Red Cell The Last Mission, A True Story - RIP Richard Marcinko
Vložit
- čas přidán 26. 12. 2021
- This is all true and took place in 1986 at Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station
Part II where I show you that picture of the Navy Seal our guys caught:
• Red Cell The Last Miss...
If you enjoyed this, you'll love this one :D: • When Old Marines Hang ...
EDIT: A pal who served with me at Seal Beach NWS in 1986 just sent me this today (27 Sept '22):
• Secret SEAL TEAM attac... - Jak na to + styl
My Marcinko story from the mid 90's. I was working in Los Alamitos and was having lunch at this place across from the race track. I walked out and lit up my after lunch smoke next to the paper stands and standing there waiting for a lady to come out of the restaurant was Richard Marcinko. I turned to him a said how you doin' and turned to me and said "better than you if you keep smoking those things".
That was cool hearing Los Alamitos mentioned. Back in the mid-1980’s, during our truck driving days, when we had to stay in the greater L.A. area for any amount of time, we stayed at a hotel in Long Beach called The International Inn. Then in the later part of the day, usually Friday or Saturday we’d go up to a place called The Starting Gate, it was a bar/club which happened to be across from the race track. We don’t imagine it’s around anymore, but it was quite the place while it lasted.
So, did you stop smoking those things?
@@low-budgefudge2164 Unfortunately I didn't.
@@tieroneactual2228 Hey Tier One Actual, sorry I didn't see your post. The Starting Gate was in the very same strip mall. It was at one end and this family type American diner was at the other.
Marcinko! He's most likely in Valhalla right now organizing a "Team". Total bad ass and thank God he was on our side. PURE WARRIOR
Richards TEAM is waiting in Valhalla for the commander to inspect them and further impress their leader. God bless em all....
Red Cell embarrassed so many Navy brass and flushed their chances of promotion by demonstrating lapses in security, that it became one of many reasons charges were drummed up against Marcinko later.
Richard was railroaded off to prison because to some traitors, it was more important to be promoted than to be a TRUE PATRIOT AND LEARN FROM RICHARD, HOW BEST TO GUARD OUR IMPORTANT BASES. PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR OWN DESIRES BEFORE THEIR DUTY TO PATRIOTISM MAKE ME SICK. GOD BLESS YOU RICHARD, YOU SHOWED THEIR TRUE COLORS AND IT WASNT RED/WHITE AND BLUE....
Ego is bad for leaders
It's why Marcinko was sent to Prison for 21 Months on Bogus Charges bc he embarrassed The Navy Brass.
Ft. Jackson 1995 or 1996 i was fotunate emough to be selected as the single MP assigned to his PX visit for a book signing (ironic for sure I know) I was with him for 2 hours. He got out of his limo with a bandage on his elbow. After becoming a bit familar with one another I asked him what happened to his elbow. He replied, someone at the airport insisted I was past my prime" I then said, "And Im assigned to your book signing as a security detail" lol. Very personable and it make it an experience I'll nevr forget. RIP sir.
