142nd NRA Convention, Houston TX 04May2013
?forgot his name? Jeffrey Axelson and Fred Miller
Jim Williams Lil Rio Vasquez and Fred Miller
LouLou Tolentino, Doc Riojas' wife
Joe and Damien RIO Vasquez
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Barnes
Caroline Sierra Vasquez and Lourdes Tolentino
Chris Heben and "Mrs America" Heben
Linda Miller and Fred Miller
Dianne Williams
Terry, Jim, and Janet Williams
Dianne and Terry Williams Superior Arms FrogLube LouLou, Lil Rio, Rio Grande
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Allan R. Archey, of Class 30 Little Creek/East Coast. Allan was an excellent runner and one of the fastest swimmers in our class. Orlin Dean Nelson was his swim buddy most of the time. They were always first in the swims. Allan must have passed some healthy DNA to Clay. Clay had a good time and placed high among the finishers of this beach run. Allan is still working his farm in Starke, FL. Webmaster: 22 Feb 2013Info from Bill Langley in P.C. FL., thank you Bill. Rio
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C. Gardner Sullivan II, R.I.P. C. Gardner Sullivan II passed away on January 10, 2013 in Scottsdale,
AZ. He was 82 years old and was the son of C. Gardner Sullivan and Ann
Beatrice May. He was born on October 25, 1930 in Los Angeles, CA. |
Navy SEAL Robert Guzzo Jr. R.I.P.
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Chris Campbell  
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David Warsen
Matthew Kantor
Geo F. Reeves Ron Mercurio
Roberto Ramos KIA 'nam ST-2 Color Guard  
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Stew Smith
 
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Tom Valentine Erick Poston
Adm. Calland
From: JD
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Bob "Dynamo" Baird RIP It is with sad regret that we inform the membership of the passing of Bob "Dynamo" Baird. Bob passed away suddenly in his office in the afternoon of Wednesday 14 September of an apparent heart attack. Robert Baird graduated from BUD/S training in Class 75. He was stationed at SEAL Team ONE during the mid to late 1970's.span"> During his time on active duty, he actively participated in Conseil International du Sport Militaire, (CISM) competitions. CISM events are akin to the Olympics for members of the military throughout the world. It is a very notable achievement that Bob won three World Championships during those events. As one Teammate stated, "Bob "owned" CISM for the years he competed against the best military athletes in the world. Bob will be profoundly missed by his Teammates and especially the young, aspiring athletes whose lives Bob inspired.
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Nelson Miller
Eric Marcellus
J.P. Bolwahnn
From: bill higgins<bubbahuggins [at]gmail DOT Date: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 a Subject: Issac Rodriguez, KIA, Just Cause Panama To: Doc Riojas docrio45 [at] gmail DOT com Enclosed a photo of SEAL Team FOUR before just cause I'm the guy Issac Rodriguez has his arm around me. Please I've no help from the navy army va or anyone else I was injured in just cause but Issac and the guy behind him were in the beginning that is all I remembered. If I srewed up or caused someone injury or worst please let me know if you could look at the photo. thank you , Bill Huggins
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BMC(SEAL) Ret.
Thomas Marquis RIP
It is with our deepest regret that we inform the NSW community of the loss of BMC(SEAL) Ret. Thomas Marquis. Tommy went into cardiac-arrest while hospitalized in Memphis, TN on 14 SEP 2011. Tommy graduated with BUD/S Class 121 in FEB 1983. He was assigned to UDT-11, then transition ed as a Plank-Owner to ST-5. He served on the Navy Leap Frog parachute team from 1992-1993 (while TAD from ST-5). Tommy remained on board ST-5 until he transferred to COMNAVSPECWARCOM in 2000, where he served as a Motivator for In-Fleet and Initial Accession candidates screening and preparing for NSW training pipelines. Tommy retired in the spring of 2006 and developed the Navy Recruiting Command's National NSW/NSO Mentorship program. He was primarily responsible for the significant increase in quality and quantity of personnel shipped to Recruit Training Center for SEAL, SWCC, EOD, Navy Diver and Air Rescue programs. He led the 27-man NSW/NSO Mentor team in the development and refinement of processes, SOPs and best practices across the nation that significantly exceeded NSW/NSO program requirements for initial accession. Tommy is survived by his wife, Nancy, and daughter Avery. A memorial service will be conducted in the greater Hartford, Ct
area on Sept 2 4th, 2011, Time to be Determine. There will
also be a memorial service conducted at NSA Millington, TN on Sept
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Jumping Joe" Churchill
Aloha, Teammates:
"Jumping Joe" Churchill, what a sterling
Corpsman and Teammate he was. I recall the first jump he made--
Whenever we jumped at Camp Pendleton, we would do so in
concert with Ist Force Reconnaisance, stationed at we were going out of a Navy C-47 from NAS North Island and flown by one of the few remaining Pilot Chiefs. The DZ was a rocky hillock surrounded by dry wadi's, in Camp Pendleton. "Jumping Joe" was second in the stick and I was right behind him...had to marvel at the flaming red neck scarf he was wearing. I also recall that he reported in to the "Frog Farm" directly after completing jump school at Fort Benning. After the jump (above) I asked Chief Churchill why he became jump-qualified; his answer was spot on and though I don't remember the actual words (this was in late 1964, I think), the essence was along the lines of "wherever the Teams go, I will go...whatever the Teams do, I will do".
