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Capt. Peter Wikul,
SEAL is a
NSW legend starting as a Enlisted
and retiring as a Full Captain. He
started out in the UDTs and Seal
Teams and served also in Special
Boat Units 12 and 20 and commanding
SDV Team 2. He held the Rare Title
of "Bull Frog" The longest serving
SEAL in the Teams at the Time of
retirement of 39 years service.
The following is his
point paper he wrote based on his
experience on the Barge Hercules
1987.
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Iran
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Pete said: Jim,
Great to see you're still going
strong, I have been busy with a
number of projects. You can use
anything I have written. If I get
more time I will send more stuff on
the Barges and Boats.
I want to say CMDR Paul Evancoe was
the first C.O. of barge Hercules
1987.
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Mal Flisk
Best tours I ever spent. '83-'89. Have some great pics of
pier in Subic with Seafox, MkIII and LCPL tied up, etc. Let
me know if you need 'em. Only served in SBU-12, trained with
13, and with 11 up in Vallejo. Served in the Gulf 2 times
with SBU-12 (Wim Brown 7).
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- Jim, Thanks for passing this on to me. It's truly an
excellent site. It's
good to see you and others are keeping the history and
culture of "the boats" alive. Keep me informed if you
organize any SBU or CSBR reunions. Best regards,
Tom Campbell [C.O. SBU-12
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Rick Doughman - I have
a ton of Pictures from SBU13 I know you will recognize....I
knew I remembered you...you and Jeff Maddox Pictures of just
about the entire SBU 13 Admin Guys....I also have some great
Pictures from being part of MST3 Det Juliette as a SOC
(Special Operations Crew Member) and some ship attack shots
of seal team doing their thing and we had a Photographers
mate with us who was filming it. . .
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Hardtop PBR SBU-12 SOC riverine Traing at SBU-XI |
SBU-12 SOC driving PBR at SBU-XI note SEAL
Instructor |
Standing watch in the old watch down on piers. Many
a night the telescope trained on the Coronado towers
apartments. |
Early SEAFOX (Note windows on canopy) underway with
SEALs.
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SEAFOXes in Subic. |
The MST-3 Barge PLs Seafoxes and PB in Subic.
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The "new" NSWU-1 Buildings and Piers In Subic |
SBU-12 Boatsguys doing riverine training on PBRs at
SBUXI Mare Is. Look at that rare hardtop PBR |
SBU-12 Riverine Training at SBUXI
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Mike Price RMC - I read your story.
I remember RADM Richards quite well. I deployed to Korea for
either Team Spirit or Foal Eagle (I went to all of them for
4 years) when I was CPOIC of NSWG-1 Mobile Comm Team and he
was Team One's CO. I saw your pics & remember seeing you
when you came in for drill weekends and I had SBR-1 OOD
before I put on the "Hat". I was with Rorey Towne
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story soons as I have time to write it out along with a
couple of SOC memories. I had some great times, met some
great people and, I hope did some good work. I like to think
that we had a big part in getting SWCC to where it is today
and am quite proud to have been part of that lineage. I
don't have many pictures of those days. Unfortunately I lost
a bunch of that stuff during a PCS move so some of Rorey's
and Mal Flisk's pictures are real memory joggers. If you
want to know who yer talkin to go to Roreys SBD story and
look at the picture of the Det on libs in Olongapo, I am
front row, 3rd form the left (With goatee). (To the right of
LT Colvin)
I'll be in touch, and great job with this
site. Run, Shoot, Communicate - Mike Price
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GMG1 Brian Eschbuagh, OIC of a Fountain 33' HSB for
SBU-12 in 1991. Tactics: Generally patrols
are
conducted with two boats running in a 7/1 formation, that is
at 7 o'clock and one boat length away. Seal
Support, Zodiac
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SBU-12 Plankowner Certificate |
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25mm Chain Gun on low profile stabilized
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Aerial view Of WIMBROWN VII in Persian Gulf
1988 base of NSTWU Middle East Forces Pacfic. Note MKIII PBs |
Sand Storm in the Persian Gulf at sea 1988 |
SBU-12 24' RHIB conducting gunshoot San
Clementi Is. |
24'RHiBs
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SBU-12 Reserves on MKIII PB supporting Army
12th Special Forces
Group 1994 |
PB775 typical day in Gulf 1988 |
Maintenance on SOCRHIB Maintenance while not
glamorous plays a major roll in the SBU world |
PB776 The Bat
Boat 1988 Op .Earnst Will. |
MKIII
PBs tied to WB7 Persian Gulf 1988. Note Weapons positions on
