Thank you, US Navy Seals!

[dgibby]

:yourock:

[seabeyond]

1. i am not listening to news. was it the seals... yea. i have a cousin in the seals. nt

[dgibby]

4. Yep!

MSNBC is reporting that the Seals were involved in the take down, CIA did the intel, worked it for 8 mos.

I'm worried about all our troops and diplomats in harm's way. I expect their will be big time retaliation.

I'm retired Navy, have nothing but the upmost respect for the Seals. Thank your cousin for me.

[seabeyond]

5. good to know. thanks for info

i think i will give uncle a call, he is probably feeling proud, whether his son is over there or not.

[dgibby]

6. You're welcome.

MSNBC reported that it was the Seals. A friend of mine on FB wanted to see pictures of his severed head. I told her the Seals probably ate it! LOL!

[MrMickeysMom]

2. Are we to credit the Seals?

They are rock hard... Such details already?

[dgibby]

8. I was in the Navy for 22 years. Nobody tougher.

They are awesome!

[Ex Lurker]

24. who knows. could have been them, could have been someone else entirely

The Navy has their guys, the Army has their guys, the CIA has their guys. Could have been any of them, or maybe even someone else we've never heard of.

[Scuba]

25. The Air Force has their guys too...

http://www.afsoc.af.mil/specialtactics/

[liberalmuse]

3. It was them?

I can't believe the sense of relief I feel at someone's death. But yes, I feel relief - for the families of the 9/11 victims and the families of all the soldiers who died.

[sufrommich]

7. Was it the SEALs? Great job! nt

[RainDog]

9. I'm watching Al Jazerra - they showed the crowds cheering in front of the WH

and said the news was announced at a baseball game and people started cheering.

congrats to those who carried out this operation.

[davepc]

10. It's SEAL. It's an acronym. plural is SEALs

Just an editorial note.

:)

[dgibby]

12. Oops! My bad!

Thanks. Worst part is I knew that(Duh), just got carried away in the excitement of the moment. :hi:

[denbot]

11. Bravo Zulu

Go Navy!!!!

[dgibby]

13. Great pic! n/t

[NavyDem]

14. Recommend!

Also retired Navy here.

[Xenotime]

15. Whatever.

[lpbk2713]

16. If it was the SEALs you won't hear much from them

They avoid people with cameras and microphones like the plague.

[KT2000]

18. Jesse Ventura

said they all have to make some kind of commitment to never discuss what they have done while in service. He won't say anything beyond that he served as a SEAL.

[Codeine]

19. Ventura was not a SEAL.

He was Underwater Demolition, which was a separate unit back then.

[KT2000]

20. doesn't he say

he was a SEAL? I could swear he said he was on a Piers Morgan show.

[Codeine]

22. In a weasly way he does,

since the unit he was with got folded into the SEALs years after he left the service. Actual SEALs don't tend to like that.

[Ex Lurker]

23. True he was not a SEAL

however, UDT's and SEAL's went through the same initial training. The early SEAL teams consisted of UDT volunteers who underwent additional land warfare training before going to Vietnam. SEAL's take a great deal of pleasure in busting phonies, but most (though not all) who have expressed an opinion in public one way or the other don't make a big deal about Ventura. They view the UDT/SEAL distinction as splitting hairs. There are some exceptions, but like I said, most don't see it as a big deal.

[madokie]

26. I went through SERE training with Seals and UDT and I'm here to tell you they are some tough ol boys

and remained at the training camp for a tour of duty before my trip to Vietnam. This was in early 68 when I went through SERE training and yes they are two different units but for the most part they go through the same training. And yes even us the trainers are sworn to secrecy. After 43 years theres still not much I can talk about what went on in SERE training other that what I've said here a few times concerning the training.

[stanwyck]

27. My son went through SERE school as a Marine

He compared his experiences with his uncles (two Navy pilots) and his cousin (also a Navy pilot). Apparently, the training hasn't changed in the past 30+ years. They all had very similar experiences.

[madokie]

30. It was two months of extremely difficult training

Personally I had no idea what I'd done to piss someone off cause I must have for them to be putting me through all this. Come to find out when the buses were leaving with the students I was not put on the bus. The whole purpose of my training was because I was going to be a part of the training crew.
Navy Seals and UDT are the best trained individuals in the world, I can attest to that.

[Ex Lurker]

28. A relative of mine went through the naval aircrew version of SERE

it cured him of ever wanting to go camping again.

[madokie]

31. Maybe thats why I have no desire to camp anymore either

I hadn't put that together but my wife loves to camp and I'm a not interested camper.

[TransitJohn]

17. Can't wait to play the Call of Duty game made out of this mission.

Should be epic.

[rl6214]

21. For my Naval Academy Graduate son

:Rockon:

[pintobean]

29. I'm sure that brings smiles to many faces of USS Cole crew members

As a former sailor, I love it. I'm thinking of sea creatures picking the flesh from his bones right now.

[dgibby]

32. Hope they sent Alka-Seltzer with him.

Those poor fishies are going to need it!

[lonestarnot]

33. Special forces rock at their job.

[yeswecanandwedid]

34. Bravo. Studs, period. NT

[Raffi Ella]

35. Hell YEAH!

Nobody Does it Better.


:patriot: :patriot: :patriot:


:dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem:

[Liberal_in_LA]

36. Why were Navy Seals used on land, in the desert?

[Ex Lurker]

37. There's a lot of overlap and everybody tries to expand their turf

a lot of Army SF types are also trained divers, for instance.

[Liberal_in_LA]

38. thanks

[mia]

39. K & R

:kick: