members of the elite navy s.e.a.l. team that killed osama bin laden by a code of silence. but their raid on bin laden s compound in pakistan is going to go down this history. chris lawrence takes us inside this operation, and the training that it takes to become a navy s.e.a.l. reporter: the team that killed osama bin laden had gone through thousands of scenarios for assaulting a compound. just like this group of navy s.e.a.l.s on u.s. soil. but the team that went after bin laden was special. part of the naval special warfare development group, or devgroup. this is the all-star of the s.e.a.l. teams. reporter: stu smith is a former s.e.a.l. who says the men in that raid have at least five years as special operators. this s.e.a.l. team is based on combat experience, and all these guys probably have 100, 200 missions. reporter: the cia provided
can t shoot them. get them out of the way. took a little time getting those guys flex cuffed and take care of the innocent and getting past the barricades. amazing thing here is the amount of time they appeared to have had, months to build this replica of the compound so is it always the case where you have that kind of time or obviously that paid off for them in situation. definitely paid off for them. that s usually not the case. everything is intelligence driven. in somalia, we hit multiple compounds and we sometimes had as little as three minutes to get ready. sometimes as much as two days. these guys had months as it seems to be the case and they could build up a mock-up replica. they gave them a better idea of what they re up against. when the going gets tough, this is the guys they call, right? no doubt about it. it s interesting, there s been so much talk in the last 48 hours about how you become this elite navy seal. and when i i was so amazed to find out is that u
and author of the heart and the fist, the education of a humanitarian, the making of a navy seal. he serves in somalia in the battle of mogadishu. memoirs of an elite navy seal sniper. we know that the seal team 6 was responsible for the killing osama bin laden, former navy seal howard wasdin is with us. thank you for your service to the country. you were in this team 6 that we have heard so much about. what can you tell us? well, sean, it was an honor and a privilege to be a member of that team. all seals are elite, being privileged to be with seal team 6 is a cut above that made me very happy and very proud to this day. that they were part of this. you know, you always worry in a situation like there because there is always something that can go wrong. the fact that the helicopter was able to land after being disabled was a blessing and they
it was a special evening last night at new york citifield, where the first baseball game was played in new york since osama bin laden, the mastermind behind the attacks on the twin towers was killed. five members of the armed services threw out ceremonial first pitches. a marine corps veteran sang god bless america during the seventh inning stretch. celebrating all of that, good to see, americana. there you go. there are many questions about the elite navy s.e.a.l. team that took down osama bin laden. questions that actually may never be answered. they re simply the best of the best in this nation s military, but when it comes to who they are, that is as you can imagine is classified. chris cuomo though has more. the dogs of war were finally turned loose to do what they were designed to do. reporter: designed to be the best anywhere doing anything. whether sea, air, or land. that s what s.e.a.l. stands for. it s a self-contained unit that can go anyplace in the world an
three of those pirates in rough watters on high seas. but the l in seal stands for land as in sea, air, land. and the death of bin laden proves they work very well on the land. remember, the military has two elite secret forces. the seals and the delta force. delta force, of course, captured saddam hussein, shep. shepard: trace gallagher live for us. thanks. that elite navy seal team is apparently not the only option the president considered for the bin laden mission. read about the other choices on the table foxnews.com. you will find a link right there on the home page. ubl reportedly once stated that al qaeda s goal was to bleed america to the point of bankruptcy? so far he hasn t succeeded. but the united states has spent an enormous amount of money on military operations since the attacks of 9/11. according to government estimates, the total bill for the last nine and a half years now stands at, guess this, $1.28 trillion. we re told the pentagon has