I'm a former Navy SEAL, Vietnam vet, once operating off of Seafloat (1969-70). We often enlisted help from Swiftboat for extraction, and developed with Swiftboat crews an effective way to use those less than stealthy boats for insertions.

I'm wondering why the Navy doesn't consider using Swiftboat type of boats and tactic to deal with the current Somalia pirate problems. Seems like Swiftboats, SEALs and gunships could make a real dent the problem.