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SBU-12 SWCC (BoatGuys) train with hand guns
at La Posta 1997 |
Practical jokes were common place amongst
boatguys |
SBU-12
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10 meter
RHIBs prep for ops, background is Squadron One building and
static display of 23mm guns taken off of an Iranian gunboat. |
Matt Knight In Persian Gulf 1988 |
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SBU-12 new MKV SOC arrive 1996 NAB |
10meter RHIBs with Coronado bridge in
background |
Pat Shima photo of his 120lb Cobia in the
Persian Gulf in 1988, caught on the 776 BAT boat. |
Beer Mess
Directive Letter submitted by Pat Shima. |
SBU-12 MKIIIPB
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SBU-12 with
UDT-12 Aboard at San Clementi Is |
Barge Hercules
Captured Iran Ajar alongside taken from SBU-12 PBMKIII |
SBU-12 Op
Earnst Will, MKIIIPB at Harqus Island |
SBU-12 Op
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A PBMKIII on step and weapons manned
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of Southern Calif.Coast in 1987 |
SEAFOX
idling, note its low-profile in water 1987 |
SEAFOX was a
WET RIDE at speed and worse in heavy seas! |
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30'RIB towing a Zodiac Refuels alongside a PC 1996 |
24' Rib with
all the "gear" on Board where do we put the SEALs?? 1996 |
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shoots a M-60 mg off 24'RIB at SCI 1996 |
30' RIB with Consol aft |
10Meter RIB of Pt Loma |
The Brand New MKVs arrive |
30' RIB with SEALs on Board |
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The 33' Fountain HSB (High
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06-23-07 LCDR Jack
Spratt (Biography
Here) Here is a couple of photos I
scanned. Two are the effects of running the boats in
the oil slick. There are two are pix of Thanksgiving
barbecue on the pier at Ras Al Mishab. And last, I'm
adding two pix of the swari (sp) patrol boat that
was in Kuwait Harbor the day of the cease fire. I
believe the gun on the front is a ZSU-24, like the
one that SBU 12 had in their old compound.
Visit
Jacks PCF-48 Website at
https://jackrvn70.neocities.org/
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The Case for High Speed Boats in Fleet
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Headed back to
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SBU-12 Scorpian HSB |
Desert Shield/Storm 1990 Scorpian and Setton HSBs transfer
gear along side "Happy Duck" the mother ship and one of the
survivors from the Kuwaiti Navy that escape Iraqi Invasion. |
The Setton and Scorpian would be the First Boats in the Gulf
during Desert Shield. Later 33' Fountains and 24'RIBs would
follow. |
Scorpian HSB would receive major hull damage
trying to rescue a downed pilot in heavy seas during DESERT
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Desert Storm 33' Fountain HSB rehearsing SEAL Support Op.
Note Zodiac on Bow. |
Towed 33' Fountain HSB in Post Desert Storm Victory Parade
in Downtown Coronado Calif. |
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24' Hurricane RIB took 4 of these
craft to support a Seal PLT. |
30' RIB det. holding comm. checks at
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30' RIB with SEALs onboard towing a
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SBU-12 Halter HSB |
Halter HSB showing console, gun and
pax positions |
Some of SBU-12's HSB BOYZ |
SBU-12 first type HSB the Setton.
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SBU-12 combatant craft formation circ
1998.IN SBU-12 inventory MKVSOC, 11meter RHIBs
10meter RHIBs, 30' IRHIB, and 24' Hurricane RHIB |
The clean lines and cool cammo of a
Halter HSB |
A SBU-12 armed Halter HSB and rigged
for a fast tow.
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HSB Scorpian during Desert Storm |
Scorpian tying up at a tiny base and Big Pier Saudi
Arabia Desert Storm |
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A HSB Crew of a 40'Fountain making
preps to get underway. |
The FIRST MKVSOC of SBU-12 1996 |
A SWCC in tactical flotation and
gortex circ 1997 |
30'IRIB with SWCC and SEALs |
50 Cal
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40' Fountain HSB |
10 meter ribs and the eternal watchtower from BSU-1
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Halter HSB |
Halter HSB |
Two HSBs at Dawn |
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Hold for for Tony
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Tony Smith Boggies in the Sandbox 1991 |
SBU-12det in Sandbox 1991 |
The Oil Fires from Kuwait Desert Storm. HSBs -a
Scorpion, a Fountain and 2 Settons |
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Craig Chapman BMCS I was Command Senior Chief off and on, for over
four years from 1982 to 1986 at Special Boat Unit
12. During this time we were going through
extraordinary growth, increasing from 100 to 250.
