Luttrell regained consciousness and evaded the pursuing enemy, with the help of local Pashtun villagers, one of them being Mohammad Gulab, who eventually sent an emissary to the nearest U.S. Members of SEAL Team 10 attempted a rescue during the firefight, but their helicopter was shot down, and all aboard were killed. Three of the four team members were killed, and Luttrell, the only survivor, was left unconscious with a number of fractures, a broken back, and numerous shrapnel wounds. They could not establish consistent communication, however, other than for a period long enough to indicate that they were under attack. The SEALs made a number of attempts to contact their combat operations center with a PRC-148 MBITR (Multi Band Inter/Intra Team Radio) and then with an Iridium satellite phone. The attack forced the SEALs into the northeast gorge of the Shuryek Valley side of Sawtalo Sar. ĭuring the ambush of Operation Red Wings the four SEALs were attacked from three sides and took fire from RPK machine guns, AK-47s, RPG-7s, and 82mm mortars.
The team knew the local herdsmen might reveal their whereabouts to Taliban fighters but, because they were not armed combatants, the team allowed the herdsmen to leave despite the risk to themselves and their mission. Luttrell was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the operation. While in Afghanistan, he was involved in Operation Red Wings, during which the four-man Special Reconnaissance element with SDV-1 was discovered by local herdsmen, subsequently ambushed, and all killed except Luttrell. He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2005 with SEAL Team Ten as part of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One (SDV-1). Afterward, he carried out operations to eliminate or capture terrorists. He was deployed to Iraq with SEAL Team 5 on April 14, 2003, during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, to root out and destroy leftover Iraqi resistance and joined in the search for WMDs. SOCM was an additional six months of advanced training in conventional and unconventional medical skills, ranging from diagnosis and treatment of many conditions to advanced emergency medicine and battlefield life support. He was then sent to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for the Special Operations Combat Medic (SOCM) course. Luttrell earned his Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) 5326 Combatant Swimmer (SEAL) and Naval Special Warfare Insignia on February 2, 2001, after completing SQT. After completing BUD/S, Luttrell attended Army jump school and SEAL Qualification Training (SQT). However, due to a fractured femur he suffered from falling off a rope, he graduated with Class 228 on April 21, 2000. After graduating from boot camp and Hospital Corpsman A-school, he transferred to Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL ( BUD/S) Class 226. Navy SEALs of Operation Red Wings, with Luttrell being the third from the right. In 1998 he graduated with a B.S in International Business. After high school at Willis High School, Willis, Texas, Luttrell attended Sam Houston State University where he was a member of the Epsilon Zeta chapter of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Shelton trained them using various weight and endurance exercises. Luttrell trained every day with his twin brother, Morgan, and others who aspired to join the U.S Navy and other special operations forces. Army veteran Billy Shelton, who lived near Luttrell's home.
Luttrell was born in Houston, Texas, on November 7, 1975.
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