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01/29/2023: Killing Bin Laden

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How Many Times Did You Assault the Compound?

A few days after getting the mission, they had their plan and so began weeks of rehearsals on a full-size version of the compound built in North Carolina. Drop the external containment team off. They would provide security external. We'd have two men and our combat assault dog would do a quick patrol of the perimeter down to the south and around. If somebody did hear us coming and had time to escape,. After dropping those guys off, the second healer was going to come up, hover over the third floor, drop off the remaining guys. And then hop right down into the balcony, assaulting from the top down.

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