Camp Del Mar; they would provide the jumpmaster (only name I can remember was a staff NCO named Blankenship... there was another that looked like he could wrestle a bull in the Tijuana bull ring...had a Mexican name and was a staff NCO as well). On the jump mentioned above, I wore a pilot's helmet that I had 'reconfigured'...painted it white and a dragon on the front--a dragon taken from a drawing of an Aztec animal that I assumed was a dragon! Made a
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SEAL Chief Tommy Marquis, USN Retired Sep 14, 2011 at 4:36 PM, William Prichard <prichardw2004 [at] yahoo DOT com> wrote: FYI, Tommy was also a plank owner of the west coast TRADET Sniper Cell 01-02. He was very good at what he did. He was a work hard, play hard frogman. He never asked for it, but he deserved a lot more credit than he got. R.I.P. William Prichard
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Max Morgan in
'nam Kirk scarborough & Max
Morgan
John Durlin, ? , Dave Bodkin, Max Morgan
Tom Juliano, Pat Holtz and George Holtz Navy UDT SEAL Museum Memorial Statue
SEAL Team TWO inspection: Lt to Rt: ??, Ty Zellers, Durwood Hunter
White, Harry Humphries, ??, Jim Watson, Tollison, "BadMouth"
Tollinson, ??
John Dearmon and Jake Rhinebolt
Standing LT to RT: Marcinko, "Nasty" Nash, Doc Martin,
Nancy Martin, Sitting: Harry Humphries and Erasmo
Doc Riojas (had hair then)
Young Lions with "Demo Team" Ft. Pierce FL Muster
Joe Di Martino, Doc Riojas, ??
Ty Zellers
Bud Gardner
Eddie Leisure
"Ray" Ramos
Sam Bailey
Sol Atkinson
Squires
Darryl Young
7th ST-2 1967 Standing: LT to RT: Minh, Hook Turre, Jack Rowell,
"Eagle" Gallagher, Roy Dean Matthews, sitting: Doc RIojas
SEAL Team TWO OIC LT William (Bill) Gardner RM2 James Burison
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Michael Thornton
Per Erik Tornblom
Bill Garnett, Billky Burbank & Clay Grady
Erasmo Riojas, Brownsville TX
Tom Truxell & Tom BLais
Doc Riojas and Zelmo
"Boom Boom Schoesse "
PT "Doc" Swartz
ST-2 T.N. Tarbox
R.D. Russel & Pam
SEAL Recruting Poster
Sol Atkinson
Frank Thornton
Rich Kuhn & Doc Riojas
Steve, Nguyen Van Kiet, Thuy Nguyen LDNN Reunion Houston Tx
Ben Lichtenberg's (SEAL) Philippines photos
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On the Lt: LT Hector Delgado, Navy SEAL
Hector Delgado & Family
Lt to Rt: Capt Symmons, Judy McClesky, JoAnn Atkinson, Marge Boesch, Jean
Rhinbolt, Cathy Marcinko
Bill Garnett, Billy
Burbank, Clay Grady
Joe "Doc" Churchill
Homer "Doc" Marshall
Young Lions at Muster Ft. Pierce FL
Terry Sullivan
"Doc" Hammel
SEAL wives at UDT SEAL Museum
Jerry CLark
Bill Goines
"Doc" Brown ST-1
Fred "Doc" McCarthy & Rio Eddie
Leasure, PeeWee Nealy
Young Lions
Dick Marcinko, Hoot Andrews, Harry Humphries
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John Dearmon
Joe De Martino, Doc RIojas, and ??
