If you are suggesting that the 'sailors' were 'special' I'm inclined to disagree.
The film of their brief captivity portrayed them as anything but USN 'THEM'. Arthur Batchelor looked more warry.
My gut feeling is there are probably enough conspiracy theorists out there to make spurious suggestions without my help, hence the reason for not suggesting it. It does however raise a question mark with regards the cause of an inadvertent incursion by such a large margin with an indisputably heavily armed vessel by indigenous standards.
With regards being lost by several dozen miles; Having seen the comedy of a Brit minesweeper as it managed to "T-bone" an anchored supertanker in the Solent in broad daylight, nothing surprises me when it comes to military navigation prowess.
John Kerry's diplomatic skills, being a Navy man, possibly boils down to saying 'sorry' quick enough, when you know you may have transgressed. This, to me is diplomatically less embarrassing than disputing imaginary lines drawn on charts in contentious seaways, that were never ratified by the countries concerned.
Going off on a tangent with regards recruiting and "what is in a name" -
Given that many wanting to join the RN as a Warfare or Sea Spec as they view boarding ops os 'gung-ho', this USN branch sounds a little more attractive:
http://www.navy.com/careers/special-operations/swcc.html#ft-key-responsibilities