and the introduction of many new craft and concepts
like the Special Operations Crew (SOC) making us the
largest command in SPECWAR on the strand. I made
numerous deployments world wide and three
deployments as Leading Chief of the Special Boat
Detachment (SBD) WestPac in Subic Bay P.I. Some of
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BMCS Craig
Chapman CSC SBU-12 |
SBU-12 UNIT Photo circ 1984-86 |
Zoom for faces |
SBU-12 Officers and Chiefs of SBU-12
Circ 1984-86 |
Zoom for faces |
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Special Boat Detachment Office Subic
bay |
Officer in Charge PB 775 |
Two Budwisers and a Acorn...CMC
Davis(SEAL) CSC Chapman, CMC Star (SEAL) |
SEAFOX in a
C-141 |
Special Boat Detachment WESTPAC ...BMCS
Chapman, Lt Sherrill, Lt Walden |
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Off Duty Bar Olongapo
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Craft Master ASDV-3 kelp beds San
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Me outside CPO barracks NAB Coronado |
Me on PB751 tied up San Clementi
Island. |
CraftMaster ASDV-3 SOCAL SCPO Craig
Chapman.
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Alongside the Fuel Pier, Point Loma,
Calif on ASDV-3 |
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Predeployment Riverine Training with SBUXI |
12
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SBUXI trainers debriefs SBU-12 |
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SBU-XI
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(01-05-09) Bill Sherrill, CDR USN,
Retired
I served with SBU-12 from
November 1983 to August 1985. I served initially as
the maintenance officer, before becoming OIC of DET
Bravo. The most significant maintenance issue I can
remember had to do with the Detroit Diesel's turbo
chargers.
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Tim Curry, GMC, SWCC. 1996 SWCC Class 20,
1996-2001 SBU-12, 2001-2005 SBT-12, retired 2006. |
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SWCC Class 20 Graduation Day at
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Receiving my diploma from Cmdr Mike
Howard. C.O. SBU-12 SWCC was a Tough School. |
SBU-12 Pier too high, boat too small,
and sun too hot,....Saudi Arabia |
30' IRHIB, Heck they will let anybody
drive, should I say .... Damn broke down again |
But Sir ..its my sandwich.. Take the
Gatoraid. The LT a great OIC |
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RIB det Delta, ARG Alpha, on USS
Duleuth LPD-6 and ST-1 Hplt. GREAT DET. |
Me on a another fly away.
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Korea and ROK SEALs Foal Eagle 99 LNO
with ST-5 NSTWU |
MkV Fit Team Instructors |
On MkV Fit Team Training
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MkVs and another beautiful sunset. |
Catching afew ZZZZs where ever you
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MKV and 11 meter Ribs |
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(04-05-09) SBC Robin McKinney USNR Ret
- The Great Baby
Powder Capper 1995 One summer some of us found
ourselves down at SBU-26 “filling-in” while SBU-26 dets were
forward deployed down South. Mr. Kessel, our XO, and Mr. Maxim, our
Ops Boss, made the trip with us. One morning while we were doing
some work on one of 26’s PBL’s (a Boston Whaler),
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Photos
from ET2
Stephen Pryor SBU-12 1986-1989 |
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ARG
at Range in PI
L to R ET Naranjo, BM2 Jones,
back L to R EN3 Castro, ETSN Pryor, EN3 Sheer, EN1 Perry |
SEAFOX 8214 in PI |
ETSN Pryor firing 50cal MG on SWCL 8214 |
ET3
Jerry Naranjo working in Conex Box
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Patrol. Note 81 mortar round and crew is SBU-13 |
Pouncer duty on Barge WBVII |
Familiar sight the Arab DHOW |
The
Ill Designed, and Ill Fated SEA VIking...SWCM of the Mid 80s. Here
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1984 Photos from John Lockhart - For
the ARG platoon Skip, Bob and I were assigned to SEAL Team One Hotel
Platoon. To start the six-month tour we put the Sea Fox and two
Zodiac's to the test. We started at SD1 off Point Loma and went 100
miles out to San Clemente Island in a sea state 5 then turned around
without stopping and returned to base.
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Jeff Maddox and John Lockhart |
PL
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Watching Demo blow in PI from a PL |
Body surfing behind PL |
John Lockhart on PL in Subic Bay PI. |
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Launching SEAFOX on our ARG deployment |
Another
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SWCL Crew in Coastie survival suits |
The
ARG Mothership |
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Photos from B. Meland see also SBU12 and
SBT-12 |
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Promotion and Pinning to Chief Petty Officer
(left) C.O. SBU-12 Capt Mike Howard (middle) CPO B. Meland (right)CMC
Mike Thompson |
MK-19 training at Camp Pendleon 1997 |
Combat Medic training 1997 |
RIB
Det Golf underway training Kodiak Alaska Nov 1997 |
Off
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MP5
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24'Zodiac Hurricane RHIB |
Launching Ribs for the USS Fort McHenery some where in South China
Sea. |
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Det GOLF underway near Guam |
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Det Golf in the port of Rota, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Is.
