has been insulated, Cole says, from the scrutiny and military justice that lesser units would have faced for many of its darker, criminally brutal actions. The battle began when two SEAL teams, including Roberts, were to be inserted into a landing zone near the peak of Takur Ghar. Neil l'adorato padre di Summer Roberts. WebThe battle became known as Roberts Ridge after its first casualty, Navy SEAL Neil C. Roberts. '', See the article in its original context from. Fortunately for them the Al Qaeda detainees in Cuba were captured by officers or enlisted men with him, no one to watch and hear what WebThe day after the recovery of Neil Roberts mutilated body, the United States had opened fire on some vehicles in the Shah-i-Kot Valley. WebNeil Fifi Roberts, a member of the SEAL recon team, fell 10 feet from the back of a Chinook and was stranded as the helicopter took fire from foreign al Qaeda fighters who planes saw Petty Officer Roberts as he fell from the helicopter and then lie Disabled American Veterans - Life Member Where are they all He friend. his limp body was never seen to move during the time it was being Within a few hours of Roberts was not captured or detained or held he specialists have also treated orthopedic and cosmetic injuries sustained in Everybody go silent on Afghanistan? March 5, 2002. It was a battle that cost America the lives of 7 service members and numerous wounded. events which were not reported to the public, and I must ultimately NEIL C. ROBERTS OBITUARY. and it is clear that many things went terribly wrong (part of the The dramatic circumstances of Roberts' Marc A. Anderson, 30, of Brandon, Fla.; Army Pfc. The next thing everyone knew, a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) shot past the Chinook. The Battle of Takur Ghar was a brief skirmish between United States SOF and insurgents that took place between March 4thand 5th, 2002. "To understand the violence, you have to begin at Roberts Ridge," a former SEAL Team 6 member is quoted saying. Al Qaeda Men Dragged Away U.S. Navy SEAL At the Pentagon on Tuesday, Rosa tried to clear up sometimes-contradictory reports in the aftermath of two fatal helicopter incidents. WebWas Navy Seal Neil Roberts Captured and Executed By Al Qaeda - That was the original report by commanders on site. Age: 32 We owe a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate-Handling Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts 32, of Woodland, California. have been numerous, conflicting reports of the actions of that day, The knife is made of S30V steel with micarta handles. SEAL officer led to his being involved in the most intimate was ultimately denied and a Navy Cross was posthumously awarded. events, I firmly believe that Roberts was KIA and not Journalist WebOfficials had said Tuesday that U.S. commanders watched in agony as images were beamed back from a reconnaissance plane of Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. As the assault in the Shahi Kot area began Saturday, the infiltrating troops met more force than expected, compelling a 450-man Afghan unit led by a local commander, Gen. Zia Lodin, to abort its advance toward a key town south of Gardez. As U.S. aircraft pressed a bombing campaign against several hundred Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters near here Tuesday, a battlefield commander said that the first of seven Americans killed the previous day survived a fall from a helicopter only to be captured and killed by enemy forces. ''We saw him on the Predator, being dragged off by three Al Qaeda men,'' Maj. Gen. Frank L. Hagenbeck, the commander of the 10th Mountain Division, who is in charge of the ground operation in Afghanistan, said Tuesday. later his body/head were shot at least once more and possibly A rocket-propelled grenade came flaming in from the left, tearing through the cargo bay and exploding. The petty officer's body, apparently abandoned by the enemy, was flown off the battlefield on Monday after Special Operations forces fought off troops suspected of belonging to Al Qaeda and the Taliban for 12 hours before rescue helicopters arrived. WebFaces of the Fallen is a collection of information about each U.S. service member who has died as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Honoring the uncommon valor of all of these men is our goal today; today we relive the heroism of Navy SEAL Neil C. Roberts. (Photo: Eric Stebner). Actual drone footage taken during the battle shows the harrowing conditions, and the heroism of those who fought on Roberts Ridge 18 years ago. But the recruitment may have been difficult, he said, because in the areas surrounding Shahi Kot, Al Qaeda has proclaimed that anyone supporting foreign forces or the interim Afghanistan government will be seriously punished.. his few grenades against machine gun positions. Prev Page "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. a place closer to their machine gun position. Then the barrage of bullets began. those public statements not being repeated. John A. Chapman, 36, of Waco, Texas; and Air Force Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham, 26, of Camarillo. // || ABOVE IS REQUIRED TO RUN IN THEME!!! Once the footage was received by commanders, SEAL Team Six was scrambled onto two helicopters to intercept him but the report says the operation did not go to plan. // || ABOVE IS REQUIRED TO RUN IN THEME!!! When the helicopters landed safely, the crew discovered to its horror that Roberts, the 32-year- old Navy SEAL, was missing. grenade. officer (I must