The SEAL team Mako 30, regrouped and was ferried by nearby units to another Chinook to go back to Takur Ghar and search for Roberts. The AC-130 was then directed to attack the large groupings of enemy combatants currently exposed on top of the mountain, one to three minutes before the Mako 30 was scheduled to arrive.

In the late evening of March 3, two SEAL teams from DEVGRU, MAKO 30 & MAKO 21, led by Lieutenant Commander Vic Hyder (MAKO 21) and Senior Chief Petty Officer Britt K. Slabinski (MAKO 30), were to arrive in Gardez for immediate insertion into the Shahi-Kot Valley.

2016年12月27日 · On March 3, 2002, Mako 30, a six-man Navy SEAL reconnaissance team, and its Air Force combat controller, John Chapman, a Windsor Locks native, were ordered to set up an observation post on Takur Ghar, a large mountain in Afghanistan with a commanding view of the Shah-i-Kot Valley where U.S. forces had launched a major offensive against Al-Qaeda.

2012年9月9日 · Mack decided he would take Mako 30 in, however there would be a change of plans. Instead of touching down at the offset landing zone and Mako 30 walking to its objective, in order to complete the mission before dawn, Mack would insert …

2024年9月16日 · “灰鲭鲨（Mako）”导弹设计用于美国军火库中几乎所有飞机的外部携带，如果配备助推器，可以从海军军舰上的垂直发射管发射，类似于AGM-158C LRASM。

2022年6月8日 · As RAZOR 03, the MH-47E carrying MAKO 30, flared to land, it was hit by a rocket propelled grenade (RPG). In the cacophony of war, a SEAL named Neil Roberts, fell from the aircraft. The pilots, unable to communicate with the SEAL team onboard their damaged aircraft, executed a controlled crash away from the peak, unknowingly leaving Roberts behind.

RAZOR 03 (carrying MAKO 30) reached the peak of Takur Ghar around 0300. The aircraft picked up signs suggesting a fresh human presence, contrary to the AC-130 recon sweep. After-action reporting shows that the insurgents on the peak used natural camouflaging techniques over established fighting positions that are undetectable to the aircraft ...

2020年4月6日 · Multiple Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs) and machine gun fire hit the first Chinook, Razor 03, carrying part of Mako 30. This heavy fire caused a loss of power and a fire upon the aircraft that led Razor 03 to make an emergency landing to protect it from more fire.

2017年2月22日 · During the operation at Takur Ghar, it was decided to insert MAKO 30 which was a seven man reconnaissance element consisting of five SEALs and one Air Force combat controller. MAKO 30 was to...

During insertion, the team’s helicopter was ambushed causing a teammate to fall into an entrenched group of enemy combatants below. Sergeant Chapman and the team voluntarily reinserted onto the snow-capped mountain, into the heart of a known enemy stronghold to rescue one of their own.