Webmaster: Erasmo "Doc" Riojas email: docrio45 [at] gmail Dot com
Walter S. Pullar III RIP
1959 - 2018
James Derek Lovelace R.I.P. 1995 - 2016
Navy SEAL Trainee Dies After Passing Out in Training Pool
Walter L. Cary R.I.P.
1927 - 1991
Walter L. Cary was attending West End High School in Birmingham, AL, when he enlisted in the Naval Reserve. He was just 17 years old on this day in July, 1944. He immediately volunteered for underwater demoliton training and upon acceptance into the program, Walter split his training between Camp Peary, VA. and Fort Pierce.
Walter Cary was preparing to sail with his demoliton team to participate in the invasion of Japan when the war suddenly ended. As a result, Walter and his mates sailed to Hawaii for more training before going to Japan to help clear the waters of mines and underwater navigation hazards. He spent nearly a year in Japan before returning to the states whereupon he enlisted in the regular navy for two years.
Walter was hand-picked from a team of demolition experts to participate in OPERATION HIGHJUMP. The team, UDT 4, consisted of 26 men and five officers. Their assignment was to keep "the channel of an Antarctic harbor" ice-free during the expedition. In a telephone call to his mother, Walter explained how his team would have to explode an estimated six square miles of ice daily to carry out their mission.
George "Sandy" McKamie R.I.P
1951 - 2016
contents submitted by Steve "Doc" Elson
On Apr 6, 2016, our SEAL Teammate, SANDY McMILLAN, succumbed to septic shock from an overwhelming infection. He was healthy and fit; his death was completely unexpected. A few days earlier he had felt sort of “punky” but refused to visit the doctor since he (in addition to the SEAL hard head and refusal to see doctors) was busy performing his multitude of tasks for his community, church, and other civic duties. He was found unconscious on the floor and rushed to the hospital where he died shortly thereafter.
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT KITTY DIRECTLY, HER E-MAIL IS:
KITTYMCMILLAN5@GMAIL.COM
SHE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM HERE “SEAL TEAM FAMILY!”
I (Steve Elson, aka Doc) got a call from Sandy’s wife, KITTY, the afternoon he died. We discussed their wishes and KITTY asked me to “get the word out to her SEAL FAMILY.” Getting the requisite information, I wrote a small “guide” concerning the activities, locations, and dress code, etc. of the event.
With the help of several of our venerable retired SEALS, e.g. Captain Maynard Weyers, Captain Rick Woolard, Doc Rio, Captain Bailey, Bo Burwell et al, the message was distributed quickly and widely.
To prevent Kitty being overwhelmed with responses, I served as the POC compiling and relaying those responses to her. They came from all parts of the country with very nice one from Rudy Matzat in Germany, former Commanding Officer of the German Frogmen, The Kampfschwimmer Kompanie. Kitty was so grateful for the loving responses which provided her a lot of comfort. When we’d talk she would say that she was much better after reading the notes from her SEAL Family and looked forward to seeing as many as could come.
EVENTS OF SATURDAY 23APR16 Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church:
1130 - 1330 - Visitation
1400 - Services
1530 - Until Meet at Kitty’s house, change into our knockabouts (and Team
Gear) for a lot of eating, drinking, hugging, getting to know family and
friends, telling stories and laughing. The Service was impressive with the
entire Chapel filled in lower and upper decks with literally several hundred
people honoring Sandy and Kitty for their service to Our Country and the local
community.
There were also Navy League personnel, Sea Cadets, Boy Scouts, church elders, and others. The latter provided the honor guard; Kitty was presented with a US Flag. Sandy received special tributes from the Pastor of the Church, a retired Navy VADM, and a dear McMillan friend (retired Navy Pilot Frank Emerson).
Representing the SEAL Community: Tom Keith, Steve Frisk, Frank Sanders, Brad Dunn, Tom Nielsen (and wife), and Steve Elson (and wife). The SEALs were led into the chapel by a member of the church and placed forward on a pew directly behind the family. Following the service, a piper (not bad, but definitely no Rick Woolard) led the family and SEALs from the church to an inner court yard where a small urn of Sandy’s ashes were placed in a columbarium.
This concluded the services. Kitty will take the remaining ashes to this years Muster in FL where they will be swum out to sea. And then — the fun and stress relief part: Last deployment party at Sandy’s and Kitty’s home. Some pictures, names and textual descriptions follow.
Below: Tom Keith (always there for Teammates and family) presents Kitty with an autographed copy of his excellent book, SEAL WARRIOR, DEATH IN THE DARK which will help the McMillan boys better understand the SEAL ethos and the “band of brothers” love among Teammates.
L to R below: Front Row TOM NIELSEN, TOM KEITH, FRANK
SANDERS, ROSEANNE ELSON, STEVE ELSON, ABIGAIL (ROBERT’S WIFE)
Second Row: STEVE FRISK, SANDY’S OLDER BROTHER GARNETT, KITTY, MICHELLE
NIELSON BETWEEN/IN FRONT, GEORGE III AND WIFE ABBEY, BRAD DUNN
Third Row: SHANNON (GORDON’S GIRLFRIEND), AND ROBERT
Top Row: GORDON
L to R: TOM KEITH, ROBERT (youngest son), GORDON (middle son), KITTY, and GEORGE III (oldest son)
DURING THE SERVICE IN THE CHAPEL, THERE WAS WHAT SOUNDED LIKE TWO SHOTS, WHICH PROBABLY CAME FROM THE HONOR GUARD. AT THE HOUSE, TO HONOR SANDY AND HIS LIFE, ALL DECIDED ON A 21-BEER SALUTE AS SEEN BELOW.
LCDR William (Bill) H. Feyh
William (Bill) Feyh
represents many of the pioneering PAs who served as former military corpsmen
in Vietnam. He joined the Navy after graduating high school in Columbus, Ohio
and completed a newly established Medical Special Operation Tech program
designed to train corpsmen to work with underwater demolition and SEAL teams.
This training would eventually lead Feyh to become a Navy SEAL himself. He was
attached to the Marine 3rd Force Reconnaissance (RECON) Company, stationed in
Vietnam.
Clint Emerson
SEALs burned to death in Fallujah
One of these burned cadavers is a Navy SEAL. Mother, you want your lil
girl to go into combat with the U.S. Navy SEALs? I am sure the
"ragheads" will have a lot of fun with her.
Shit Happens in WAR! Get the Girl Special Operations Soldiers to be ready for the fun and games of the "ragheads."
Brett Allen Marihugh, Killed in Training
Joseph G Rehak
Photos of Carlos Moleda
Carlos Moleda WIA Panama Fiasco (U.S.Army Fuckup!)
Carlos Moleda and Family
SEAL Team FOUR platoon, Operation Just
Cause
Panama "Operation Just Cause" SEAL Team FOUR. "Doc" Al Moreno seriously W.I.A. head injury
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Foreign Video but worth watching
Summary and Analysis
Some military analysts view the incursion into Panama as "an idiosyncratic operation." Hostilities began suddenly and ended just as quickly. Indeed, the initial deployments from the United States started within days of the Christmas holidays, and some troops started redeploying to their home stations just as the traditional holiday season was coming to a close. Compared to previous armed conflicts, total casualties were extraordinarily light. Of 26,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in Panama or deployed to the country for this operation, 23 were killed in action and another 322 were wounded. The total casualties included friendly f ire incidents and injuries sustained on drop zones. The Panama Defense Forces, numbering about 15,000 personnel of all ranks and duty assignments, had 314 killed in action, 124 known to have been wounded in action, and over 5,300 detained by U.S. forces.
SEAL TEam FOUR
Noriega's Airplane
Patilla Airfield
SEAL Team FOUR
LT. John Connors, SEAL Team 3 KIA Panama Fiasco
I am not a SEAL . John Connors lived the next town
over and I am friendly with the family. It was 1989 and seems like a
lifetime ago.
Google his name and you will find the story that appeared in Readers
Digest "Measure
of a Man". Have a friend who spend over 25 years in ST 3
AND ST 6. He is out now and struggling. I hope to visit him in the
near future. Any questions just e-mail me.
Massachusetts has produced a few Seals in it's day. Sad the only
ones we read about are the ones that have lost there lives.
Best of luck
RAY DARLING
WEBMASTER: Thank you mr. Darling, Mr. Connors lost his life due to the incompency of the U.S. Army planners to take down Noriega's plane without destroying it. In my time as a SEAL, we could have done that job with 2-3 men at the most and would have left nothing but footprints and a disabled jet plane. PRESENTLY, SEALs run their own OPs and not the Army of anyone else.
OPERATION JUST CAUSE Panama War
John Conners KIA Panama
Urgent Fury Map, Grenada (war?)
We Did It Our Way
Alfredo Moreno Jr.
l Al Moreno and Family Al Moreno
SEALs Team Four Panama Fiasco Op. Carlos Moleda WIA Panama Fiasco
CHuck Detmer and Grandaughter
Doc Riojas and Young Lions at Lil Creek SEAL reunion
CDR. Michael P. Wood
Chris Kyle Murdered in Texas by a PTSD Marine he was trying to help
"Doc" Churchill retired from SEAL Team ONE, and was working as a Law Officer when he died a very young age. He was also a Korea FMF war veteran and was awarded the Silver Star which was later reversed to the Navy Cross.
Steve S. Burowski
Aron Carson Vaughn KIA Afganistan
Brian
Christopher G. Campbell
Chris Ben with SIGN
David M. Collins
Donald Tocci Dr Raymond Fritz Cyrus NhaBe Vietnam
Aaron Carson Vaughn Dillard Blancett Email
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Gerald Feld Edward M. Davis Dillard Blancert
Rev.Edward J. McMahon Patrick Feeks Tombstone
Edward J. Mc Mahon Feeks P.D. SEAL Training City
Glen Grinage Jason R. Workman
Michael Chalus. He also participated in
Midway, Santa Cruz Guadalcanal and a couple of others.
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From: rmuzslay [at] sterlingcreditcorp
DOT com
To: cressoula [at] hotmail DOT com
Subject: sent only to my pervert buddies
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013
don’t know if you knew Al Dollear.
We were over at the SEAL bar putting away a few beers when Al had to
take a leak. He went out back in the alley and unzipped and let it go
when a car came down the alley and put it’s brights on Al as he was
pissing. Al started to shake his dick at the car. It turned out to be
a female Virginia Beach cop. He got a ticket for brandishing a deadly
weapon.
True story
Muz
Melvin Spence Dry KIA Melvin Spence Dry
Don Shipley
Don Shipley in Puerto Rico
David Copeman
Larry Hubbard
SEAL Sniper
SEAL Medals/equipment
Adm Richards Mike Thornton Eric Burris
Asami, Rio, Glen Grinage, Doc Riojas traveled to San Jose CA, Glen
was waiting for me at the airport. We went home to Nina's home in Los
Gatos CA. THe wedding was in Foster City, CA. that is the home of Chris
Cowen's mother. This is for REAL ! Rio married them! Legally
!
Bandera TX SEAL Bikers ; Hershel Davis, Bob Holmes, Scott Phillips, Rudy
Boesch, Bill Daughtery, Pete Van FLagg, Bill Miller, Fred Cox, Frank Toms,
John Fietch, Gene Warta, Mike McDonald, Lou Hyatt. NOT in picture Jackie
Lee and Tractor Dan
Ben Smith Shutdown in DC
Carl Markel WWI
Chris Heben
David Henyk
George Worthington
Jenna & Leif Rabin
John T Boyd
Larry Theordine, Doc Riojas, Fred Miller Larry Theordine, Doc Riojas, Fred
Miller
LT. Redmon
Leif Babin
OSS WWII in the Pacific
Jim Watson and Nurses
Roy O. Rollins R.I.P. 1928 - 2016
17 wild facts about the Vietnam War
Jim watson from Facebook Photo Album
Jim Watson, Rudy Boesch, Jim Tipton
Chris Campbell KIA 06Aug2011
Marcinko & Kraft
Ben Panas SEAL
Jim Woods
Jim Woods
David Becker
Jason Redmon
Jason Redmon
Jesse Ventura in Predator Movie aka: Jesse Janos, brother os Navy SEAL,
Jan Janos
John Douangdara KIA
50th ST-2 Anniversary
Kevin Houston and girlfriend
"The Body Ventura" ex
Governor of Minnesota and turned into a political rebel
Bob Holmes at VA Hosp. his home is in Galveston TX with wife Janet
Doc Rio and Bob Holmes at VA Hosp.
SEAL Flag
Navy SEA Lions
Operation One Voice Bill Stevens and Mark Mc Ginnis
SEAL Warriors
Reunion Phudnall
Leap Frog at MINOT USAF base
Brian R. Bill Memorial Highway
Carl Markel
A.D. Clark taken from SKYPE when he was in Costa Rica. He moved there, married
a native woman and later died in Costa Rica, some think he was murdered
King and Ventura
Jesse V. for President?
Navy SEAL with pinup girls
Marcus Luttrell being saved in Movie" Lone Survivor" Marcus
lives in Texas. His twin brother is also a Navy SEAL
SEAL K-9
SEAL Team K-9 K9 taking a break
USNavy Ninja of the SEA ship
Museum Shoot Out UDT life jacket 'nam era
Parachuting
Robert W."Bob/Chris" Christensen
Richard Marcinko and Raleigh Kraft and Young Lions on R&R
Harry Humphries in an English Museum
SEALs loading magazines
Erasmo "Doc" Riojas & Bob Clark UWSS reunion at Panama City
FL. Reunion THEME "Hawaii Aloha"
Leap Frogs jump into Hollywood for SEAL film opening
Ruiz walking for a cause
Navy SEAL on the Ground
Navy SEAL killed in accident
Swimming Lake for PTSD cause
SEALs Drager SCUBA
Tom Hawkins Photo
Ty Woods KIA, and wife Dorothy Woods
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/10/benghazi-timeline/
Sept. 11: The Attack
2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (8:30 p.m. Benghazi time): U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens steps outside the consulate to say goodbye to a Turkish diplomat. There are no protesters at this time. (“Everything is calm at 8:30,” a State Department official would later say at an Oct. 9 background briefing for reporters. “There’s nothing unusual. There has been nothing unusual during the day at all outside.”)
3 p.m.: Ambassador Stevens retires to his bedroom for the evening. (See Oct. 9 briefing.)
Approximately 3:40 p.m. A security agent at the Benghazi compound hears “loud noises” coming from the front gate and “gunfire and an explosion.” A senior State Department official at the Oct. 9 briefing says that “the camera on the main gate reveals a large number of people – a large number of men, armed men, flowing into the compound.”
About 4 p.m.: This is the approximate time of attack that was given to reporters at a Sept. 12 State Department background briefing. An administration official identified only as “senior administration official one” provides an official timeline of events at the consulate, but only from the time of the attack — not prior to the attack. The official says, “The compound where our office is in Benghazi began taking fire from unidentified Libyan extremists.” (Six of the next seven entries in this timeline — through 8:30 p.m. EDT — all come from the Sept. 12 briefing. The exception being the 6:07 p.m. entry, which comes from Reuters.)
