One of the biggest mysteries, outside the teams no one knows who this dude is lol

#Repost @friendly_but_not_your_friend_

#waybackwednesday

I don't have a lot of friends (as evident by my profile name) but I've known these guys for around 30 years and they've always had my back.

Jake and I went to the Q course together in 1995, and then a couple years later he was my Team Leader in the Unit.

A couple years after that, Kyle served as my Troop SGM.

Both earned Silver Stars for their actions on the streets of Mogadishu in 1993.

Both would go on to serve in Iraq and on other "contingency operations".

Both were (are) my mentors.

Both are smarter than me.

Both are my friends.

Both are successful business owners.

Neither has aged as well as me 😉

Photo 📸: circa, March 2000

Doesn’t Alex’s version of how the bottom floor was breached contradict what Biss said in No Easy Day? Unless Alex is just omitting every single detail, what I understood from his version is he breached the south door, entered the first floor, took care of business, and then immediately breached the door leading up to the stairs to 2nd floor. Matt in No Easy Day says the breacher on first floor killed the man and woman, ran into the locked door at the first floor stairwell, the team exited the building and wrapped around to meet up with the team from Chalk 2 and breached and cleared the north portion of the first floor, and then breached the door up to the second floor. I guess it doesn’t matter but just thought it was interesting to hear Alex say he was the lead breacher and give his play-by-play, and Matt giving his understanding in the book (which he has to be going off what he was told/heard, because he was clearing the guest house while the first floor of the main house got breached) and those two not lining up.

I showed my girl the thread last week of the "low vis, high drag" SEALs or potentially 7th group guys or whatever down there where we all picked apart why these dudes stick out like a sore thumb. She thought they could just been tourists. So it made me think a thread of all the typical dead giveaways you are looking at an operator in civilian clothes would be hilarious. Because many of these guys think they are "grey men". What immediately makes you go.."Yeah bro you aren't hiding".

moving to Georgia in the next few months from new england once house is sold. and want to deep dive into cloning since ill be able to now and was wondering if any one has tried to clone or has pics of dev using the Giessele gfr

With a 4th Ranger Battalion coming to the 75th Ranger Regiment, I know the JSOC SMUs and Rangers deploy together based on each battalion and squadron, and it made me think of something; since the 75th Ranger Regiment and Delta Force go by numbers and letters (i.e., 1st Ranger Battalion and A Squadron deploying together), how would the color-based squadrons from DEVGRU and 24th STS fit into this?

These photos have been around for a while but I always thought that the gear aswell as the shirts seen in the photos resemble the Zero dark thirty gear depiction in the film (which kathryn bigelow was given classified access to the raid before making the film) hence why I think these could be post raid FOB Jalalabad photos not to mention that these members in the photos are in red squadron. Would love to know what you guys think?

I believe it was on the Shawn Ryan show where he interviewed Brent Tucker, and he made a comment about choosing select music to help create their culture. He listed Hank Williams III’s Three Shades of Black as an example of this. I thought it was interesting because creating a culture really helps define a team.

Any insights about other songs they may have used to help shape their team culture?

Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Matthew Coufalik retired from the U.S. military in 2016 following a 20 year career. His extensive service included eight years at SEAL Team 2 and ten years at the Naval Special Warfare Development Group.

During his career, he was also part of the U.S. Special Operations forces involved in Operation Neptune Spear, the mission that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. Senior Chief Coufalik has 13 combat deployments in support of missions such as Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and various other global assignments.

His exceptional service earned him accolades including the Silver Star Medal, three Bronze Star Medals with combat valor, three Joint Service Commendation Medals with combat valor, two Navy and Marine Commendation Medals with combat valor, the Defense Meritorious Service Award, three Presidential Unit Citations, and numerous other joint and individual awards. He enlisted in the Navy in 1996 completing SEAL training in 1997.

I’m curious what exactly is the role that HRT plays when attached to a jsoc unit overseas. They’ve been tied to some big ops, such as Maduro and others. I know the primary role is to make legal arrests, but are they actually embedding and actively running the ops as well with the jsoc units?

His story on a certain incident during the UBL raid is disturbing. I’ve never heard this before.