Navy SEALs Retake Hijacked Tanker | March 2014

In March 2014, Libyan rebels seized control over the MV Morning Glory, a North Korean-flagged oil tanker. After a week-long crisis, and at the request of the Libyan Government, U.S. President Barack Obama eventually gave authorisation for a team of U.S. Navy SEALs to board and retake the Morning Glory.
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[@samdherring]

US Navy secured a hijacked North Korean tanker and brought it back to the Libyan Navy. That is quite an interesting tale.

[@samdherring]

​@Cee care to enlighten us? Seems pretty straightforward from the video.

[@nbdb23]

A North Korean tanker? And the US Navy saved it?? That’s crazy.

[@alanaldpal950]

Politics makes for strange bedfellows

[@TheMaartenbaert]

Lots of ships are registered in less regulated or shady countries. Lower taxes, less regulations, different laws, things like that. Doesn't have to mean the owners or crew are North Korean.

[@Lassisvulgaris]

@@TheMaartenbaert Even Switzerland has a merchany navy.....

[@g3ck098]

I had to replay it twice because I didn't believe what I was hearing either haha

[@mwdouglas3794]

Wouldn't be the first time. In 2007 the US saved a North Korean ship from Somali pirates. North Korea even publicly thanked the US for that one.

[@keithjackson4985]

Knew this story and thankful no one put up a fight. To retake that ship, is an incredibly dangerous act. Well done to the team that drew the short straw.

[@fermentedfruit]

fuck yes. especially with 2 boats full of men and the heli as well? shit

[@TridiverParanormal]

Trust me, the men who "drew the short straw" as you put it, wanted to be there. These me had been training for years. All of them where happy to finally put their training to use.

[@gazman7030]

“Short straw”…..you spend your life training for something, it’s the “short straw” if you don’t get picked to take part in what you’ve spent your life working towards.

[@joemcbride4644]

They named a ship after a Hard On 😂

[@Lassisvulgaris]

More like an ale; the notorious Ale Class: USS Stout, USS Porter, USS IPA and USS NEIPA. USS Double IPA, USS Brown Ale and USS Lager will be commisioned soon.....

[@jakebrandyberry9116]

I thought a morning glory was the shit you take after you wake up?

[@tommy_noble]

​@@jakebrandyberry9116 it is

[@ryanjones4917]

Love these videos, thank you for what you do.

[@criticalfxck13]

Christ I cant believe I giggled every time you said "morning glory" Im an adult goddammit xD

[@mandywalkden-brown7250]

Thank goodness I’m not the severely juvenile adult around!

[@jameslyddall]

Sorry to be the immature one of the bunch but am I the only one who giggled every time morning glory was mentioned?

[@stuartkcalvin]

G'day mate, good piece. Keep 'em coming.

[@americathefree3708]

Thanks!

[@robbabcock_]

Great video!

[@VaeVictisXIII]

Love these videos!

[@FruitFlyKilla]

Good to see your doing well my awesome face cousin.

[@VaeVictisXIII]

@@FruitFlyKilla :D

[@alexanderleach3365]

MArvelous video.

[@johnsmith12345]

Nice

[@michaelwale9933]

Weird, morning glory is usually trying to get into port.

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

I love listening to LIvith tell the stories.

[@ratagris21]

Excellent presentation of these little known or forgotten actions by elite units of the world 🌎. ♠️🎩🎯🎱🏁🇺🇦🌻💮🌼🌸🏴‍☠️🏹

[@michaelripley9507]

With what little I know about Navel Law and so much about Navy SEALS, I don't ever want to be the third point if that triangle.

[@0_1_2]

USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 🦅

[@ruskiepanda]

234,000 barrels is equivalent to about 9.83 million gallons. with the average price of gas for March 2014 at 3.533 usd per gallon. That amount of fuel is worth about 34.7 million USD at the time (44.4 million usd in march 2023, adjusted for inflation).

[@jmaster387]

This is almost like the first mission I’m MW

[@tacocin]

👍

[@jabarhenv5933]

DEVGRU or white side team?

[@-xirx-]

3:18 If that was an unauthorised ordinary civilian boat, would they have incepted it before it got near the tanker? Was it something to do with the negotiations and therefore allowed to approach? I don't know, does anyone have thoughts?

[@archstanton6102]

Sounds really suspicious. So which courts do have jurisdiction over crimes at sea? A small boat with 3 people just happened to go out and offered to buy the crude oil???

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Boats are allowed innocent passage in international waters. At the time, the purpose of its transit was probably unknown. One could guess, but a guess would probably not hold up in court, to allow an order to block or detain it.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@archstanton6102 A vessel in international waters is governed by the flagging nation. So until North Korea disavowed flagging of the ship, any cases would be tried in a North Korean court. When North Korea disavowed the flagging of the vessel, it becomes unflagged and any nation can seize it. Unflagged vessels are treated like pirate vessels. The U.S. Navy seized it then gave it to Libya. Technically Libya would have legal authority of it then. I am not an attorney. This is my understanding of international law/customs.

[@archstanton6102]

@LoanwordEggcorn Thank you. I was especially curious about the 3 "visitors" who came and returned to Cyprus. So they could have been sent yo N. Korea if the govt there had requested it?

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@archstanton6102 Only when was the ships flag was North Korea. North Korea gave up flagging it before it got to Cyprus, so it was unflagged when it got there. At that point anyone could arrest anyone on board, and arguably try them in their own courts. That said, any court would have a difficult time trying to prove what was done and why it was wrong. You dig? (From: "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo")

[@steventhomas2936]

Devgru? Or the tier 2 seals either way both of them can get it done ✅

[@titaniummechanism3214]

Morning Glory LOL

[@Ciborium]

See, kids, crime *does* pay!

[@RadioactiveSherbet]

Hope the Libyan government compensated the US government for costs incurred in handling essentially an internal problem for them.

[@williamromine5715]

It seems kinda dumb to try to evade a navy's ships and planes in the Mediterranean. I wonder how they expected to sell the oil.

[@b.a.e]

LLTB

[@ernestodelacruz9392]

If illegal then illegal force must be applied. Illegal vs illegal

[@Dr_Larken]

Now, only if they would have a vote of no confidence with the American president!

[@TheRealMjb2k]

So where is the ship today? The North Koreans relinquished it and we (the Americans) rescued it so who has it then?

[@thatguy7085]

A Navy team I was with was trained specifically to do this. Because it is no longer listed I will not mention it.

[@karloyu3484]

🤍🤘👍

[@BA-dt6tg]

6 minutes? Really? We waited 2 weeks for a 6 minute video? Come on man that’s sad

[@shawnsalem]

first

[@Lassisvulgaris]

And...?

[@W4RHead000]

I was part of this

[@CL-we8tn]

Thank you.

[@disrespect_the_gram8404]

Thank you for your service 🏅

[@kevinworrall231]

Me too lol

[@marcusd745]

Can confirm he was part of this. I was the boat

[@jm763cbdh3]

@@marcusd745 hey that’s not your tanker

[@TheLoxxxton]

Man the content is getting thin

[@newone-gd9sk]

Is this turning into a propaganda channel? So sad!

[@omwando1]

How is this propaganda you bot 😂😂😂😂

[@iainreid6292]

"Libyan Minister for Culture" haha what a sentence / job title