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BrendanLooney
Brian Schad
Nancy and Richard Marcinko
SEALs in Iraq
Richard "Hook" Tuure, Roy Dean
Matthews, Erasmo Doc RIojas
Michael Badger
Adam Smith
Lt to Rt: ?? ??
Robert "Pete" Peterson
Lt to Rt: Roy Dean Matthews, Erasmo Riojas, Bob "Eagle" Gallagher,
Glen Grinnage, Jim "patches" Watson
SKCM
Joseph E.E. Picard, USN (Ret), SEAL, Class 4 August 6, 1930 - June 27, 2010 GLENBURN,ME AND ESCONDIDO,CA-Joseph E.E. Picard, SKCM, USN (Ret), SEAL, age 79, husband of the late Anita T. (Thibeault) Picard, died June 27, 2010, at the San Diego Hospice Center. He was born August 6, 1930, in Old Town, Maine, the son of the late Blanche (Bouchard) and Edmond Picard of Old Town, Maine. Joe died on his wife's birthday. Joseph enlisted in the Navy in June 1947. After 31 years of service he retired to Glenburn, Maine as a Master Chief. Joseph was a long time member of the UDT-SEAL Association.7 July 2010 Photos compliments of |
Navy Chief Petty Officer Collin Thomas
Collin Thomas was remembered as a man who was devoted to his family and his fellow Navy SEALs. Thomas' memorial service was private, and little has been published about him. But the 13-year military veteran was remembered for his talents in the armed forces. John Admire wrote in an online memorial that he had recently had dinner with Thomas and "was impressed with Collin and how much he had grown since I'd known him as a youngster." Thomas, 33, of Morehead, Ky., was killed Aug. 18 in eastern Afghanistan. His Navy SEAL team was based in Virginia. He graduated from Rowan County High School in 1995 and enlisted in the Navy in 1997. For a time he attended Morehead State University before enlisting. He had been engaged to Sarah Saunders. His family wrote in his obituary that he was an adventurous person who always went out of his way for his fellow SEALs. "They were his second family and closest friends," the obituary said. A Navy press release said he was a gifted SEAL. "His tireless professionalism, inspiring passion for life, and humble demeanor made him a role model for all who knew him," the release said.
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Brian Curle and SEAL Team EIGHT, India Platoon
Brian Curle (click
on picture)
Shaun ST-4
LCDR
JAMES ROY HAZELWOOD (SEAL)(MDV)
R.I.P. by: Franklin Anderson From The Blast 3d Quarter 2003
I would like to provide additional information on LCDR JAMES ROY HAZELWOOD. Previously, I had submitted a Wake Island Detachment Photo and Called Chief Hazelwood ‘ROY". That was what be was referred to in UDT-1 1 UNLESS IT WAS CHIEF. I had the pleasure of having Master Chief Hazelwood as my Platoon Chief and as Jim Barnes said "he was a Horse". When Chief Hazelwood first came to Team 11, his reputation preceded him. He was known; for going shark hunting with "power heads", and was fearless. Another story was that he was diving in the Caribbean and found a Rolex watch that was encrusted with coral. He corresponded with Rolex, thinking they would really jump on the promotion of their product, since it started running as soon as he shook it. Rolex - in a nonchalant way said that "all of our products will perform like that" or something to that effect. As previously stated Chief Hazelwood was in my Platoon and he went with me to do Cable repairs at Wake Island (Photo previously submitted). Upon our return, the Navy came out with a program for Chiefs with 18 years or more, could apply for a commission. I encouraged "Roy" to apply and also gave him an outstanding endorsement. We submitted the application and then departed for Kwajalein for another Cable Job. While there many incidents happened that I believe you will enjoy. Chief Hazelwood was a Master Diver and a physical Horse—he always ran wherever he went and prided himself in his abilities both mental and physical. While at Kwajalein Island proper, we worked long hours blowing channels and laying the cable. We also conducted Aqua Lung classes for some of the people with the installation. We had a couple of engineers who were always trying to trip up the Chief (who was our senior Instructor). One evening the Chief was going thru some Diving Physics and equations. These engineers immediately hopped on the Chief about the math portion. "Roy", paused like he was baffled and them slowly and diligently went thru a long formulation and made their jaws pop—Roy was self-educated and was a Whiz at Math, Geometry and Calculus. Needless to say-from that point on the Class paid close attention and were very grateful for his expertise. There also were a couple more incidents that were