[Beave Meister]

On Memorial Day Weekend I went down to San Diego to see Three Dog Night on the aircraft carrier The Midway. I met a Navy SEAL there by the name of Rob Stella. Myself being an actor, the next day (Sunday before Memorial Day) Chief Stella took me to the Navy SEALs training facility on Coronado Island. What a rush that was, very impressive, saw some incredible SEALs. They have a great sign hanging over the courtyard which they call the Grinder that reads "The only easy day was yesterday."

Rob Stella is now a friend of mine and sent me this article. He's also a very funny guy.

[Trueblackman]

I had the chance to work with a bunch of SEALS onboard the GW back in the 1990 and for the most part they were some of the coolest Sailors, I had the chance to come in contact with. The Officers seems to be more on the enlisted side of the house than the professional Officers, they never threw their rank around and treated us ship’s company crew members with major respect. It was hard to tell who was enlisted and who was officer among them since it was a team effort from Day One.

[JRandomFreeper]

I've done a lot of things.

I've done some stupid things.

But only once in my life did it ever involve Navy SEALS.

I can go a long, long time in a kitchen without ever invoking SEALS.

God bless 'em.

Cooks can be harsh... but that's just..... harsh.

If I ever ask for training from a SEAL.... call my daughters and have them put me away. Ain't no way I'm living through that.

/johnny

[occamrzr06]

Seals are truly professionals at what they do, kick down doors and kill folks.

What they are not really trained for is training other people. Army Special Forces are trained to train.

Oh they can fight too. Most people think, oh Special Ops, they can do everything. No they can’t. They are very good at what they do, and most of what they do is kick ass and take names.

I had a Major who was an Army Special Ops guy (Green Beret). He was a good troop, competent, full of energy and ready to go.

The only thing lacking was large unit tactics. Oh he had the small unit tactics down, but when you get to the Field Grade level, he was lost. He could not imagine Corp level tactics, or logistics (at Corp level, logistics is the focus).

Anyway, the SF guys are great, and there are only a few of them that really understand big picture stuff. Those are the guys that make the stars.

Just my 2 cents.

[upchuck]

Navy SEAL bump!

Two books that will give you an “up close and personal” look at what it takes to become a SEAL:

“SEAL Team Six” by Howard Wasdin

“Lone Survivor” by Marcus Luttrell

Both excellent books. The first is my fav. Find them on Amazon.