About 4:15 p.m.: “The attackers gained access to the compound and began firing into the main building, setting it on fire. The Libyan guard force and our mission security personnel responded. At that time, there were three people inside the building: Ambassador Stevens, one of our regional security officers, and Information Management Officer Sean Smith.”
Between 4:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Sean Smith is found dead.
About 4:45 p.m.: “U.S. security personnel assigned to the mission annex tried to regain the main building, but that group also took heavy fire and had to return to the mission annex.”
About 5:20 p.m.: “U.S. and Libyan security personnel … regain the main building and they were able to secure it.”
Around 6 p.m.: “The mission annex then came under fire itself at around 6 o’clock in the evening our time, and that continued for about two hours. It was during that time that two additional U.S. personnel were killed and two more were wounded during that ongoing attack.”
6:07 p.m.: The State Department’s Operations Center sends an email to the White House, Pentagon, FBI and other government agencies that said Ansar al-Sharia has claimed credit for the attack on its Facebook and Twitter accounts. (The existence of the email was not disclosed until Reuters reported it on Oct. 24.)
About 8:30 p.m.: “Libyan security forces were able to assist us in regaining control of the situation. At some point in all of this – and frankly, we do not know when – we believe that Ambassador Stevens got out of the building and was taken to a hospital in Benghazi. We do not have any information what his condition was at that time. His body was later returned to U.S. personnel at the Benghazi airport.”
About 10:00 p.m.: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issues a statement confirming that one State official was killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Her statement, which MSNBC posted at 10:32 p.m., made reference to the anti-Muslim video.
Clinton: Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.
11:12 p.m.: Clinton sends an email to her daughter, Chelsea, that reads: “Two of our officers were killed in Benghazi by an al Qaeda-like group: The Ambassador, whom I handpicked and a young communications officer on temporary duty w a wife and two young children. Very hard day and I fear more of the same tomorrow.” (The email was discovered in 2015 by the House Select Committee on Benghazi. It is written to “Diane Reynolds,” which was Chelsea Clinton’s alias.)
Sept.12:
Obama Labels Attack ‘Act of Terror,’ Not ‘Terrorism’
Sept. 12: Clinton issues a statement confirming that four U.S. officials, not one, had been killed. She calls it a “violent attack.”
Clinton: All the Americans we lost in yesterday’s attacks made the ultimate sacrifice. We condemn this vicious and violent attack that took their lives, which they had committed to helping the Libyan people reach for a better future.
Sept. 12: CIA’s Middle East and North Africa Situation Report says, “[T]he presence of armed assailants from the outset suggests this was an intentional assault and not the escalation of a peaceful protest.” The report was transmitted at 7 a.m. EDT.
Sept. 12: Clinton delivers a speech at the State Department to condemn the attack in Benghazi and to praise the victims as “heroes.” She again makes reference to the anti-Muslim video in similar language.
Clinton: Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior, along with the protest that took place at our Embassy in Cairo yesterday, as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. America’s commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear — there is no justification for this, none
Jim Jordan traps Hillary Clinton on blaming video for Benghazi attack when she knew it was planned
Trident House in Ft. Pierce, FL this is where Minh and his wife,
Nhu, were housed when he visited USA.
T-11 USArmy Parachutes
SEAL snipers
SEALs in Alaska
Roy Dean matthews 'nam. Roy was a Navy Cook. His specialty was
"shit on the shingle"
Pay
Scale for Navy SEALS
by Jeffrey Joyner, Demand Media http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/pay-scale-navy-seals-35849.html
Navy SEALs were eligible for a one-time
enlistment bonus of up to $12,000, as of 2013.
They might also qualify for diving pay of up to $340 per month,
parachute pay of
$150 to $225, hazardous duty pay of $150 per month and hostile fire pay of
$225.
Doc Riojas' last re-enlistment he was awarded
a bonus of $360.00 for six year re-up !
Justn Legg Takes on a half Marathon with Donated lungs!
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ST-2
Vietnam Vet. and an unforgetful heroic SEAL operator
From: wmlbishop
[at] aol DOT com
To: Email Listing; langleychfs, me, a266ol, jandpbishop,
johnjaunzems, don1967, Doc Rio
Hi everyone,
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving - we as former SEALS have much
to be thankful for since we were part of the greatest military unit in
history.
The guy in question in the photo is Doc "Shorty" Long
- a great corpsman and SEAL.
I can't remember the circumstances but Bobby Stamey ran several
ops with us but he is not in the picture.
There was also a question about Scotty Lyons - I was told that Scotty passed away about 5 years ago. Living in California with his wife as I remember.
I have no information on Bill McCarthy - what a great operator! Hope
he is ok. I don't have any information of Doc Long either.
Bill Bishop
A266O aol com
to: langleychfs, me Thanks Bill,
YOU and DANNY still remain COOL AS EVER!!! Some Things NEVER change!!!
I'll hold off on the cockroaches this time, Danny, but thank you for
the offer!!! Danny, I understand that RIO has a great recipe for a
salad with those critters in it! I'll ask him to send to you.
Anyone still stay in touch with Tom Keith?? Another super star of 3rd
Platoon!! I read his book - Very Well Done!! Forward by Larry Bailey
and Tom Blais. I just talked to Larry last night and still try to call
Tom Blais like maybe once a month. Age is really starting to be a
factor with Tom as he is in an assisted care facility. I've talked to
his daughter several times and to RIO. He is in very good hands.
Bishop, Tim Jones and I have promised to be his taxis for all of the
events for our big 50!
Best regards, Frank
Danny,
I forwarded an email about 2 weeks ago from Frank that contained a
site that talked about our Gemini V adventure. I will forward it to
you again.
I plan to take my 6 year old grandson to Jeannie’s for breakfast
tomorrow morning at 10 or a little after. Meet us there and I’ll buy
again even though it’s your turn. I want to introduce him to my
buddy who used to eat cockroaches. The other stories I’ll keep from
his tender ears, OK.
Bill
From: A266OL@aol.com [mailto:A266OL@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, November
26, 2013 5:50 PM To: langleychfs@knology.net Cc: a266ol@aol.com;
wmlbishop@aol.com; docrio45@gmail.com Subject: Doug Drummond
Hi Bill,
Frank Cleary here. Great to hear from you after many years and so glad
you had such a successful career in the Navy. Also if would be kind
enough to pass this on to Danny McEvoy with a big High Five, that
would be very appreciated. Our years in 3rd Platoon of UDT-21 were
great memories - St. Thomas, the Dom. Rep. deployment, the recovery of
Astronauts Conrad and Cooper (GT-5) and a whole lot more. John Hunt
& I always felt that 3rd Platoon was by far the best with guys
like Parky, you, Danny, Doug, Ralph, and Pete Spencer.
Anyway, I wanted to share some of this with you and with Danny. Years
after our tour with the Teams (and I can't remember how we all hooked
up again) but Bill Bishop, Doug Drummond, and I all got reconnected
and would call each other on a regular basis. Doug had had a few
knocks in life, including his ongoing battle with liver cancer, but
his spirits always remained high - Vintage Doug! Doug and Carol had
divorced, but Carol remained his care giver and best friend. They had
two children, son and daughter, Tracy who was in the Army.
Calls would go something like this: "Doug, we'll see you at our
40th reunion" - "Hell I ain't gonna live that long"
Another call Doug told me he ripped all the iv's out of his arm and
stormed out of the hospital because they're jerks - vintage Doug,
feisty as ever!! We all shared a lot of laughs, some tears and all
became close friends.
On a Thursday night in November, 10 years ago I got The Call from
Carol. My first call was to Bill Bishop, and then to many classmates
of Class 32. Bill Bishop went to Doug's Memorial Service and was the
Keynote speaker. I guess that a lot of Doug's biker friends never
believed that Doug was really on the Teams. Bill let them all know
that Doug was the real deal!!
For that 40th Muster that Doug could not attend, Bill and I and a
bunch of other classmates arranged for Carol and Tracy to fly in from
St. Louis as our guests. They were a little nervous at first, but by
the end of the weekend, we were all Family!!
This year will mark our 50th, hope to see you both in Little Creek.
Best Regards and Happy Thanksgiving to you both.
Frank
John Westfall
to me FYI
-----Original Message----- From: steven swartley [mailto:stevenswartley@sisna.com]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 1:40 PM To: jbetz@lockport.wnyric.org
Cc: Will Sawyer; John Westfall Subject: Clarence Betz
I served with him and others in a detachment to Danang, leaving the US
about
1 November, 1965. Our tour was about 6 months, Willits Sawyer as OIC
and Chief Curtis as senior enlisted. Peter Slempa was a part of that
deployment. Steven Swartley Sent from my iPad
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From: A266OL [at] aol DOT com
to: langleychfs, wmlbishop, me Hi Bill,
Frank Cleary here. Great to hear from you after many years and so glad
you had such a successful career in the Navy. Also if would be kind
enough to pass this on to Danny McEvoy with a big High Five, that
would be very appreciated. Our years in 3rd Platoon of UDT-21 were
great memories - St. Thomas, the Dom. Rep. deployment, the recovery of
Astronauts Conrad and Cooper (GT-5) and a whole lot more. John Hunt
& I always felt that 3rd Platoon was by far the best with guys
like Parky, you, Danny, Doug, Ralph, and Pete Spencer.
Anyway, I wanted to share some of this with you and with Danny. Years
after our tour with the Teams (and I can't remember how we all hooked
up again) but Bill Bishop, Doug Drummond, and I all got reconnected
and would call each other on a regular basis. Doug had had a few
knocks in life, including his ongoing battle with liver cancer, but
his spirits always remained high - Vintage Doug! Doug and Carol had
divorced, but Carol remained his care giver and best friend. They had
two children, son and daughter, Tracy who was in the Army.
Calls would go something like this: "Doug, we'll see you at our
40th reunion" - "Hell I ain't gonna live that long"
Another call Doug told me he ripped all the iv's out of his arm and
stormed out of the hospital because they're jerks - vintage Doug,
feisty as ever!! We all shared a lot of laughs, some tears and all
became close friends.
On a Thursday night in November, 10 years ago I got The Call from
Carol. My first call was to Bill Bishop, and then to many classmates
of Class 32. Bill Bishop went to Doug's Memorial Service and was the
Keynote speaker. I guess that a lot of Doug's biker friends never
believed that Doug was really on the Teams. Bill let them all know
that Doug was the real deal!!
For that 40th Muster that Doug could not attend, Bill and I and a
bunch of other classmates arranged for Carol and Tracy to fly in from
St. Louis as our guests. They were a little nervous at first, but by
the end of the weekend, we were all Family!!
This year will mark our 50th, hope to see you both in Little Creek.
Best Regards and Happy Thanksgiving to you both.
Frank
Bill Bishop
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From: A266OL Thanks
Bill,
Danny,
John Westfall Steven Swartley Sent from my iPad
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BIll Bishop
Alexander in Afghanistan A review of "The Afghan Campaign." : A
novel , by Steven Pressfield By Ronald
Cluett Posted May 15, 2007 This article appeared in the Spring
2007 issue of the Claremont Review of Books. Spin control thus has an
ancient pedigree. In antiquity as in the present, broadcasting a
preferred interpretation of a leader's prowess involved the
suppression of inconvenient perspectives, whether dissents from
Alexander's strategic vision or the enormous suffering and sacrifice
exacted by that vision's implementation. Each perspective-the
strategic vision and the human toll-sheds light on Alexander's boldest
gamble, the invasion of Afghanistan, which is the subject of Steven
Pressfield's gripping fictional recreation in The Afghan Campaign. Alexander's strategic
rationale for conquering Persia had been clear, defensible, and
popular: by leading a Greek army to victory in the heart of Persia, he
would avenge the Persian defeat of the Greeks on Greek soil over a
century earlier. Conquering Afghanistan, however, was another matter
entirely. The rationale was never clearly or persuasively articulated,
and whatever might have motivated him-his own further glorification,
ambition to conquer any territory not yet subject to his rule, or
insatiable curiosity about the peoples and places "at the edges
of the world"-he failed to rally his increasingly polyglot troops
to fight with the unwavering dedication they had displayed during the
Persian campaign. Moreover, those troops faced in
Afghanistan conditions that would test invading armies for the next
two millennia. The harsh mountainous terrain and brutal weather were
only part of the challenge. The Afghans themselves were no less
formidable than their environment. Riven by internal divisions and
tribal loyalties, they nonetheless proved more than capable of
rallying to resist the designs of a foreign invader. As a result,
Alexander spent more time conquering Afghanistan than he did Persia,
and with less to show for it: not only did Afghanistan offer no
comparable symbolic and strategic victory, but constant revolts
undermined whatever glory he could claim for his defeat of Spitamenes,
his primary Afghan foe.
"In
the company of warriors, I have no need to explain myself. In
the company of warriors, everybody understands.
In the company of warriors, I don't have to pretend to be
someone I'm not.
Or strike that pose, however well-intentioned, that is
expected by those
who have not known me under arms.
In the company of warriors all my crimes are forgiven.
I am safe.
I am known.
I am home.
In the company of warriors." David S. Greenberg Attorney at Law This is a
great quote from a book that Stephen Pressfield wrote in 2006
about Alexander the Great, called "The Afghan
Campaign." In it, he quotes a Macedonian requiem.
The quote is apropos for this august group: In times of war or
uncertainty there is a special breed of warrior ready to
answer our Nation’s call. A common man with uncommon
desire to succeed. Forged by adversity, he stands
alongside America’s finest special operations forces to
serve his country, the American people, and protect their
way of life. I am that man. My Trident is a symbol
of honor and heritage. Bestowed upon me by the heroes that
have gone before, it embodies the trust of those I have
sworn to protect. By wearing the Trident I accept the
responsibility of my chosen profession and way of life. It
is a privilege that I must earn every day. My loyalty to Country
and Team is beyond reproach. I humbly serve as a guardian
to my fellow Americans always ready to defend those who
are unable to defend themselves. I do not advertise the
nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions. I
voluntarily accept the inherent hazards of my profession,
placing the welfare and security of others before my own. I serve with honor on
and off the battlefield. The ability to control my
emotions and my actions, regardless of circumstance, sets
me apart from other men. Uncompromising integrity is my
standard. My character and honor are steadfast. My word is
my bond. We expect to lead and be
led. In the absence of orders I will take charge, lead my
teammates and accomplish the mission. I lead by example in
all situations. I will never quit. I
persevere and thrive on adversity. My Nation expects me to
be physically harder and mentally stronger than my
enemies. If knocked down, I will get back up, every time.
