05-07-2009, 16:50
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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
Hey little Ms. Serious, it was a rhetorical question.
I fully understand Marcus Luttrell's reference to SF and SOF, and you know what, IMO Marcus can call it whatever he wants, he's walked the walk and earned the right, something you would not understand.
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Good point TS........... He's earned the right to call himself SF if that's what he's comfortable with.....He's a legitimate Hero and that's all there is to say... 
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05-07-2009, 16:50
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I know I'm adding to a lengthy thread, but when I was down range in '05 I was talking to a guy from one of them taskforces at the firebase; I made a generic comment about our team guys.
He told me that the only "Team guys there were, were the Seal Teams", He proceeded to argue with me about the point until I told him that we had John Wayne and they had Charlie Sheen. nuff said.
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LOL, I can see that conversation now.... "Yeah well my commander is bigger than your commander..." 
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05-07-2009, 17:26
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As far as Luttrell's 18D course, don't SOF medics go to SOCM for medical training, which I was told is a 6 month portion of the 54 week 18D course? The book made it sound like it was the whole 18D course, not SOCM.
I just chalked it up to writing to the masses as well.
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05-07-2009, 23:20
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Some SEAL Corpsmen attend the long course but there arent, or werent when I was there, many. Based on my observations, they are having a difficult enough time getting thru the 1st half, the easy half, of the course...
Luttrell could have been one of those guys to attend the long course...
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05-08-2009, 00:38
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SEALS at Bragg,...
never saw any in Phase I. We had two in Morse Code class, their goal was 10 GPM, then left to return to their units. While visiting a buddy, I saw three at Ft. Sam Houston for the 18D portion there, but they did not proceed to the next phase for Med Lab with the others. (I helped a friend move his family to Bragg from Texas).
We had three Marines attend the entire 18C cource, Robin Sage included. Never saw any SEALs in Robin Sage.
Of all the SEALs I've worked with, I liked calling them "Wet Rangers", and like the Ranger Battalion boys, they were very motivated, young and eager to learn and be better at their jobs. To be honest, they all wished for more infantry training. Many hoped for real Ranger School slots. I saw several Marines in Ranger School, more than I expected to see.
For those who have been to Ranger school, does anyone remember SEALs attending?
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05-10-2009, 20:44
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Originally Posted by Surgicalcric
Some SEAL Corpsmen attend the long course but there arent, or werent when I was there, many. Based on my observations, they are having a difficult enough time getting thru the 1st half, the easy half, of the course...
Luttrell could have been one of those guys to attend the long course...
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In my SFMS class we had we had 4 SEALs and a MARSOC corpsman, the SEALS went straight through and one got the honor grad. The MARSOC guy was a senior E-6 who came back for SFMS. I actually went on rotation with the honor grad. They were definitely good people.
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05-12-2009, 14:37
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A little off topic, but here is a sad news story recently about some kids killing Luttrell's dog he received during his recovery
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/art...cle/198/23658/
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05-12-2009, 14:43
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First search, then read, finally post.
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...ad.php?t=22682
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05-12-2009, 14:44
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Please search more as we have a thread on this subject .......
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05-12-2009, 17:43
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I fully understand Marcus Luttrell's reference to SF and SOF, and you know what, IMO Marcus can call it whatever he wants, he's walked the walk and earned the right...TS
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05-12-2009, 19:51
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Wet Dog,
We had 4 Seals go thru Ranger School with us. 1 recyled and the other three went straight thru with us. Starvation, according to them, was the hardest part of the course. Good dudes. The RIs made them sing the Song of Lupe, all the time.  |
Since we are talking Navy SEALs here:
Most of you know, it's "SEAL" not "Seal"
Also it's Admiral Ols on not Olsen.
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05-12-2009, 20:00
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Since we are talking Navy SEALs here:
Most of you know, it's "SEAL" not "Seal"
Also it's Admiral Olson not Olsen.
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You know Rangers cannot write. They are like Marines all photos in their manuals.... 
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05-19-2009, 23:13
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I was always taught that the "N" in Ranger stood for 'Knowledge' or 'Know How'.
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You know Rangers cannot write. They are like Marines all photos in their manuals.... |
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05-20-2009, 06:16
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I was always taught that the "N" in Ranger stood for 'Knowledge' or 'Know How'.
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Just my point..... They need spelling lessons also.......
God I love to mess with them........ They know I am only kidding. The Ranger HB has writing also for the SF Guys that go through.....  
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05-21-2009, 07:22
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I'm sorry brother Frog. I was bein lazy with the shift key. Corrected: SEAL.
There is one part of Lupe that I can't remember. I even wrote it down, but can't find the words anywhere. The part after maggots crawling out, ............... Sure would like to get the whole song corrected. A PM would be nice. Personally, I love you SEALs. You got a spot at my table anytime and anyplace.
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The next and last verse is, "the smile on her face says she's ready for more, she's a hot ......g, ....-......g, mexican ......
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