SEALs SQUEAL

There is a disturbance in the Force . . . the recent media spotlight the SEALs have brought upon themselves . . . and now THIS incredibly arrogant ass . . . S.L.

Bin Laden Shooter Openly Disses Delta Force: ‘Delta doesn’t f**king do anything.’



You can possibly imagine the traffic this has generated on the Special Forces Ultra Top Secret Unauthorized Illegal Team Backchannel Frequency; it has evolved into everybody's stupidest SEAL stories from operating with them . . . this shit is hilarious and I can't make this shit up:

"This took place in Greece in the 80s. We picked up a SEAL team on ghetto coastline. When they parachuted in over the water they lost their radio equipment. They had a radio but not stuff to go with it. Our commo guy helped them out. I can't even say they're at least good swimmers because they road a boat from the drop site to the shoreline.
We walked them to our camp in the mountains. It was a couple days walk for them. They struggled quite a bit with this. Once in camp I took them later to their re-supply DZ. They had no idea what altitude the plane was going to be at what azimuth it was travelling and if was going to be American or Greek pilots. I don't know was their answer to all that. I opened the CEOI (Communications Electronic Operators Instructions) what we used back then which shows you what to do but they had no idea. They didn't even know how to set up a NATO "L".
But when I commented on the cool aftermarket stuff they had with sleeping bags and cooking equipment, I was told, 'Well our mission is Real World, not like you guys.' "

"Former CAG SGM buddy once told me the SEAL TTP for room clearing is to kick down the door, start shooting, and don't stop until all the sheetrock is down. ... then there was their failed hostage rescue mission where they threw a grenade in the room and killed the hostage, a British female journalist (circa Oct 09)."

"Couple more over-the-top and/or "ridiculous" SEAL stories: One day six or seven of them jumped their junior officer, violently grabbing and man-handling him. He fought back ferociously (no shit, he was flailing at them) until one guy reached in and grabbed him hard by the balls and squeezed. That took the fight out of him. They then took him over to a water-filled dunk tank and dumped him in (in uniform). The reason? Turned out it was his birthday."

"We did a night jump into the South China Sea, and the SEALs were retrieving us. They came up to me in their boat, but then I heard someone calling out for help. I told them that I was fine, and that they should go tend to whomever needed help. Their reply? "He's a sniveler, and snivelers get picked up last." Fortunately, no one was in serious trouble - it turned out that our team leader (who I liked and was a pretty decent sort) had his chute fall on him in the water, and with the 2-3 feet chop and a chute over his head he freaked a bit and cut the chute and then called for help (our rigger was a bit peeved, though he wasn't the guy floating out in the S. China Sea in the middle of the night bobbing around with a chute wrapped around his head).
At the end of exercise ceremony, when he walked up to get a joke certificate that the Aussies (I think) had cooked up for the occasion, the SEALs, in formation and all in unison, cried out "HEEEEELP!" in girlishly high voices. Quite the cards. A handful of SEALS parachuted into the water early in the Grenada episode: every one of them drowned and the bodies, to my knowledge, were never recovered. Not so much of a ha ha then."

"We were in El Sal and we had a SEAL platoon with us, or part of one, on a FID mission. One of my team mates, Joe Bob, was just all over this SEAL, all day. By the end of the day, Joe Bob had this SEAL pup crying like a little bitch. We were on a range so I don't know what he specifically said to him, but the SEAL couldn't take it.
FWIW I know "Joe Bob" and he can fuck with a guy's head, he is an expert at psychological cruelty - S.L.

In Panama the SEALS attempted to conduct a linear assault across an open runway - no cover, no concealment = "no go" - entire team KIA.

"Here's a quick one: we hit a target and wrap it up, reposition to flex to another target . . . standing by in an overwatch position waiting for more intell before launching to the next gig. We're about 400 meters from the target we just hit (it's night, otherwise we'd be further back).
I dismount my vehicle, go straight to the minigun and tell the SEAL gunner, 'Hey man, check this out . . . if anyone maneuvers to or from that building, puts rounds in to the gate next to the building.'
That whole neighborhood was hunkered down after the scunnion we had just laid there, no one was even thinking of moving around the rest of the night. Then no more than three seconds after I gave the scoop to the SEAL, he immediately smokes through 800-1000 rounds of 7.62 mini-gun into said gate.
Like, WTF, over? This is what happens when SEALs are scared and trigger happy."