I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to
protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am
never out of the fight. We demand discipline. We
expect innovation. The lives of my teammates and the
success of our mission depend on me - my technical skill,
tactical proficiency, and attention to detail. My training
is never complete. We train for war and
fight to win. I stand ready to bring the full spectrum of
combat power to bear in order to achieve my mission and
the goals established by my country. The execution of my
duties will be swift and violent when required yet guided
by the very principles that I serve to defend. Brave men have fought
and died building the proud tradition and feared
reputation that I am bound to uphold. In the worst of
conditions, the legacy of my teammates steadies my resolve
and silently guides my every deed. I will not fail.
by: David S. Greenberg Attorney
at Law ALexander in Afganistan A266OL Hi Bill,
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me and be prepared to be asked to make a donation to the UDT SEAL
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Doc Riojas became a Patriot in the Tea party ! HooYah !
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Hammarle & PRU troops in 'nam
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click on this link for more information Webmaster Note: May Mike, one of my swim buddies
Rest in Eternal Peace in Frog Heaven. He will be missed.
Erasmo "Doc" Riojas, ST-2 Retired
14Nov2013 From: Bill Langley Bill
39 Year U.S. Navy SEAL, Pete “Bullfrog-13? Wikul
Glen Grinage EN3, ST-2, 7th Plt. STAB coxswain 1967
Morning Capt. Peterson, My name is Glen Grinage, your STAB operator in 1967/68 in My
Tho, now residing permanently in Japan where I have lived on and off
for the past forty years. The purpose of this email is twofold: (1) how to address the alias Doc/Chief Rio when he visits
you at your residence this month, and (2) my confession to you of an incident that occurred on the mike
boat when we were stationed in My Tho in the sixties. The now
newely appointed; The Reverend Erasmo Riojas will become a man of the cloth
and officiate My wedding ceremony that has me tying the knot for
the second time (my first wife of 32 years passed away 8 years ago)
with Toshiko Asami, also a widow. The Reverend has taken on the task
of acquiring the necessary license to perform the ceremony and to fly
all the way from Texas to San Francisco where the ceremony is to
take place. The old Doc/Chief is no more; we all shall henceforth
address him as The Reverend. And he damn well should be revered: two
wars, wounded five times, deep-sea diver, SEAL/killer, medical doctor,
and now the Reverend. The confession: You had a hammock strung
from the wood platform that was built over the well deck of our My Tho
mike boat, and that hammock was really comfortable. On one such operation when you and the other SEALS were still out
slogging through the boonies, I crawled up into your hammock and
drifted off into a heavenly peaceful sleep. I don't recall because I
was asleep, but I suppose the mike boat was used for the extraction on
that particular operation (the STAB certainly wasn't used, as I was
sound asleep). The inconsiderate noise you guys made clamoring onto
the mike boat partially awakened me, but the hammock was so
comfortable I couldn't bring myself to leap out of it to make way for
you to crawl in so as to get your much deserved rest. Through a sleepily cracked eyelid, I saw you unselfishly motion to
the others to leave me be. They seemed to have been eager to fling me
onto the deck in what would have been a rough manner, I'm sure. A belated thanks for the few extra winks, Glen Grinnage Glen. Of course I remember this incident. I can not recall the details on
how the decision was made to,use the Stab for the extraction. I recall
that it was a mid day extraction and we had been in the oparea for
hours, had not been in contact but the extraction area was very open
and exposed. I doubt that you all on the Mike boat were aware of the
swell/surf conditions on the beach. You did not make the decision to use the STAB, That would
have been my call or your OICs call. Once the danger of theSTAB
extraction became obvious, I should have waved you off, I did not. So,
cut yourself some slack. You did the best you could to handle the boat
in a situation it was wrong for you to be in. I remember the SEAL advisor to the LDNN telling me some years later
the the guy who lost his leg had been fitted with an artificial leg
but I suspect he had bigger problems after the South fell. Pete halolpal [at] aol DOT com x
From:duke ogden "An
attack in Herat; Carter arrives in Kabul, Dempsey in Budapest; Crushing
Afghanistan retrograde; One sailor has lost nine
friends to suicide; Rummy returns; and a bit more. [Presented today by
Lockheed Martin.]" the reason is simple: I still can recall watching the
"shorts" at the Saturday movies for kids...the cartoons, 1930
era comedies, and such. Doc Tribute:
US Navy Corpsman History
dated 9/12/2013 Franklin Dennis KMSEAL [at] aol DOT com Joe ran over, took Karen from me, and turned her on her
stomach and hit her between the shoulder blades so hard I thought she
would break. Out came the biggest wad of bubble gum I had ever seen,
and Karen started breathing normally. HOOYAH to Joe and all hospital corpsmen, past, present, and
in the future. dated 9/12/2013fwaranch@wildblue.net writes: Franklin dated 9/12/2013 Franklin Dennis KMSEAL [at] aol DOT com Joe ran over, took Karen from me, and turned her on her
stomach and hit her between the shoulder blades so hard I thought she
would break. Out came the biggest wad of bubble gum I had ever seen,
and Karen started breathing normally. HOOYAH to Joe and all hospital corpsmen, past, present, and
in the future. dated 9/12/2013fwaranch@wildblue.net writes: Franklin http://sofrep.com/26572/navy-seal-bo-reichenbach/ x
William Geerds BeeBe, R.I.P. Sep 22, 1946 - Sep 5, 2013 In 1967 Bill joined the Navy and served aboard the USS Saratoga
(DV-60). He graduated from UDT and was assigned to SEAL Team TWO and was deployed to Vietnam in
trhe fall of 1969. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for heroic
achievement on APril 2, 1970 for rescuing two Vietnamese women and children from drowning during a Vietn Cong
ambush. He received the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat. After the Vietnam war he was
stationed at USNav Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA where he was an instructor in BUD/S Rick Woolard Best to all, L and D William Geerds BeeBe, R.I.P.
Alexander the Great ran one of the shrewdest media operations in
history. His entourage included men whose job it was to chronicle his
exploits, both for dissemination among his contemporaries and for
posterity. While their works have not survived the passage of time,
their influence has. Alexander is one of the select figures from
classical antiquity who continues to excite the popular imagination,
not just in the West but in Central Asia and India as well .
SEAL
Ethos
This is a great quote from a book that Stephen Pressfield wrote in
2006 about Alexander the Great, called "The Afghan
Campaign." In it, he quotes a Macedonian requiem. The quote is
apropos for this august group:
Nov 26 2913
to: langleychfs, wmlbishop, me
Frank Cleary here. Great to hear from you after many years and so glad you had
such a successful career in the Navy. Also if would be kind enough to pass
this on to Danny McEvoy with a big High Five, that would be very appreciated.
Our years in 3rd Platoon of UDT-21 were great memories - St. Thomas, the Dom.
Rep. deployment, the recovery of Astronauts Conrad and Cooper (GT-5) and a
whole lot more. John Hunt & I always felt that 3rd Platoon was by far the
best with guys like Parky, you, Danny, Doug, Ralph, and Pete Spencer.
Anyway, I wanted to share some of this with you and with Danny. Years after
our tour with the Teams (and I can't remember how we all hooked up again) but
Bill Bishop, Doug Drummond, and I all got reconnected and would call each
other on a regular basis. Doug had had a few knocks in life, including his
ongoing battle with liver cancer, but his spirits always remained high -
Vintage Doug! Doug and Carol had divorced, but Carol remained his care giver
and best friend. They had two children, son and daughter, Tracy who was in the
Army.
Calls would go something like this: "Doug, we'll see you at our 40th
reunion" - "Hell I ain't gonna live that long" Another call
Doug told me he ripped all the iv's out of his arm and stormed out of the
hospital because they're jerks - vintage Doug, feisty as ever!! We all shared
a lot of laughs, some tears and all became close friends.
On a Thursday night in November, 10 years ago I got The Call from Carol. My
first call was to Bill Bishop, and then to many classmates of Class 32. Bill
Bishop went to Doug's Memorial Service and was the Keynote speaker. I guess
that a lot of Doug's biker friends never believed that Doug was really on the
Teams. Bill let them all know that Doug was the real deal!!
For that 40th Muster that Doug could not attend, Bill and I and a bunch of
other classmates arranged for Carol and Tracy to fly in from St. Louis as our
guests. They were a little nervous at first, but by the end of the weekend, we
were all Family!!
This year will mark our 50th, hope to see you both in Little Creek.
Best Regards and Happy Thanksgiving to you both.
Frank
Navy SEALs on Boat
Steve Waterman, Navy Photographer
Don Shipley
ROE's, down range: NEVER EVER
shoot a "raghead" unless he shoots at your first!
Are there any ROEs to shoot Americans?
Question: Are the folks in D.C. considered civilians?
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Mike Thornton,I forgot who sent me this photo, sorry.
Peggy and Tom SHoulders home
Which one is Jeremiah P. Navy SEAL? J. P. and his Dad
Navy SEAL challenge coin
Erasmo "Doc" Riojas Challenge Coin:
star on the "C.A.R." which
is the 1st ribbon, for Korea, the 2nd is the Vietnam
War, and the blue .3d. ribbon is awarded for the Korea Police
Action (USMC emblem). Purchased from: www.wholesale-challengecoins.com
1 (877) 870 4946
Sceleta Miller, Daughter of Fred and Linda Miller weds Eric ______ in Moline,
Ill. 09Nov2013
click on graphic to go to the video.
Jesse Ventura
Erasmo Riojas, Hilario Riojas (Father) Emanuel J. Riojas
Hal Kuykendall
Matthew Kantor
Barry Enoch
Vanesa & Larry Theodine, Fred Miller, Erasmo "Doc" Riojas
Glen Grinnage, he lives in Myabashi, Japan with his wife Asami.
Glen was our STAB driver back in 1967 when we were operating out of MyTho VN.
He took us into those tee-tee canals and then went back to the Mike Boat all
by his lonesome ! Capt Larry Bailey and i tried to get him some
recognition, USNavy Commendation Medal, but the in charge of the 7th platoon
did not want to sign the forms to submitt to Glen's Congressman in D.C.
Doc Riojas
2143 Vista Circle Lynnhaven Inlet Virginia Beach, VA
to: Doc RIojas
This sounds like a sad and lonely ending. Mike was a good teammate. Ed
Ruffin, Mike Atkinson, and Cory Bissell are to be commended. Sorry I
can’t be there.
(Ret.) CAPT Peter I. Wikul is “BULLFROG 13?, was one of the longest
serving US Navy SEALS while he was active duty. Pete Wikul is the
co-founder of Mission Ready, Inc. and a former U.S. Navy SEAL. Wikul
has led a long and distinguished career in the military, earning the
title “Bullfrog 13” as the thirteenth U.S. Navy SEAL to be honored
as the longest serving SEAL on active duty (39 years).
He was born May 6th, 1952 in Manhattan, New York, and enlisted in the
Navy in May 1970. Soon after he volunteered for the Underwater
Demolition Team (UDT) / Sea Air and Land (SEAL) program and graduated
UDTB Class 7102, the last east coast UDT/SEAL training class. He
served at UDT Twenty ONE and later SEAL Team TWO before selection to
Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island. Upon commissioning he
returned to Naval Special Warfare, completing tours at: SEAL Team ONE,
UDT ELEVEN (re-designated as SEAL Team FIVE during his tour), United
Nations Military Observer Group Palestine (observer Group Lebanon),
SEAL Delivery Vehicle TWO, Special Boat Unit TWENTY, Naval Special
Warfare Center, Special Boat Unit TWELVE, the Joint Staff, Special
Operations Command South, and the Office of Naval Intelligence. CAPT
Wikul served as the Deputy Commander for SOCSOUTH and Commanding
Officer for SEAL Delivery Vehicle TWO. He was the commanding officer
and plank owner (founding member) of the Kennedy Irregular Warfare
Center, Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington, D.C. His awards
include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with
gold star, and numerous other personal and campaign medals. In
addition, CAPT Wikul shares the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize as one of the
few United Nations Observers and Peacekeepers who served in Lebanon.
Wikul’s Rules:
Take care of your people, they are your most important assets Never
compromise your personal integrity Prepare for total war. When called
upon to fight, win.
- See more at: http://www.companionsforheroes.org/leadership-council/#sthash.EGbD9WT4.dpuf
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Hershal Davis, Bob Holmes 2nd Row: Scott Phillips, Rudy Boesch, Bill Daughtery,
Pete Van Flagg, Bill Miller, Fred Cox (IUWG), Frank Toms, John Fietch, Gene
Warta, Mike McDonald, Lou Hyatt. Jackie Lee and Tractor Dan did not make the
picture, sorry. — with Rudy
Boesch, William
Daugherty, Bill
Miller and Fred
Cox
From: Glen Grinage
To: Robert Peterson
Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013
Subject: STAB Vietnam accident confession
From:Pete Peterson
To: Glen Grinage
Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013
Subject: SEAL STAB Accident confession
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Click on this LINK: http://secondat.blogspot.com/2010/04/iwo-jima-65-years-ago.html
to halolpal
Thank you plank owner Dennis McCormack for taking great pictures
again. Last year Peso complained that there weren't any pictures of
him. This year he made sure Dennis took his picture. If your picture
isn't in the video be sure to grab Dennis next year.
As those of you who attended the party know, there were 14 members of
Barry Enoch's family present. My favorite pictures in the video are of
teammates telling stories about Barry to the Enoch family. Many thanks
to Sam Birky for the great memorial service for Barry on Saturday
morning and to Steve Frisk's daughter for the outstanding film about
Alpha Platoon. I've spoken to Eatsie twice since the reunion and she
says the family is still telling stories about their wonderful reunion
weekend.
Click on the video below and turn on the sound. I hope you enjoy.
Hal
http://vimeo.com/74313583
To: Gentlemen and Lady:
One finds it hard to add any commentary or opinion regarding this
particular SitRep...
But then I grew up and as all men do, put away such childish things...
enlisted in the Marine Corps, started working as a commercial diver,
enlisted in the Navy and made it into the Teams, went back to working
offshore.
At the age one is now, it is painful to see that
our 'leaders' are still wearing short pants and pulling Buckwheat's
hair...or imitating Harold Lloyd's perilous antics while hanging on to
the side of a building.
Tropical Frog Duke
Ogden
fwaranch@wildblue.net writes:
from: Jim Dickson
who was on the Mighty Moe (SEAL LCM) When it was ambushed ---All hands
were wounded and 2 critical-who had to be discharged due their
extensive wounds. Many HEROIC Actions that night. I had a HMC
CHURCHILL who had 7 purple hearts.
x
From: Jim Dickson:
Subject:
If I remember correctly two of the SEALs aboard the Mike boat during
the ambush of 7 OCT 66 were E6 Corpsmen. That's probably one of the
reasons everyone was wounded but nobody died.
