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Fred Miller ST-2, was WIA 'nam and almost lost one leg and was medically
retired. He rehabed himselft and enlisted in the U.S. Army and retired as
a Lt. Col. He is a gunsmith and has his plant in Iowa but lives in Ill.
Fred, Bob Thomas, and Doc Riojas were the TOP GUNs (NRA small arms instructors)
in ST2 durning prior to 'nam war games. Fred is presently owner of
http://midamericarecreation.com/, he is a professional gunsmith.
Edwardo
Padgett fire fighter 1 training Carbondale, Pa..
Dennis
S. Hryock
Sep
2007: Top Left Dean Nelson ,
RIP; Photo courtesy of Capt. Larry Bailey in N.C.
Bill "S.O.B." Daugherty's Photos of Cindy's Sea Burial at Fort Pierce FL Nov 2007
In a message dated 12/9/2007 ,
docrio writes: on this page: Bill, please send me names of the people in these photos. thank you.
Bill writes: Rio, here are the names:
TOP L to Right - Bill & Sammie Garnett standing and My son-in-law Barry (Firefighter) and my daughter Stacy (Detective) - Stacy & Barry taking down the photo of Cindy at the beach in Ft. Pierce after the memorial. -
My 3 children James, (Jim Fox Killed on Fulton Sky Hook Recovery in 1964 was his father.) Stacy, Sean and me shaking hands with SEAL 10 divers who took the ashes to sea.
The man who had Cindy's ashes name is Tony. What a great group of men. - James, myself with the flag, Stacy, Barry, Sean, and Lu A Dee Clarks min squeeze. - The boat strafing the Beach. (there were two from left & right flank of the beach.- Admiral Olson giving the swimmers the Ashes.- Admiral Olson on his knee presenting the flag. I can't remember the 1st lady's name but on the other side of me was Joe "D"'s.-The 4 swimmers from Seal 10 who did the honors. (If you notice 4 swimmers and 3 remains for a total of 7. Just like a squad.
This ceremony was thought out to the last detail. - A Dee Clark and Lu. Beautiful photo. - The swimmers in parking lot. - Barry & Stacy with Chaplin LCDR Daniel Link from Coronado.- The last one is Tony who carried out Cindy's Ashes. I was asking him to handle her gently. she had been through enough Pain. Jack Lynch when I ask him to help make this burial possible said he would work on it and felt it was time for the spouses to be recognized as they performed a job supporting the Teams, and their husbands that was just as important as what the men did and felt they were "warriors" as well.
There is another request for next year. Admiral Olson's Wife was there and remarked how deeply touched she was. There was well over 80 people in attendance. Congresswoman Thelma Drake from Virginia Beach introduced legislation authorizing Military Spouses a Monument in the Wash., D.C. area. Their is a "Military Spouse Legacy Association that started in June. Looks like the future will hold great things for our spouses.
Yippee!! Hope this helps Rio.
See you in Houston for the Christmas Party this weekend.
Lu Faine & Dee Clark
Bill (S.O.B.) Daugherty & Cindy
----- Original Message -----
From: daug68@aol.com Bill Daugherty (S.O.B.= Sweet Ole Bill)
To: el_ticitl@yahoo.com Erasmo "Doc" Riojas
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007
Subject: Re: SEAL news today; Please
SEE ARTICLE on down below my
response.(Scary SEAL Stories Hurt Recruiting)
Back in the OLD NAVY when we keelhauled those who screwed up it was always about 85%. We started with 87 and graduated 13. 8 enlisted and 5 officers. (PS: I was honor enlisted man) Yippee!!! That and 3.00 will get you a lucky lager beer.
Everyone was a honor man in my humble opinion. It took all of us to get through. I went through 2 hell weeks as i was hurt but finished. that goes for Kratky as well. You know the German Kraut.