"This was back when I was in 2/75th: we jump make a mad dash to the ORP to link up with 4 SEALs. They are supposed to find the target. One of them is "looking for it" and the other three cannot walk because they wore jeans to the field and got rained on and now they were too chaffed to walk.
Fast Forward, C/2/5th: we are doing a red flag (exercise); SEALs HALO in to Dugway (4500 ft ASL) and don't set their Altimeters and pull at about 1100 ft.
Last ordeal: we are chasing poachers across Kenya, the Platoon leader for the SEALs gets bagged because he used velcro to secure machineguns to the boats and lost two M-60's.
The CPO didn't make it because he was doing steroids, he had roid rage and beat his wife near to death with a claw hammer."

SEAL stories from the Balkans: there were a lot of shenanigans in BiH, the SEALS were acting like kids without any kind of adult leadership. I remember a couple of SEALs showing their ass in Sarajevo by getting drunk and started grab-assing and wrestling in public with side arms falling onto the ground. Then there was their clusterfuck at the bridge when we kicked off the bombing of Serbia/Kosovo. May still be classified, so I'll just refer to it using two words: Bridge Clusterfuck.

My personal favorite SEAL episode: a fellow team sergeant in 1st/3d had an old t-shirt from when he was on ODA 555 - it had the SF Combat Diver badge with the sharks (not yet authorized) and featured these sharks wearing Oakley sunglasses, like the old Maui surfwear shark, clubbing these Seals that were wearing little Dixie cup Navy hats . . . forlorn looks on their faces, bleeding from the nose & mouth, trying to crawl away and some of them had X's where their eyes were. The caption was "ODA 555 - ARMY SHARKMEN CLUB BABY SEALS"

He was wearing it one time in a mess hall at an FOB and we passed a table full of SEALs - OH MY GAWD you should have heard them squeal "THAT'S FUCKED UP MAN!" They were so pissed off and we were outnumbered ten to one but at a time like that you just brazen it out and balls your way through it . . . just smile and look 'em in the eye like "Oh yeah, well FUCK YOU what are you gonna do about it?"

Then there's THIS remarkable memorandum signed by the two top SEALs and distributed in the clear:

I think there is going to be a "Come to Jesus Meeting" very soon from the SEAL command down to the Teams if they have not already had one. I think the public letter was a just a warning shot across the bow. Naval Special Warfare is going to put out the hurt shortly.

WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF US NAVY SEALs?

STORMBRINGER SENDS

NEVER FORGET

In the Commonwealth nations - UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - November 11th is Remembrance Day, in honor of those who fell in war, particularly the First World War. Today is Remembrance Sunday.

In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were ripped open as World War One raged through the heart of Europe. Amidst the death and destruction, the poppy was one of the only plants to grow on the otherwise barren battlefields.

The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realized by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the immeasurable sacrifice made by those who died in World War One and later conflicts.

888,246 Ceramic Poppies Surround the Tower of London to Commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of WWI

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Over a million horses and mules left Britain for the battlefields of Europe during the First World War. Only 62,000 returned.

There is another poem associated with Remembrance Day and recited every year in honor of the War Dead. For the Fallen was written by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), in mid September 1914, a few weeks after the outbreak of the First World War. During these weeks the British Expeditionary Force had suffered tremendous casualties following its first encounters with the Imperial German Army at the Battle of Mons on 23rd August, its rearguard action during the retreat from Mons in late August and the Battle of Le Cateau on 26th August, and its participation with the French Army in holding up the Imperial German Army at the First Battle of the Marne between 5th and 9th September 1914.

For the Fallen was first published in The Times newspaper on 21st September 1914.

It is right and honorable that we respect the fallen Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, and that we teach our children to honor them.

For the Fallen

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end,to the end,they remain.

STORMBRINGER SENDS

HARD TO TELL . . .

. . . is it out-of-control SEAL Narcissism or just plain old everyday CNN Stupidity?

Unfortunate CNN Headline Confuses 'Osama' And 'Obama'

STORMBRINGER SENDS

NO "I" IN TEAM

Key West, Feb 1990 - during Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course (CDQC) - A cadre member was giving us some kind of early morning pep talk during a break in the physical torture: "Remember men, there's no 'I' in Team." Some asshole in the back of the formation pipes up, "No, but there's a 'ME' in it!" Epic smoke session ensues . . .

There’s an “I” in “Team,” it’s in the A-Hole.
When I spent my time in the military, I started out with the idea that I was going in for the long haul . . .

