When I was stationed at Bragg I was on a small three day leave camping and Marcinko and some other of his crew were a few sites over. I had to go over and meet the men( and his wife I think can't remember now). It was pretty funny, I challenged all of them to a swim contest and did okay except one person who happened to be world class. Of course he called me a limp dicked knuckledragging army puke and I called him a paint sniffing lower than pond scum guppie...only thing I really wish was having him sign my dog eared paperback copy of "Rogue Warrior." But alas, never happened. I always wondered if in my prime I could have made it as a SEAL, my cousin( 2nd cousin) as mentioned here is a SEAL( aka butterball) and he told me it was hard, very hard. So, now occasionally I wonder.
Red Cell uh? Maybe the pentagon took up where Marcinko left off. Doesn't Marcinko run a security business now?
I don't mean to minimize the training and expertise of the other spec-ops guys (Rangers, Delta Force, Special Forces, CIA units, et al). Respect them all, and I know I would have never pasted their training, except for probably Airborne. I went Aviation Navy just because it was a better fit for me having grown up around the beach.
Although, by now there are probably other Western nations (England?) who have similar training similar to SEALs.
SEALs are our very best. I was proud to call them "shipmates" during my time in the Navy while stationed at Coronado, San Diego.
Butterball? Is that a nickname for your cousin or a new name for SEALs. I've been out since 1986. Thank you for serving, ARMY.