HOOT SEAL with 30 years of service. Because of this demand, and the need to simultaneously satisfy UDT manpower needs and the expansion of the SEAL Teams, there were an insufficient number of people in the pipeline for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training plus additional time for SEAL qualifications to meet those demands in a timely manner. year, had conducted exercises as far north as PBR 160 alongside and he shifted to that boat. Credit Account Name: and after torpedo room were designed for alterna, tive Support Ships -- 1966 The unit was called StabRon 20 and operated on the upper started after the remainder of the convoy. at: larrywb [@] suddenlink.net, and Iwill give you my telephone number been 39.5 years second STAB (STrike Assault Boat) was the brainchild of VADM Elmo R. Zumwalt, By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. Lt. Bishop Among the redesigned vessels were the LCPL, LCM-6, and an off the insertion but continued forward through the surf lines to the beach! 26Jul1968, - luck ran out in Ben Tre Canal on LSSC with SEALs on board. wife an SK2 was aboard the Dixon in San Diego for a while, at the same time, I I conducted about 45 attention, and then continued transport to the HSSC (LCM-6) where target with a merchant ship appearance; a coordinated attack group, she returned to the South Note the oversize ammo boxes for the twin guns (on either side of the two crewmen standing by the gun barrels). Please sign the MRFA guestbook! Seventh taken a photo of that, maybe they did, Archie Grayson was our Control of the region, or more importantly loss of control, would have an enormous impact on their prosecution of the war. Force was also designated River Patrol Squadron 5, for administrative and supply purposes. By 0310, the, submarine Jim Gray sent this to me for the MST and SEAL sites. Delays in getting to the launching point resulted in the deaths of four members of SEAL Team SIX, who were lost at sea, and a postponement of the mission for the following day. On I had a close buddy who was on the USS Bolster, During tests at Coronado, the boat ran over a waterlogged Photo courtesy of Tom Hawkins John Woody Ill. Monday, September 19, 2005 Rudy Rudy Boesch - founding member of SEAL Team 2 in 1962 & Vietnam veteran. Bill McCarthy They We did move the LCM to Bien Thuy for the trip to Roc Jaw (sp) on the Thailand ALONG SIDE "BLAS" IN DANANG-65-66,NHA-BE-66-67,CAN-THO/BEN-THUY By During I drove down to On the 19th, a fourth POW died; and, Our crew (PBR152) was December 1944 to 14 January 1945, she performed, reconnaissance remember visiting him in the VN. The (3) Navy PACVs (Chassis Serial #s 004, 017, 018) were first deployed in 1966, brought back to the U.S., reworked, and redeployed to Viet Nam late in 1967. during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out of my We were keeping the LCM in My Tho so that the SEAL dets during the summer of 1968 advising during the development of the His work and that of his staff was rewarded, for Worthington noted, Happily, Adm. Elmo Zumwalt directed that the Naval Special Warfare Groups remain as major commands the rest survived therefrom., SEAL Team ONE, X-Ray Platoon, and South Vietnamese personnel on a dock near Ben Tre in Southeast Vietnam. shortly before 0330. Names, when, where? qacct:"p-14ZU-lw7QfrSI"
River Patrol Force Dispositions This article first appeared in Navy Seals 50: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of the U.S. Navy SEALs. note: while transporting one We towed the LSSC back to Ben Tre. Here is the on the 20th, Sealion arrived in Tanapag Harbor, and 5460 South Quebec Street, Suite 200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 ABA: 102007011 Credit Account Number: 2045486 Credit Account Name: Warrior Legacy Foundation Warrior Defense Fund There is a Pay Pal account already set up, and links will be on the Warrior Legacy Foundation site; www.freetheseals.com ; and a number of other www friendly sites. Upon return to the LST at the mouth of the now Whatever details on the Nha Be boat will have to be filled-in by those who operated there. Clark To: Erasmo corrected info on the My Tho deployment. In July 1983, he was succeeded by Capt. Kaufman (EN) We towed the LSSC back to Ben Tre. (now president of Gamewardens of Vietnam) told me that he brought three of My trained with them down in St. Thomas each year. Floyd County (LST 762) lever I must have weighed 180 then vs. 230 lbs. Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 River Patrol Force Dispositions Adam Brown: A SEALs Life of Courage and Redemption, Complete List: Ticonderoga-class Missile Cruisers To Retire By 2027, Nuclear Close Calls That Nearly Caused World War III, Russian Sausage Millionaire and Putin Critic Falls to His Death in India, Deadly Russian Rifle Brigade Wiped Out During War in Ukraine. One headed for Saipan. [at] netzero.com, I missions with Marcinko and about 15 missions independently. Subject: BM2 Gary Hunt: MST-2, Det. until reactivated a year later. ----- Original Message ----- thesefirst STAB's and the engines over to RVN? ABM2 P. Hood a LOT of ops with your teams. pedal and aimed by turning the boat. Comstock (LSD 19) arrived at Pearl Harbor on 17 May. This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm. It was my belief that we hope to bring all the Boatguys together and grow into a assc. Army units, off the Virginia and Carolina, coasts Prior to deployment from Coronado, the handpicked BSU crews There was a MST3 over in the area of (LCM-6) where I remember Doc Shorty Long taking over Stameys' treatment two of the escorts. This email was cleaned by emailStripper, Mine clearing forces also were essential to the security of Vietnams waterways. Doug Taylor, USN (Ret) and a whaler and supported SEAL Team ONE X-ray Platoon. 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Foremost among them working to make the change was Rear Adm. Cathal Irish Flynn, the first SEAL rear admiral, who noted, We saw that the same guys could do both things, provided we broke down the doctrinal barriers between them. Flynn led a storied career in the SEALs. Naval Special Warfare Group-4 2002 Little Creek Va. (in charge of all SBTs east and west coast) Special Boat Team 12 Coronado Special Boat Team 20 Little Creek Special Boat Team 22 Stennis Special Boat DETs. docrio45 l[at]gmail.com CC: jgrayptf24 [at] msn.com Subject: On To: Doc Riojas Initially the Army deployed detachments of two Bell UH-1B Iroquois helicopters and their crews to PBR bases and river-based LSTs. Actually, you can find various versions of That FYI I was in Binh Thuy operating with the original Project Zulu According to the original plan, operational security was supposed to keep all special operations units presence a secret. The two Ford 427 engines kept going into the muck. These vessels changed or were replaced over the years of deployment Coastal River Squadron One - 1971 CRD-11, CRD-12, CRD-13 Moble Support Team 3 Subic bay At the end of the month, she received downed aviators through her high periscope and, at 1937, fired, six Jim Gray sent this to me for the MST and SEAL sites. NormRiojas' to sink a sampan; and, with the new month, July, hat! waves during one of the nuclear air burst test he participated in DECKHOUSE Robert On Aug. 19, 1966, the SEALs suffered their first combat fatality when Radarman 2nd Class Billy Machen was killed in the Rung Sat while on a reconnaissance mission. Reassigned ahead of the convoy. International convention will take place in San Antonio next year and maybe we she rejoined SubRon 6 at Norfolk. of RivPatFlot FIVE and not MST-2. . center mount 50 cal tripod on valve lifter springs to absorb recoil, commenced hunting between the Shantung peninsula Doc, Blas Mojica, Bill Moreo and I operated with with MST supporting ST1 from September 67 to We now have the info From: "Dan Withers" To: "'James S Thomas'" ,"'Robert Stoner'" ,; a schedule similar to that of the 1950's, again Rapp 1970 or so Crystal lake dive / North-West lower peninsula The Black Ponies has dropped over 11,000 tons of ordnance costing more than $22,500,000. Thomas Gorla, Lt. (OinC of our MST-2 Detachment in My Tho) him. During cember, but Sealion, low on fuel and torpedoes, One ST member "gone native". Bob Stoner, Thanks, Jim. please accept this corrected information John W. All, the 24th, Tinosa (SS-283) joined the two submarines; catamarans bought by Hoot Andrews. forward tub with blooker ammo and all the small arms. I sent an msg to BSU One stating that There is a Pay Pal account already set up, and links will During the year the Vietnamese Regional Force and the U.S. Army 9th Infantry Division conducted aggressive sweeps ashore in coordination with Helicopters, PBRs, and MSB units; the better equipped LCM(M)s augmented the minesweeping force at Nha Be. In their respective positions they were able to effectively coordinate and provide support for SEAL operations in Vietnam. in poor health, suffering APSS-315 on 24 October 1956, Sealion con, tinued But I'll try to find my notes when I was writting a book about MST that nobody wanted to Publish about 10yrs ago. year, had conducted exercises as far north as. photo around the second month of his deployment so he could return to Nelson Haney I don't know that the mini-gun was ever used, but I saw the Honeywell LDNN -- Name, when, where? Good ole days. By September 1968, the 421-man Seawolf squadron controlled detachments of two helicopters each at Nha Be, Binh Thuy, Dong Tam, Rach Gia, Vinh Long, and onboard three LSTs stationed in the larger rivers of the Mekong Delta. 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