Abstract
Eight-person SEAL patrol Direct action mission on a surface-to-air missile site Zodiacs launched from Coastal Patrol Craft, 8 miles off of coast Transit to a beach in a Middle Eastern country Five-mile patrol to target over rocky terrain Unplanned contact with a single hostile results in gunshot wound to abdomen (point man) after covering only 1 mile Hostile contact resolved before known compromise Casualty conscious Planned extraction by helicopter near target