In the mid 80's, I was stationed at a US Army airfield in West Germany. After I had been there for a year or so, a new guy on guard duty decided it would be fun to shoot a sheep out by the flight line. We had a German sheep herder who kept the grass low with his sheep grazing. After that shift, it was found that he was missing one round of ammo. He didn't fess up to it, so they locked us all down to find that bullet. Took a week, until someone ratted him out. After that. the Colonel decided none of us should have ammo on guard duty. At the same time, he decided to contract the local Polezei unit to patrol the inner perimeter fence at night, every once in awhile. The Colonel and the commander of the guard didn't tell us this. One night, I'm out with a new guy patrolling the back of the air field when I hear voices in the trees. I left the young kid back with the radio, and I approached the noises. I issued the challenge, and the voices stopped, but they didn't have the password. Two Polezei officers stepped out from the tree line, apologizing in German, which I did not understand, at the time. I aimed my empty M-16, I had a mag in it, at the two officers, and called back to the new guy, and told him to get the Sergeant of the Guard out to our location, pronto. While waiting on reinforcements, I had the two Polezei get on the ground and lie face down. I did this with an empty weapon! Pretty soon I heard a Cut V, a military pick up truck, hauling the mail out to our position. When they came up, the Sergeant jumped out and ordered me to let the Polezei officers up off the ground. That's when he decided to inform me that the Polezei were performing guard duty too. I expressed my concern to him not telling us this, while we were pulling guard duty. I tried to ease the tension by apologizing to the Polezei, and showing them that my weapon was empty. They did not find it as funny as I did. They talked with the Sergeant, who spoke German. He turned to me and said, "These officers would like to take you out for a couple beers." To which I replied, "I'm not going anywhere with those guys!". The next morning, when the blotter came out, and the Colonel read it, I was relieved of all further guard duty assignments, and the soldiers were given ammo on guard duty, again. The word was that the Colonel said, "Well, it's obvious this soldier doesn't need any more guard training. Take him off the roster as a reward for his diligence to duty." I spent the next year without having to pull guard duty. It was sweet.
Good one, all the wild stuff that happened at my post on top of the characters would make for a great TV show but no one would believe anybody it
That's insane!
That's awesome!
I'm a Pershing Vet and was stationed over there. I pulled warhead security on a CAS site...we always had our M16's loaded. Nukes were nothing to screw with.
Thanks for sharing. I think you did exactly what you were assigned too.
How could you know who they were.
Glad it worked out for you.
Thanks for your service.
I served with this great man on a mission in Africa , he was the most awesome awesome leader I ever had the pleasure of serving with, God bless him his memory and all of his endeavors Semper Fidelis 🦅🌎⚓
I was fortunate to have met him at a book signing in 1995. Was an honor. Too bad I didn't think to bring a camera; would have loved a photo with him. I was on Naval Weapons Station Goose Creek, SC when Red Cell came through.... I spoke with him about that. A true American.
I was at Marine Barracks Naval Weapons Station Charleston, SC. (Goose Creek) North Side 78" 79"
Semper Fi!
Rest In Peace
Dangerous Dick Marcinko🙏
Hell of a story man it's cool hearing stories about the old corps. Semper Fi
Eight!
Richard Marcinko: A true warrior! RIP!!
Red Cell was my absolute favorite book I must have read it 5 times or more. I have the entire collection. I brought the first two books with me to read during 'selection' and training. RIP Cmdr Marcinko
I read his first book back in the 90's. Seaql Team...read them all ever since.
It grieves me to hear of his death.
RIP Dick... An amazing man, warrior & Patriot
Those books/stories hit different. Guys an absolute ledg!
His autobiography is some of the best reading ever. RIP.
Should be required reading
You mean "Rogue Warrior" right?
Rest In Peace. Like him or not the man helped form what we have now. He was a fore runner and a warrior.
He grew up in my hometown, Lansford, Pa
Great story, Mike!!
I was on Barracks Duty for my first two years in the Corps down at North Island (84-86) and we always heard about the Red Cell (we referred to them as Red Teams at the time, I think), so we were always training with the Red Team threat in the back of our minds. I was on Barracks Duty when the original Red Dawn came out and we had a super gung-ho Plt Cdr who made us all go see it on a day off. It was pretty awesome being a young Marine in SoCal in the 80's!! Good times!!!
S/F!!
You seem to be the only veteran to mention the passing of Richard Marcinko. I watch other CZcams channels run by veterans and not one mentioned Richard Marcinko's passing. Just odd. Semper Fi Marine.
I was thinking the same thing.
It is odd
Will never forget the time in the Navy I got an NJP, suspended. The C.O. of my shop was a Mustang Marine, and he told me this, despite me being a Sailor: "You're not a Marine until you've been Masted, and I had 3 of them." RIP CMDR Marcinko.