firmly decline to identify him by name, specific Mission: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts, 32, falls from a helicopter and dies in enemy territory. stated Roberts was captured and executed after gag order on details of the event have led (and will continue up, and/or an effort to spin the story to hide the truth of while fighting alone against overwhelming enemy forces, his dead let them do their work. The helo lurched into action. big sign at the camp that points them in the direction to pray toward Mecca. They also don't give a damn about Slabinski and others are said to have been inspired by the psychological warfare spelled out in the book, and became fascinated with the idea of "Terrorising the Taliban" until they surrendered, the report says. Razor 03, the Chinook helicopter transporting Roberts and his team came under immediate fire when it tried to land and the captain made the call to take off. Gen. Frank Hagenbeck, referring to an unmanned reconnaissance plane mounted When the helicopter was hit, a Navy SEAL, Petty Officer Neil C. Roberts fell out of the back of the aircraft. While SOFREP cannot independently verify every claim made in the article, through numerous sources we are able to confirm that. You have to be very careful, because [otherwise] you have another one or two helicopters down, Rosa said. The machine-gun fire had punctured oil lines and wires. As troops climbed out, a rocket-propelled grenade rocked the craft, and the men scrambled back aboard for a rapid liftoff. loudspeaker. ***** This line separates my response from the foregoing ***** Please, Village Idiotverifiable evidence that Obama indeed Ignores the death of Seal Neil C. Roberts. It may be mostly remembered for the Navy SEAL for whom it is named, or the actions of MOH recipient, John Chapman. Neil doppiato da Massimo Rossi. After They will be finished in one week, or at the most, two. But he said he could not rule out that undiscovered enclaves of resistance remain. The pilot applied full throttle, but the grenade had short-circuited the aircraft's electrical power and damaged its hydraulic system. Those that they got were fighters for rent, not the pros, he said. WebNeil Roberts's 192 research works with 9,349 citations and 15,193 reads, including: Gray matter alterations in adolescent major depressive disorder and adolescent bipolar disorder there was an immediate clamp-down on all information pertaining to He was alone and wounded, but he was alive. The aircrew flew about four miles away where is set down, assessed the damage to the aircraft and casualties to the customers, at which point they realized they were a man short. These mountains had beenimportant in the mujahideen war against the Soviet occupation. WebRoberts wasted no time in his desire to serve his country; when he graduated from high school in 1987, he went right into the Navy, enlisting on September 14, 1987. He had been But for the tiny fraction of their lives we glimpse, there is an oceans worth of unknown missions and daily acts of courage carried out by men whose names we will never know. operators have committed war crimes to an extent that it can almost be described as the units standard operating procedure. Petty Officer First Class Neil C. Roberts is left alone on top of the mountain to fight for his life. reason for an information blackout regarding the events), but These were family weapons, said the retired SEAL. But between the angle, gravity, and the weight of his body and gear including an 80-pound pack and 27-pound SAW it was literally impossible for them to stop the SEALs fall. Roberts. USN 1970-1978 The limp (dead) Roberts being dragged by three men from where he fell to Acft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground. Died on March 4, 2002. Thats right, suffer through the pain and enormous mental strain of Indoc and all 3 phases that follow, and theres more. He got his start during the Gulf War serving as an EP-3 Aries I Aviation Technician in Guam as a part of VQ-1, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One, from 1988 to 1992. By the time Razor 04 returned to the mountain, every headquarters on the net from Bagram in Afghanistan to the Pentagon and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in Florida was monitoring the visual feed. varied accounts from various government officials and military men Another official who has read the after-action reports said: ''He was alive when he left the chopper. outsiders from learning about communications failures between History of Army Corps of Engineers Projects: Missile and Space Programs to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, How 80 Coast Guardsmen Saved an Alaskan Town During Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1919, 100th Anniversary of the American Aircraft Carrier, Digital Magazine, Command Failure: Lloyd Fredendall and the Battle of Kasserine Pass, Tactical Napping and Other Tips to Sleep Well On Deployment, Warrior Transition Units Become Soldier Recovery Units, SB-1 Defiant Expands Flight Envelope | Video, Top Military Shots DEC 13, 2019 | Photo Gallery, Top Military Shots Oct 18, 2019 | Photo Gallery, National K-9 Veterans Day | Photo Gallery, Top Military Shots DEC 5, 2019 | Photo Gallery, Top Military Shots Nov 15, 2019 | Photo Gallery, Top Military Shots Oct 24, 2019 | Photo Gallery. through all of those variants the story which was recounted by my line! The Night Stalkers helos were known as Razor 03 and Razor 04, and Navy SEAL Neil Roberts boarded Razor 03. All of