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04-31-2010) BMC Thomas Schmidt, (ret)
I was at SBU-12 from May 1987 - May 1991, during that time we were
involved with operations around the globe, working independently,
and hand in hand with the Navy SEALS. It was by-far the most
challenging, rewarding and memorable command of my 20 year career.
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PB776 Crew Photo May 1988 Det LT Hildebrand in the middle.
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day in skids WBVII, note MK-19 GL used as barge defense when in
skids |
Heavy seas in the Persian Gulf during Earnst Will. We rode out 25 Ft
seas and 70 knot wind for days,
finally they sent us to Kuwait.. 10 hours later they sent back out
with 15-20 seas and 50 knot winds It was the 5 most miserable days
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VII Lifting a PB out of water PG 1988. |
Lifting a PBMKIII out of water the hull shows hard duty in Gulf. |
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Preparing to Lift a Pb on to Barge.. Joaquin the rigger in blue
coveralls, Lt Oberholtzer in foreground |
PB
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Schmidt in water behind 776 holding on swimmers
platform. |
The
PB Dets of WIMBROWN VII |
Tom
Schmidt with M-60 the John Wayne photo. |
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Sunset in Gulf GMG1 Jose Garcia flashing the Peace Sign. |
Old
encrusted Myan Mine came floating by the barge after storm, looked
like a bag of trash we got a closer look it was a mine. EOD came out
and Blew it up. |
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Schmidt shooting M-16/203 during Det Training Camp
Pendleton... "say hello to my leeetle friend". |
PBMKIII on step in Philippines. |
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Schmidt and his Boys. |
Earnst Will map. |
Sunset in Gulf, PB and Wimbrown in background. |
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Barge Commander Cmdr Gary Stubblefield SEAL (right
bald) akso on far Left Lt Kilrain SEAL (aka KILL_RAY)
others need ID "Best C.O. I served under" to Quote
Jim Gray |
Sunset in the Northern Gulf WBVII, Martha (tug)
and PBMKIII |
Hilldebrand all dressed up and ready to go, bottom
Right Lt Chuck Chaldeckus SEAL |
Det Charlie OIC Lt Hilldebrand on PBMKIII |
Preparing to Lift PBMKIII Barge Foreman Jaquein in
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"Steel Liberty" alongside a FFG got haircuts and
ships store |
Another Day In Gulf |
Chow Hall WBVII Chow hall Good food from the
"Spinnies" |
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Det Workup Weapons training M-60-E3 |
Det Weapons Training 50 Cal Camp Pendleton Calif |
M-60s Familiarization |
50. Cal Fam Fire |
DET Charlie 1988 WBVII Plaque. |
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Tim Sanchez (QMSN/SBU-12)
Chief Gray,
I don’t know if you remember me or not (probably not, LOL) but I was
deployed with you in the PG in 1988. I was with SBU 12 on the 775
with Matt Knight. Anyway, I have some photos from that deployment
if you all would like to have them for your site. View
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SBU-12 Halter HSB. |
SEALs and HSB doing VBSS |
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Citation for meritorious achievement in
response to the 14 April 1988 USS Samuel B. Roberts striking an
Iranian mine in international waters of the Persian Gulf. |
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Steve Chance - SBU-12 This story is about the Kuwaiti
Navy and Coast Guard. Something that you have to know about the
Kuwaiti Navy and CG is that there are only three things that they
are afraid of. The Ocean. The Dark. And each other. When I was told
that I was being sent out to act as a liaison officer for NSW assets
in the Persian Gulf. Man, I thought I had hit the big time. Like my
years of experience were not only being recognized but also
rewarded. Little did I know. they just needed a form of maritime
referee to keep our guys from getting shot up by friendlies. But
what is it that they say about friendly fire? Basically the job was
for . . . read more here |
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SEAN KIENTZ SBU-12 1994-2000
(more Sean ph0tos at SBT-22 and
SWCC.) |
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After awards ceremony Me and the NEW MKVs |
PT swim weekly to Bay Bridge |
PT Bridge swim |
24'Hurracane Ribs Korea 1996 |
Riding the Ribs Japan Island Hopping |
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SBU-12 Rib Det 1996 |
Sean Kientz Night Ops on Rib Korea. |
Japan Dive Ops 1996 |
Japan Jumper Recovery |
MKV of Det Charlie NAB Coronado |
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Loading MKV on C-5 for Tandem Thrust in Aussie Land! |
Sunset on MKV |
Firing the Twin 50s during Det workups |
The Original MKV Det Charlie in Bahrain first
deployment of the MKV in Gulf. |
Me and the Twins 1998 |
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Naked Warrior on MIO Ops VBSS Ops against IRAQ
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(added10-26-2010) Troy Schimdt -
Here is some info about my time at SBU-12.