They tried to get me a second time for wrecking a truck but the thing had blad tires with the steel belting poking out of them - they were making all kinds of crazy threats but there was a Marine there with a camera so I said, "hey, get over hear and take pictures of these bald tires, be sure to get the steel poking out of them" My quick thinking helped me dodge a bullet there. I was on my way to one after hitting a corporal but figure a way out of that one, too... I really should share some of them stories here
Red Cell member Steve Hartman was my supervisor at the Navy Yard and I've been trying to find him.
It was great watching your video. Cool to hear you mention M.C.A.S. El Toro. My Mom (R.I.P.) was stationed there in 1955-56, after Parris Island. Once in awhile growing up I would hear her mention it from time to time, but not till our High School years we were able to truly understand what it meant to her to have served in the Corps. Semper Fi!
Thanks for the story marine! A good man passed, thank you and all that served this nation!
Great story! My Dad was an E-7 (CPO) in the Navy and would have to serve as the OOD (Officer Of the Day) every so often (can’t recall; once a month?).
He told me that their issued Colt Govt Model .45 was to be kept unloaded, per Naval policy. But he kept his loaded, just in case.
I don’t like your avatar, you bastard. Change it. Now!
His team took over key parts of our base in the late 80's! Great and educational exercise although they terrorized more than one person and made some senior officers look inept. ( I got lucky and escaped being taken prisoner). RIP ⚓🙏
Lucky for me my father was in Vietnam with him, got to hear some good stories
I had the honor to meet Mr. Marcinko when I lived in the DC area in the 1990s. He was a very interesting man, indeed...
Marcinko was like the 'town tamer' sheriff in the old west that was indicted for murder in every town he cleaned up. He did such a good job in red cell that he embarrassed a lot of the brass by exposing their incompetence that he was targeted by NCIS that attempted to hang him by hook or by crook. Much the same way they went after Eddie Gallagher.
Yes, well said. Good analogy & summary. A few people said this is kind of grievous for them. I didn’t know that man, but I read his books and was fond of his leadership style, and his humor. In that he was sort of a mentor, and I grieve as well. USN Ret. 92-2013.
@@andrewcanady6644 then being retired you understand how political command can be where they think they can do anything they want to a subordinate they target. Politics can get very nasty. I'm not picking on the Navy, I too was a squid, you see it everywhere even in the corporate world and city or state government is probably the worst.
NIS were incompetent clowns back in the day and they STILL are!!
Richard and his team were tasked with looking at how secure some of our most important, military run bases are! This way we can LEARN from any weaknesses and FIX the security breach BEFORE AN ENEMY COMES KNOCKING. WELL richards team did AN AMAZING JOB but there were a bunch OF WEAK MEN, WHO COULDNT ACCEPT THEYRE OVERSITES IN A DUTY ASSIGNED TO THEM SO INSTEAD OF BEING GREATFULL TO LEARN HOW TO KEEP ALL OF US SAFER THEY TRIED TO RUIN RICHARD MARCINKO.
WHAT THEY COULD NEVER LEARN WAS HE WAS A REAL PATRIOT, A REAL MAN WHO WASNT SELF SERVING, INCOMPTENT AND WEAK LIKE THEN. GOD BLESS you Comander Marcinko, for your dedication and selfless sacrifice and patriotism.
My remaining christmases will be a little darker knowing you left us then. Take care SIR
I'm the cook from the 3/3/3 that served with Dick M Seal Team 6 for the kidnapping of the African president
I’ve read all Marcinko’s books. R.I.P. Rouge Warrior.
Mike, I was there with Marine Barracks, NWS Seal Beach during that RedCell Op.....that was a wild time, I was in the 1st Guard Section, (I was also the Motor-Transport NCO for the Barracks-call sign 101) had the privilege to drive Marcinko and his boys around before and after the operation, one of the Team-6 Chiefs was a former Marine, hung out with him for a while. I was also there during the theft of the Law Enforcement Drug-Bunker evidence, wild times for sure. Remember that Boot that was on post on the South Side that shot a couple Canadian Geese with his M16, and another boot discharge his 12ga inside the duty hut (accidental?) I have never been in a more radical crazy unit then this one before Seal Beach and after....did 12yrs in the Corps, got out after my return from Desert Storm.