Franklin
to: fwaranch, doc Rio , bristow123, jerry, maynardweyers,
nickclass28, alanrouth, annsword, acharette, galmesa, rdruss,
hooyah29, buddyseal, BullDevine, foxbury007, David.Janke, DocDennis,
nortonricharde, douglasanderso., elainehjohnson, ellen.roberts..,
frogdoc58, shotin68, makensjc, jdefloria
Subj: Joe Churchill
Franklin,
I remember Joe Churchill only so well. While I was playing football on
the Amphib Base, my youngest daughter went around collecting gum from
under the bleacher seats, and in mid-game my wife started screaming
and ran out on the field and handed Karen to me who was not breathing.
Dennis
from: Jim Dickson
To:Dennis KMSEAL [at] aol DOT com fwaranch,
doc Rio , bristow123, jerry, maynardweyers, nickclass28, alanrouth,
annsword, acharette, galmesa, rdruss, hooyah29, buddyseal, BullDevine,
foxbury007, David.Janke, DocDennis, nortonricharde, douglasanderso.,
elainehjohnson, ellen.roberts.., frogdoc58, shotin68, makensjc,
jdefloria
who was on the Mighty Moe (SEAL LCM) When it was ambushed ---All hands
were wounded and 2 critical-who had to be discharged due their
extensive wounds. Many HEROIC Actions that night. I had a HMC
CHURCHILL who had 7 purple hearts.
From:fwaranch@wildblue.net writes:
This e-mail is from Jim Dickson who was on the Mighty Moe (SEAL LCM)
When it was ambushed ---All hands were wounded and 2 critical-who had
to be discharged due their extensive wounds. Many HEROIC Actions that
night. I had a HMC CHURCHILL who had 7 purple hearts.
x
From: Jim Dickson: Subject:
If I remember correctly two of the SEALs aboard the Mike boat during
the ambush of 7 OCT 66 were E6 Corpsmen. That's probably one of the
reasons everyone was wounded but nobody died.
to: fwaranch, doc Rio , bristow123, jerry, maynardweyers,
nickclass28, alanrouth, annsword, acharette, galmesa, rdruss,
hooyah29, buddyseal, BullDevine, foxbury007, David.Janke, DocDennis,
nortonricharde, douglasanderso., elainehjohnson, ellen.roberts..,
frogdoc58, shotin68, makensjc, jdefloria
Franklin,
I remember Joe Churchill only so well. While I was playing football on
the Amphib Base, my youngest daughter went around collecting gum from
under the bleacher seats, and in mid-game my wife started screaming
and ran out on the field and handed Karen to me who was not breathing.
Dennis
This e-mail is from Jim Dickson who was on the Mighty Moe (SEAL LCM)
When it was ambushed ---All hands were wounded and 2 critical-who had
to be discharged due their extensive wounds. Many HEROIC Actions that
night. I had a HMC CHURCHILL who had 7 purple hearts.
Bo Reichenbach
From:BOBURWELL[at] aol DOT com
to : Rick Woolard
It is a bitter pill to swallow hearing news of a teammate passing.
Just a few days ago Capt Woolard and I spoke of Bill, we had all
better get our house in order. Best regards to all, Bo Burwell
From: rtpw@cox.net To: BOBURWELL@aol.com, udtseal3@cox.net CC:
oceancall@webtv.net, seal@panama.gulf.net, finleyj@centurylink.net,
johnsondh@peoplepc.com, lerflorida@gmail.com Sent: 9/9/2013 Subj:
Bill Beebe
Third Platoon SEAL Team TWO : He was 65. Will send more info as I get
it. Too late to get a Trident for the casket but I will send one to
each of his kids with a note. If anyone has email addresses for Bill
Garnett, Bruce Gammell, Fred Keener and Mike Kelly, please send them
to the rest of us.
From: Larry Rich <lerflorida@gmail.com> Date: September 9, 2013
3:52:36 PM EDT To: Rick Woolard <rtpw@cox.net> Subject: Bill
Beebe
Hi Rick, Sad news. Bill Beebe passed away last Thursday. He died at
home. Apparently he had a heart attack. Deb and I got the news this
morning. Bill's former wife , Sheri, left a message for me at Spencer.
We were on a way back from SFO having spent the last couple of weeks
visiting with the kids and attending my sister, Karen's 70th birthday
party. We re- routed our flights and are scheduled to arrive Grand
Rapids, Mich around midnight tonight. There will be a private ceremony
for close friends and family tomorrow at 11:00 in Holland Mich. Is
there a way to get a trident sent so that I can decorate his casket
and give him a Seal send off? If so, maybe you could send it to the
funeral home address in the obituary that you can get online. Very
short notice. I understand if it is not possible.
Hope you are well. Best to all, L and D
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BOBURWELL@aol.com
It is a bitter pill to swallow hearing news of a teammate passing.
Just a few days ago Capt Woolard and I spoke of Bill, we had all
better get our house in order. Best regards to all, Bo Burwell
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From: rtpw@cox.net To: BOBURWELL@aol.com, udtseal3@cox.net CC:
oceancall@webtv.net, seal@panama.gulf.net, finleyj@centurylink.net,
johnsondh@peoplepc.com, lerflorida@gmail.com Sent: 9/9/2013 9:09:44
P.M. Central Daylight Time Subj: Fwd: Bill Beebe
Third Platoon: He was 65. Will send more info as I get it. Too late to
get a Trident for the casket but I will send one to each of his kids
with a note. If anyone has email addresses for Bill Garnett, Bruce
Gammell, Fred Keener and Mike Kelly, please send them to the rest of
us. Rick
757 395 9942
From: Larry Rich <lerflorida@gmail.com> Date: September 9, 2013
3:52:36 PM EDT To: Rick Woolard <rtpw@cox.net> Subject: Bill
Beebe
Hi Rick, Sad news. Bill Beebe passed away last Thursday. He died at
home. Apparently he had a heart attack. Deb and I got the news this
morning. Bill's former wife , Sheri, left a message for me at Spencer.
We were on a way back from SFO having spent the last couple of weeks
visiting with the kids and attending my sister, Karen's 70th birthday
party. We re- routed our flights and are scheduled to arrive Grand
Rapids, Mich around midnight tonight. There will be a private ceremony
for close friends and family tomorrow at 11:00 in Holland Mich. Is
there a way to get a trident sent so that I can decorate his casket
and give him a Seal send off? If so, maybe you could send it to the
funeral home address in the obituary that you can get online. Very
short notice. I understand if it is not possible.
Hope you are well.
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Jack Walson Jesse Ventura and Kinky Friedman
Can Tho PRU, Harry Humphries SEAL 2
From: DarrenAGreenwell [at] aol DOT com
to: hhgsgi, Doc Rio
Subj: Can Tho PRU
Harry,
How are you? I hope you and yours are well and that you are pleased
with the end results of your work on Lone Survivor... I look forward
to seeing it when it hits the screens in the UK.
Can you help me with a couple of Vietnam questions? I found this great
picture on the internet of you with Drew... who is the shooter on the
left?
I also came across this patch (I believe it is a replica) Phong Dinh
Can ThoPRU... Can you shed any information on whether the patch is a
complete fake, if you and your PRU wore them in country and if the
description below is accurate? Thanks Harry... best, Darren.
Rex Johnson SEAL Team TWO
The Phong Dinh Province, Provincial Reconnaissance Unit were located /
headquartered at Can Tho in Phong Dinh Province on the Mekong Delta.
Set up at the end of the 1950's by the CIA the Phong Dinh Province
Provincial Recon Unit was manned by members of the Cao Dai Religious
Group. Displaced from North Vietnam the Tribal Group was one of the
largest in the Mekong delta and numbered some 2,000,000 people in
total.
By 1962 the Phong Dinh Province PRU was effectively a Private Army and
through contributions and training became loyal to the CIA and US
Special Forces by 1964 although remained disenchanted with the
government of South Vietnam.
Considered 'Effective' in their fighting capabilities the growth of
the Mike Force Unit from the Cao Dai remained restricted due to their
distrust of the government and their stated requirement that their
main combatants remain close to their families. By early 1967 the sect
was largley spread and displaced throughout the Mekong delta and as
many were fighting with the Viet cong, in this largely VC controlled
area as were fighting with the Allies.
By the end of 1967 and before the Pre Tet Offensive attacks the Cao
Dai had spread and separated with many now located in Cambodia (loyal
to the Viet Cong), in Tay Ninh Province north of Saigon (fighting with
both the Allies and the Viet Cong) with less than a third of the group
now located in the Mekong Delta. With the wind down of US Involvement
in the Vietnam War and the passing of the command from the US Special
Forces to the Tiger Force Rangers, the Phong Dinh PRU, without payment
from the South Vietnam Government ceased operatiosn against the Viet
cong throughout the Mekong Delta and in Tay Ninh Province.
As an allied fighting force the Unit had ceased to exist by late 1969
and many of the Special Forces, Airborne, Recon, CIA and US Special
Forces trained combatants were now fighting with the communists. The
sects combatants were integrated into various VC Units. At the end of
the war, members of the Cao Dai sect in Cambodia migrated to Thailand
and back into Vietnam.
The Cao Dai sect, as it was, with some 2,000,000 members, ceased to
offically exist in post war communist Vietnam.
From: Harry Humphries <hhgsgi [at] me DOT com>
to: DarrenAGreenwell
The SEAL on the left is Rex Johnson, ST2. We were in Chau Duc with
Drew Dix, the PRU Advisor in the province. This was a post Tet
operation in 68 I believe we were sweeping a denied area and found a
large weapons cache when the VC opened fire on us. I was calling in
105 fire when one of the platoon guys took this shot. We had a camera
with us for intel and post op briefs.
In Dec. 68, I went back after this tour to relieve the PRU Advisor of
Phong Dinh in Can Tho, Dennis Drady, who was wounded by a grenade. The
province was very hot then. I ran operations throughout the province
nightly splitting the unit in small assault groups. I placed intel
teams in each of the main villages which increased our intel net
providing accurate actionable intel.
With respect to the Patch, I believe it is accurate, perhaps replica
as you say. The PRUs were proud of their unit and did ware the patch
on tiger stripes, mixed combat uniforms, black pajamas, always with
berets. I wore black Pajamas, no markings.
Historically, I cannot deny or confirm, but they were a compilation of
Cambodians, Vietnamese and some Chinese. Their leader was Mr Tom, an
ARVN Die We SUPPOSEDLY. He was a hard ass combat leader, well
respected, walked with great difficulty on a cane resulting from
several combat wounds. I had worked with him prior to my assignment to
the unit with Dick Marcinko in the 8th Platoon, we had a strong
warrior relationship. My interpreter was a well spoken Vietnamese,
Loong, a tough partner for sure.
Hope this helps Darren.
Harry
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Navy SEAL Chris Heben - Patriot
Robert D. Borgstedt, Class 001A , R.I.P.
February 12, 1929 - 26 August 2013
5 September 2013
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Robert D.
Borgstedt, 84, on 26 August 2013, in Pueblo, CO.
Robert graduated with UDT Training Class 001A in Coronado on 29 August
1951 and served with UDT-1.
Obituary:
Robert D. Borgstedt, 84, born February 12, 1929 in Muscatine, Iowa to
Anna and Delmar Borgstedt, passed away August 26, 2013.
Robert enlisted in the US Navy during World War II at age seventeen,
completed two tours of active duty. He served on a destroyer which
participated in the first post-war atomic test at Bikini Atoll. He
re-enlisted in the Navy following the outbreak of the Korean Conflict
and volunteered for duty with the first training class for the
"Naval Frogmen Underwater Demolition Team", holding the
title as 'the oldest surviving Naval Frogman in the state of
Colorado" until his death. After the Navy, Robert joined the
Chicago Police Department as a patrolman, followed by a move to
Pueblo, where he also joined the Pueblo Police Department and worked
for the Department of Corrections. Robert was an avid motorcyclist and
enjoyed his rides across country.
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David PaAaina and Doc Riojas
Harry Humphries
Manny Perez
Brett Lynch
BruceWMoore 61, R.I.P.
OCTOBER 24, 1950 – JULY 19, 2012 Bruce died Thursday, July 19, 2012 Born in Santa Fe, NM. Mr. Moore was a veteran of the Vietnam war and was a Petty Officer 2nd Class, USNavy SEAL retired
Bill Langley and Julie
Dave C. Baldwin R.I.P.
Dave C. Baldwin, 63, died Sunday AM; 08 September, 2013 in the
Soldier's Home in Holyoke, Gardner, MA.
Dave graduated with UDT-R Class 50E in Little Creek on 18 December
1970 and served with UDT-21.
From: Diaczenko, Walter
: Announcement of the Passing of Dave C. Baldwin
I vaguely remember Dave. His Class was actually UDTB 7003 or in the
new order BUDS 50E East Coast. He was 2-classes after ours.
Corny Leyden, Tom Hawins, King 1974 SDVs
Remembering LCDR Rock E. Blais
From: darren a greenwell
to: Doc Rioja
Subj: Remembering LCDR Rock E. Blais
Rock Blais - June 17, 1961 - August 30 2001. Lieutenant Commander Rock
Edward Blais, of Virginia Beach, a US Navy SEAL and member of the
United States Special Operations Command Parachute Team died on
Thursday, August 30th, 2001 from complications after being injured
while parachuting into Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, where
he was stationed.
LCDR Blais was a Naval Officer and SEAL for over 13 years. A few
highlights of his numerous military accomplishments include over 1000
parachute jumps, three Navy Commendation Medals, the Joint Service
Achievement Medal, and a Navy Achievement Medal.
Lieutenant Commander Blais’ passing was preceded by the death of his
mother, Florence and the recent death of his infant daughter, Aubrey.
Survivors include his wife, Hollie; his son and daughter, Scott and
Kathryn of New York; his father, Master Chief Thomas Blais (US Navy
Seal-Ret.) and sisters, Maria Goodman and Eva Anderson, all of
Virginia.
Darren
EMAIL:
Re: LCDR Rock E. Blais, may he Rest in Peace
A266OL [at] aol DOT com
Erasmo "Doc" Riojas docrio45 [at] gmail
DOT com RE: Hey! Sorry i moved that those
pictures to page 18.
A266OL@aol.com
to Doc Rio
RIO, You sent out a wonderful tribute to a great
SEAL Warrior, LCDR Rock E. B...
I met LCDR Rock E. Blais when he was all of 3 years old wearing
boondocks (His dad would have it no other way) while Instructor Blais
was kicking the asses of Bill Bishop, Bill White, and Frank Cleary
during the summer of 1964 - Class 32.
Please advance the frame to the spring of (I'm guessing 1996 give or
take). I had just completed a triathlon in the area and came back to
visit my old SEAL Team-2.
Through his busy schedule, LT. Rock Blais was able to spend over an
hour with me talking about modern SEAL capabilities, his career as
being slated for the next XO of ST-2, and most of all, his dad - one
of the MOST respected men I shall forever hold with the greatest of
reverence in my life.
