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Larger than life and a bit controversial; his impact on NSW and counterterrorism as a whole cannot be denied. https://www.navytimes.com/brea...-seal-team-six-dies/ Retired Navy SEAL and the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six, Richard “Dick” Marcinko, has died, according to a post on the Navy Seal Museum’s Facebook page. He was 81. ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | ||
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Fair winds and following seas CDR Marcinko. R.I.P. 7+1 Rounds of hope and change | |||
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RIP Demo Dick. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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He was indeed quite the character. Fair Winds and Following Seas Rogue Warrior Sir! Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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Demo Dick, Shark man of the Delta. I remember riding a C130 and reading Rogue Warrior in paperback. RIP to a true pipe hitter. | |||
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Did not realize he was 81. Fair winds Commander | |||
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RIP Demo Dick. 81's a good run. Rogue Warrior set the standard. "Shoot first and ask questions not at all." ~Demo Dick Marcinko | |||
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I spent some time downrange with a gentleman who know Dick Marcinko well, and said the man was every bit what he portrayed himself to be. His writing is extremely rough, and I keep hoping he comes out with more. Alas, not. I did pick up on elements of what he wrote that were completely untrue (descriptions of jumping, etc), very embellished, and have no doubt much of his writing was likewise, but his books were still a guilty pleasure, and I'd have liked to meet the man and buy him a bombay saphire. His book, "Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior" is valid, and I reminded my own kids of some of his ten commandments, often. In particular, "thou hast not to like it, thou hast only to do it." Sorry to hear of his passing. Perhaps for him, today is his first easy day. | |||
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+1 _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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Fair Winds and Following Seas, Sir. | |||
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81 years is not bad for a man who lived a significant part of his life down range. God Bless him _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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To oceans rage 26er… ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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 Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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There's 81... then there's THIS 81! I'd place him right up there with a "Keith Richards-esuqe" kinda lifestyle! Talk about doing it at 110mph, 110% of the time! We worked with more than a few different SEAL teams while I was in the Marines, and a few after the Corps. Getting to know some of them and talking back and forth, there was more than a few that said "well... I read this book, and THATS what I wanted to do!" I'd like to know how many people he's inspired to at least go into BUDs. Fair winds and following seas, Sir! ______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!" “What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy | |||
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I remember seeing him on TV during a 60-minutes interview, not sure how I came across it as I was in my freshman year in college. I knew about SEALs from other readings but, his book included current generation SOF and it solidified for me what I wanted to do. Fast forward a few years, and some medical discoveries and I had to re-adjust my thoughts on a career choice, nevertheless, Rogue Warrior made quite an impression. Fast forward another decade and I got to meet Demo Dick, yup...he was THAT guy, the Rogue Warrior. RIP Richard Marcinko | |||
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Interesting to read that he allegedly named his unit SEAL Team 6 and not SEAL Team 3 was to fuck with and confuse the Soviets and make them wonder about these other three SEAL teams they didn’t know about!  | |||
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RIP CDR Marcinko. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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RIP Dick Marcinko. "But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley | |||
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RIP Commander | |||
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Fair winds and a following sea CDR. I remember very well his Red Cell ops in the 80's. I was a young 2nd Class Petty Officer going to a Leadership Course at Naval Training Center San Diego and having Shore Patrol. As we were beinging briefed before starting our watch, the Chief in charge of security walks in and just starts screaming how he wanted those Red Cell guys that just sank his security boat caught, he wanted them beat he wanted them in a real cell right now. I remember thinging "Just how does he expect a couple sailors armed with Night Sticks to take down a SEAL Team?" A week later I'm checking into my new Squadron when they struck again. This time they "Barrowed" a small airplane from the flying club and landing it on our tarmac, jumped out and tossed dummy charges underneath the Helos. After that they ran into the hanger and took he CO hostage and held him for ransome, the got a pizza and a six pack Yes sir, quiet the life lived. "Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.” Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem Montani Semper Liberi | |||
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