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I reported to SBU-12
in April 1992 as a ENFA. I then attended Special
Warfare Craft Crewmember School, Class #3 on Sept,
1992. Then my 1st deployment was; ARG
Alpha Det Bravo, USS Juneau LPD 10; Oct 1992 -
April 1993
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I received a Letter of
Commendation, Vice Admiral Katz, for missions in
Mogadishu, Somalia 1992. Then provided Security for
U.S. President George W. Bush; Mogadishu, Somalia
1992 for that visit. Then received the Combat Action
ribbon; Somalia 1992
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Became a Trusty
Shellback, USS Juneau LPD 10, March 1993
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deployment was ARG Alpha Det Bravo, USS Duluth LPD
6; Jan - July,1994
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Then to Army Parachute
Rigger School; Aug,1994 and then Army Airborne jump
school, Fort Benning ,Ga; Nov, 1994. From that we
attempted to set up SBU-12 Air Operations, 1994
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Additional training
included NSW Freefall training; Feb,1995 then became
the Static Line Jump Master, Drop Zone Safety
Officer; June, 1995
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My 3rd
deployment; ARG Bravo Det Golf, Okinawa, Japan
“Southeast Asia” Oct, 1995- April,1996.
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deployment was in Kodiak, Alaska; July-Dec 1996.
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and Chief Engineer; 24ft RIB, 30ft RIB and 10m RIB.
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March,1997 as a EN2.
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(10-22-2010)
Jim King GM1(SW/SWCC)
Jim, I was at SBU-12 From 94-99. GMM1(SW) when I
got there GM1 (SW/SWCC) when I left.
I
was training on the 30' I-rhib when the 10M P-rhib had
come to SBU12. Once I got use to the notion of
the wind and water in my face and I kind of started
to like the rhibs. (I just moved from the PB's)
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Boat guys can drive anything!!! That's me driving
the M113 in Korea during Foal Eagle. I forget
what year. The airman let us drive his "tank".
I asked if he would get in trouble... He said "what
are they gonna do? Send me to Korea..." This
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Benny Juarez -
While conducting
our work up for deployment to Guam in 1993 93-3 PB
Det. Our OIC decided we should lay a track to Dana
Point for lunch, (Academy Boys) then we would head
to Camp Pendleton for our work up. As I was standing
forward as we passed the famous Oceanside landmark
(the smoke stack) I looked in the water and saw what
appeared to be a huge barnacle-lined whale surfacing
directly under our Patrol Boat #755. Suddenly we
rode the crest directly above her and boom we had
just ran over a friggin whale. Panic ensured as our
OIC yelled all engines stop, battle assessment.
Whale dead two screws turned into pork rinds and
lunch has resorted to canned food heated on the
exhaust manifold. We had to wait for the divers and
we limped home on one engine. That sucked. - Benny
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SBU-12 sticker |
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Wade Trip, QM3 - I'm glad that you can use the pic's Jim. My Highest
rank was QM3. I was at SBU-12 from Nov 88 to July
92. I made 3 PI dets April to Oct 89, Jan to July 90
and Oct 90 to April 91. During the first Det I was a
PB crewmember the other 2 I was an LCPL coxswain.
Then in April 91 i spent 6 months in Kodiak, 3
training on the RHIBs and the next 3 helping train
with PO1 Wilson. Then I did an ARG Det Jan to July
92. I will see if i can remember some more detail
for some of the pic's. The first 3 pics were taken
on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay the first is a
Japanese gun the second is a sign for Battery Way
and the third is Dan Rolfe. The fourth pic was taken
in Kuwait we were firing AT4's at some bombed out
trucks. The 2 RHIB pics were taken in Kodiak as we
were taking them to Anchorage AK. The first LCPL pic
has me on it in PI the 2nd one is in PI. The group
pic is a party i threw for my son's christening in
late 90 early 91 in PI. The PB pic is in PI, but not
sure who is in the pic. There is another pic of the
RHIB in Kodiak, then a pic of the 40MM canon that we
had taken of the PB's. The last pic is on the USS
Duluth with a Thai SpecWar that the SEAL's were
working with. I still have the shirt in that pic,
but it fits my son much better :) The letter
included was a letter of thanks for saving a
Philippine national after a storm that had wrecked
his boat in 89. I spent one week at Camp Monterey in
Kuwait with the Seals guarding there stuff so they
could go out and play it was just after the war was
over in 92 . I was in Kodiak April to Oct of 91I hope this is
enough info to get started with I will get you more pics when I find my other photo album.