Please now advance the frame in life to August 30, 2001. When I read
the Executive Directors e-mail about Rock, I really lost it. About an
hour later, Bill Bishop called. We decided to both share the cost of
sending flowers from ALL of us in Class 32.
It took me about six months to write a long letter to Tom about all of
this (the flowers are our little secret). As you would expect, Tom's
response was most eloquent and most sad. He talked about the whole
SEAL community staying at his side through the time before, during,
and after the funeral.
The toughest man I had ever known in my life had taken a spear through
the heart!! I cried - we all cried!
Frank
Remembering LCDR Rock E. Blais
Roy Dean Matthews
Damien Rio "AKA: Lil Rio" Vazquez & Erasmo Elias Riojas
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Overview
John Boyd is a former international construction executive
Who ambushed LT CMDR Jose carmona's SEAL team in the mountains of Afghanistan? Why would the head of the CIA's Counter Terrorism Center want Jose dead? The President wants Guantanamo Bay closed. His Attorney General will conspire to kill even the most elite American fighters to prevent it. Chilling glimpses into the ugly hearts of some of the USA's most powerful officials. Highly recommended.
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ZERObama's onset of speaking with "forked Tongue."
Gerry Flowers and Doc Riojas
The below photos were taken from the BLAST Apr 2013
Lt. Maynard Weyers and MCPO Harry Tindol
Bruce Schliemann, Jeff Gonzales, Duane Nolan, Scott Brauer, Chris Nicola, TX
Gov. Rick Perry, Kirk Anthony, Tom McCutchan and Frank Radford
My Governer, Rick Perry, did not invite "Doc" Riojas to this party?
Rudy Bosech
Tizz Morrison
So Solly Day Little Creek Va.
UDTs West Coast; click on image to
enlarge it.
Rudy and Bill brumuller
Email from Doc Riojas to Ms. Pogue
Jim Frazier
At the Greece Acropolis
Brumuller and Rudy Astronauts Trainees
Frogs in the Persian Gulf
;
Click on the photo to go to the story !
Former Navy SEAL,
Coleman Ruiz, takes part in a 1,700-mile relay walk,
May 14, 2012, near Dandridge, Tenn. Ruiz is the executive director
of the Carry the Load program that benefits nonprofit organizations
that help veterans, active duty service members and military
families. (J. Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel)
Fifties Frogs
Juni Salvador here.Archivist of the Philippine Naval Special Special Warfare Group
From: jbadong2004 [at] yahoo DOT com
Date: Sep 6
to" Doc Riojas docrio45 [at] gmail
DOT com
subj: UDT12 Subic photo info
Greetings Doc, Juni Salvador here.Archivist of the Philippine Naval
Special Special Warfare Group.I have been following your blog for
years searching for SEALs deployed in the P.I. Anyway,I believe that
the UDT 12 platoon in Subic in the photo on page 15 belonged to the
late LCDR then LTJG Albert Schaufelberger.He is on the extreme left of
the photo.I was also able to acquire in Olongapo a plaque of his Team
.
Attached is the plaque besides the photo from page 15.
Best, Juni Salvador
jbadong2004 àt+ yahoo
DOT com
11 Sep 2013
Thanks Doc Rio,
you really have a cool blog.Hope the old frogs
and SEALs get to enjoy and relieve those photos.I have got more but
fixing my files.It's always great to preserve these naval heritage so
the young lions get to know how lucky and privileged they are now.More
power and all the best señor!
Thanks Juni
From: Erasmo "Doc" Riojas
To: Juni Badong
Thanks a lot. You live in Olongapo? how are the clubs doing? and the
MAGANDAS...
From: jbadong2004 [at] yahoo DOT com
to: Doc Riojas
No worries Doc.I'm from Manila but my wife's family originally are
from Subic town.I did my research to show my kids what Olongapo used
to be ...warts and all.
It's a lot tamer now but the action like before is still in what the
"kanos" used to call in Subic city.No more game of
smiles??The dwindling old salts are still in Barrio Baretto.
MAGANDAS are now called GRO's-Guest Relations Officers.
LOL
Thanks, Juni
This is why the USA, our Beloved country is in such a SHITHOLE! These people live among us, they are college educated by freaking commies and Left wing Radicals. Sad to say, ZERObama in a second term and doing what he does best: LIE ! So much for transparency !
The War Of the Oppressed People new with uncut footage
As Sahab Media "The War of the Oppressed
People," continues depicting an ambush carried out on June,28, 2005 by
Taliban fighters on a four man Navy
seal reconnaissance team participating in the US military Operation,
"Red Wing." The
Video starts with the firefight between the Seals and Mujahideen. The
Mujahideen then display the War booty taken from the seals in terms of
equipment including a US military laptop. Then the video goes on to show an
IED attack on the head of security for Kunar province and an American Humvee.
Then finally an attack on a US Special Forces outpost which is followed by
an interview with a Mujahid named Noman.
Taliban commander "Ismail" and his men planned and executed the
attack which killed 3 navy seals in an ambush and downed a MH-47 Chinook
killing all 16 members on board including 8 navy seals and 8 members of the
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The Taliban engaged the seals in
a 2 hour running firefight in which 3 Seals were killed and one managed to
escape with help from a villager. The MH-47 was responding to a call for
assistance and was struck with a RPG round. In all 19 Navy Seals and Special
forces were killed in this attack the greatest loss for the US in the entire
war. Also the single greatest loss in the 42 year history of the Navy Seals.
Plays: 128203 (Embed: 60)
FOX NEWS BOWS TO WHITE HOUSE PRESSURE
Fox is once again cowering to the President. In response to President Obama's complaint that FOX News doesn't show enough Black and Hispanic people on their network, FOX has announced that they will now air " America's Most Wanted" TWICE a week.
Photos of Carlos Moleda
SEAL Team FOUR platoon, Operation Just
Cause
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Foreign Video but worth watching
Summary and Analysis
Some military analysts view the incursion into Panama as "an idiosyncratic operation." Hostilities began suddenly and ended just as quickly. Indeed, the initial deployments from the United States started within days of the Christmas holidays, and some troops started redeploying to their home stations just as the traditional holiday season was coming to a close. Compared to previous armed conflicts, total casualties were extraordinarily light. Of 26,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in Panama or deployed to the country for this operation, 23 were killed in action and another 322 were wounded. The total casualties included friendly f ire incidents and injuries sustained on drop zones. The Panama Defense Forces, numbering about 15,000 personnel of all ranks and duty assignments, had 314 killed in action, 124 known to have been wounded in action, and over 5,300 detained by U.S. forces.
SEAL TEam FOUR
Noriega's Airplane
Patilla Airfield
SEAL
Team FOUR
LT. John Connors, SEAL Team 3 KIA Panama Fiasco
I am not a SEAL . John Connors lived the next town
over and I am friendly with the family. It was 1989 and seems like a
lifetime ago.
Google his name and you will find the story that appeared in Readers
Digest "Measure
of a Man". Have a friend who spend over 25 years in ST 3
AND ST 6. He is out now and struggling. I hope to visit him in the
near future. Any questions just e-mail me.
Massachusetts has produced a few Seals in it's day. Sad the only
ones we read about are the ones that have lost there lives.
Best of luck
RAY DARLING
WEBMASTER: Thank you mr. Darling, Mr. Connors lost his life due to the incompency of the U.S. Army planners to take down Noriega's plane without destroying it. In my time as a SEAL, we could have done that job with 2-3 men at the most and would have left nothing but footprints and a disabled jet plane. PRESENTLY, SEALs run their own OPs and not the Army of anyone else.
OPERATION JUST CAUSE Panama War
Urgent Fury Map, Grenada (war?)
We Did It Our Way
Alfredo Moreno Jr.
l Al Moreno and Family Al Moreno
SEALs Team Four Panama Fiasco Op.
CHuck Detmer and Grandaughter Carlos Moleda WIA Panama Fiasco
Diz Cozak Pierre Ponson Bill Langly
Brian
CDR. Michael P. Wood
Christopher G. Campbell
Chris Ben with SIGN
David M. Collins
Donald Tocci Dr Raymond Fritz Cyrus NhaBe Vietnam
Aaron Carson Vaughn Dillard Blancett Email
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Gerald Feld Edward M. Davis Dillard Blancert
Edward J. Mc Mahon Feeks P.D. SEAL Training City
Glen Grinage Jason R. Workman
Michael Chalus. He also participated in
Midway, Santa
Cruz Guadalcanal and a couple of others.
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From: rmuzslay [at] sterlingcreditcorp
DOT com
To: cressoula [at] hotmail DOT com
Subject: sent only to my pervert buddies
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013
don’t know if you knew Al
Dollear.
We were over at the SEAL bar putting away a few beers when Al had to take a leak.
He went out back in the alley and unzipped and let it go when a car came down the alley and put it’s brights on Al as he was pissing.
Al started to shake his dick at the car. It turned out to be a female Virginia Beach cop. He got a ticket for brandishing a deadly weapon.
True story
Muz
Melvin Spence Dry KIA
Melvin Spence Dry
Don
Shipley
Don Shipley in Puerto Rico
David Copeman
Larry Hubbard
SEAL
Sniper
SEAL Medals/equipment
Adm Richards Mike Thornton Eric Burris
Asami,
Rio, Glen Grinage, Doc Riojas traveled to San Jose CA, Glen was
waiting for me at the airport. We went home to Nina's home in Los Gatos
CA. THe wedding was in Foster City, CA. that is the home of Chris
Cowen's mother. This is for REAL ! Rio married them! Legally
!
Bandera TX SEAL Bikers
; Hershel Davis, Bob Holmes, Scott Phillips, Rudy Boesch, Bill Daughtery, Pete
Van FLagg, Bill Miller, Fred Cox, Frank Toms, John Fietch, Gene Warta, Mike
McDonald, Lou Hyatt. NOT in picture Jackie Lee and Tractor Dan
Ben Smith Shutdown
in DC
Carl Markel WWI
Chris Heben
David Henyk
George Worthington
Jenna & Leif Rabin
John T Boyd
Larry Theordine, Doc Riojas, Fred Miller
Larry Theordine, Doc Riojas, Fred Miller
LT. Redmon
Leif Babin
OSS WWII in the Pacific
Jim Watson and Nurses
Jim watson from Facebook Photo Album
Jim Watson, Rudy Boesch, Jim Tipton
Chris
Campbell KIA 06Aug2011
Marcinko &
Kraft
Ben Panas SEA
Jim Woods
Jim Woods
David Becker
Jason Redmon
Jason Redmon
John Douangdara KIA
50th ST-2 Anniversary
Kevin Houston and girlfriend
Bob Holmes at VA Hosp.
Doc Rio and Bob Holmes at VA Hosp.
SEAL Flag
Navy SEA Lions
Operation One Voice
SEAL Warriors
Reunion Phudnall
Leap Frog at MINOT USAF base
Brian
R. Bill Memorial Highway
Carl Markel
A.D. Clark taken from SKYPE when he was in Costa Rica
King and Ventura
Jesse V. for President?
Navy SEAL with pinup girls
Marcus
Luttrell being saved in Movie" Lone Survivor"
SEAL
K-9
SEAL Team K-9 K9 taking a break
USNavy Ninja of the SEA ship
Museum Shoot Out UDT life jacket 'nam era
Parachuting
Robert W."Bob/Chris"
Christensen
Richard Marcinko and Raleigh Kraft and Young Lions on R&R
Harry Humphries in an English Museum
SEALs loading magazines
Erasmo
"Doc" Riojas & Bob Clark UWSS reunion
Leap Frogs jump into Hollywood for SEAL film opening
Ruiz walking for a cause
Navy SEAL on the Ground
Navy SEAL killed in accident
Swimming Lake for PTSD cause
SEALs Drager SCUBA
Tom Hawkins Photo
Ty Woods KIA, and wife
Trident House in Ft. Pierce, FL
T-11 USArmy Parachutes
SEAL snipers
SEALs in Alaska
Roy Dean matthews 'nam
Pay Scale for Navy
SEALS
by Jeffrey Joyner, Demand Media http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/pay-scale-navy-seals-35849.html
Navy SEALs were eligible for a one-time enlistment bonus of up to $12,000, as of 2013.
They might also qualify for diving pay of up to $340 per month, parachute pay of
$150 to $225, hazardous duty pay of $150 per month and hostile fire pay of $225.
Justn Legg Takes on a half Marathon with Donated lungs!
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From: wmlbishop [at] aol
DOT com
To: Email Listing; langleychfs, me, a266ol, jandpbishop, johnjaunzems, don1967,
Doc Rio
Hi everyone,
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving - we as former SEALS have much to be thankful for since we were part of the greatest military unit in history.
The guy in question in the photo is Doc "Shorty" Long - a great corpsman and SEAL.
I can't remember the circumstances but Bobby Stamey ran several
ops with us but he is not in the picture.
There was also a question about Scotty Lyons - I was told that Scotty passed away about 5 years ago. Living in California with his wife as I remember.
I have no information on Bill McCarthy - what a great operator! Hope he is ok.
I don't have any information of Doc Long either.
Bill Bishop
A266O aol com
to: langleychfs, me Thanks Bill,
YOU and DANNY still remain COOL AS EVER!!! Some Things NEVER change!!! I'll hold off on the cockroaches this time, Danny, but thank you for the offer!!! Danny, I understand that RIO has a great recipe for a salad with those critters in it! I'll ask him to send to you.
Anyone still stay in touch with Tom Keith?? Another super star of 3rd Platoon!! I read his book - Very Well Done!! Forward by Larry Bailey and Tom
Blais. I just talked to Larry last night and still try to call Tom Blais like maybe once a month. Age is really starting to be a factor with Tom as he is in an assisted care facility. I've talked to his daughter several times and to RIO. He is in very good hands. Bishop, Tim Jones and I have promised to be his taxis for all of the events for our big 50!
Best regards, Frank
Danny,
I forwarded an email about 2 weeks ago from Frank that contained a site that
talked about our Gemini V adventure. I will forward it to you again.
I plan to take my 6 year old grandson to Jeannie’s for breakfast tomorrow
morning at 10 or a little after. Meet us there and I’ll buy again even though
it’s your turn. I want to introduce him to my buddy who used to eat
cockroaches. The other stories I’ll keep from his tender ears, OK.
Bill
From: A266OL@aol.com [mailto:A266OL@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013
5:50 PM To: langleychfs@knology.net Cc: a266ol@aol.com; wmlbishop@aol.com;
docrio45@gmail.com Subject: Doug Drummond
Hi Bill,
Frank Cleary here. Great to hear from you after many years and so glad you had
such a successful career in the Navy. Also if would be kind enough to pass this
on to Danny McEvoy with a big High Five, that would be very appreciated. Our
years in 3rd Platoon of UDT-21 were great memories - St. Thomas, the Dom. Rep.
deployment, the recovery of Astronauts Conrad and Cooper (GT-5) and a whole lot
more. John Hunt & I always felt that 3rd Platoon was by far the best with
guys like Parky, you, Danny, Doug, Ralph, and Pete Spencer.