memorable—LT ANDERSON (OINC) and LTJG Harry Mackenzie lived in quarters some distance from the men’s barracks and we had a 4X4 for transportation. One morning we went out and all four tires were Flat. Lt Sorenson (cousin to PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S SPEECH WRITER) asked if we would like a ride to the UDT Barracks—We said sure— We rode up and all at once everybody was after SN Gerald Berg and SN Ted Matheson to pay up. It seems that Matheson and Berg had been taking bets that we would walk to work. It was obvious who had let the air out of the tires. I turned to the Chief and said, " I’ll let you handle those energetic Seamen". Chief Hazelwood, found a hand-Tire pump and made them pump up the four tires to 35 lbs. That was quite a chore and a valuable lesson. The other incident was off the Island of Aniwetoc (not the Atom Bomb Island), and we were laying explosive. The Chief was always a perfectionist and ready to go, his diving partner was James Pahia. Pahia was slower in getting ready and The Chief was already in the water- He submerged and was down just a short duration when he popped to the surface and "Stepped on the Bow of the LCM", He was speechless and looked at Pahia-who was still standing on the ramp. He walked over and punched him in the Arm. After a few minute he compose himself- he explained that he was under the LCM and something bumped him hard on the arm, he thought it was Pahia. It happened again and he turned and saw about a 20 foot Great White Shark. The Chief received his orders for Knife and Fork school, and had to depart before the job was completed, but he was always impeccable and dedicated to his duties. He received orders to a ship and then to the East Coast. We were going thin Parachute Training at Fort Benning and Ens. Hazelwood was going thru at the same time—He had to get a waiver because of his age. However, he out performed many of the younger men. James Roy Hazelwood’s brother was going through Jump Training at the same time (Army) and he was going to quit. Roy told him that isn’t the Hazelwood tradition and really chewed him out. They both graduated. This was during the time that President Kennedy was assassinated. They bunched up three classes to make up the delay in the schedule – They had jump with over 20 knots of wind and jumpers scattered all over the place. However, all the Frogs completed the jump without incident. UDT-11 Robbie Robinson was Honor Man of the Class and "Roy Hazelwood received special recognition for being one of the Oldest in the Class. song: Eye of the Tiger
USS Lexington CV2 (Originally CC-1), 1927-1942
USS Lexington, a 33,000-ton aircraft carrier, was converted while under construction from the battle cruiser of the same name. Built at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in December 1927, Lexington was one of the U.S. Navy's first two aircraft carriers that were large and fast enough to be capable of serious fleet operations. During the late 1920s, through the 1930s and into the early 1940s, she took an active part in the development of carrier techniques, fleet doctrine and in the operational training of a generation of Naval Aviators. displacement: 41,000 tons My friend and shipmate, Jim Hazelwood was an enlisted man in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was ship’s company on the USS Lexington when it came under attack attack by several Japanese torpedo bombers as described in the book, "Queen of the Flat-Tops." Jim’s battle station was atop the ship’s island about 60 feet above the flight deck. Around the upper rim of the island was a catwalk with a platforms for machine gun mounts. At 1121 hours the Lex was under attack by torpedo and dive bombers. All of the ship’s batteries were in action and the the blast of the second torpedo that struck Lex on her port side was almost inaudible because of the extreme noise of her weapons. Jim was manning his 50 cal machine gun when a light bomb hit the Lex’s funnel. It exploded and kills and wounds several men on the catwalk. Moments later, the Zero dive bombers machine guns wounds and kills many more of the men around the catwalk. Jim told me about the sudden moaning eerie wail of the Lex’s steam siren. It seems that a jap bomb struck and kinked the metal tube in which the lanyard, operating the whistle from the bridge was housed. When the tube bent it pulled the lanyard tight causing the whistle to continue to hoot and moan until somebody turned off the steam to it. The Japanese did not sink the Lex. They damaged her to a degree that secondary internal fires created an inferno that cooked off