Wow, some of that kind of rings a bell but so much crazy stuff happened its hard to remember it all
@@AstroVanTribe Lt Petrino was the Guard Executive Officer while we were there, I forgot the Baracks OIC's name. Lt Pertino and I served with 1/1 together, Remember a Cpl Verutto, (weight lifter) he was a cook, and Cpl Fleagle (Big Guy) we were Cpl of the Guard together in our section...
@@Hawaiian80882 check my "part II" video - link in the description, you'll see pictures of some of the guys including that SEAL we did capture
Thank You Michael. Cheers!
RIP Richard Marcinko you are a true patriot and a hearo to this great country! Thank to you Marcinko you took the Seals and turned them into a force to fear! GOD bless USN and your family 💖🙏🎖⚓🕊
I like it so much how straight and simple you are with things that happened and the way they happened. Inspiring, thanks
I got there to Seal Beach shortly after Red Cell hit and you nailed it with the command staff. Worst Command I ever encountered. Maj T, Capt B, all the way down, UNSAT. I remember at least 3 Marines that were caught buying things they couldn’t afford on their pay grade. We also had a particular Sergeant W. that was constantly scouring the base looking for “bales” of weed. Rumor was that although it was only a few that initiated the theft, several more Marines got involved after that. I didn’t know it started of from a snitch, I have since seen 2 Marines I was stationed with on television. One became a professional body builder and one, a cook ironically was actually on WifeSwap years ago. Small friggin works. Semper Fidelis Mike.
Interesting story Thank you and Rest In Peace to the greatest SEAL ever!!!
Cool story, thanks for sharing and your service!!!!!!!!!!
Wow really cool back story & intel! Thank you for posting this Michael!
Thanks for filling in this piece of the story.
THANK YOU for your service!!!!!!!
He was a Great leader in my opinion. Your story takes me back to my shipboard days and being a part of the Security Alert Force. I remember being told during security drills that if you actually inserted a magazine then someone better be shooting at you! Weapons were basically never to be loaded. Good story.
Retired GMCS 73-94 , yup that was not a good thing .. We always told everyone they had to yell "halt" three times before shooting , so when we issued weapons , everyone ran off yelling "halt halt halt " .. Highlight of my security alert details was in Naples , I had just put 3rd on and we were alongside the tender and there was another ship outboard of us .. Security alert goes down , they sent me to the brow between us and the other ship , I get there just as their CO stepped on the brow and I told him we had a security alert and he could not cross ... I was sweating bullets with this CDR cussing me with all he had .. CDO came out on the fantail and he started cussing the CDO , CDO told him he was not crossing until we secured ..
I love my Navy Seals. Thank you. Barbara ♥️
I’ve read almost all of Dick’s books over the last 30 years. True patriot! God bless him
Killer story. I never knew about Red Cell until he passed. Just watched a series on here about him. Fascinating dude.
Great story- thanks for sharing with us.
Interesting story about the unloaded weapons. In the USAF I guarded nukes and AF1. Our weapons were loaded at all times. Marcinko was a legend.
you just can't trust young Marines with loaded weapons.... :D
Thanks for sharing the story and being so forthright. Miss my 80’s duty adventures in the 101st Airborne.
Just as much fun in the 90's 101st Airborne.
Chesty Puller was visiting a Marine base and was asked what he would like to see. Puller replied "Take me to the Brig--I want to see some real Marines". Or as the story goes. Sounds like 'ol Chesty.By the way, the guards on the USS Cole were forbidden to load their M16's. When I stood Boatswains Mate of the Watch in port, I had a 1911 in an old WW!! black holster with two clips of ammo on my web belt. I always loaded the pistol and the Officer of the Watch never said a damn thing. This back in 1971 and 72. My My MY how things have changed! I loved your story! Marcinco pissed off the Big Brass off so bad by showing their deficencies and they fuc8ed with him with bullshit charges. Too bad we don't have more like him.
