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              A PRAYER FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY


Father in Heaven, watch over America's sons, daughters, husbands, wives, fathers and mothers, in their hour of peril. Bring them home safely to their loved ones. Wrap your loving arms around the wounded, and bring to your side the ones who have lost their lives. Let their loved ones know peace of mind from the pain of having lost those who were so dear to them. Let their children learn wisdom as they grow up without their mothers and fathers. Amen

    
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Dear Members of the NavySEALs.com Community  ,

September 11, 2001 was a day of great sacrifice for Americans.

 No group has better understood that, nor has acted in such a manner as to make that sacrifice a more meaningful page in our nation's history, than the United States Navy SEALs. The SEALs have taken the fight to the enemy with extraordinary result. But their success has not been without cost. 

More SEALs have made the ultimate sacrifice in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom than in any other conflict since Vietnam. Please join me in honoring the memories of Naval Special Warfare's fallen heroes in the Global War on Terror. 

                        http://www.sealtwo.org/memorialkiaseals.htm

Keep their families in your thoughts. And let their examples of selflessness and sacrifice be an inspiration in your own lives. 

Kind regards, 

Mark Divine
Founder and CEO
BUD/S 170

 

 

     M. SGT. RAUL PEREZ BENAVIDEZ  U.S. Army  
http://www.medalofhonor.com/RoyBenavidez.htm

                                                           
                                                               Roy P. Benadvidez, M.O.H., Vietnam

                                                   
                                                             Roy P. Benavidez & Erasmo "Doc" Riojas

 

 

                           

                               
                                                                                 Arron Justiss

         

 

 

                 
                   Danny Dietz                                          Amir Pishadad                                           Dave Bird

 

                 
           Dave Phelan                                      John barttelson                                    Welt Doc Gary

 

                   
                  Dave Phelan                                                         Neil Roberts

 

         Rick Nuygen , LCDR Dentist
               Joe Baimbridge (with the cane)                                                                  

 

    
                                   Bret Lynch                                                  Jessie  (Janos) Ventura


                                                                                                                            Nick Rocha (SEAL)                      

                                           
       Dave, Susie & Morgan Tannery                                    Gerry Flowers and Team Mate                                       

                              
                                                                   Chris, Key West FL

                           


                         
                                  Dave "Doc" Tannery                                              Doug Taylor

 

                   
                                     
                                  Mike Manello                                                   Rick Powers

 

                              
                                                                 Steve Anderson

                                    
       T.C. Cummings                                     Rick Blackwood                              Rudyh Boesch

 

     
             Suh                                                               D.  P.                                     P.T. Schartz  'nam

 

         
                 Hershel Haynes                                    James White                     C Dock Hooks

                     

                             
                       Riojas,   Paul Rump                                          Henry "Gutz" Gutierrez USMC Korea

 

                                   
                                            Victoria Hotel MyTho RVN Navy Cook

 

                                                
                        Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller                         Cpl. Joseph Vitorri MOH  Korea  on Hill 749
                                                                         Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Mar.Reg., 1st Mar.Div.(Reinforced)

 

                               

                                
                                                               Minh, he looks very much alive 

 

                                                       
                                            Liberty in Olongapo P.I. with the "LBFMs"  PBR Sailors: Lowell W. Dickey

         
               Herschel Haynes
                                   
                               Herschel Haynes             Joseph Scho Walter 

 

                     
                  Jim "Mad Dog" Madison                                        P.T. Schartz                        Robert Smith

 

         
Doc Gary Welt                                                                    340836

 

                   
                                                               Capt. Jack Menendez  

 

                     
    Dave Phelan                           Steve Anderson  Robert Smith

 

                   
                  michael a strenk.                       Gary Wignall YN2  ST1 

           

                                        
                                                             Tommy Cox and David LeJeune

    
                                                                   Curt Gibby             Leon P. "Pepper" Tagle              Dan Potts         
       Adm.Hyland & Capt.Paul Gray                     CDR.Thieu Ta Hiep LDNN

                  
                                   Jack Menendez & Jacklynne  

                             
                                                                             Our Father

  
                Alan, Kyle, Brain  Kruppa                                                                 Steve  Waterman

 

          
                             Linda Hubbell, John Hobbs, Pappy Hewlitt,Mike Driscoll, ???

                                                   
                                                    Lourdes Tolentino     Al ALberts         John Hobbs     Erasmo "Doc" Riojas


Joe "Red" Coyle        Bernie Campoli

                                                            
                                          Joe Kruppa          Ron  Douglas


        Harold Christensen

Doc Riojas;       I was stationed at Little Creek in SEAL Team 2 from April of 1968 to January of 1970.  Worked in the operations department handling messages, and assisting wherever needed. 