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Wade Trip in Kuwait. |
Firing a AT-4 in Kuwait, 1992. |
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Steven Mironchick SBU-12 - The Seafox was a
great boat and platform for the operations it was
designed to do. The problem came was when you start
operating them in above Sea State 3 and 4. Then it
could be "What's happening next??"" I had two
occasions where I lost all communication suites.
Lucky for me and everyone . . .
Read this and more
from
Mal Flisk, Bill Redman with a
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Mal Fisk adds: I am trying to remember the
first name of the guy who died on a Seafox in the
Philippines, performing a ship attack on a DD or DDG
outside of Subic Bay. His last name was Christman,
and his deck hand was a former AF PJ. They were
passing aft of the ship and jumped the wake and the
fox porpoised in and was fully submerged. When it
came back up, Christman was bleeding from his ears.
The canopy over the pilot flat had coolapsed. The
ex PJ tried to perform CPR, but he never came back.
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SBU-12 HSB Det. conducting VBSS training Exercise. |
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On HSB SEALs prep the" painters pole and hook" |
Final instructions between Boatguys and SEALs. |
HSB Boatguyz |
HSBs making the run in on ship. |
The Halter HSB makes its stern approach. |
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The Hook and Ladder goes up |
Hooking on.. Note Caving ladder. |
Once hooked on ship the HSB must match an maintain
same speed with ship underway. |
The
critical hook man with painter's pole. A view from
boat. |
Caving
ladder secure the HSB coxsain is holding the same
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With
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A SEAL climbs caving ladder.
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SBU-12 Halter HSB refuels underway from a Fuel
Bilvet.
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Long service in Persian Gulf she shows wear and
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PB MKIIIs tied to Wimbrown VII Persian Gulf 1988 |
Wimbrown VII with her tug Martha Persian Gulf 1989 |
24'Hurricane RIB towing Zodiac |
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Henri Duncan and Chris Conlon when running SWCLs at
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Seafoxes of Naval Special Warfare Center |
Rib Det Juliet Okinawa Henri Duncan Matt Hoag and
Todd Bruce |
Henri Duncan on Range Slow is smooth..Smooth is
Fast Mad Skills |
Henri Duncan driving 30' IRIB |
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Henri Duncan driving 30' IRIB |
Henri Duncan and Harry Hill on HSB |
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GMG2
Chris Cox SBU-12 ,1988-1996 |
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Wedge formation GMG2 Chris Cox on Setton HSB EN1 Cal
Hastings on Fountain HSB |
Generation 1 HSB 27' SETTON, OIC GMG2 Cris Cox,
CHENG EN2, Elmer Williams Gunner and GMG3
Todd Stublik |
Generation 2 HSB 33' Fountain, POIC Cal Hastings
and NAV Dave Wiley |
Fountain 2 HSB with Setton HSB behind in spray |
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Jungle Enviornment Survival Training P.I. Chris Cox
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PB DET NSWU-1 Cris Cox and Kevin Dressner |
PB DET NSWU-1 Bobby Carter and Chris Cox |
PB MKIII NSWU-1 Subic Bay P.I. |
MM2 Johnny McClelland |
Pulling out Setton HSB at Coronado Boat Ramp Chris
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NSWU-1 Subic Bay P.I. award Ceremony GMG2 Chris
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Breakfast on pier after all night Ship Attacks Cris
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HSB POIC Elmer Williams in My opinion I consider
Elmer Williams one of the Best Drivers PERIOD!!!! |
Halter HSBs in Tight formation |
Halter HSBs in Tight POIC EN2 Elmer Williams CHENG
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Halter HSBs heading Home note Coronado Bridge. |
Halter HSB on My Tail |
Halter HSB note Four Gun Stations... here mounting
four 50cal HMGs |
Halter HSB with Engine Hatch open ...note engine
exhausts |
Halter Generation 3 HSB looking at Coxswain and
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MAL FLISK - In
1984 I received T.A.D. orders to take a SEAFOX to Pt
Hueneme, CA. So those involved loaded the 814 SWCL
on to its trailer and towed it up with a 5 ton truck
and the crew in a weapons carrier. When we arrived
we kept our SEAFOX in a NASA Fuel Tank Recovery
Building.