Thank you for sharing this with such honesty
21 year , Navy Veteran Retired , Rob Mahar R.I.P.
Thanks for standing up for what needs to be done 👍👍
He was the man that Stallones character in Expendables. I’ve read his books. Great stuff. The whole story is fairy tale but in real life. God rest your soul Demo Dick. Much love and thanks for the story. 🤙🤙
Great story. Thanks for sharing!
Sharkman will be missed!
Richard Marcinko. May he rest in peace. Another Warrior to guard the the gates of Heaven waiting for the final call for battle.
He was among the baddest of badasses.
great shit bro. im a 20 year vet, love your shit , dont stop telling it they way you lived it
I fly outa Los Alamitos AAF all the time (government employee, NOT military) and always look down at Seal Beach NWS directly south of the field. I always think of Marcinko and the stories he told in both Rogue Warrior and Red Cell about that place. Amazing books.
Thank you for story about this. Military Commander must look past there EGO. The move up the Ladder, what JOBS there getting after Retirement. They must look at the weak points in there base security. When you look at Red cell from the 80s, this is so important in today's world. The MAN was ahead of his times.
R.I. P.
What a cool story....thanks and happy new year
thank you bud. if you have more stories i might just have to tune in
Thank you for sharing this. I grew up in HB and I had always heard these rumors about the bunkers.
Good story. Thanks for sharing Devil Dog.
I was STATION DITO in the PI at that time and never knew this story, thank you.
He shaped my entire you get outlook on life. I thought of him as a mentor. I always wondered what other seals thought of him. He did innovate alot of modern special ops
Copy
Yes he was my inspiration in the 90s while reading Rogue Warrior. Wow it opened my understanding of being a man patriot and warrior Amazing man
We miss you Commander Marcinko He made 2 Seal teams into 6 with his creativity. Little did they know...
R.I.P. Richard Marcinko ,
Red Cell was still operational in 1985. Only person I ran into that took one look at me and I knew he had just ran through, in his head, how he was going to kill me.
Heroes Never Die. RIP Shipmate. Carry on.
That event is my favorite part of the book. i grew up in socal, about 15 miles north of SBNWC, if you wanted to go to the beach, passing the base was the shortest route. Also crazy to read someone write about an area that you live in... to include the huge retirement village that used to be across the road. i believe i even saw his insertion point/launch boat in the estuary/bridge location on PCH. normally local fishermen were allowed to enter that area (in very small 2-3 man boats) on the weekends. One day while driving that PCH/bridge, i saw a medium sized yacht sitting on the seaside of the bridge.. too large to make it into the area and thats what stuck with me, it didnt look right. was it them?? i dunno, but i like to think that it was. great little shout out to "the bull" too, i wish that place was still around! RIP Frog-Man!
Marchinko also pointed out that the retirees were more on the ball than the folks that were supposed to be. It looked darn BAD for the CO of the gate guards - who knew Marchinko - but he took the stinging like the man that he was - because Marchinko was right.
@@PGHammer21A yup, i remember. the whole retiree village was vets. i'd been in there as a kid delivering furniture.
@@omlettedufromage8588 That was the thing about Richard. If you did the work - even at HIS expense - he will give you credit for it - which was the case with the retirees. (Even the commander of the gate guards - who knew Richard pre-Red Cell - and actually lobbied to have Red Cell show up and test his troops - which was unusual in that it was coed; he said the same thing - despite the stinging HE took.)
This is amazing. I live right down the street from the naval weapons seal beach now. I'm right on Westminster road. I work over by the old El Toro base so this story really hits home for me. I was in the Corps a few years after this in 88 and never heard any of this? Crazy jarheads always up to no good. That's a 100% fact.
Great story. Esp when u said u got busted doing coke w some girls!! I was in the Navy and had to go see the CO for underage drinking and starting an altercation at the base E-club. Got 45 days extra duty and a 200 fine. I wish i could have me CDR Marcinko. It would have been a huge honor.
I only accidentally found out yesterday on a New York site, had to search for news...