Anyway, I wanted to share some of this with you and with Danny. Years after our
tour with the Teams (and I can't remember how we all hooked up again) but Bill
Bishop, Doug Drummond, and I all got reconnected and would call each other on a
regular basis. Doug had had a few knocks in life, including his ongoing battle
with liver cancer, but his spirits always remained high - Vintage Doug! Doug and
Carol had divorced, but Carol remained his care giver and best friend. They had
two children, son and daughter, Tracy who was in the Army.
Calls would go something like this: "Doug, we'll see you at our 40th
reunion" - "Hell I ain't gonna live that long" Another call Doug
told me he ripped all the iv's out of his arm and stormed out of the hospital
because they're jerks - vintage Doug, feisty as ever!! We all shared a lot of
laughs, some tears and all became close friends.
On a Thursday night in November, 10 years ago I got The Call from Carol. My
first call was to Bill Bishop, and then to many classmates of Class 32. Bill
Bishop went to Doug's Memorial Service and was the Keynote speaker. I guess that
a lot of Doug's biker friends never believed that Doug was really on the Teams.
Bill let them all know that Doug was the real deal!!
For that 40th Muster that Doug could not attend, Bill and I and a bunch of other
classmates arranged for Carol and Tracy to fly in from St. Louis as our guests.
They were a little nervous at first, but by the end of the weekend, we were all
Family!!
This year will mark our 50th, hope to see you both in Little Creek.
Best Regards and Happy Thanksgiving to you both.
Frank
John Westfall
to me FYI
-----Original Message----- From: steven swartley [mailto:stevenswartley@sisna.com] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 1:40 PM To:
jbetz@lockport.wnyric.org Cc: Will Sawyer; John Westfall Subject: Clarence Betz
I served with him and others in a detachment to Danang, leaving the US about
1 November, 1965. Our tour was about 6 months, Willits Sawyer as OIC and Chief Curtis as senior enlisted. Peter Slempa was a part of that deployment.
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From: A266OL [at] aol DOT com
to: langleychfs, wmlbishop, me Hi Bill,
Frank Cleary here. Great to hear from you after many years and so glad you had
such a successful career in the Navy. Also if would be kind enough to pass this
on to Danny McEvoy with a big High Five, that would be very appreciated. Our
years in 3rd Platoon of UDT-21 were great memories - St. Thomas, the Dom. Rep.
deployment, the recovery of Astronauts Conrad and Cooper (GT-5) and a whole lot
more. John Hunt & I always felt that 3rd Platoon was by far the best with
guys like Parky, you, Danny, Doug, Ralph, and Pete Spencer.
Anyway, I wanted to share some of this with you and with Danny. Years after our
tour with the Teams (and I can't remember how we all hooked up again) but Bill
Bishop, Doug Drummond, and I all got reconnected and would call each other on a
regular basis. Doug had had a few knocks in life, including his ongoing battle
with liver cancer, but his spirits always remained high - Vintage Doug! Doug and
Carol had divorced, but Carol remained his care giver and best friend. They had
two children, son and daughter, Tracy who was in the Army.
Calls would go something like this: "Doug, we'll see you at our 40th
reunion" - "Hell I ain't gonna live that long" Another call Doug
told me he ripped all the iv's out of his arm and stormed out of the hospital
because they're jerks - vintage Doug, feisty as ever!! We all shared a lot of
laughs, some tears and all became close friends.
On a Thursday night in November, 10 years ago I got The Call from Carol. My
first call was to Bill Bishop, and then to many classmates of Class 32. Bill
Bishop went to Doug's Memorial Service and was the Keynote speaker. I guess that
a lot of Doug's biker friends never believed that Doug was really on the Teams.
Bill let them all know that Doug was the real deal!!
For that 40th Muster that Doug could not attend, Bill and I and a bunch of other
classmates arranged for Carol and Tracy to fly in from St. Louis as our guests.
They were a little nervous at first, but by the end of the weekend, we were all
Family!!
This year will mark our 50th, hope to see you both in Little Creek.
Best Regards and Happy Thanksgiving to you both.
Frank
Bill Bishop
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From: Janet Potts jepotts7 [at] excite
DOT com
To: Doc Riojas
Subj: Thank You card
Doc, Your kindness and generosity in helping us bear the expense of Dan's
funeral was greatly appreciated!
Note from Doc RIO:
It is the least i could do for Dan and his family. My pleAsure to be
able to help you.
I still think of you as well as the rest of the Navy Seal group. I miss the get togethers and seeing the familiar faces at each party.
Will there be a gathering any time soon? If yes, please let me know when and where. I asked Chris Nicola to keep me on the list and he
said he would but I have not had even one email. Have there been any get
togethers?
Monica & Janet
Monica
Vanessa Thanksgiving Day 2013
I have attached some photos from Thanksgiving. We relaxed and enjoyed it with family this year. (Ate too much, too!)
Anyway, you and LouLou have a Blessed Holiday Season and enjoy those grandkids, too!
Most of all, I want to thank you for remembering me and keeping in touch. I truly appreciate this.
Your Friend, Janet Potts
Janet Potts
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From: wm l bishop
To : Doc Riojas, langleychfs, me, a266ol,
jandpbishop, johnjaunzems, don1967
Subj: have a nice
Thanksgiving
Hi everyone,
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving - we as former SEALS have much to be thankful for since we were part of the greatest military unit in history.
The SEAL, above, in question is Doc "Shorty" Long - a great corpsman and SEAL. I can't remember the circumstances but Bobby Stamey ran several ops with us but he is not in the picture. There was also a question about Scotty Lyons - I was told that Scotty passed away about 5 years ago. Living in California with his wife as I remember.
I have no information on Bill McCarthy - what a great operator! Hope he is ok.
I don't have any information of Doc Long either.
Bill Bishop
From: A266OL
to:langleychfs,
Thanks Bill,
YOU and DANNY still remain COOL AS EVER!!! Some Things NEVER change!!! I'll hold off on the cockroaches this time, Danny, but thank you for the offer!!! Danny, I understand that RIO has a great recipe for a salad with those critters in it! I'll ask him to send to you.
Anyone still stay in touch with Tom Keith?? Another super star of 3rd Platoon!! I read his book - Very Well Done!! Forward by Larry Bailey and Tom
Blais. I just talked to Larry last night and still try to call Tom Blais like maybe once a month. Age is really starting to be a factor with Tom as he is in an assisted care facility. I've talked to his daughter several times and to RIO. He is in very good hands. Bishop, Tim Jones and I have promised to be his taxis for all of the events for our big 50!
Best regards, Frank
Danny,
I forwarded an email about 2 weeks ago from Frank that contained a site that
talked about our Gemini V adventure. I will forward it to you again.
I plan to take my 6 year old grandson to Jeannie’s for breakfast tomorrow
morning at 10 or a little after. Meet us there and I’ll buy again even though
it’s your turn. I want to introduce him to my buddy who used to eat
cockroaches. The other stories I’ll keep from his tender ears, OK.
Bill
From: A266OL
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013
To: langleychfs
Cc: a266ol; wmlbishop; docrio45 Subject: Doug Drummond
Hi Bill,
Frank Cleary here. Great to hear from you after many years and so glad you had
such a successful career in the Navy. Also if would be kind enough to pass this
on to Danny McEvoy with a big High Five, that would be very appreciated. Our
years in 3rd Platoon of UDT-21 were great memories - St. Thomas, the Dom. Rep.
deployment, the recovery of Astronauts Conrad and Cooper (GT-5) and a whole lot
more. John Hunt & I always felt that 3rd Platoon was by far the best with
guys like Parky, you, Danny, Doug, Ralph, and Pete Spencer.
Anyway, I wanted to share some of this with you and with Danny. Years after our
tour with the Teams (and I can't remember how we all hooked up again) but Bill
Bishop, Doug Drummond, and I all got reconnected and would call each other on a
regular basis. Doug had had a few knocks in life, including his ongoing battle
with liver cancer, but his spirits always remained high - Vintage Doug! Doug and
Carol had divorced, but Carol remained his care giver and best friend. They had
two children, son and daughter, Tracy who was in the Army.
Calls would go something like this: "Doug, we'll see you at our 40th
reunion" - "Hell I ain't gonna live that long" Another call Doug
told me he ripped all the iv's out of his arm and stormed out of the hospital
because they're jerks - vintage Doug, feisty as ever!! We all shared a lot of
laughs, some tears and all became close friends.
On a Thursday night in November, 10 years ago I got The Call from Carol. My
first call was to Bill Bishop, and then to many classmates of Class 32. Bill
Bishop went to Doug's Memorial Service and was the Keynote speaker. I guess that
a lot of Doug's biker friends never believed that Doug was really on the Teams.
Bill let them all know that Doug was the real deal!!
For that 40th Muster that Doug could not attend, Bill and I and a bunch of other
classmates arranged for Carol and Tracy to fly in from St. Louis as our guests.
They were a little nervous at first, but by the end of the weekend, we were all
Family!!
This year will mark our 50th, hope to see you both in Little Creek.
Best Regards and Happy Thanksgiving to you both.
Frank
John Westfall
to all
FYI
-----Original Message-----
From: steven swartley
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013
To: jbetz [at] lockport.wnyric.org
Cc: Will Sawyer; John Westfall
Subject: Clarence Betz
I served with him and others in a detachment to Danang, leaving the US about
1 November, 1965. Our tour was about 6 months, Willits Sawyer as OIC and Chief Curtis as senior enlisted. Peter Slempa was a part of that deployment.
Steven Swartley
Sent from my iPad
BIll Bishop
"In the company of warriors, I have no need to explain myself.
In the company of warriors, everybody understands.
In the company of warriors, I don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not.
Or strike that pose, however well-intentioned, that is expected by
those who have not known me under arms.
In the company of warriors all my crimes are forgiven.
I am safe.
I am known.
I am home.
In the company of warriors."
David S. Greenberg
Attorney at Law
This is a
great quote from a book that Stephen Pressfield wrote in 2006
about Alexander the Great, called "The Afghan
Campaign." In it, he quotes a Macedonian requiem.
The quote is apropos for this august group:
In times of war or uncertainty there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer our Nation’s call. A common man with uncommon desire to succeed. Forged by adversity, he stands alongside America’s finest special operations forces to serve his country, the American people, and protect their way of life. I am that man.
My Trident is a symbol of honor and heritage. Bestowed upon me by the heroes that have gone before, it embodies the trust of those I have sworn to protect. By wearing the Trident I accept the responsibility of my chosen profession and way of life. It is a privilege that I must earn every day.
My loyalty to Country and Team is beyond reproach. I humbly serve as a guardian to my fellow Americans always ready to defend those who are unable to defend themselves. I do not advertise the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions. I voluntarily accept the inherent hazards of my profession, placing the welfare and security of others before my own.
I serve with honor on and off the battlefield. The ability to control my emotions and my actions, regardless of circumstance, sets me apart from other men. Uncompromising integrity is my standard. My character and honor are steadfast. My word is my bond.
We expect to lead and be led. In the absence of orders I will take charge, lead my teammates and accomplish the mission. I lead by example in all situations.
I will never quit. I persevere and thrive on adversity. My Nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down, I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.
We demand discipline. We expect innovation. The lives of my teammates and the success of our mission depend on me - my technical skill, tactical proficiency, and attention to detail. My training is never complete.
We train for war and fight to win. I stand ready to bring the full spectrum of combat power to bear in order to achieve my mission and the goals established by my country. The execution of my duties will be swift and violent when required yet guided by the very principles that I serve to defend.
Brave men have fought and died building the proud tradition and feared reputation that I am bound to uphold. In the worst of conditions, the legacy of my teammates steadies my resolve and silently guides my every deed. I will not fail.
A266OL
Nov 26 2913
to: langleychfs, wmlbishop, me
Hi Bill,
Frank Cleary here. Great to hear from you after many years and so glad you had
such a successful career in the Navy. Also if would be kind enough to pass this
on to Danny McEvoy with a big High Five, that would be very appreciated. Our
years in 3rd Platoon of UDT-21 were great memories - St. Thomas, the Dom. Rep.
deployment, the recovery of Astronauts Conrad and Cooper (GT-5) and a whole lot
more. John Hunt & I always felt that 3rd Platoon was by far the best with
guys like Parky, you, Danny, Doug, Ralph, and Pete Spencer.
Anyway, I wanted to share some of this with you and with Danny. Years after our
tour with the Teams (and I can't remember how we all hooked up again) but Bill
Bishop, Doug Drummond, and I all got reconnected and would call each other on a
regular basis. Doug had had a few knocks in life, including his ongoing battle
with liver cancer, but his spirits always remained high - Vintage Doug! Doug and
Carol had divorced, but Carol remained his care giver and best friend. They had
two children, son and daughter, Tracy who was in the Army.
Calls would go something like this: "Doug, we'll see you at our 40th
reunion" - "Hell I ain't gonna live that long" Another call Doug
told me he ripped all the iv's out of his arm and stormed out of the hospital
because they're jerks - vintage Doug, feisty as ever!! We all shared a lot of
laughs, some tears and all became close friends.
On a Thursday night in November, 10 years ago I got The Call from Carol. My
first call was to Bill Bishop, and then to many classmates of Class 32. Bill
Bishop went to Doug's Memorial Service and was the Keynote speaker. I guess that
a lot of Doug's biker friends never believed that Doug was really on the Teams.
Bill let them all know that Doug was the real deal!!
For that 40th Muster that Doug could not attend, Bill and I and a bunch of other
classmates arranged for Carol and Tracy to fly in from St. Louis as our guests.
They were a little nervous at first, but by the end of the weekend, we were all
Family!!
This year will mark our 50th, hope to see you both in Little Creek.
Best Regards and Happy Thanksgiving to you both.
Frank
Navy SEALs on Boat
Steve Waterman, Navy Photographer
Don
Shipley
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Mike Thornton,I
forgot who sent me this photo, sorry.
Peggy and Tom SHoulders home
Which
one is Jeremiah P. Navy SEAL? J. P. and his Dad
Navy SEAL challenge coin
SEAL Team ONE and SEAL Team TWO, Vietnam era Frogmen/SEALs
Navy SEAL Challenge Coin.
Erasmo "Doc" Riojas Challenge Coin:
star on the "C.A.R." which
is the 1st ribbon, for Korea, the 2nd is the Vietnam
War, and the blue .3d. ribbon is awarded for the Korea Police
Action (USMC emblem). Purchased from: www.wholesale-challengecoins.com
1 (877) 870 4946
Anyone want one of these Doc Rio coins; email me and be prepared to be asked to make a donation to the UDT SEAL Museum. Email: docrio45 [at] gmail DOT com
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The Gun That Aims Itself (Documentary)
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My Favorite Videos:HERE! and one more HERE! just one more HERE!