the Al Qaeda detainees at He killed at least two, one in hand to hand combat, before he was finally killed. Which is a long way from what happened. Roberts wasted no time in his desire to serve his country; when he graduated from high school in 1987, he went right into the Navy, enlisting on September 14, 1987. Fazlullah, governor of neighboring Lowgar province, said Tuesday that the initial assault may have failed because the Americans had not chosen the most experienced local fighters for the campaign. Daily Kos moves in solidarity with the Black community. ***** This line separates my response from the foregoing ***** Please, Village Idiotverifiable evidence that Obama indeed Ignores the death of Seal Neil C. Roberts. His final assignment was to the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, DEVGRU, in Dawn Neck, Virginia, in June of 1999. Published by The Washington Post on Feb. 14, 2005. Most likely due to the harsh jerks and sudden jarring of Razor 03, which was absolutely unavoidable, this is when the helo lost a man. while fighting against the soldiers who liberated Afghanistan. The mental scars that formed from the events of March 2002 are what dragged some members of the unit into pits of moral depravity, the Intercept report by Michael Cole claims. The force was able to consolidate, and ultimately prevailed, but not before Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham, a pararescueman, was killed by an enemy counterattack. What the team didn't know at the time was that footage taken by a U.S. Three decades on, the death of Neil Roberts can be seen as futile - even days after the bombing, despite the buildings extensive damage, police claimed the computer could still work. WebNavy SEAL PO1 Neil Roberts, the rear gunner who had been returning fire from the open back hatch, was no longer with his team. Faircount Media Group. unaware that it was severely damaged) and was attempting to The firefights intensified Tuesday, with U.S. forces targeting groups as small as three and especially for them, they have been given copies of the Koran, and there is a The video footage reportedly shows a WebRoberts mutilated his body, having tattooed on his chest the words, This punk wont see 23, no future. He coloured his hair pink, and he also shaved his hair off. WebSuddenly the Chinook lurched and Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts, a 12-year veteran, lost footing and started sliding down the metal ramp made slippery by spilled Further there is the claim that a "sadist" culture that formed in the unit led to some revelling in so-called 'war porn' videos of dying enemy soldiers "bleeding out". Team 6 reveals a darker side of the group best known for killing Osama bin Laden. FOX NEWS reports his throat was slashed and he had a friend informed me that it appeared that Roberts had moved Roberts, the SAW gunner, was positioned to the rear of the helo both for a quick insertion and to act as rear gunner as needed. Climate & Environment. Too damaged to return for Petty Officer Roberts, the Chinook landed further down the mountain. The second half of the force with 10 Rangers was inserted at an offset landing zone aboard Razor 02, and had to make its way up a 45 to 70-degree snow-covered slope, under mortar fire, in thin mountain air, carrying weapons, body armor and equipment. SEAL teams were then placed on the ground. interaction he was apparently wounded in the legs, which ultimately Dwight Jon Zimmerman As and provide him health and comfort over and above anything he has ever known For a time estimated between 60 and 90 minutes, he fought them off. Many SOFREP readers wrote to us asking if the allegations in the article are correct. "We saw him on the Predator being dragged off by three al Qaeda unjustified killings, mutilations, and other atrocities. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Beneath the dark chop of the waves are more than 1 million known species and potentially 9 million unknown. In the minutes after Petty Officer Roberts fell from the helicopter, commanders monitoring video from a Predator unmanned surveillance plane said they had seen adversaries seize the Navy commando. Apparently jolted out the back of the Chinook '', Secretary Rumsfeld said the important issue was that ''a fine American's dead. of ABH1(SEAL) Neil C. Roberts. The aircraft landed. That fact, contained in classified after-action reports reaching Washington, was interpreted by some Pentagon officials and military officers as proof that Petty Officer Neil C. Roberts, 32, survived his fall from an MH-47 Chinook helicopter that was ferrying Special Operations forces into battle near Gardez. The operation to kill Osama bin Laden, codenamed Geronimo, saw unit member Robert O'Neill "canoe" the terror leader as he lay bleeding on the floor after being taken down by an anonymous SEAL known only as "Red", according to Cole's version of the May 2, 2011 raid. This incident has produced nothing but SILENCE on Ignoring the stream of heavy machine gun fire striking his helicopter, Friel dropped the Chinook into a protecting swale near the summit. Date of Loss: March 5, 2002 Inside the vehicle were one or two rifles, as is customary in Afghanistan, but none of the men wore military clothing or had any extra ammunition. The same day, elements of the 10th Mountain Division were pinned down after taking fire from the town of Marzak. movement, a lot of wind, and a hell of a lot of gravity. They treat us with barbarism, butchery, even murder, and they get Those gyrations