U.S.Navy SEALs page14, by Doc Riojas USN Retired at SEAL Team TWO

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From: Robert Russell
To: Doc Riojas
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007

In 2006 the Navy created the Special Warfare Operator rating, which consists entirely of SEALs. The rating's specialty mark is identical to the Underwater Demolition badge's original design but in silver. The Navy Warrant Officer device for Special Warfare Technician is also this same design in gold. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_Demolition_Badge"

Is BUD/S so easy a Caveman can DO it? We don't have this man's name. Mr. R.D. Russell is still investigating his status. Does anyone know him?

barbara preston; kelly chotte; rick nirkj ; enn mc collum; mike talleda; nick rocha

“Richard “Mack” Machowicz’s expertise with soldier craft and military hardware comes from his experience as a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Navy SEALs. During his service tenure, he participated in numerous tactical operations with SEAL Team ONE and TWO. While at SEAL Team TWO he was attached to the training cadre as the Leading Petty Officer of Land, Mountain and Arctic Warfare.

“Mack has over 20 years experience in the martial arts, studying such systems as muay thai boxing, Jeet Kune Do, kickboxing, aikido, jujitsu, savate, arnis and karate. He was a certified instructor in the Naval Special Warfare Combat Fighting Instructor Course, a Naval Special Warfare Scout/Sniper and has received multiple black belts. Machowicz also served as a personal protection specialist for many high profile individuals within the political arena, business world and entertainment industry.

“As founder of the Bukido Institute and creator of the Bukido Training System, Machowicz teaches a performance philosophy that uses unarmed combat as a pathway for exploring the dynamics of doubt, hesitation, second-guessing, stress, pain, fatigue and fear. Bukido shows clients — including professional athletes and entertainment industry executives — how to maximize their ability to focus in any environment.”

Erasmo "Doc" Riojas after being thrown into the water as part of my initiation on becoming member of ST-2

LT - O3 - Navy - Regular

Length of service 4 years
Casualty was on Jun 6, 1972
In OFFSHORE, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, SEA CASUALTY
OTHER ACCIDENT
Body was recovered

Panel 01W - Line 38

Anyone out there have a photo of LT Dry? please email it to Doc Riojas, thanks.

Birth	27JUL44	Rank	SM3	Date of Death	06OCT67
P. of birth		Service	Navy	Place	Gia Dinh , S. Vietnam
Town of Record	Aberdeen	Unit	SEAL TEAM 1	Death Code	Non-Hostile, Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Drowned
Hometown		service #	5249370	Panel	27EAST - 59
married	Single	MIA -		Medals
Tour Date		Comment	Book: "Death in the Jungle; Diary of a Navy SEAL" Seal Team-1	Cemetery

Weatherwax High School , Aberdeen WA , 1964

Leslie Funk Dies in Vietnam
Leslie Harold Funk, 22, a former Aberdeen resident, and a frogman in the Navy in Vietnam, was found dead Sunday morning in the Dong Tau River, seven miles southeast of Nha Be, Vietnam. He was born 27 Jul 1945, in Aberdeen , and was graduated from Weatherwax High School with the class of 1964. He entered the Navy almost immediately after he graduated. He was on the Aberdeen Swimming team for four years and won a trophy and several ribbons for diving. He had begun swimming on teams in the eighth grade at Miller Junior High School . He also attended McDermoth and Robert Gray Schools .
While on Mission Funk died while on a mission in the battle areas of Vietnam . He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Louise Funk of 3000 Morris Place, Reedsport OR, a brother Richard A. Funk of Hoquiam; a sister, Charlotte Elaine Edwards of Reedsport; a niece, Karen L. Edwards of Reedsport; and three cousins, Mrs. Fred Bird and Mrs. Donald Caldwell of Aberdeen, and Mrs. Clifford Edwards of Hoquiam. Funeral arrangements are pending. (The Aberdeen Daily World, Aberdeen 11 Oct 1967)

Lieutenant Dan Burke, U.S. Navy SEAL Teams (Ret.)
Dan Burke is a combat veteran of U.S. Navy SEAL Teams, a prior enlisted "mustang" who retired after a combined eight years of active duty and 12 years of US Navy Reserves duty. Dan earned his B.A. in the Science of Creative Intelligence and M.A. in Professional Writing at Maharishi University of Management. He has organized introductory lectures on the applied benefits of Invincible Defense Technology for several US military commands and he co-authored the article "Invincible Defense A New "Secret Weapon!" published by the Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace.

