What kind of idiot wrote this article? Few SEALs are like that. The only two that come to mind are Jesse Ventura and Richard Marcinko. Other than that, I’m sure they prefer to keep a low profile. A very low profile.
Didn’t the WH out the Navy Seals?
Memorial Day weekend I went down to see Three Dog Night on the flight deck of The Midway and met a few SEALs at the show. I’m an actor, and on Sunday morning I was invited to go inside the Navy SEALs training facility on Coronado Island. The SEAL who showed me around was from SEAL Team 3. The odd number SEAL Teams are on the West Coast and the even number SEAL Teams are on the East Coast.
I was in awe of these men. We watched a few video’s then walked around the courtyard (The Grinder). There’s a great sign that hangs on one of the walls above The Grinder that says “The only easy day was yesterday.”
I asked a few of the SEAL’s I talked to what they thought of Obama taking credit and giving away certain details of the missions and all they said was basically the same thing “I wish he would shut up.”
Two days before I was there some of seniors from the University of Michigan’s football team were there. Here’s a link from ESPN. The SEAL who showed me around was Rob Stella who’s featured in this story and a great guy.
The SEALs like you to be humble as you’ll see in the article just a little over half way down.
I grew up in Oak Park, IL and a good friend of mine from high school who lives out by me now in the Los Angeles area who retired a few years ago was a Col. in Delta Force. Col. Pete Blaber, he has a book out called “The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a former Delta Force Commander.” His first deployment with Delta Force was that Blackhawk Down incident. He speaks very highly of the SEALs and told me they’re incredible machines. He doesn’t think too much of Obama and his spiking the football after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Col. Blaber came up with the idea of following the courier (details are in his book). He planned Operation Anaconda and the bombing of Tora Bora. He followed a courier and that’s how he knew bin Laden was in Tora Bora. He doesn’t talk about it, but I’ve read other books and several authors claim that Col. Blaber’s missions have killed more Al Queda than anyone on the planet. He’s a very humble guy, but funny as hell.
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Adm. William H. McRaven, a SEAL .... favors his guys over Delta, some say. “All I’ve heard and observed is that he is obviously pro-SEAL and that explains why Delta has been sidelined,” said a retired ArmyGreen Beret who still conducts special operations as a government contractor.IMHO that assessment by the retired SF soldier is spot on. That being said, it's also MHO that Delta Force should be thankful that what they do is still kept TOP SECRET.
Thanks to Barry and the Admiral(s), SEAL Team 6 is now the walking, talking, breathing equivalent of Area 51. The least best kept 'Secrets' we have. As such Delta Force can still continue being The Quiet Professionals.
SEAL Team 6 can't, not any more.