airplane fuel and some 20,000 pounds of torpedo war-head guncotton. The ship was abandoned because all resources to fight the fires and continue damage control were 100% out of commission. She became an internal infrerno. One of our Destroyers sank her with two torpedoes. Jim Hazelwood, also told me that he had to swim away from the Lex which was drifting towards some of the men in the water. She drifted away and floated down wind leaving a stream of swimmers and loaded rafts strung out for nearly 1,000 yards. It is speculated that shark attacks were not reported probably because of the the repeated heavy explosions that may have scared the sharks away and also perhaps of the abundance of fish that were killed great distances from the Lex. Jim Hazelwood found himself , by the grace of God, alive and swimming among his shipmates whose thoughts were, "we are only a 400 mile swim from Australia." The survivors were rescued by the Carrier and Destroyers that were part of that Task Force and from Australia were shipped back to the States. Jim had met the "White Elephant!" in the Battle of the Coral Sea, 7-8 May 1942. In early May 1942, Lexington returned to the South Pacific in time to join USS Yorktown (CV-5) in successfully countering the Japanese offensive in the Coral Sea. On 7 and 8 May 1942 her planes helped sink the small Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho and participated in attacks on the large carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku. In turn, however, she was the target of Japanese carrier planes and received two torpedo and three bomb hits. Though initial damage control efforts appeared to be successful, she was racked by gasoline explosions in the early afternoon of 8 May. When the fires raged out of control, Lexington was abandoned by her crew and scuttled, the first U.S. aircraft carrier to be lost in World War II. Lexington's task force sortie from Pearl Harbor 15 April, rejoiningTF 17 on 1 May 1942. As Japanese fleet concentrations threatening the Coral Sea were observed, Lexington and Yorktown moved into the sea to search for the enemy's force covering a projected troop movement the Japanese must now he blocked in their southward expansion, or sea communication with Australia and New Zealand would be cut, and the dominions threatened with invasion. On 7 May search planes reported contact with an enemy carrier task force, and Lexington's air group flew an eminently successful mission against it, sinking light carrier Shoho. Later that day, 12 bombers and 15 torpedo planes from still unlocated heavy carriers Shokaku and Zuikoku were intercepted by fighter groups from Lexington and Yorktown, who splashed nine enemy aircraft. On the morning of the 8th, a Lexington plane located Shoksku group; a strike was immediately launched from the American carriers, and the Japanese ship heavily damaged. The enemy penetrated to the American carriers at 1100 and 20 minutes later a torpedo to port struck Lexington. Seconds later, a second torpedo hit to port directly abreast the bridge. At the same time, she took three bomb hits from enemy dive-bombers, producing a 7° list to port and several raging fires. By 1300 her skilled damage control parties had brought the fires under control and returned the ship to even keel; making25 knots, she was ready to recover her air group. Then suddenly Lexington was shaken by a tremendous explosion, caused by the ignition of gasoline vapors below, and again fire raged out of control. At 1508 Capt. Frederick C. Sherman, fearing for the safety of men working below, secured salvage operations, and ordered all hands to the flight deck. At 1707, he ordered,"abandon ship!" and the orderly disembarkation began, men going over the side into the warm water, almost immediately to be picked up by nearby cruisers and destroyers. Admiral Fitch and his staff transferred to cruiser Minneapolis, Captain Sherman and his executive officer, CDR. M. T. Seligman insured all their men were safe, then were the last to leave their ship. Lexington blazed on, flames shooting hundreds of feet into the air. A destroyer closed to 1500 yards and fired two torpedoes into her hull, with one last heavy explosion, the gallant Lexington sank at 1956, in 15°20'S. 1oo°30' E. She was part of the price that was paid to halt the Japanese oversee empire and safeguard Australia and New Zealand, but perhaps an equally great contribution had been her pioneer role in developing the naval aviatorsand the techniques which played so vital a role in ultimate victory in thePacific. Lexington received two battle stars for World War II service.
