During the 2012 Benghazi attack Two JSOC operators ( two Delta Force operators ) along with five CIA personnel accompanied Glen Doherty to aid the besieged Benghazi Embassy compound , after commandeering a small jet in Tripoli by paying the pilots $ 30,000 and forcing them to fly the team to Benghazi . After fierce fighting , the rescue team including the two Delta operators assisted in evacuating the surviving diplomatic staff to the main Embassy in Tripoli . For their courage and bravery , one of the Delta Operators , Master Sergeant David R. Halbruner , was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross , while the other , a Marine who had passed Delta selection and thus transferred to Delta , was awarded the Navy Cross . While confusion was still reigning and with the possibility that the US ambassador had been seized by militants , a Delta squadron was forward deployed from Afghanistan to conduct a possible rescue , ultimately it was not required . At the time of the attack , small teams from CIA SAD and JSOC were both conducting operations in Libya – most probably advance work on the later ' snatch ' missions conducted by Delta Force
2012 Benghazi attack
2012 Benghazi attack
List of operations conducted by Delta Force