<Li> Free fall parachute insertions were utilized during Operation Iraqi Freedom, as a means of bypassing enemy early warning systems . </Li> <Li> In 2009, during the rescue of Captain Philips off the coast of Somalia, a team of Navy SEALs carried out a nighttime high altitude low - opening jump into the sea in order to reach the USS Bainbridge which was towing a lifeboat containing Philips' hostage takers . </Li> <Li> In 2012, Navy SEALs used the technique to insert into Somalia to rescue two hostages being held by pirates near the town of Adow . </Li>

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