Veteran 'didn't want a lot of hoopla' By Ron Brown / Lynchburg News & Advance June 5, 2004 Jim Hazelwood believed that service to his country was a duty. Fanfare was a matter of choice. So it seems fitting that he will be buried today in a quiet ceremony at the Carwile Family Cemetery in Gladys. The 85-year-old veteran of three American wars died earlier this week from complications from a stroke. "He didn’t want a lot of hoopla," said his son, Tom. "He just felt like he was one person among many who have served their country. If there was going to be a fuss over him, he felt that there should be a fuss made over all vets." That type of humility, coupled with quiet strength, is what endeared him to his family, friends and fellow veterans. "He was a warrior," his son said. Hazelwood’s military record reads like a chronicle of distinguished service awards. He was a survivor of Pearl Harbor and was wounded during the sinking of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington in World War II during the Battle of the Coral Sea. As a Navy diver, he was wounded while placing two markers on the beach before the Marine landing at Iwo Jima. He fought again in Korea and Vietnam. He also served on diving teams that provided splashdown rescue for astronauts on NASA’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions. He won the Silver Star and was awarded two Purple Hearts as a result of his combat experiences. In his own understated way, he once summed up his military record like this: "My greatest accomplishment is being a survivor of 32 years of hard Navy service." Terry L. Jamerson, who met him about a decade ago at the Lynchburg Area Detachment Marine Corps League, viewed his record much more generously. "As part of our ‘Greatest Generation,’ he was a leader among men and a true American hero that may never receive the recognition he deserves from all of us," Jamerson said. Those who knew him believe Hazelwood wouldn’t have had it any other way. "He didn’t brag," said Ben Brenneman, who met Hazelwood in the late 1980s as they both rode with the Lynchburg Bicycle Club when Hazelwood was well into his 70s. Some said Hazelwood was going on 25-mile bicycle rides as he approached the age of 80. Jamerson said that persona fits with the aura of a Navy Seal, which Jamerson said is among America’s fighting elite. "Most Marines look up to Navy Seals as being tougher than we are," Jamerson said. But it was on the home front where Hazelwood’s toughness shone through as he helped his wife of 59 years, Della, fight the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease. It was in that battle that Hazelwood consummated his reputation as a warrior and the embodiment of the Marine’s motto. "Semper Fi," Jamerson said. "Always faithful." » Contact Ron Brown at rbrown@newsadvance.com or . Doc Riojas NOTE: I spoke with my Friend, Tom Hazelwood, Jim's son about obtaining a picture of Jim in USNAvy Dress uniform. I never got it, but that's OK. Tom said that Jim had a stroke, was taken to the hospital and the next day he died. Della, Jim's wife suffers from the advanced stages of Alzheimer's Disease and he was her primary care giver. I understand their daughter will continue taking care of her mother Della. I last sat and chatted with Jim at the UWSS reunion at Little Creek Va. May 2002. He looked great. He said he was still doing a little P.T. every morning.
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U.S.Navy SEALs
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From: Robert Russell
To: Doc Riojas
Sent: Friday,
November 02, 2007
In 2006 the Navy created the Special Warfare Operator rating, which consists entirely of SEALs. The rating's specialty mark is identical to the Underwater Demolition badge's original design but in silver. The Navy Warrant Officer device for Special Warfare Technician is also this same design in gold. Retrieved from
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_Demolition_Badge"
Teams!
R.D. Russell (SEAL), UDT/SEAL Archieves
Is
BUD/S so easy a Caveman can DO it? We don't have this man's name. Mr. R.D. Russell is still investigating
his status. Does anyone know him?
Per Eric "Swede" Tornblom
Admiral Eric Olson
Alden Mills
barbara
preston; kelly chotte; rick nirkj ; enn mc collum; mike talleda;
nick rocha
Benjamin A. Oleson & CNO Denny
"The Snake" Chalker
can somebody ID these guys?
Scott Helvenston
KIA,Fallujah
Stewart K. Kerr MD
What exactly happened that day in Fallujah
Tom Rancich
Alex Ghane, Killed in live fire training Feb 2008
Richard Machowicz of Discovery TV Channel
“Richard “Mack” Machowicz’s expertise with soldier craft and military hardware comes from his experience as a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Navy SEALs. During his service tenure, he participated in numerous tactical operations with SEAL Team ONE and TWO. While at SEAL Team TWO he was attached to the training cadre as the Leading Petty Officer of Land, Mountain and Arctic Warfare.
“Mack has over 20 years experience in the martial arts, studying such systems as muay thai boxing, Jeet Kune Do, kickboxing, aikido, jujitsu, savate, arnis and karate. He was a certified instructor in the Naval Special Warfare Combat Fighting Instructor Course, a Naval Special Warfare Scout/Sniper and has received multiple black belts. Machowicz also served as a personal protection specialist for many high profile individuals within the political arena, business world and entertainment industry.