Sceleta Miller, Daughter of Fred and Linda Miller weds Eric ______ in Moline,
Ill. 09Nov2013
My Favorite Utube Video HERE !
Doc Riojas became a Patriot in the Tea party ! HooYah !
click on graphic to go to the video.
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Jerry
Hammarle & PRU troops in 'nam
Erasmo Riojas, Hilario Riojas (Father) Emanuel
J. Riojas
Hal Kuykendall
Matthew
Kantor
Barry Enoch
Vanesa
& Larry Theodine, Fred Miller, Erasmo "Doc" Riojas
VADM Robert Hayward , Navy SEAL, Parachutes into his own retirement
Glen Grinnage, he lives in Myabashi, Japan with his wife Asami. Glen was
our STAB driver back in 1967 when we were operating out of MyTho VN. He
took us into those tee-tee canals and then went back to the Mike Boat all by
his lonesome ! Capt Larry Bailey and i tried to get him some
recognition, USNavy Commendation Medal, but the in charge of the 7th platoon
did not want to sign the forms to submitt to Glen's Congressman in
D.C. Doc Riojas
MICHAEL McQUILLIS WAKE
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 Time: 4 PM
Location:
Chick's Oyster Bar
2143 Vista Circle Lynnhaven Inlet Virginia Beach, VA
http://www.chicksoysterbar.com/
Please
click on this link for more information
Webmaster Note:
May Mike, one of my swim buddies
Rest in Eternal Peace in Frog Heaven. He will be missed.
Erasmo "Doc" Riojas, ST-2 Retired
14Nov2013
From: Bill Langley
to: Doc RIojas
This sounds like a sad and lonely ending. Mike was a good teammate. Ed
Ruffin, Mike Atkinson, and Cory Bissell are to be commended. Sorry I
can’t be there.
Bill
39 Year U.S. Navy SEAL, Pete “Bullfrog-13? Wikul
(Ret.) CAPT Peter I. Wikul is “BULLFROG 13?, was one of the longest serving US Navy SEALS while he was active duty. Pete Wikul is the co-founder of Mission Ready, Inc. and a former U.S. Navy SEAL. Wikul has led a long and distinguished career in the military, earning the title “Bullfrog 13” as the thirteenth U.S. Navy SEAL to be honored as the longest serving SEAL on active duty (39 years).
He was born May 6th, 1952 in Manhattan, New York, and enlisted in the Navy in May 1970. Soon after he volunteered for the Underwater Demolition Team
(UDT) / Sea Air and Land (SEAL) program and graduated UDTB Class 7102, the last east coast
UDT/SEAL training class. He served at UDT Twenty ONE and later SEAL Team TWO before selection to Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island. Upon commissioning he returned to Naval Special Warfare, completing tours at: SEAL Team ONE, UDT ELEVEN (re-designated as SEAL Team FIVE during his tour), United Nations Military Observer Group Palestine (observer Group Lebanon), SEAL Delivery Vehicle TWO, Special Boat Unit TWENTY, Naval Special Warfare Center, Special Boat Unit TWELVE, the Joint Staff, Special Operations Command South, and the Office of Naval Intelligence. CAPT Wikul served as the Deputy Commander for SOCSOUTH and Commanding Officer for SEAL Delivery Vehicle TWO. He was the commanding officer and plank owner (founding member) of the Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center, Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington, D.C. His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with gold star, and numerous other personal and campaign medals. In addition, CAPT Wikul shares the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize as one of the few United Nations Observers and Peacekeepers who served in Lebanon.
Wikul’s Rules:
Take care of your people, they are your most important assets Never compromise your personal integrity Prepare for total war. When called upon to fight, win.
- See more at: http://www.companionsforheroes.org/leadership-council/#sthash.EGbD9WT4.dpuf
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Hershal Davis, Bob Holmes 2nd Row: Scott Phillips, Rudy Boesch, Bill Daughtery,
Pete Van Flagg, Bill Miller, Fred Cox (IUWG), Frank Toms, John Fietch, Gene
Warta, Mike McDonald, Lou Hyatt. Jackie Lee and Tractor Dan did not make the
picture, sorry. — with Rudy
Boesch, William
Daugherty, Bill
Miller and Fred
Cox
Glen Grinage EN3, ST-2, 7th Plt. STAB coxswain 1967
From: Glen Grinage
To: Robert Peterson
Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013
Subject: STAB Vietnam accident confession
Morning Capt. Peterson,
My name is Glen Grinage, your STAB operator in 1967/68 in My Tho, now residing permanently in Japan where I have lived on and off for the past forty years. The purpose of this email is twofold:
(1) how to address the alias Doc/Chief Rio when he visits you at your residence this month, and
(2) my confession to you of an incident that occurred on the mike boat when we were stationed in My Tho in the sixties. The now newely appointed;
The Reverend Erasmo Riojas will become a man of the cloth and officiate My wedding ceremony that has me tying the knot for the second time (my first wife of 32 years passed away 8 years ago) with Toshiko Asami, also a widow. The Reverend has taken on the task of acquiring the necessary license to perform the ceremony and to fly all the way from Texas to San Francisco where the ceremony is to take place.
The old Doc/Chief is no more; we all shall henceforth address him as The Reverend. And he damn well should be revered: two wars, wounded five times, deep-sea diver, SEAL/killer, medical doctor, and now the Reverend. The confession: You had a hammock strung from the wood platform that was built over the well deck of our My Tho mike boat, and that hammock was really comfortable.
On one such operation when you and the other SEALS were still out slogging through the boonies, I crawled up into your hammock and drifted off into a heavenly peaceful sleep. I don't recall because I was asleep, but I suppose the mike boat was used for the extraction on that particular operation (the STAB certainly wasn't used, as I was sound asleep). The inconsiderate noise you guys made clamoring onto the mike boat partially awakened me, but the hammock was so comfortable I couldn't bring myself to leap out of it to make way for you to crawl in so as to get your much deserved rest.
Through a sleepily cracked eyelid, I saw you unselfishly motion to the others to leave me be. They seemed to have been eager to fling me onto the deck in what would have been a rough manner, I'm sure.
A belated thanks for the few extra winks,
Glen Grinnage
From:Pete Peterson
To: Glen Grinage
Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013
Subject: SEAL STAB Accident confession
Glen.
Of course I remember this incident. I can not recall the details on how the decision was made to,use the Stab for the extraction. I recall that it was a mid day extraction and we had been in the oparea for hours, had not been in contact but the extraction area was very open and exposed. I doubt that you all on the Mike boat were aware of the swell/surf conditions on the beach.
You did not make the decision to use the STAB, That would have been my call or your OICs call. Once the danger of theSTAB extraction became obvious, I should have waved you off, I did not. So, cut yourself some slack. You did the best you could to handle the boat in a situation it was wrong for you to be in.
I remember the SEAL advisor to the LDNN telling me some years later the the guy who lost his leg had been fitted with an artificial leg but I suspect he had bigger problems after the South fell.
Pete
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Thank you plank owner Dennis McCormack for taking great pictures again. Last year Peso complained that there weren't any pictures of him. This year he made sure Dennis took his picture. If your picture isn't in the video be sure to grab Dennis next year.
As those of you who attended the party know, there were 14 members of Barry Enoch's family present. My favorite pictures in the video are of teammates telling stories about Barry to the Enoch family. Many thanks to Sam Birky for the great memorial service for Barry on Saturday morning and to Steve Frisk's daughter for the outstanding film about Alpha Platoon. I've spoken to Eatsie twice since the reunion and she says the family is still telling stories about their wonderful reunion weekend.
Click on the video below and turn on the sound. I hope you enjoy.
Hal
http://vimeo.com/74313583
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From:duke ogden
To: Gentlemen and Lady:
One finds it hard to add any commentary or opinion regarding this particular
SitRep...
"An attack in Herat; Carter arrives in Kabul, Dempsey in Budapest; Crushing Afghanistan retrograde; One sailor has lost nine friends to suicide; Rummy returns; and a bit more. [Presented today by Lockheed Martin.]"
the reason is simple: I still can recall watching the "shorts" at the Saturday movies for kids...the cartoons, 1930 era comedies, and such.
But then I grew up and as all men do, put away such childish things... enlisted in the Marine Corps, started working as a commercial diver, enlisted in the Navy and made it into the Teams, went back to working offshore.
At the age one is now, it is painful to see that our 'leaders' are still wearing short pants and pulling Buckwheat's hair...or imitating Harold Lloyd's perilous antics while hanging on to the side of a building.
Tropical Frog Duke
Ogden
Doc Tribute: US Navy Corpsman History
dated 9/12/2013
fwaranch@wildblue.net writes:
from: Jim Dickson
who was on the Mighty Moe (SEAL LCM) When it was
ambushed ---All hands were wounded and 2 critical-who had to be discharged due
their extensive wounds. Many HEROIC Actions that night. I had a HMC CHURCHILL
who had 7 purple hearts.
Franklin
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From: Jim Dickson:
Subject:
If I remember correctly two of the SEALs aboard the Mike boat during the ambush of 7 OCT 66 were E6 Corpsmen.
That's probably one of the reasons everyone was wounded but nobody died.
Franklin
Dennis KMSEAL [at] aol DOT com
to: fwaranch, doc Rio , bristow123, jerry, maynardweyers, nickclass28,
alanrouth, annsword, acharette, galmesa, rdruss, hooyah29, buddyseal, BullDevine,
foxbury007, David.Janke, DocDennis, nortonricharde, douglasanderso.,
elainehjohnson, ellen.roberts.., frogdoc58, shotin68, makensjc, jdefloria
Subj: Joe Churchill
Franklin,
I remember Joe Churchill only so well. While I was playing football on the
Amphib Base, my youngest daughter went around collecting gum from under the
bleacher seats, and in mid-game my wife started screaming and ran out on the
field and handed Karen to me who was not breathing.
Joe ran over, took Karen from me, and turned her on her stomach and hit her between the shoulder blades so hard I thought she would break. Out came the biggest wad of bubble gum I had ever seen, and Karen started breathing normally.
HOOYAH to Joe and all hospital corpsmen, past, present, and in the future.
Dennis
dated 9/12/2013fwaranch@wildblue.net writes:
from: Jim Dickson
To:Dennis KMSEAL [at] aol DOT com
fwaranch, doc Rio , bristow123, jerry, maynardweyers, nickclass28,
alanrouth, annsword, acharette, galmesa, rdruss, hooyah29, buddyseal, BullDevine,
foxbury007, David.Janke, DocDennis, nortonricharde, douglasanderso.,
elainehjohnson, ellen.roberts.., frogdoc58, shotin68, makensjc, jdefloria
who was on the Mighty Moe (SEAL LCM) When it was
ambushed ---All hands were wounded and 2 critical-who had to be discharged due
their extensive wounds. Many HEROIC Actions that night. I had a HMC CHURCHILL
who had 7 purple hearts.
Franklin
dated 9/12/2013
From:fwaranch@wildblue.net writes:
This e-mail is from Jim Dickson who was on the Mighty Moe (SEAL LCM) When it was ambushed ---All hands were wounded and 2 critical-who had to be discharged due their extensive wounds. Many HEROIC Actions that night. I had a HMC CHURCHILL who had 7 purple hearts.
Franklin
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From: Jim Dickson: Subject:
If I remember correctly two of the SEALs aboard the Mike boat during the ambush of 7 OCT 66 were E6 Corpsmen. That's probably one of the reasons everyone was wounded but nobody died.
Dennis KMSEAL [at] aol DOT com
to: fwaranch, doc Rio , bristow123, jerry, maynardweyers, nickclass28,
alanrouth, annsword, acharette, galmesa, rdruss, hooyah29, buddyseal, BullDevine, foxbury007,
David.Janke, DocDennis, nortonricharde, douglasanderso., elainehjohnson,
ellen.roberts.., frogdoc58, shotin68, makensjc, jdefloria
Franklin,
I remember Joe Churchill only so well. While I was playing football on the Amphib Base, my youngest daughter went around collecting gum from under the bleacher seats, and in mid-game my wife started screaming and ran out on the field and handed Karen to me who was not breathing.
Joe ran over, took Karen from me, and turned her on her stomach and hit her between the shoulder blades so hard I thought she would break. Out came the biggest wad of bubble gum I had ever seen, and Karen started breathing normally.
HOOYAH to Joe and all hospital corpsmen, past, present, and in the future.
Dennis
dated 9/12/2013fwaranch@wildblue.net writes:
This e-mail is from Jim Dickson who was on the Mighty Moe (SEAL LCM) When it was ambushed ---All hands were wounded and 2 critical-who had to be discharged due their extensive wounds. Many HEROIC Actions that night. I had a HMC CHURCHILL who had 7 purple hearts.
Franklin
Bo
Reichenbach
http://sofrep.com/26572/navy-seal-bo-reichenbach/
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William Geerds BeeBe, R.I.P.
Sep 22, 1946 - Sep 5, 2013
In 1967 Bill joined the Navy and served aboard the USS Saratoga (DV-60). He graduated from UDT
and was assigned to SEAL Team TWO and was deployed to Vietnam in trhe fall of 1969. He was
awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for heroic achievement on APril 2, 1970 for rescuing two
Vietnamese women and children from drowning during a Vietn Cong ambush. He received the Purple
Heart for wounds received in combat. After the Vietnam war he was stationed at USNav Amphibious Base
Little Creek, VA where he was an instructor in BUD/S
From:BOBURWELL[at] aol DOT com
to : Rick Woolard
It is a bitter pill to swallow hearing news of a teammate passing. Just a few days ago Capt Woolard and I spoke of Bill, we had all better get our house in order. Best regards to all, Bo Burwell
From: rtpw@cox.net To: BOBURWELL@aol.com, udtseal3@cox.net CC: oceancall@webtv.net,
seal@panama.gulf.net, finleyj@centurylink.net, johnsondh@peoplepc.com,
lerflorida@gmail.com Sent: 9/9/2013 Subj: Bill Beebe
Third Platoon SEAL Team TWO : He was 65. Will send more info as I get it. Too late to get a Trident for the casket but I will send one to each of his kids with a note. If anyone has email addresses for Bill Garnett, Bruce
Gammell, Fred Keener and Mike Kelly, please send them to the rest of us.
Rick Woolard
From: Larry Rich <lerflorida@gmail.com> Date: September 9, 2013 3:52:36 PM EDT To: Rick Woolard <rtpw@cox.net> Subject: Bill Beebe
Hi Rick, Sad news. Bill Beebe passed away last Thursday. He died at home. Apparently he had a heart attack. Deb and I got the news this morning. Bill's former wife , Sheri, left a message for me at Spencer. We were on a way back from SFO having spent the last couple of weeks visiting with the kids and attending my sister, Karen's 70th birthday party. We re- routed our flights and are scheduled to arrive Grand Rapids, Mich around midnight tonight. There will be a private ceremony for close friends and family tomorrow at 11:00 in Holland Mich. Is there a way to get a trident sent so that I can decorate his casket and give him a Seal send off? If so, maybe you could send it to the funeral home address in the obituary that you can get online. Very short notice. I understand if it is not possible.
