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.
Sigh. Sounds like a fraud. I hate this kind of thing. It is sad, that someone would stoop to it...
I know I ought to feel anger and demand he be horsewhipped, but all I can feel is pity that someone feels they have to do that because it is the only thing that can make them feel worthwhile.
Sad.
He was so full of cr#p.
I've met several and went to school with one and they tend to be professional.
They really don't have to "prove" anything, cause they've "done everything". I like the way they fight. But that's just me.