Then they headed for higher ground knowing their position would be quickly revealed. Michael ‘Murph’ Murphy (played by Taylor Kitsch), did so. Rules of engagement dictated that they set civilians free, and after a discussion the SEALs, under Lt. It was meant to be a reconnaissance mission, but as the team waited in position in the mountains above a remote village controlled by the Taliban, a trio of goatherders stumbled upon them. In 2005, Luttrell and the three other Navy SEALs were dropped into the Hindu Kush mountains in northeastern Afghanistan as part of Operation Red Wings. At 6 feet 5 inches tall, Marcus Luttrell has more than half a foot on Mark Wahlberg, the man who plays him in ‘Lone Survivor,’ the big-screen version of his first-person memoir about four Navy SEALs who were part of a covert mission to target a high-level Taliban leader.
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