Didn’t he claim he was a SEAL?
But was not?
That is complicated, Ventura was UDT and did not take the additional training to become a SEAL, but SEALs also trace themselves to UDT as their lineage, and in 1982 UDT was ended, and UDT merged with SEALs.
Today UDT can officially call themselves SEALs and wear the trident, but there is no question that Ventura was UDT in 1972, and did nt take the SEAL training after BUD/S, or serve as a SEAL, or with SEALs, and he never fought in Vietnam 'hunting men'. It's all kind of a mess, about you can do is have an opinion, but the arguing gets a little complicated.