www.DickMarcinko.com
Biography
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Cdr. USN. Ret. Richard Marcinko
(born November 21, 1940 in Lansford, Pennsylvania), who is commonly
known as the Rogue Warrior
(also the title of his best-selling book), is one of the United States'
most accomplished and recognized special
operations experts, with over 30 years of experience in a variety of
specialties including counter-terrorism, intelligence and special
operations. He has a B.A. in International Relations from the U.S. Navy
Postgraduate School in
Monterey
,
California
, and a M.A. in Political Science from
Auburn
University
. He currently lives in the
Alexandria
,
Virginia
area.
After enlisting in the US Navy, Marcinko spent his early years in the Underwater
Demolition Teams. Marcinko worked his way up to the rank of
commander after two tours in
Vietnam
serving as a Navy
SEAL. He also served as a Naval Attaché to
Cambodia
. He was the first commanding officer and founder father of the
military's premier counter-terrorist units: SEAL
Team SIX. SEAL Team SIX engaged in highly classified missions from
Central America to the Middle East, the North Sea to
Africa
and beyond. To gain the tactical advantage against terrorist, in 1985
Cdr. Marcinko founded RED CELL, the governments first and only
anti-terrorism unit.
Commanding Red Cell, Marcinko was directed to use his team to test the
Navy's anti-terrorist capabilities. As a result he was able to
infiltrate seemingly impenetrable, highly secured bases, nuclear
submarines, ships and other purported "secure areas",
including the
U.S.
Presidential plane Air Force One. While fulfilling his duty and
responsibility, Cdr. Marcinko embarrassed several superior officers.
Those superior officers focused on the embarrassment instead of their
security shortcomings. Their actions lead to Cdr. Marcinko's subsequent
conviction for misappropriation of funds and resources. His experiences
led to The
New York Times best-selling autobiography Rogue
Warrior, and subsequent sequels, some of which are
co-written with John Weisman. Among the claims Marcinko makes in his own
voice under fictional headings is an assertion that his Red Cell
successfully captured nuclear devices from U.S. Navy facilities, and
proved the viability of plans to penetrate and attack nuclear-powered
submarines, to destroy the subs by using them as improvised dirty bombs
and to capture launch codes for nuclear weapons aboard the subs by using
mild torture against personnel in custody of launch codes.
He is now CEO of REDCELL
International, Corp. (RCI), a private security consulting firm based in
Washington, DC, whose clients have included the Detroit Metropolitan
Airport, the White
House Fellows and the U.S.
Army War College, and also of Richard Marcinko, Inc. (RMI), a
motivational and team-building company, which counts among its clients
General Motors, AT&T, Domino's Pizza, Motorola, BellSouth and
several other Fortune 500 companies. Through
Eastern
Michigan
University
, Marcinko also provides graduate-level presentations on topics such as
terrorism, security and the adaptation of modern technology. He has a
politically conservative talk radio show America
on Watch with Dick Marcinko which broadcasted live on
Saturdays (5:00PM - 8:00PM EST). He has also recently become
spokesperson for the Zodiac
boat company's Zodiac
Maritime Training Academy.
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