Re: [Epic] Chat line mailing list

From: sauron1 <sauron1_at_...>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 03:28:24 -0700

duckrvr_at_... wrote:
>
> At 05:08 AM 4/23/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >I have to agree, with all but one point, SEALs are trained not only to
> >break things, but also to kill things quietly and effeciently. I have
> >been in bars where other military people got up to give the SEALs seats,
> >it impressed the hell out of me.
>
> Okay, yeah, they are supposed to kill folks, too. I've never seen anyone
> get up to give a SEAL a seat, and I know I wouldn't. I've only met a
> handful of them, but they are just like most military guys - there are good
> ones and those who slipped through the cracks. One thing most people don't
> know is that yes, they get sent to all these different schools, but they
> only have to actually complete a few of them. For example, I think they
> have to complete 2 of the five jumps at jump school. Yippee. Also, the
> highest rate of washouts at Marine sniper school is Navy SEALS. They can
> get into the program easily, but they are all cowboys or cowboy wannabes
> (not that that makes them bad guys) and don't have the particular kind of
> discipline it takes to complete that training. Oh, yeah, my infantry
> reserve unit was supposed to cross train with some of them to teach them
> mortar techniques. They got called away to do something else, but it was
> actually printed on the official training schedule. So obviously they are
> not gods among men.
>
> Tempsauron1 writes;My experience with U.S. special force units is that they
operate with a great deal of "stuff" that most of us do not have acess
to.In the field the field,the less you need to do it,the less trail you
leave.We have used Elecronic bugs to locate hi teckers and scramble there
com links.Singles are almost imposible to trace.It works for me!
sauron1
Received on Thu Apr 24 1997 - 10:28:24 UTC