“As founder of the Bukido Institute and creator of the Bukido Training System, Machowicz teaches a performance philosophy that uses unarmed combat as a pathway for exploring the dynamics of doubt, hesitation, second-guessing, stress, pain, fatigue and fear. Bukido shows clients — including professional athletes and entertainment industry executives — how to maximize their ability to focus in any environment.”
C.J. Caracci
John Doolittle
C.J. Caracci
go HERE
for his Bio
David A. Hansen
Mark Waddell
]Howard V. Wasdin
Jeff Gonzales
Jhil and Joe
Jim Watson
Kevin R. Murphy
Erasmo
"Doc" Riojas after being thrown into the water as part of my
initiation on becoming member of ST-2
Leapfrogs
Mark Colburn
Matt Bissonnette
MELVIN SPENCE DRY (SEAL) He is the last USNavy SEAL that died
in Vietnam LT - O3 - Navy - Regular Anyone out there have a photo of LT
Dry? please email it to Doc Riojas, thanks.
Birth
27JUL44 Rank
SM3 Date
of Death 06OCT67 P.
of birth Service
Navy Place Town
of Unit
SEAL TEAM 1 Death
Code Non-Hostile, Died
Missing; Ground Casualty; Drowned Hometown
service
# 5249370 Panel 27EAST - 59
married
Single MIA
- Medals
Tour
Date Comment Book: "Death
in the Jungle; Diary of a Navy SEAL" Cemetery Leslie
Funk Dies in Vietnam Created by former Navy SEAL Alden Mills, BodyRev
is a new cardio weight system designed to elevate heart rate and tone muscle
simultaneously. You hold it like a medicine ball while doing squats and lunges.
(It has removable weights in the center.)
Ryan
Brandt Young
* Navy SEAL/Chief Warrant Officer Retired.* Active duty Aug
1977 - May 1998.Learn more about Don Mann at USFrogMann.com. A retired Navy SEAL, American Adventure Racing Pioneer,
co-founder of Odyssey Adventure Racing. Special Skills & Qualifications:
Decorated Combat Veteran; Corpsman, EMT, paramedic; personal trainer; SEAL
Special Operations Technician; Special Forces Medical Laboratory graduate;
static line, high altitude free-fall and advance free-fall parachutist; open
circuit, closed circuit oxygen and air scuba diver, diving supervisor; jungle
survival, desert survival and arctic survival instructor; small boat operator
for craft up to 65 feet; technical rock climbing, mountaineering; small arms
weapons instructor, foreign weapons instructor, armed and unarmed defense
tactics, advanced hand-to-hand combat; photo intelligence; Survival, Evade,
Resistance and Escape Instructor; B.S. International Relations, B.S. Liberal
Science, and Masters in Management.
The USS Tautog was christened by Mrs. Albert Gore of Tennessee
on March 15, 1967. Once construction and outfitting was complete, TAUTOG sailed
to Pearl Harbor, where she was assigned tothe Seventh Fleet (WESTPAC). Early in
1970, she made port calls in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Okinawa, Japan and
Korea. Upon return to Pearl Harbor, the Terrible "T" was presented the
Meritorious Unit Commendation for operations conducted during that deployment.
http://www.aztechsoft.com/cavallanews/newsletter2.htm On another occasion some Navy SEALS got
into a bit of trouble when they used her as a surfboard! According to
"Surfer Magazine", this was "the hottest surfboard in the
world". This picture shows a SEAL standing on top of the
TAUTOG's sail while it is just a few inches under the water. The picture
was taken from the SEAL's rubber boat. She continued to serve for a total of 11 WESTPAC deployments.
The boat was officially decommissioned on March 31, 1997.
Melvin
Spence Dry*,
class of 1968. If the Navy was ever going to select a SEAL
admiral from the class of ‘68, it would have been Melvin
Spence Dry, hands down.
At the Naval Academy he had a superior academic record, a great sense of
humor, and was well liked by his classmates. He
was smart, articulate and a natural combat leader. http://www.campbell.edu/faculty/Slattery/mh_freedom.htm
Lots of SEAL photos on this LINK !
http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,NI_0705_Seal-P1,00.html
Gilmer's
Billy Machen was the first U.S. Navy Seal killed in action in Vietnam. He was 26
years old. Navy Frogmen are legend for their fierce hand to hand combat and
their heroics.A Seal Training Base in California now bears the name, Camp Billy
Machen, in honor of this Gilmer High School graduate - a brave soldier, and a
great American.
