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Richard Marcinko (November 21, 1940 – December 25, 2021) was a U.S. Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran. He was the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six.After retiring from the United States Navy, he became an author, radio talk show host, military consultant, and motivational speaker.
Navy SEAL Teams 1 and 2 along with several Special Boat Units and EOD technicians were deployed on mobile command barges and transported by helicopters from the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Over the course of the operation SEALs conducted VBSS (visit, board, search, and seizure) missions to counter Iranian mine-laying boats.
Marc Alan Lee (March 20, 1978 – August 2, 2006) was a United States Navy SEAL. He was the first SEAL to lose his life in Operation Iraqi Freedom when he was killed in a fierce firefight while on patrol against insurgents in Ramadi. Lee was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star Medal with Valor and the Purple Heart.
Michael A. Monsoor's Medal of Honor pictured with the Navy Special Warfare (SEAL) Trident. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as automatic weapons gunner for Naval Special Warfare Task Group Arabian Peninsula, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on 29 September 2006.
According to his biography on the Discovery Channel's Web site, [3] "he participated in numerous tactical operations with SEAL Team ONE and TWO. While operating at SEAL Team TWO, he was a Naval Special Warfare Scout/Sniper, as well as being attached to the training cadre as the Leading Petty Officer of Land, Mountain and Arctic Warfare."
In his 1998 memoir, Good to Go: The Life and Times of a Decorated Member of the U.S. Navy's Elite SEAL Team Two, former SEAL Harry Constance describes Boesch as giving a no-nonsense introduction to SEALs in training and then later giving him informal advice not to take a posting that would involve troublesome superiors. [29]
The United States Navy SEALs Workout Guide: the Exercise and Fitness Programs Based on the U.S. Navy SEALs and BUD/S Training. 1st ed. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1998. xxii, 183 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN 0-688-15862-5; Chalker, Dennis C., with Kevin Dockery. One Perfect Op: an Insider’s Account of the Navy Seal Special Warfare Teams. 1st ed.
Mark Divine (born July 14, 1963) is an American author and retired Navy SEAL Commander. [1] [2] His military service spans 20 years (1989–2011) where he oversaw various missions around the world including Asia Pacific, Africa, Bahrain, and Iraq [3] He retired at the rank of Commander in 2011.