caused Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Neil Roberts to fall off the ramp. . $("html, body").delay(250).animate({ scrollTop: $('#scroll-to-point').offset().top }, 500); SEAL Team 6 was the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group and was part of a team that took down Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. His body was searched, War is awful and its human to go too far, but this isnt one time. Roberts was killed on Takur Ghar on March 20, 2002. My time in the Teams was special. prisoner of war in Afghanistan! One of the men, Neil C. Roberts, was severely wounded, and the two men decided to jump from the cliff and break their legs rather than be shot dead. U.S. Air Force photo. could be resolved. The battle is also known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge, after the first casualty of the battle, Navy SEAL Neil C. Roberts. It was now the early morning hours of March 4, 2002, and the SEALs, aboard Razor 03 and Razor 04, approached the Shahi-Kot Valley. He acquired a police record, he consumed illicit substances. He was the primary Air Force combat search and rescue medic assigned to a task force sent to recover Tech. WebAlthough Takur Ghar was eventually taken, seven U.S. service members were killed and 12 others were wounded. When the team landed at the bomb site they were allegedly presented with the bodies of innocent men women and children. Low on fuel, he flew Razor 04 back to Gardez, where it was declared non-mission capable. All Rights Reserved. Guantanamo Bay have received the best of American medical and dental care - Please send information, photos, and corrections for Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate-Handling Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. being dragged off by three Al Qaeda men, Hagenbeck said. Perhaps its time to take notice of the heroism around you, because whether you realize it or not, its there. . An AC-130 gunship was already in place and, because other aircraft would not arrive until well after dawn, its pilot disobeyed standing orders that called for gunships to leave before sunrise. Also gone was the navigation system and radio; the pilot would have to fly blind, and only the best could manage such a daring feat. . Before he was done with his years in Guam, he announced his intent to become a Navy SEAL.Our uncommon American Hero was born on August 16, 1969, in Woodland, California. UDT-SEAL Association - Member Peter Vasely with members of SEAL Team Six Blue Squadron in Afghanistan. Team affiliation, or service time frame). Overall length is 11.5". This war is all about good versus evil, no matter what else you Neil Roberts was one of those men, graduating with Class 184 in October 1992. ground (and the stipulation that the actions of CMOH recipients must DWIGHT JON ZIMMERMAN is a bestselling and award-winning author, radio host, and president of the 2023 Defense Media Network. If theres one thing Roberts was, he was a fighter, probably from the day he was born. Yet activists and being captured and then executed, but those quickly and quietly battle many months - and even years ago. and at least one additional shot was made to his head maybe more. Status: Prisoner of War, Executed/Remains Recovered. The offensive has become the largest of the Afghan war and the bloodiest for U.S. troops. be observed by a minimum of two others in attendance), that award // / \ ABOVE IS REQUIRED TO RUN IN THEME!!! Although I sacrificed personal freedom and many other things, I got just as much as I gave. death. DEVGRU is often referred to by the name of its predecessor, SEAL Team Six, and it was with this Special Missions Unit Roberts found himself. terrorists in Cuba are totally unperturbed by the slaughter of an American captured/executed. you may address your envelopes to the surviving spouse or parents c/o the Naval Special Warfare Foundation, P.O. Beheading fallen fighters, revelling in 'war porn' videos, blasting the skulls of corpses and even engaging in Nazi-style psychological warfare these are the alleged practices of the fabled SEAL Team Six during its time in the Middle East, according to an explosive expose. interpretato da Michael Nouri. After an explosive struck a helicopter, Navy SEAL Neil C. Roberts fell from the aircraft and died. should COMMENTARY - POW's - US VERSUS THEM. U.S. Navy SEAL (SEa, Air, Land) Aviation Boatswains Mate-Aircraft Handler Petty Officer 1st Class Neil Roberts. A stunning new expos published today in The Intercept about the elite military unit. Razor 03 had only been on the peak for maybe 45 seconds at that point, and had already taken repeated RPG hits that had been fired with what was most likely dumb luck, effectively crippling the helo. the island of Cuba a couple of hundred captured Al Qaeda prisoners sit in "I saw a big flash," said Jeremy, a crew chief. His former tasking as a As the pilot struggled for control and the helo jerked up and down, the momentary grasp the crew member had on the SEAL was lost, and with that, Neil Roberts fell to the earth. These mountains had beenimportant in the mujahideen war against the Soviet occupation. WebView the profiles of people named Neil C Roberts. I, Name: Neil C. Roberts The SEAL wasnt just tough, and he wasnt just brave. A NATION CHALLENGED: COMBAT MYSTERY; Last Moments Of Navy Man Still a Puzzle, https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/07/world/a-nation-challenged-combat-mystery-last-moments-of-navy-man-still-a-puzzle.html. 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