Created by former Navy SEAL Alden Mills, BodyRev is a new cardio weight system designed to elevate heart rate and tone muscle simultaneously. You hold it like a medicine ball while doing squats and lunges. (It has removable weights in the center.)

Ryan Brandt Young
Ryan Brandt Young, of San Diego, is shown in an undated photo provided by his family. Young, a former Navy SEAL performing diplomatic security in southern Iraq, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005, when a bomb destroyed his armored vehicle. A native of Halfway, Md., Young, 32, served in the U.S. Navy for more than 13 years, including stints as a Navy SEAL and SEAL instructor, said his father, Greg Young.
Published: 11/02/05

* Navy SEAL/Chief Warrant Officer Retired.* Active duty Aug 1977 - May 1998.Learn more about Don Mann at USFrogMann.com.

A retired Navy SEAL, American Adventure Racing Pioneer, co-founder of Odyssey Adventure Racing.

Special Skills & Qualifications: Decorated Combat Veteran; Corpsman, EMT, paramedic; personal trainer; SEAL Special Operations Technician; Special Forces Medical Laboratory graduate; static line, high altitude free-fall and advance free-fall parachutist; open circuit, closed circuit oxygen and air scuba diver, diving supervisor; jungle survival, desert survival and arctic survival instructor; small boat operator for craft up to 65 feet; technical rock climbing, mountaineering; small arms weapons instructor, foreign weapons instructor, armed and unarmed defense tactics, advanced hand-to-hand combat; photo intelligence; Survival, Evade, Resistance and Escape Instructor; B.S. International Relations, B.S. Liberal Science, and Masters in Management.

The USS Tautog was christened by Mrs. Albert Gore of Tennessee on March 15, 1967. Once construction and outfitting was complete, TAUTOG sailed to Pearl Harbor, where she was assigned tothe Seventh Fleet (WESTPAC). Early in 1970, she made port calls in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Okinawa, Japan and Korea. Upon return to Pearl Harbor, the Terrible "T" was presented the Meritorious Unit Commendation for operations conducted during that deployment. http://www.aztechsoft.com/cavallanews/newsletter2.htm

On another occasion some Navy SEALS got into a bit of trouble when they used her as a surfboard! According to "Surfer Magazine", this was "the hottest surfboard in the world". This picture shows a SEAL standing on top of the TAUTOG's sail while it is just a few inches under the water. The picture was taken from the SEAL's rubber boat.

She continued to serve for a total of 11 WESTPAC deployments. The boat was officially decommissioned on March 31, 1997.

Hidden Battles In Afghanistan

Lara Logan Enters Into Combat With U.S. Navy SEALs Dec. 29, 2004

SEAL dies in combat on mission in Iraq

If the Navy was ever going to select a SEAL admiral from the class of ‘68, it would have been Melvin Spence Dry, hands down. At the Naval Academy he had a superior academic record, a great sense of humor, and was well liked by his classmates. He was smart, articulate and a natural combat leader.

Gilmer's Billy Machen was the first U.S. Navy Seal killed in action in Vietnam. He was 26 years old. Navy Frogmen are legend for their fierce hand to hand combat and their heroics.A Seal Training Base in California now bears the name, Camp Billy Machen, in honor of this Gilmer High School graduate - a brave soldier, and a great American.

Hidden Battles In Afghanistan

Lara Logan Enters Into Combat With U.S. Navy SEALs Dec. 29, 2004

SEAL dies in combat on mission in Iraq