When i went to Vietnam, it was from Feb-Aug 1969. I think with Lt Yeaw was the platoon officer. I remember Harry Constance in the platoon, and somone named Bull. Not sure of the others.
I live in Connecticut, still employed (work at IBM), and am glad that i was able to find your website, and appreciate if you would post my pictures. Here they are:  

Thank you,  Harold Christensen


          Harold Christensen

Picures of Harold Christensen from 1969 on deployment in Binh Thuy, Vietnam with ST2 platoon ~Feb-Aug 1969.

Doc Rio,      We traded notes a while back, and you asked me to see if i had any pictures of when i was attached to the ST2. As i searched some of my old antique boxes of memorabilia i did find some that i am attaching to this note. All three are from Binh Thuy, during the period Feb-Aug 1969. A long time ago. Take care, and i hope all is well with you.   Harold CHristensen


  Harold Christensen pointing to sign:  OIC NSAD, Binh Thuy ;  I do not know those two guys at the window.


            Harold Christensen  and family

 

 

                                         

Hi Doc Rio,

I can’t remember if we’ve ever bumped into one another at the reunion beer truck (Little Creek) over the years, but I was looking for information on the Gulf Coast Chapter (South Carolina in that one?) and ran across your website.

Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed perusing the photos.  A couple of the Afghanistan heroes were my platoon mates at one time when I was their platoon Chief at ST-8.  They sure made us proud, along with all our other fallen brothers. 

Seal Two was my first Team after jump school in 1986 and I got the real deal “welcome aboard”.  I don’t know how, what seemed like the whole Team mustered on the Quarter Deck, happened so quickly, but it was quite a surprise to get stripped, pink bellied, thrown off the pier, and told to check the watch bill so fast.

 So, after us FNGs learned proper “Welcome Aboard” and Team “check in” procedures, my Teammates and I carried on tradition in fine form, striving to outdo one another with deviant games and “pays to be a winner” competitions, always vigilant to spot a trio of FNG’s in starched cammies, holding a manila envelope with their boots shined, standing around out front or on the Quarterdeck. 

Later on as a platoon Chief, I even had the boys paint two sets of FNG (mandatory on the check in sheet) footprints in our platoon hut so they could get to know the new guys out of sight of the XO.

Anyway, Cheers mate!!  Enjoy the photo, I took it at the ST-10 QD last Feb when I went to Koch & Hardy’s memorial svc.

Steve Messer, ENCS(SEAL) – USN RET

BUD/S 140, ST-2, ST-6, ST-8, SERE, NSWC Det Hurlburt

Assistant Training Director   Government Training Institute  (GTI)

1349 Locust Ave    Denmark, SC  29042     Phone:  208-608-3983   Fax:  803-793-0060     email:  steve [at] gtitraining.org      Web:  www.gtitraining.org

webmaster's NOTE:      Thank you Steve.  You remined me of the my experience as a FNG at ST-2.  I was welcomed by Rudy Boesch at the quarterdeck.  He said, "welcome aboard, don't unpack your bag, you will be going to Ranger School monday and you got the weekend watch."    Doc Riojas

 

 

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Four old retired GIs are walking down a street in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. They turned a corner and see a sign that says, "Old Timers' Bar - all drinks 10 cents." 
They look at each other, and then go in, thinking this is too good to be true. 
The old bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, "Come on in and let me pour one for you! What'll it be, Gentlemen?" 
There seemed to be a fully-stocked bar, so each of the men ask for a martini. 
In short order, the bartender serves up four iced martinis... Shaken, not stirred, and says, "That'll be 10 cents each, please." 
The four men stare at the bartender for a moment, then look at each other... 


They can't believe their good luck. They pay the 40 cents, finish their martinis, and order another round. 
Again, four excellent martinis are produced with the bartender again saying "That's 40 cents, please" 
They pay the 40 cents, but their curiosity is more than they can stand. 
They have each had two martinis, and so far they've spent less than a dollar. 
Finally one of the men says, "How can you afford to serve martinis as good as these for a dime apiece?" 
"I'm a retired GI from Boston," the bartender said, "and I always wanted to own a bar. Last year I hit the Lottery for $25 million and decided to open this place. Every drink costs a dime - wine, liquor, beer, it's all the same." 

Wow!!!! That's quite a story," says one of the men. The four of them sipped at their martinis and couldn't help but notice three other guys at the end of the bar who didn't have drinks in front of them, and hadn't ordered anything the whole time they were there. 
One man gestures at the three at the end of the bar without drinks and asks the bartender, "What's with them?" 
The bartender says, "Oh, they're retired Navy Chiefs. They're waiting for happy hour when drinks are half price."

 


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