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'No Easy Day': six top revelations from book on the bin Laden mission

The Navy SEAL Team 6 operators hand-picked to raid Osama bin Laden鈥檚 compound in 2011 had some unwelcome surprises waiting for them as they hit the ground, according to Matt Bissonnette in his controversial book 鈥淣o Easy Day.鈥� The training that went into the mission included key help from female operators, practical jokes, and an audition of sorts for top US officials, who watched it before deciding whether the Special Operations Forces should go ahead with the raid.

4. The SEALs enjoyed practical jokes, even as they were preparing for missions

  • By Anna Mulrine Staff writer

Pranks were so frequent within Bissonnette鈥檚 SEAL squadron ranks that the operators 鈥渆ventually built a wire diagram connecting all the suspected culprits,鈥� he writes. 鈥淲e used this same wire diagram to track terrorists.鈥�

Pranks included cutting shoelaces and demagnetizing credit cards with large magnets. One of the most popular pranks involved 鈥済litter bombing.鈥�

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know how many pouches and uniforms I had to replace,鈥� Bissonnette laments, 鈥渂ecause purple glitter was caked on Velcro or trapped in the folds of fabric.鈥�

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