Our Job was to
provide a low-profile radar detection study of the
Special Warfare Craft Light (SEAFOX). To do that we
were ordered to Paint the Hull of the SEAFOX bright
COPPER! This study was a Skunkworks Project led by
Kelly Johnson. He was a nice guy and spent some time
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we did our underway ops at night from Midnight to
4am so the Local Boats were at the minimum and
visibility was low. The runs we did were for the
Radars to read our cross sections Bow on, Aft, Port
and Starboard in calm and heavy sea.
They also removed
the RAM on our mast to test the effectivness of the
Radar Absorbent Materials.
During this period
we lived the good life in a Hotel for about Two
weeks, and it was good T.A.D. away from SBU-12.
But it was a Bitch
to remove the Copper Paint off of the Hull. I
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Armed Seafox on Step |
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My name is Rolly Pingol, ENC retired. Thanks
for the nice website, I enjoyed the pictures and
stories as it brought back some awesome memories.
I'm very proud to have been a part of the US Navy's
small boat community, Warboats, specially under
NSWU-1. I served as EN1, ENC with SBU-12 in 1978-
1981 as engineer of ASDV-1 and two deployments,
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here. I even saw my name in one of the documents
posted. CO at the time, CDR Wellbourne and his XO,
CDR Craine. I was initiated as CPO in Subic and the
officer who represented me then was LT MacRaven.
Thank you again for creating and maintaining the
beautiful website. God Bless!
Keep it going... Go Warboats! Rolando Pingol
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(Added 03-27-2012)Troy Heuer - Rosters as recalled during his tour at SBU-12 |
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●C.O.s
CMDR P.T. Smith
SEAL
CMDR T.J. Campbell
SEAL
●X.O.s
Lt Cmdr Pete Wikeil
Lt Cmdr Brinkman
Lt Goshey
BMCS Gracio
PN1 Rice
NC1 Cimpliciano
P O Cerrano
SN Murphy
GMG2 Rassmusen
PO Troy Schmidt
PO Beaumont
IC3 "Mouse"
PO Shuttleworth
PO Butler
PO2 Domke
PO Tiro
EN2 Luke
ENFN Sanders
EN3 Tinney
GMG2 Chambes
GMG2 Noffsinger
PO2 Penns
ETC Mitchell
ET2 Burdrakey
BM2 O'Brian
CWO2 Boswell
ETC Harris
EN1 Cogburn
ST1 Sobel
ET1 Campbell
EN1 Love
BM2 Juarez
EN2 Docksteder
SN Brewer
BMC Rhoades |
●Training Dept
GMG2 Rusty Carr
GMC Gibson
EN2 Calley
QM1 Wylie
LT Masi
QM2 Kraft
●Armory:
Lt Snell
GMG2 Weatherford
GMG3 Mulkey
GMG2 Stubelick
GMG2 Adams
GMG2 Daniels
GMG2 Maiden
GMG2 Mimms
GMC Gibson
GMC Basillo
●Medical Dept:
Lt Langmeiier (Female)
HM1 Cole
HM2 Bergendal
HM3 Anderson
HM3 Sosa
HM3 Spencer
●DIVE
Shop
CWO Brown SEAL
PO Schoen
PO Fox
PO Downs
PO Helveston
PO Marisquerra SEAL
HTFn Delrosiers |
●RIB DETs
EN2 Hoag
BM2 Smith
HT1 Knuffman
QM2 Tausch
GMG3 Prins
ET1 Ziemon
PO Gaidonowitz
GMG2 Swanson
BM3 Wuddel
EN3 Erozsky
PO Tiro
GMG2 Moegenburg
PO Curtis
PO2 Carr
●HSB
GMG3 Cox
GMG2 Schinppel
PO Frenchy
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●94-1 PB Det (Guam) Oct Det
Lt Oakes
CPO Wilson
ET2 Williams
EM2 Sanchez
GMG3 Whalen
GMGSN Blaubaugh
HTC Harper?
PO Ackerman
PO2 Gilgrease
GMG2 Brantley
PO Miller ( left in Guam for
dental work)
●94-2 PB Guam Jan. Det. (The Last
Real 6month Det)
Lt McClelan
EN1 Scott
BM2 Haddox
ET2 Mendoza
GMG2 Godwin
EN2 Jackson
EM3 Johnson
EM3 Livengood
GMG3 Moore
GMG2 Heuer
HM3 Spencer
SKSN Masch
●94-3 Final PB Det (Guam) April
Det ?
