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They drove an unmarked US embassy loaner vehicle across town. Talia said, “How long will it take for your Navy SEALs to be on the ground in Lebanon?”
“Well, the team would have already gotten its tasking, and they’re pretty much balls up at this point. Sorry, I mean they’re already in motion. The MH-60 those two just boarded can do better than two hundred knots. The carrier is a hundred miles off Lebanon. It’ll take around thirty minutes from the carrier to their drop zone.”
“That doesn’t make sense. Those two SEALs have to get to the aircraft carrier to join the rest of their team, and then fly all the way to Lebanon. That means it’s probably one hundred and fifty of your miles from here.”
“Those two are not going to the carrier first. Command will hot-load a second bird off the ca
