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The U.S. nabbed the Al Qaeda leader believed to be behind the 1998 embassy attacks in Africa on Saturday.
On the same day, a Navy SEAL team raided a house full of Al-Shabab militants two weeks after the terror group's deadly attack on a Nairobi shopping mall.
We think it's safe to say that America's elite — the Navy SEALs — have been keeping busy.
Thanks to Matt Bissonette, a SEAL that was on the Bin Laden raid and wrote the book No Easy Day, we know what they likely brought with them.
In his book, he details getting ready for deployment in Norfolk, Va., when he asks a more experienced SEAL what he should bring. The senior SEAL stopped, looked at his new teammate and said: "Dude, what do you think you need to bring for deployment? Load it ... Bring what you think you need."
The following list is what Bissonnette said, in the book, he needed.
Helmets like this will stop shrapnel, but have also been known to deflect sniper rounds
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Their brain buckets: No matter what, every soldier wears one.
Even the tiniest fragment, the smallest piece of high-velocity hot metal, can enter through soft tissue and puncture your brain—which may often leave fellow troops guessing as to what caused the death.
It's an absolute essential.
Night Vision Goggles that can range in price from about $3,000 all the way to $65,000
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Night Vision Goggles are integral to a SEAL's night assault tactics. Being able to see when your enemy cannot is a huge advantage.
Unfortunately, none of us can get our hands on Navy SEAL NVG's, but we can buy declassified, older technology.
If you do buy a pair, just don't try to leave the country with them—we've heard customs doesn't take kindly to transferring such equipment across national borders.
Body armor plates are able to stop up to three AK-47 rounds, but are only guaranteed to stop one
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Some SEALs go "slick," and remove their plates, depending on different scenarios.
Factors like how far they're traveling, what kind of mission, etc., SEALs may just not wear them.
In "No Easy Day," Bissonnette says to a buddy: "If I get shot, don't tell my mom I wasn't wearing these plates."
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