I would love to indoctrinate these young men. I bet I could get the attritation rate even lower. I know how to beat those big harry assed instructors. (Just Ignore them.) Hell, if you can only do 50 push ups and ask for 100 than give them what you can and finally that will move on and pick on someone else.
A trainee is supposed to be lower than whale shit. Could be. They did not muster us in a phone booth though.
I are: ADMIRAL
"SOB." 'KING SHIT OF TURD ISLAND", U.S. NAVY MARK 5 MOD 0.No muff to tough will dive for 5. By the way I loved the Master Diver E Mail. I knew a lot of them. I worked offshore for Taylor Diving & Salvage out of La., for years.
I worked with Willie Lump Lump and many more great people. I handled mixed gas and Sat diving, and was a tech writer for the MK 12 tethered and otherwise when it replaced the MK 5. Wish I still had my old helmet.
I said
that: Bill
Daugherty in Oklahoma and proud of it !
lt
to rt: Sam Cichon, ?, ?, ?: Sam is the oldest man to graduate
from UDT training on the East Coast. Note the second man got his pot worn out on
top, you KNOW that he was holding his end of the IBS.
Scary SEAL Stories Hurt Recruiting
this article taken from: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articles/20070219.aspx
February 19, 2007: The U.S. Navy has found a way to lower the attrition rate (75 percent) of candidates for SEAL training. Having decided to expand the SEAL force, and not getting enough new candidates, the navy established a "prep school" for recruits wanting to become SEALs. Noting that the major cause of failure is the inability of the candidates to handle the heavy physical demands of the training, the navy decided to help wannabe SEALs cope.The navy hired former SEALs, who are stationed around the country to show potential recruits how to prepare for the physical screening tests they have to pass to get into SEAL school, and what level of conditioning is required to complete the course. So far (about a year on), sixty percent more of the SEAL candidates complete their training (the failure rate goes from 75 to 60 percent). The navy is recruiting civilians who are athletic and want to be SEALs, and the addition of the physical conditioning coaches has made SEAL school less intimidating.
The former SEALs also play a role in abolishing a lot of the myths about SEAL training. Yes, it's tough, but there's a lot of urban legends out there making it seem impossibly tough. The navy knows it has lost a lot of potential SEALs because of all the wild stories. The former SEALs, serving with the recruiters, get potential SEAL recruits into the right physical, and mental, shape to get into, and pass, SEAL school.
Email from : S.O.B. To: Doc Riojas
RIO, YOU WET BACK,
TACO EATING MEXICAN. SEE WHAT YOU STARTED. Chuck
Newell SENT ME THIS , real his email below, AND I Answered HIS E MAIL AS WELL TO GIVE THat ARTICLE THE TRUTH !
Chuck's response to Bill: GONE ! GONE ! I erased it ! some of you guys got the wrong impression on their discussion about BUD/S training THEN and NOW. There was no animosity between them ! None what so ever, they are good Teamates ! Some of you old frogs need to chill it down and rent the three movies titled "SEAL BUD/S Class 234" and see what the different phases of what the young lions go through in the present time. E. Doc Riojas (NO class #) PS: i had my hell weeks in the Korean Police Action with live ammo. I have been authorized by BuMed to do the talk, since I did the walks. Ask Jesus when you meet him, he knows because he was there with us.
Chuck
| HELLWEEK!is a link!
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A teamate wrote me this: I remember Salenski (in charge), Waddell (hit the deck), Blais (up boat), Cook (squared away), Spiegel (squat jump), Hammond (tough), Clements (you need a haircut), Newell (push up), and Fraley (the runner). I hope I did not leave any instructors out. I'm sure I misspelled a some. They shaped class 30 into a pretty good class of frogmen (June-December 1963 Little Creek , Va).
I also got emails from Bill Brumuller, Roy Boehm, Bill Langley, Jerry Hammerle stating that, quote,
"We need more of this to remind guy's how we used to " rag " on each other and at the end of the day, there are plenty of hugs and kisses to go around. And most important to remember... we would all die for a Teammate."