For those who may not know, he started the post-gulf war, action hero (highly realistic fiction) genre book category and the british SAS commander Andy McNab followed almost immediately, who was also as good as RM....it was really just the two of them in the '90s into the 2000s. Others tried, but just didn't have the knack for it.
Yeah, except Andy Mcnab heavily fictionalized his Bravo Two Zero account.
There's a CZcams video worth looking for of the real story of Bravo Two Zero. It's filmed as a documentary and much different than the book. I'm glad the record was set straight as I recommended McNab's book to a lot of people.
RIP R.Marcinko.Loved his books.
I read his book Rogue Warrior. Crazy stuff, may he rest in peace
You're clearly a brother who's just being absolutely truthful, and this is a great story, man. I have to take a bit of an issue with the word "tortured," when it comes to what the guys actually did. They pushed the edge of the reality envelope, to get peoples' attention, but the Cell didn't actually cross over into anything that was "real world" violence when they ran ops. They hurt people's egos and feelings. What a pile of journalists, civilians and brass might call "torture" is essentially just somebody getting their fking feelings (and maybe a little skin) bruised. Anyway, Dick was an incredible guy and was truly one of the smartest, sharpest, hard charging, knuckledraggers I've ever had the privilege of knowing, and this was a great story. It's a shame you didn't get some time with him to compare notes on this op. I think he would've had fun reminiscing with you.
Thank you for pointing out the MISSUSE OF THE WORD TORTURE. Commander Marcinko would NEVER torture ONE of our own. Hurt feelings,a couple bruises...yha BUT that was just the objective to complete his mission. GOD BLESS RICHARD and i want to thank you, SIR for your service to protect this great nation.
I met him at a book signing once. Classy, friendly, guy!!
It's still torture. It's also kidnapping. Sounds like you're the one with your feelings hurt over the word. When it comes to the law, theyll make it sound as harsh as possible and get a conviction for it too. Even mental anguish at that point would be torture.. Plus the guy was a civilian.
The idea of Marines or Soldiers not having loaded weapons is ridiculous.
Great story brother, Semper Fi!
Awesome video brother.
Great Story! I enlisted in the Corps just a few years after this incident, the stories were still a hot topic..
Great story. Just subscribed!
My nephew Mike is a security forces Marine. Good boy.
Served under LCDR Marcinko back in da days as a young tadpole. Original Plank Owner, excellent teacher, Warrior, leader, friend. Until Valhalla...
Marcinko is one of my hero’s.
Michael! My husband, also a Marine, was the one that drove those guys to their final destination after they were busted. Took them to McDonald’s for their “last meal.” He figured out where Marcinko’s guys were posted. Small world. Semper Fi.
Keep sharing more stories.
I remember Richard - and even Red Cell - because it was based in my home town. (Not Alexandria VA - but Indian Head MD - my home town - I grew up there, went to elementary and high school there and spent my young adulthood there.) Okay - why Indian Head? Indian Head has history - long and extensive history - I called it - as a civilian - "reach out and touch someone" history; started BEFORE torpedoes - with cannons - in 1890. Turns out that the Navy diving school was based there - and became legendary itself. (As we all know, UDT (Underwater Diving Teams - the predecessors of SEALs) had a stop at Navy Diving School enroute to UDT. With NAVSCOLEOD - the Naval EOD SChool - also on site- it makes hiding about thirty SEALS - which is how big Red Cell was - a piece of cake.) The ONLY incident that Red Cell EVER got into in Indian Head itself was after it was shuttered - and like a lot of military installations do when shuttered, it was environmental in nature - in other words, it involved the EPA and the state equivalent - MDE - Maryland Department of the Environment. Far from news to me. (As to WHY it's not news to me, Google-search environmental issues involving Andrews AFB between 2000 and 2005 - I was working there - for a government contractor - between 2001 and 2003 - and was NOT involved in the messes uncovered - but did know about them.) I've read most of Richard's books - including "Rogue Warrior"; in fact, I re-read "SEAL Force Alpha" earlier today - I have it in hardcover.
