i remember that as well. a much more moving day for me and one that s more defining is the 28th of june, 2005, when that helicopter was shot down and three of my men were killed on the ground. 19 men lost their lives. vice admiral joe mcguire was head of s.e.a.l. training at time. you would have to go back to world war ii to have had one day where we experienced that many casualties at one time. mcguire says the entire s.e.a.l. community was devastated. it s a community marcus latrell and his twin brother decided they wanted to be part of when they were still teen agers. he had it in his head this is what we re going to do. it s going to be great, man. we can jump out of airplanes, shoot guns and blow stuff up. we get to scuba dive and there s an 80% chance we re going to die. i was like sign me up, man. marcus latrell became an s.e.a.l. at the age of 25 and says receiving the special force insignia was the proudest accomplishment of his life. do you remember when you got t
the 28th of june, 2005, when that helicopter was shot down and three of my men were killed on the ground. 19 men lost their lives. vice admiral joe mcguire was head of s.e.a.l. training at time. you would have to go back to world war ii to have had one day where we experienced that many casualties at one time. mcguire says the entire s.e.a.l. community was devastated. it s a community marcus latrell and his twin brother decided they wanted to be part of when they were still teenagers. he had it in his head this is what we re going to do. it s going to be great, man. we can jump out of airplanes, shoot guns and blow stuff up. we get to scuba dive and there s an 80% chance we re going to die. i was like sign me up, man. marcus latrell became an s.e.a.l. at the age of 25 and says receiving the special force insignia was the proudest accomplishment of his life. do you remember when you got the tri dent put on yourselves?
things, goat herders and their goats. they weren t the only american casualties a. chapper with 16 special operations forces to help latrel was shot down. this was the largest loss of life in one day for naval special warfare since world war ii. jim mcguire told us that no seal will ever forget that terrible day. was that the toughest day for you as a special forces commander? yes, you know, most people of my generation, they ask the question, you know, do you remember when kennedy was shot? well, i remember that, as well, but much more moving day for me and one more defining is the 28th of june 2005 when that helicopter was shot down and three of my men were killed. reporter: 19 men lost their lives. joe mcguire was head of seal training at the time. you would have to go back to world war ii to have had one day where we experience that many
he and his teammates weren t the only casualties in the battle. a chopper that had rushed to help latrell and his team was shot out of the sky killing everybody onboard in june 2005 this was the largest loss of war in naval warfare since 2002. admiral mark mcgwire told us no s.e.a.l. will ever forget that terrible day. was that the toughest day for you as a special force commander? yes. most people of my generation, they ask the question do you remember when kennedy was shot? i remember that as well. a much more moving day for me and one that s more defining is the 28th of june, 2005, when that helicopter was shot down and three of my men were killed on the ground. 19 men lost their lives. vice admiral joe mcguire was head of s.e.a.l. training at time. you would have to go back to world war ii to have had one day where we experienced that many casualties at one time. mcguire says the entire