USS SEALIONAPSS-315,
John Clear CPO(SS)
----- Original Message ----- Regarding Rich's question : Classes "FOUR" and "SIXTEEN". Both
were winter classes conducted at Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk
Virginia. Class Four began in January 1949. Class SIXTEEN began in
January 1956. Classes were 16 weeks in duration.
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Denny"The Snake" Chalker
Chuck Bravedy
Length of service 4 years
Casualty was on Jun 6, 1972
In OFFSHORE, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, SEA CASUALTY
OTHER ACCIDENT
Body was recovered
Panel 01W - Line 38
Seal Team-1
Leslie Harold Funk, 22,
a former Aberdeen resident, and a frogman in the Navy in Vietnam, was found dead
Sunday morning in the Dong Tau River, seven miles southeast of Nha Be, Vietnam.
He was born 27 Jul 1945, in
While on Lieutenant Dan Burke, U.S. Navy SEAL Teams (Ret.)
Dan Burke is a combat veteran of U.S. Navy SEAL Teams, a prior
enlisted "mustang" who retired after a combined eight years of active
duty and 12 years of US Navy Reserves duty. Dan earned his B.A. in the Science
of Creative Intelligence and M.A. in Professional Writing at Maharishi
University of Management. He has organized introductory lectures on the applied
benefits of Invincible Defense Technology for several US military commands and
he co-authored the article "Invincible
Defense A New "Secret Weapon!" published by the Canadian
Centres for Teaching Peace.
Ryan Brandt Young, of San Diego, is shown in an undated
photo provided by his family. Young, a former Navy SEAL performing diplomatic
security in southern Iraq, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005, when a bomb destroyed
his armored vehicle. A native of Halfway, Md., Young, 32, served in the U.S.
Navy for more than 13 years, including stints as a Navy SEAL and SEAL
instructor, said his father, Greg Young.
Published: 11/02/05
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Lara Logan Enters Into Combat
With U.S. Navy SEALs Dec. 29, 2004
SEAL dies in combat on mission in Iraq
Billy Machen
Chief Thomas J. Valentine (SEAL)
MCPO Thomas E. Bais
From: Thomas Blais
To: doc rio
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:04 PM
Subject: guys who went through BUD/s twice?
Rio, Nothing from your buddy Rich Young aka: Nightscribe: so I am
sending this info to you! Thank you, Tom Blais
I am, Retired Master Chief Blais and I have successfully completed two
BUD/S classes.
Master Chief Blais retired December 1975 from SEAL TEAM TWO, Little
Creek, Norfolk, Virginia. 28 years service. As far as other men
successfully completing BUD/S Training twice, I have no clear idea.
There was an Irishman, Gunner's Mate 1st class, in class SIXTEEN, I
think, might have finished successfully.
A photo of Class 16 does not show him as far I can discern. I seem to
remember he also may have gone through training at Fort Pierce, Fla.
Prior to / or during WWII. But, the memory of him is vague. He was
struggling and I don't remember him running or on swims in Puerto Rico.
But, that was a long time ago.
Respectfully to you Rio,
Tom
Frank
Sparks
Robert A. Gormly
Chris Cassidy
"Big
Al" Ashton
Tom Keith "SEAL WARRIOR" his book
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to R: ?? ;
Tom Keith
Jerry
Hammerle
Tom
Keith
Bai
Doc,
That picture is Al Ashton and Terry Sullivan, (ST2-10th Plt.) the action being
recorded was for a staged video being shot by Navy Videophotogs.The
video was shot in the My Tho area, summer of "68,the
"prisoner" was a
Chieu Hoi, "Bai", that ST2/ 10th Plat. Officers, Lt Al Quist
and WO1
Dale McClesky had released from the RVN police in My Tho to work for
us since he still had some good intel, we could work on. The video was
staged about a month after we had him with us, he was a quick study of
Rudy's (BMCM Rudy Boesch) hair style!
Bai was an exceptionally tall VN, will attempt to send a picture of
Members of 10th Plt burning the Police reports of the incarceration
for both Bai & Lai another Chieu Hoi we had working with us.
From what I know both were KIA while working with another ST2 Plt
sometime in "69
Jerry Hammerle
ST2-10th Plt
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Don
Shipley speaking of the web site POW.COM
Dave "Doc" Hammer
from LCDR Naus
Tom
Rancich
Ty
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Zellers and ?
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