My Dad taught at the EOD school.
Outstanding if I was to ever run into you in real life I would tell you some really interesting stories
Thanj you for your service sir
Believe it or not these guys saved thousands of American lives.
If Red Cell and admiral Lyons and Cmdr Marcinko were still around; we’d be ahead of our enemies.
I had no idea he was gone, when??? Truly A hero and warrior, leader, and inspiration. Thank you so much.
We need more men like Marcinko leading tough men in the night.
We were safer when the original Seal Team 6 was operating!
Kudos for being straight up. Great story
Infantry marine or army like me you get fucked with on guard duty. Red Cell is a necessity for all military branches and in the police department should be used he was ahead of his time
Now, Now, Now. We both know Red cell would've made any brass at a Police department look stupid and shows that the citizens are not as well protected as they've thought.
What you send is true sounds like we’ve been the similar profession
Your RIGHT ON THE MONEY, ADOLFO..GOOD MAN
I learned a lot from him, when I got in security. Damn.
Rip Dick. Read rogue warrior when I was 16 and have been a fan for years
Love the channel. Wish more people showed interest in what the boys did for our security.
Takes a big man to flat out just be telling the truth, respect
admire appreciate your full disclosure , owning it, being /keeping it real= honesty is a must.
Mike, first- Semper Fi brother!. I too was in in MCSF back then we called it Barracks Duty. I am not doubting your story at all... But I do know that, even back then, there was no entering a conventional weapons bunker without detection. From cameras to silent alarms, on the bunker doors, motion detectors etc., all being monitored at some form of a control center. This would indicate that the conspiracy to hit that storage bunker went much deeper than the Marines who entered it. They had to have had help/support from someone in the control center ignoring the alarms and cameras. As you well know, that compromise of, even a conventional bunker, would have alerted the QRF (or BAF as was called it back then) as a "crash call actual"... Again, I do not doubt your story at all... there were some sketchy Marines back in the 80's... and I could add some pretty cringe stories to yours... LOL
Some things to note however, while you were at Seal Beach, I was on Coronado, guarding gates, conventional bunkers and nuclear storage bunkers and nuclear maintenance and inspection compounds- and we carried all weapon platforms loaded. Now, we did not have a round chambered, but there definitely was a loaded mag in all of our duty weapons. When we trained (and we trained a lot as you noted) on live fire ranges, the first order of business was to charge the weapon as a matter of muscle memory.
Its interesting that your work schedule was 6/6... We did the 4 on 8 off for 48 hours and then rolled into 2 days of training... Often times we would go from our duty days right to Camp Pendleton for training. Other times, since we were on Coronado, we'd go run beaches, the SEAL O-course, run scenarios or have 2 days of class room training... and then have 2 days off. That cycle brought about 72's and 96's every few months or so.
As to Red Cells... while others have done videos about that Teams 100% success rate- those success rates were only bragged about by Marcinko himself- which he did a lot of. When they attempted to hit us (our Security Force Co.) they did not fair as well. We caught them in the process of their surveillance on our unit twice. After the second time they moved to the soft side of the base and harassed the sailors in the port areas and at the PX (which technically was on base, but outside the gates).
Your stories brought back some memories for sure.. Semper FI...
what an incredible life he lived and story. i really wish he was around his prime right now in these days with 6 with how everything has gone on. be interesting to see what may or may not have happened in it all
Richard was a true badass.
Great vid...bro..😎👍
Get story! Happy New Year!
Busted? Not the end of the world. I served with a guy (Navy) that made E-4 and E-5 twice in his four years in. You weren’t lying though. Those Chiefs with the red hash marks on their uniforms were the ones you could really learn from 😉
Good story. I saw the 60 Mins piece back in early 90s. Of course I ran out and bought Marcinko's book immediately. I think 'torture' is a word thrown around too freely these days. I saw the vid on TV and I wouldn't necessarily call that torture. More like 'roughed up' a little. IMHO.
See my "part 2" video, link in the description
Be at peace Commander Marcinko.