tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866022460920878229.post2536759614833891503..comments2023-09-19T07:45:46.828-07:00Comments on The 52 Week Project: Week 33: Navy SEALs are badass.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05171714081043183565noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866022460920878229.post-20428969294551970852010-08-25T11:29:13.133-07:002010-08-25T11:29:13.133-07:00Thanks for highlighting another aspect that really...Thanks for highlighting another aspect that really struck me - just how much goes into the successful completion of a mission... and certainly not just from the actual SEALs. From planning to intel to insertion to extraction the precision and focus required is unbelievable. None of this post was intended to demean that. Rather I was incredibly impressed by the cumulative power of the training, preparation, and support, as well as the unquestionably elite(to use your word) people capable of bringing it all together.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171714081043183565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866022460920878229.post-84174914935284584522010-08-23T19:08:33.130-07:002010-08-23T19:08:33.130-07:00With all due respect to those who form the bloody ...With all due respect to those who form the bloody tip of the spear, in modern warfare the name of the game is logistics, as in it takes a long shaft and a metal vamplate to deliver the tip to the blood.<br /><br />Behind everyone of the 10,000 elite with James Bondian Gizmos stand 100,000 more with hundreds of hours of high risk research and development and thousands of hours of manufacturing effort.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-oQ--U-WaQ<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLccl_NWDQE<br /><br />Sometimes the heavy lift capability for a successful "insertion" or "extraction" requires completion of the most<br />mundane of tasks- cutting expansion joints in a 10,000 foot concrete runway in the middle of nowhere.<br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5yEXtV3dIg<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhLvobw-WTE<br /><br />http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675044964_Seabees_Admiral-Ben-Moreell_Japanese-planes_Pearl-Harbor-attack<br /><br /><br />Just sayin'......<br /><br />Best TJKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866022460920878229.post-14675789261086945342010-08-23T06:50:06.614-07:002010-08-23T06:50:06.614-07:00Yea and they called them the "men with the gr...Yea and they called them the "men with the green faces" b/c of the face paint you talked about.. Sounds like they pretty much did to the VC what the VC did to most of the American armyDave Kurzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411402384303696266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866022460920878229.post-43811349158888756832010-08-23T06:28:05.920-07:002010-08-23T06:28:05.920-07:00That's unbelievable. I know the Vietnamese als...That's unbelievable. I know the Vietnamese also put bounties out for Navy SEALs because they were so scared of them.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171714081043183565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866022460920878229.post-75718595281666407282010-08-22T21:50:41.626-07:002010-08-22T21:50:41.626-07:00I'm still most impressed by the SEAL kill rate...I'm still most impressed by the SEAL kill rate in the Vietnam War: 200 Viet Cong dead for every 1 SEAL dead.. Unreal.<br /><br />Solid post bud!Dave Kurzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411402384303696266noreply@blogger.com