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unusual facts about Navy SEAL



.416 Barrett

In a second season episode of Future Weapons the host (Richard Machowicz, a former Navy SEAL) engaged in a shooting competition with another sniper.

Hector Ruiz

In 2012, Ruiz—along with former First Lady Laura Bush, Charles Matthews, Melinda Perrin, Julius Glickman and Admiral William H. McRaven, the Navy Seal who oversaw the raid that killed Osama bin Laden—was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas.

HSC-84

Along with the "Firehawks" of HSC-85, the “Red Wolves” are one of only two squadrons in the U.S. Navy dedicated to supporting Navy SEAL and SWCC Teams, and Combat Search & Rescue.

Michael Scott Carter

While in the Navy, Carter began training to become a Navy SEAL.

Task Force K-Bar

Originally operating out of Oman's Masirah Air Base before deploying themselves directly in southeastern Afghanistan, K-Bar was under the command of then-Captain Robert Harward, a US Navy SEAL.


see also

Marcus Luttrell

His latest book, co-authored with James D. Hornfischer, Service: A Navy SEAL at War, was released in May, 2012, by Little, Brown and Company.

Michael Thornton

Michael E. Thornton (born 1949), United States Navy SEAL and Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient

Operation Nifty Package

Another Navy SEAL group, consisting of four divers and men on Zodiac attack boats, was assigned to sabotage Noriega's heavily armed gunboat while it was tied to a pier on the canal.

Rogue Warrior

Richard Marcinko (born 1940), former Navy SEAL and best-selling author, nicknamed "Rogue Warrior"