BMCS Shanchez
BMC Christianham
GMG2 Carrol
HTSN (DV) Desrosiers
QM2 Robinson
PO2 Roman
PO Garrett |
●My SWCC schoolhouse Instructors
Redmond
Andre
Villava
Estes
Bronson
My Class started up July 19 and
ended Aug 27 1993
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My
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some of the Best and worst of
SBU/SBD This was supposed to be a E&E with live fire
exercise, but it sorta turned into a "Charlie Fox".
In
Photo Lt Oakes CPO Wilson Tony Sanchez Williams,
Livengood,Prins and Matt Hoag and me Bottom right |
Me
prepping gear for Op Note gear UDT Life vest ,blue
lens flash light ,90 rds ammo, 2 quart canteen, plus
UDT Swim Fins on back
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SWCC work on 30' Ribs at SBU-12 |
From the watch tower The PB is 755 my PB |
La
Posta PO Miguel Mendoz and McMullen. Rusty car in
Background and 870 shotguns in foreground |
Det pre-deployment Weapons Training shooting 50cal
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Loading the 81mm Mortar |
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SWCC gear: Blue and Gold t-shirt, UDT swim fins
K-bar on belt UDT life vest Coral bootees, UDT swim
trunks SBU-12 Patch and SBD det patch |
Another view note hell box
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(added
03-26-2012) Glenn A.
Marshall, Sr. QMC (SW/AW/CC), USN, Ret, SBU-12
Feb 1986 – May 1989
Assigned duties:
Qualified NEC 9533 and skippered Sea Spectre Class III - PB
736 / 737 / 751 / 776 and ASDV-1 NEC 0161
Selected as SBU-12 Command Career Counselor
DET “A” LPO – Deployed to
Subic then redeployed to ASU Bahrain
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Assigned to COMEDEASTFOR
onboard USS LaSalle “The Great White Ghost
of the Arabian Coast”
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Chauffeured SECDEF Casper
Weinberger, Senator Ted Kennedy (MA) and ADM
William Crowe, CJCS to view captured Iranian
barge/crew members
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1st NSWU crew
assigned to convert Wimbrown VII aka “Bulls
Eye” / Hercules aka “Target” – converted 2
oil servicing barges to Mobile Sea Bases
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1st
Around-the-World Detachment (SDiego-Pearl-Guam-Subic-USS
ST Louis-Bahrain-Souda
Bay-Naples-Rota-Philly and SDiego)
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Received 2 extra SEAL Platoons
and 2 USMC LAD “Stinger Missile” Teams from Camp
Pendleton
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Performed around-the-clock armed
taxi and limo service between all Navy vessels
in the area
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Fought against several Iranian
Sea Spectre Class I PB’s and armed Boghammers
(Cigarette boats) to protect Sitrah Anchorage
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Returned fire and captured “Iran
Ajr” and crew members along with several
unexploded mines
Selected as SBU-12 Chief Master-at-Arms
Glenn Marshall - 38 years with the Navy -
Remember, the Only EZ Day Was Yesterday,
USN Sept 1974 – May 1995
USN Civil Service 1995 – Present (Served with Lee
Wahler at COMSC in DC)
glenn.a.marshall@navy.mil
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SBU-12 Coffee Cup from SKSN Nick Backman 1988-1990 |
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Cobra Gold 94 designed by CPO Harper and made up by
Troy Heuer. Shows a Willard 24'Rib, 30 IRIB an HSB
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Barge Hercules Persian Gulf 1989. |
The Herc doing helo ops with "Happy Duck". |
SBU-12 Det on Hercules 1989. |
SBU-12 MKIII PB on Herc. |
New 25mm Chainguns replace the old 40mm on bow of PB
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Armed Seafox and Crew at SBU-12..note watchtower. |
SWCL crew prepares for underway gunshoot. |
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Setton HSB of SBU-12 1990. |
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Jeff Cuzzano |
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HSB Boyz of 12 with Jeff Cuzzano |
Halter HSB |
Old School SBU-12 plaque |
Jeff Cuzzano on 33'fountain HSB |
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EN1 William
S. Redmond (SWCC) USN Ret. 9533/5652,
Served May 1980 - October 2002.
My Special Warfare
career was a glimmer of light back in 1982 while on board the USS
Duluth LPD 6. I saw my future; a Combatant Craft Crewmen or Navy
SEAL. Forward deployed to Thailand, the ships
movement was well-ordered to go straight to Lebanon
under contingency. This is where I met . . . The
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Off loaded from C5 (added
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Capt
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Steve Coulston and Lars Hausken |
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