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2021-12-27 -Obits-

Richard Marcinko, first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six, dies

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Posted by Helmuth, Speaking for Spuse6042 2021-12-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 I read his book. Good read but he seemed a little nuts.

Posted by Glenmore 2021-12-27 09:06|| 2021-12-27 09:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Blurb from his book: "Marcinko makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Little Lord Fauntleroy" - LOL

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-27 09:24|| 2021-12-27 09:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I had occasion to have a chat over beers with another Admiral (ret.) at the time. His take was Marcinko leaned a little to far forward over the line. He proposed the subsequent arrest and conviction was intended as a message to Vice Admiral James "Ace" Lyons about 'acceptable' covert behaviors. Marcinko was just a surrogate.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-27 11:27|| 2021-12-27 11:27|| Front Page Top

#4 .
I gotta get out more.
I'm sounding like Dale.
.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-27 11:28|| 2021-12-27 11:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Seems to me, you gotta be a little nutty to do SEAL stuff. Probably good to have some adult supervision in the loop.

^ I'm sounding like Dale.

Now do Mucky!

Posted by SteveS 2021-12-27 11:34|| 2021-12-27 11:34|| Front Page Top

#6 His book was good, and I think what his team did was valuable, but he should have left the humiliation of captains and commanders to others.

Posted by ruprecht 2021-12-27 13:36|| 2021-12-27 13:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Nobody does maritime operations better than US Navy SEALS. They are quite possibly unsurpassed globally. Historically, their problems seem to begin after they come ashore.

I've read Marcinko's stuff. A bit long on self-promotion in my opinion. Made my stories about being 'back in the rear with the gear' quite mundane. Perhaps I have a personal problem.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-12-27 13:45|| 2021-12-27 13:45|| Front Page Top

#8 #1 I read his book. Good read but he seemed a little nuts.
Posted by: Glenmore 2021-12-27 09:06

The way I understood it, he was one of those men you pray for in wartime...and pray doesn't get assigned to you in peacetime.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-12-27 14:19|| 2021-12-27 14:19|| Front Page Top

#9 “We sleep soundly in our beds, because rough men stand ready in the night to do violence on those who would harm us" - G. Orwell

RIP, sir.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-12-27 14:51|| 2021-12-27 14:51|| Front Page Top

#10 I knew and liked him, the rogue fit him well, but as a fellow seal he could have got it done in a more secretive manner without pissing off those that could hurt him and the community.

Posted by Hershel Davis 2021-12-27 18:35|| 2021-12-27 18:35|| Front Page Top

#11 "He was a man, all in all. We shall not see his like again."

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-27 19:55|| 2021-12-27 19:55|| Front Page Top

#12 Seagull tartar to you sir.

Posted by Woodrow 2021-12-27 22:30|| 2021-12-27 22:30|| Front Page Top

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