Hope you are well. Best to all, L and D
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BOBURWELL@aol.com
It is a bitter pill to swallow hearing news of a teammate passing. Just a few days ago Capt Woolard and I spoke of Bill, we had all better get our house in order. Best regards to all, Bo Burwell
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From: rtpw@cox.net To: BOBURWELL@aol.com, udtseal3@cox.net CC: oceancall@webtv.net,
seal@panama.gulf.net, finleyj@centurylink.net, johnsondh@peoplepc.com,
lerflorida@gmail.com Sent: 9/9/2013 9:09:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: Fwd: Bill Beebe
Third Platoon: He was 65. Will send more info as I get it. Too late to get a Trident for the casket but I will send one to each of his kids with a note. If anyone has email addresses for Bill Garnett, Bruce
Gammell, Fred Keener and Mike Kelly, please send them to the rest of us. Rick
757 395 9942
From: Larry Rich <lerflorida@gmail.com> Date: September 9, 2013 3:52:36 PM EDT To: Rick Woolard <rtpw@cox.net> Subject: Bill Beebe
Hi Rick, Sad news. Bill Beebe passed away last Thursday. He died at home. Apparently he had a heart attack. Deb and I got the news this morning. Bill's former wife , Sheri, left a message for me at Spencer. We were on a way back from SFO having spent the last couple of weeks visiting with the kids and attending my sister, Karen's 70th birthday party. We re- routed our flights and are scheduled to arrive Grand Rapids, Mich around midnight tonight. There will be a private ceremony for close friends and family tomorrow at 11:00 in Holland Mich. Is there a way to get a trident sent so that I can decorate his casket and give him a Seal send off? If so, maybe you could send it to the funeral home address in the obituary that you can get online. Very short notice. I understand if it is not possible.
Hope you are well.
Best to all, L and D
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William Geerds BeeBe, R.I.P.
Jack
Walson
Bird's of a feather, fly together
Can Tho PRU, Harry Humphries SEAL 2
From: DarrenAGreenwell [at] aol DOT com
to: hhgsgi, Doc Rio
Subj: Can Tho PRU
Harry,
How are you? I hope you and yours are well and that you are pleased with the end results of your work on Lone Survivor... I look forward to seeing it when it hits the screens in the UK.
Can you help me with a couple of Vietnam questions? I found this great picture on the internet of you with Drew... who is the shooter on the left?
Lt. to Rt.: Rex Johnson, Drew (USArmy) , Harry Humphries
Rex Johnson SEAL Team TWO
I also came across this patch (I believe it is a replica) Phong Dinh Can
ThoPRU... Can you shed any information on whether the patch is a complete fake, if you and your PRU wore them in country and if the description below is accurate? Thanks Harry... best, Darren.
The Phong Dinh Province, Provincial Reconnaissance Unit were located / headquartered at Can Tho in Phong Dinh Province on the Mekong Delta.
Set up at the end of the 1950's by the CIA the Phong Dinh Province Provincial Recon Unit was manned by members of the Cao Dai Religious Group. Displaced from North Vietnam the Tribal Group was one of the largest in the Mekong delta and numbered some 2,000,000 people in total.
By 1962 the Phong Dinh Province PRU was effectively a Private Army and through contributions and training became loyal to the CIA and US Special Forces by 1964 although remained disenchanted with the government of South Vietnam.
Considered 'Effective' in their fighting capabilities the growth of the Mike Force Unit from the Cao Dai remained restricted due to their distrust of the government and their stated requirement that their main combatants remain close to their families. By early 1967 the sect was largley spread and displaced throughout the Mekong delta and as many were fighting with the Viet cong, in this largely VC controlled area as were fighting with the Allies.
By the end of 1967 and before the Pre Tet Offensive attacks the Cao Dai had spread and separated with many now located in Cambodia (loyal to the Viet Cong), in Tay Ninh Province north of Saigon (fighting with both the Allies and the Viet Cong) with less than a third of the group now located in the Mekong Delta. With the wind down of US Involvement in the Vietnam War and the passing of the command from the US Special Forces to the Tiger Force Rangers, the Phong Dinh
PRU, without payment from the South Vietnam Government ceased operatiosn against the Viet cong throughout the Mekong Delta and in Tay Ninh Province.
As an allied fighting force the Unit had ceased to exist by late 1969 and many of the Special Forces, Airborne, Recon, CIA and US Special Forces trained combatants were now fighting with the communists. The sects combatants were integrated into various VC Units. At the end of the war, members of the Cao Dai sect in Cambodia migrated to Thailand and back into Vietnam.
The Cao Dai sect, as it was, with some 2,000,000 members, ceased to offically exist in post war communist Vietnam.
From: Harry Humphries <hhgsgi [at] me DOT com>
to: DarrenAGreenwell
The SEAL on the left is Rex Johnson, ST2. We were in Chau Duc with Drew Dix, the PRU Advisor in the province. This was a post Tet operation in 68 I believe we were sweeping a denied area and found a large weapons cache when the VC opened fire on us. I was calling in 105 fire when one of the platoon guys took this shot. We had a camera with us for intel and post op briefs.
In Dec. 68, I went back after this tour to relieve the PRU Advisor of Phong Dinh in Can
Tho, Dennis Drady, who was wounded by a grenade. The province was very hot then. I ran operations throughout the province nightly splitting the unit in small assault groups. I placed intel teams in each of the main villages which increased our intel net providing accurate actionable
intel.
With respect to the Patch, I believe it is accurate, perhaps replica as you say. The PRUs were proud of their unit and did ware the patch on tiger stripes, mixed combat uniforms, black pajamas, always with berets. I wore black Pajamas, no markings.
Historically, I cannot deny or confirm, but they were a compilation of Cambodians, Vietnamese and some Chinese. Their leader was Mr Tom, an ARVN Die We SUPPOSEDLY. He was a hard ass combat leader, well respected, walked with great difficulty on a cane resulting from several combat wounds. I had worked with him prior to my assignment to the unit with Dick Marcinko in the 8th Platoon, we had a strong warrior relationship. My interpreter was a well spoken Vietnamese,
Loong, a tough partner for sure.
Hope this helps Darren.
Harry
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Robert D. Borgstedt, Class 001A , R.I.P.
February 12, 1929 - 26 August 2013
5 September 2013
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Robert D. Borgstedt, 84, on 26 August 2013, in Pueblo, CO.
Robert graduated with UDT Training Class 001A in Coronado on 29 August 1951 and served with UDT-1.
Obituary:
Robert D. Borgstedt, 84, born February 12, 1929 in Muscatine, Iowa to Anna and Delmar
Borgstedt, passed away August 26, 2013.
Robert enlisted in the US Navy during World War II at age seventeen, completed two tours of active duty. He served on a destroyer which participated in the first post-war atomic test at Bikini Atoll. He re-enlisted in the Navy following the outbreak of the Korean Conflict and volunteered for duty with the first training class for the "Naval Frogmen Underwater Demolition Team", holding the title as 'the oldest surviving Naval Frogman in the state of Colorado" until his death. After the Navy, Robert joined the Chicago Police Department as a patrolman, followed by a move to Pueblo, where he also joined the Pueblo Police Department and worked for the Department of Corrections. Robert was an avid motorcyclist and enjoyed his rides across country.
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Harry Humphries
Manny Perez
Brett Lynch
BruceWMoore
61, R.I.P.
OCTOBER 24, 1950 – JULY 19, 2012 Bruce died Thursday, July 19, 2012 Born in Santa Fe, NM. Mr. Moore was a veteran of the Vietnam war and was a Petty Officer 2nd Class, USNavy SEAL retired
Bill Langley and Julie
Dave C. Baldwin R.I.P.
Dave C. Baldwin, 63, died Sunday AM; 08 September, 2013 in the
Soldier's Home in Holyoke, Gardner, MA.
Dave graduated with UDT-R Class 50E in Little Creek on 18 December 1970 and served with UDT-21.
From: Diaczenko, Walter
: Announcement of the Passing of Dave C. Baldwin
I vaguely remember Dave. His Class was actually UDTB 7003 or in the new order BUDS 50E East Coast. He was 2-classes after ours.
Corny Leyden, Tom Hawins, King 1974 SDVs
Remembering LCDR Rock E. Blais
From: darren a greenwell
to: Doc Rioja
Subj: Remembering LCDR Rock E. Blais
Rock Blais - June 17, 1961 - August 30 2001. Lieutenant Commander Rock
Edward Blais, of Virginia Beach, a US Navy SEAL and member of the
United States Special Operations Command Parachute Team died on
Thursday, August 30th, 2001 from complications after being injured
while parachuting into Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, where
he was stationed.
LCDR Blais was a Naval Officer and SEAL for over 13 years. A few
highlights of his numerous military accomplishments include over 1000
parachute jumps, three Navy Commendation Medals, the Joint Service
Achievement Medal, and a Navy Achievement Medal.
Lieutenant Commander Blais’ passing was preceded by the death of his
mother, Florence and the recent death of his infant daughter, Aubrey.
Survivors include his wife, Hollie; his son and daughter, Scott and
Kathryn of New York; his father, Master Chief Thomas Blais (US Navy
Seal-Ret.) and sisters, Maria Goodman and Eva Anderson, all of
Virginia.
Darren
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Erasmo "Doc" Riojas docrio45 [at] gmail DOT
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pictures to page 18.
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RIO, You sent out a wonderful tribute to a great SEAL Warrior, LCDR Rock E. B...
I met LCDR Rock E. Blais when he was all of 3 years old wearing boondocks (His dad would have it no other way) while Instructor Blais was kicking the asses of Bill Bishop, Bill White, and Frank Cleary during the summer of 1964 - Class 32.
Please advance the frame to the spring of (I'm guessing 1996 give or take). I had just completed a triathlon in the area and came back to visit my old SEAL Team-2.
Through his busy schedule, LT. Rock Blais was able to spend over an hour with me talking about modern SEAL capabilities, his career as being slated for the next XO of ST-2, and most of all, his dad - one of the MOST respected men I shall forever hold with the greatest of reverence in my life.
Please now advance the frame in life to August 30, 2001. When I read the Executive Directors e-mail about Rock, I really lost it. About an hour later, Bill Bishop called. We decided to both share the cost of sending flowers from ALL of us in Class 32.
It took me about six months to write a long letter to Tom about all of this (the flowers are our little secret). As you would expect, Tom's response was most eloquent and most sad. He talked about the whole SEAL community staying at his side through the time before, during, and after the funeral.
The toughest man I had ever known in my life had taken a spear through the heart!! I cried - we all cried!
Frank
Remembering LCDR Rock E. Blais
Roy Dean Matthews
: he said: "Rio, those Japanese doctors did more for me in a
few days than my Doctor in Tenn. has done for me in many years."
Damien
Rio "AKA: Lil Rio" Vazquez & Erasmo Elias Riojas
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Overview
John Boyd is a former international construction executive
Who ambushed LT CMDR Jose carmona's SEAL team in the mountains of Afghanistan? Why would the head of the CIA's Counter Terrorism Center want Jose dead? The President wants Guantanamo Bay closed. His Attorney General will conspire to kill even the most elite American fighters to prevent it. Chilling glimpses into the ugly hearts of some of the USA's most powerful officials. Highly recommended.
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ZERObama's onset of speaking with "forked Tongue."
Gerry
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The below photos were taken from the BLAST Apr 2013
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Bruce
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My Governer, Rick Perry, did not invite "Doc" Riojas to this party?
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Jim Frazier
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Brumuller and Rudy Astronauts Trainees
Frogs in the Persian Gulf
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 Former Navy SEAL, Coleman
Ruiz, takes part in a 1,700-mile relay walk,
May 14, 2012, near Dandridge, Tenn. Ruiz is the executive director
of the Carry the Load program that benefits nonprofit organizations
that help veterans, active duty service members and military
families. (J. Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel)
Fifties Frogs
Juni Salvador here.Archivist of the Philippine Naval Special Special Warfare Group
From: jbadong2004 [at] yahoo DOT
com Date: Sep 6
to" Doc Riojas docrio45 [at] gmail
DOT com
subj: UDT12 Subic photo info
Greetings Doc, Juni Salvador here.Archivist of the Philippine Naval
Special Special Warfare Group.I have been following your blog for
years searching for SEALs deployed in the P.I. Anyway,I believe that
the UDT 12 platoon in Subic in the photo on page 15 belonged to the
late LCDR then LTJG Albert Schaufelberger.He is on the extreme left of
the photo.I was also able to acquire in Olongapo a plaque of his Team
.
Attached is the plaque besides the photo from page 15.
Best, Juni Salvador
jbadong2004 àt+ yahoo
DOT com
11 Sep 2013
Thanks Doc Rio,
you really have a cool blog.Hope the old frogs and SEALs get to enjoy and relieve those photos.I have got more but fixing my files.It's always great to preserve these naval heritage so the young lions get to know how lucky and privileged they are now.More power and all the best
señor!
Thanks Juni
From: Erasmo "Doc" Riojas
To: Juni Badong
Thanks a lot. You live in Olongapo? how are the clubs doing? and the
MAGANDAS...
From: jbadong2004 [at] yahoo DOT com
to: Doc Riojas
No worries Doc.I'm from Manila but my wife's family originally are
from Subic town.I did my research to show my kids what Olongapo used
to be ...warts and all.
It's a lot tamer now but the action like before is still in what the
"kanos" used to call in Subic city.No more game of
smiles??The dwindling old salts are still in Barrio Baretto.
MAGANDAS are now called GRO's-Guest Relations Officers.
LOL
Thanks, Juni
The War Of the Oppressed People new with uncut footage
As Sahab Media "The War of the Oppressed People," continues
depicting an ambush carried out on June,28, 2005 by Taliban fighters on a
four man Navy seal reconnaissance team participating in the US military
Operation, "Red Wing." The Video starts with the firefight between
the Seals and Mujahideen. The Mujahideen then display the War booty taken
from the seals in terms of equipment including a US military laptop. Then
the video goes on to show an IED attack on the head of security for Kunar
province and an American Humvee. Then finally an attack on a US Special
Forces outpost which is followed by an interview with a Mujahid named Noman.
Taliban commander "Ismail" and his men planned and executed the
attack which killed 3 navy seals in an ambush and downed a MH-47 Chinook
killing all 16 members on board including 8 navy seals and 8 members of the
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The Taliban engaged the seals in
a 2 hour running firefight in which 3 Seals were killed and one managed to
escape with help from a villager. The MH-47 was responding to a call for
assistance and was struck with a RPG round. In all 19 Navy Seals and Special
forces were killed in this attack the greatest loss for the US in the entire
war. Also the single greatest loss in the 42 year history of the Navy Seals.
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