Missions


Operation “East Timor NEO”




Platform:
Elrod FFG55
(Oliver Hazard Perry)

Location:
08-34 S /125-36 E

Z-Time:
1200 Hours

Weather:
Overcast




Evacuate the U.S. Ambassador from East Timor .

On 30 August 1999, in a UN-supervised popular referendum, the people of East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia. On 20 May 2002, East Timor was internationally recognized as an independent state. Conflict between internal militias has broken into a full-scale civil war.

The last communications with the embassy reported that forces hostile to the US and US interests were surrounding the compound. Comms with the embassy cannot be re-established. It is feared that the hostile forces will try to take the Ambassador and his wife hostage to be used as bargaining chips. Your mission is to evacuate the U.S. Ambassador from the capital city of Dili. Send the MH-60 helo to the U.S. Embassy and land at the helipad. Return the Ambassador and his wife to the ship.