Boarding team operationThe dhow was brought alongside the USS Lewis B. Puller and the advanced conventional weapons materials were offloaded.
US Central Command Public Affairs Courtesy PhotoAfter identifying the dhow was carrying suspicious cargo, US Navy SEALs operating from USS Lewis B. Puller conducted a mission known as a visit, board, search, and seizure, or VBSS.
Under the cover of night, the SEALs approached the dhow in a fast combatant craft and clambered up a ship's ladder to detain its crew while searching its holds for weapons bound for Yemen.
A former Special Forces soldier described operations like the one conducted in the Red Sea as "dangerous" and "complex."
"When you throw in nighttime, everything gets more complicated," Lino Miani, a retired Green Beret and combat diver, told Business Insider's Jake Epstein.
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