When Did Cameras Greet Marines?

Does someone recall the night-time incident when the US Marines stormed a beach in the 1990’s, as I recall, and our troops were greeted by the lights of the cameramen, not the enemy? I can’t recall when/what/where this was. Can someone refresh my memory? (They should have fired on the cameramen’s lights to teach the press a valuable lesson.)

Thanks,
Jinx

That was Mogadishu, Somalia. I believe it was December, 1992.

Or, the Marines could’ve flown commercial, like the press did. :slight_smile:

The incident occured in December 1992 on a beach near Mogadishu, Somalia. Seventy-five reporters were invited by the Pentagon to record the landing using infrared equipment. However, the reporters used lighting which interfered with the soldier’s night-vision equipment.