Our guess is that some of us get over sensitive in our "twilight cruise" and tend to forget all the ribbing that we endured when we were on active duty in the teams. Good ole days!
It
was a good time - sorry you couldn’t make it. The guys from BUD/S were great
and Nick is doing an excellent job. While it was good to see the candidates
from Texas A&M,
the most important thing was the BUD/S instructors were able to confirm that
my class was the HARDEST class EVER and that the East Coast has the BEST
operators! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
U.S.Navy SEAL Training DVDs from Discovery Channel. . Buy!
Re-Inventing SEAL Training : BUD/S
Swede, Rio,Fly, Jack: in Germany
Tom McCutcheon's PHOTOS
Frank Toms has a get together of Vietnam era SEALS (see faces below) at his home on Thursday the day before the west coast reunion each year.
SEALs
Psychological Profiles
[i told you we are not suicical,]
Cummings was NEVER real from the day his momma (bleep!) him out!!!
picture courtesy of Archie Grayson ST-2 notoriety. He swears that is a
picture of "Doc" Riojas.
Darryl Young, Navy SEAL;
author of TWO SEAL books "The Element of SUrprise" Navy SEALs in VIetnam andSEALs, UDT, FROGMEN: Men under Pressure
wrote me:
Doc Rio,
was that you who asked RD Russell (SEAL) if Cummings was a real U.S. Navy
SEAL???
Someone told me once that there was no such thing as a dumb question, but you
have proved to me there is!
hehehe If, you link to that low-life (bleep!) I'll put YOU on my wannabe page!!!
hehehehee...
He is nothing more than a freakin asshloe suckin the $$$ from Teammate's
experiances!!! I told damn near everyone in that book, including Gary Abrhamson
on the front cover, NOT to have anything to do with that asshole...
Now, they're all learning one by one the hard way!
Your Warrior Brother, Darryl Young
signed: the DD 
This Book is written by a 100% WannaBe SEAL.
Bill
Farmer
Jim Wilson
Michael Howard
George
Frena "skydiver" in Red
Shirt
Victor Licause & Mike Naus
Gene
Clayton and Larry
Bailey
Former Navy SEALs Currie Crookston,
left, and Glenn Matamoros founded
PetsDx.
I need help names the rest of these Frogmen from East Coast,
I named the ones i could recognize but I may be wrong?
Widely regarded as one of the Navy's most inspirational leaders, Rear
Admiral Smith has spoken on his leadership experiences to a wide range of
audiences including corporate, political, military, and civic leaders. His Navy
SEAL stories based on his personal experiences are extremely popular to the
listening audience.
A Navy SEAL for 31 years, he achieved extraordinary success through focused,
participatory leadership. During his four-year tenure as Commander of the
2300-men SEAL force, he raised personnel retention to a level three times the
Navy average.
As a Navy Captain, he led the Navy SEALs in Operation Desert Storm, conducting
over 200 operations of strategic significance while incurring no casualties.
Earlier in his career, Admiral Smith directed Navy SEAL training, generally
considered to be the most challenging military training in the world.
Admiral Smith has been recognized in Newsweek, Fortune, Reader's Digest,
Discovery Channel, History Channel, and CBS This Morning. He published two
highly successful Navy SEAL manuals on nutrition and fitness. He was awarded the
California Distinguished Service Award while a member of the Governor's Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports.
WEBMASTER'S
NOTE:
Admiral Smith was telling us , at the UDT SEAL Museum
Muster XXIII , his humble beginnings in the U.S. Navy. He said he was an
enlisted man before he was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. He
is supposed to send me his story, but i will not hold my breath. Doc
Riojas
Richard "Mack" Machowicz as seen on TV Discovery
Channel Can someone
ID this CDR?
Mack and Lourdes Tolentino-Riojas, at Little Jim's Bait Shack,Muster
XXIII, Ft. Pierce FL
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