Reposted from The Havoc Journal

STORMBRINGER SENDS

STATE HEALTHCARE = GUN CONTROL

New York’s “No-Gun” List Balloons To 34,500 Names

The State of New York keeps a database of individuals that it considers too mentally ill to own a gun. Recently released figures indicate that the list has grown to a massive size and includes many people who pose no threat to the public.

Figures published last month indicate that the registry includes 34,500 people. Mental health doctors say that this figure far exceeds the number of people who actually have dangerous mental illnesses in the state.

“That seems extraordinarily high to me,” said Sam Tsemberis, the former director of New York City’s involuntary hospitalization program for homeless and dangerous people. “Assumed dangerousness is a far cry from actual dangerousness.”

The state of New York requires doctors, psychologists and social workers to notify county officials about patients who they believe should be prohibited from owning firearms. The decision for who qualifies for gun confiscation appears to be completely up to the doctor.

There have already been at least two cases where guns were confiscated from law-abiding citizens.

In 2013, a college librarian in Amherst, NY was forced to surrender his weapons despite no criminal record or indications of mental instability. Why? Because he had briefly been prescribed anti-anxiety medication.

Another individual, who remains anonymous, also had his pistol permit revoked after the state found out that he was seeing a therapist for anxiety. He had no criminal record or history of violence.

Now it appears that thousands of other peaceful citizens could face similar consequences.

Originally posted by Bruce P. at Bluegrass Bruce

WELCOME HOME SGT TAHMOORESSI

Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi freed from Mexican jail, immediately returns to US after strong diplomatic support.

THE PARABLE OF THE BROKEN WINDOW

Special thanks to Frédéric Bastiat, Henry Hazlitt, and my good friend Dr. Wayne Brough . . . S.L.

A vandal throws a brick through a shop window, breaking a pane of glass. The next morning the townspeople gather to regard the damage. One of the spectators offers this consolation; "It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. At least this way the glazier will have employment fixing the shop window."

This sentiment drives an entire school of thought, which, unfortunately, is embraced by a significant part of our political leaders and representatives, and the professors who teach economics in our academic institutions.
Suppose it cost a hundred dollars to repair the damage; so we say that the vandalism brings a hundred dollars to the glazier's business. The glazier performs the repairs, receives his hundred dollars. And it can be concluded that the economy of the town has just experienced an increase of a hundred dollars.

This train of thought suggests that it is a good thing to break windows, that it causes money to circulate, and that this benefits the economy in general.

This is a fallacy, of course, for if this was true then we would be breaking windows and smashing property all the time in order to increase prosperity. What has really happened is that the shopkeeper now has one hundred dollars less with which to spend on other goods and services - a new pair of shoes for example - or to invest into the future expansion of his business, or to possibly offer as a holiday bonus to an employee. Acts of vandalism are wanton destruction, and have a negative effect on the economy.

It is taught in American schools that World War II got America out of the Depression. This is not true; America was already on its way out of the Depression by 1939, and in fact the Federal Government's interference in the economy actually prolonged the Depression. The argument is made that war is a benefactor, since historically it often has focused the use of resources and triggered advances in technology and other areas while reducing unemployment. The increased production and employment associated with war leads some to claim that "war is good for the economy."

However, this belief is actually an example of the broken window fallacy. The money spent on the 1940s war effort, for example, was money that could not be spent on food, clothing, health care, consumer electronics or other areas. The stimulus felt in one sector of the economy came at a direct – but hidden – cost to other sectors.

One example of the cost of war is the many projects postponed or not started until after the end of World War II in the United States. The pent-up demand for roads, bridges, houses, cars, and even radios led to massive inflation in the late 1940s. The war delayed the commercial introduction of television, among other things, and the resources sent overseas to rebuild the rest of the world after the war were not available to the American people for their direct benefit; neither did the war enrich any of these other nations.

The aftermath of the Firebombing of Dresden, Germany, February 1945

Warfare - like the vandal's brick thrown through the shop window - is wanton destruction, and ultimately has a negative effect on the economy. A few will benefit from the business of war, but the overall effect is a drain on resources. The phrase "War, boom and bust," represents the hollow prosperity of the 1920s following the First World War, and led directly to the Great Depression of the 1930s - which of course gave conditions for the political upheaval which led to Fascism and World War II.

This concludes today's lesson. Pay attention, you will be tested at a future time.

STORMBRINGER SENDS