This is interesting. I was curious to know the raw percentages of men vs. women in the US Navy.
I found this information very difficult to find, and I looked in a lot of places. I know it has to be out there, but this information should be EASY to find.
It isn’t, and I am not a slouch at searching. Could be me on an off morning.
But, the best I could find is that 15% of the Active Duty Navy are women.
15%. And the FOUR BEST SAILORS IN THE ENTIRE US NAVY JUST HAPPEN TO BE WOMEN.
Sorry. I don’t buy it. Not in the least. Not that there aren’t women who serve with distinction, but this reeks of a push from above.
As the son of a 30 year naval vet, and having served myself in the USN, I find this type of thing damned embarrassing. I hope to God that if we ever get into a shooting war, that our operational readiness isn’t compromised because people were placed in jobs they weren’t qualified for to satisfy a PC requirement.
I tend to doubt it (as an accomplished rifle and pistol expert and a WSQ swimmer in the Corps, I'm tempted to take him shooting and swimming. My bet is that he is a NSF AND a ROCK.), especially since there have been SO FEW black SEALS (1% or less from what I can glean).
He also said he used to "teach" NROTC at a certain university before he retired, but a search I did revealed a PDF version of a newsletter put out by the unit that ran that program. Each of the personnel had a bio on their military career. The Assistant Marine Officer Instructor, a Marine Gunny, had a very impressive, Two-Thirds-of-a-page bio that included medals awarded for service in the Gulf War and jump wings, etc.
My fellow employee's bio?
A FIFTH-OF-A-PAGE bio that indicated he was no more than the Supply Officer at the unit, and was an SK1 (a STORE KEEPER). There was NOTHING about being a SEAL or serving in the Gulf.
I have also found a couple of pictures of him with an online search, and ALL show a regular Squid cooking hot dogs and burgers at an event at one of his duty stations, and one in a dress uniform where no SEAL insignia is visible.
His BIO does list a three year tour as Navy Security Officer (I had a friend who had similar, temporary duty with a security unit charged with helping to guard nuclear weapon storage facilities for a few years, but this temp assignment and the training he received did NOT make him a RECON Marine) at the Naval Base in Panama. Maybe it was there that my fellow employee rubbed elbows with actual Navy SEALS, and gave him enough inside scoop to come up with his BS story, but it could have been books and TV specials that gave him the knowledge as well to try and bluff his way into gaining respect from those around him.
Any freepers that are, or were, SEALS that would know if being a SEAL, or, at least something to indicate being a SEAL, would be listed in an official BIO?
I am hard-pressed to believe this guy is telling the truth, especially given the statistics and the info I have uncovered.