This Day In History: The Iran Hostage Rescue Mission Ended In Disaster - American Military News

This incident is sad but like Jim said we learned a lot. This hostage crisis got me hooked on Ted koppel's Nightline all through high senior year in the beginning college.

SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint Military Skill sets for an Operation Like that were not quite up to the Job. We have made Vast Leaps and Bounds One need Look No Further than Killing Bin Laden but even in that Operation We Lost an Aircraft. Moto of SAS "Who Dares Win" Emphasizes the Gamble involved in Operations Like This.