Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted

Operation Octave Fusion
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
Date January 25, 2012 Location 12 miles north of Adado, Galguduud, Somalia 6°08′25″N 46°37′32″E Result Mission successful Hostages freed
Belligerents
United States	Somali pirates
Strength
24 DEVGRU operators C-130 Hercules	9 pirates
Casualties and losses
None	9 killed[1]

On January 25, 2012, a team of United States Navy SEALs raided a compound 12 miles north of the Somali city of Adado, killing nine Somali pirates and freeing their hostages, American Jessica Buchanan and Dane Poul Hagen Thisted.