

The team debates what to do with them, but Marcus convinces them not to kill the herders for fear that their deaths will incite backlash against the Americans. The mission is then compromised when a trio of goat herders stumbles across them. They also realize that the 10-12 men that were expected to be in the village is closer to 50. The team successfully ascends a mountain near the village and quickly identifies Shah, but communication problems prevent them from radioing back to their unit. The four men are team leader Michael “Murph” Murphy (Taylor Kitsch), snipers Marcus Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg) and Matthew “Axe” Axelson (Ben Foster), and communications specialist Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch). Operation Red Wings will have Seal Team 10 insert a four-man team into the mountains near Shah’s village on a reconnaissance mission, and to radio back for the rest of their unit to arrive upon confirmation of Shah’s identity. In the summer of 2005, during the war in Afghanistan, the Navy Seals are tasked with finding and capturing Ahmad Shah, a senior Taliban leader who is responsible for the confirmed deaths of 20 Marines. He is saved by friendly villagers, who hold off a Taliban attack until the Seals arrive to rescue him. Marcus is the only one to come down from the mountain alive.
