[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"I say if you see a SEAL you are already dead!!"

LOL, that's probably an accurate statement if you are the enemy!
I remember reading about how the UDT
(what SEALS were called before name change in 60's)
used to leave messages for the Marines when they landed on the beach.
Anyway you look at it, Navy AND Marines always have and always will be the greatest combination on earth!
Hell there are even Navy SEALS in Afganistan right now on the ground.
And Navy Seabees at Camp Rhino.
ALL Navy and Marines, no matter what rank, or assignment are the salt of the earth.

[Snow Bunny]

Your #16 !!!!! LOVE it !!

[Nitro]

Here is an excellent Navy link.

I have eaten Calamri but nobody can catch a squid!!

[Diver Dave]

Thanks for the ping Tonkin.

I've got nothing but deep down respect for SEALS.

I was a 2nd Class Diver (Hard Hat & SCUBA. Our training wasn't easy, but nothing like the utes and SEALS.

As a matter of fact, we had some utes go through some hardhat training with us. They were there long enough to don the gear and make a dive. Then they were off to Nam. Wild bunch of guys - just like the Force ReCon Marines that went through SCUBA training with us.

[VOYAGER]

Yeah, I remember witnessing the walls of water the coral and sea bed rising up into the air as a result of Navy UDT pre-invasion activity before we were able to get in to the beaches to offload(Marines)our assault troops.

It was a comforting sight to know that some of our own people had been softening up the enemy defenses while we were probably still asleep or at least not at risk yet.

Much like the Marine F4Us and F6Fs were protecting us from Kamikaze aircraft over head and incoming during our assault wave activity.

God bless them all!!

When I would witness UDT activity and pre-invasion ships-of-the-line shore bombardment I would not feel like we were out on the point all alone because Americans were already there ahead of us, as much as to say to the enemy "All your defensive arrangements are belong to us"!!

How I love our Military, Merciful God keep them safe from harm and from evil!!

[mc5cents]

I remember reading about how the UDT (what SEALS were called before name change in 60's) used to leave messages for the Marines when they landed on the beach.

You're absolutely right about that. May dad was in UDT during WWII. He was in Mich. doing some training when he saw a notice on the bulletin board that said Men needed for secret training. To train in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Well, since my mom & dad lived in Miami that was all he needed to know. He would be close to home. Dad's unit was UDT-5. The fifth to go through the training.

And they would indeed leave signs on the beach "Welcoming" the Marines. Dad was very proud of that.

God Bless you Navy Seals! The best there is.

[COB1]

"Anyway you look at it, Navy AND Marines always have and always will be the greatest combination on earth!"

YOU TELL IT LIKE IT IS, TONK!!