El Tejon
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In the gun culture you will meet many SEELs.
For the record more and more specialized units in the military are now getting a chance to carry non-standard weapons .40 ext.... Not the standard issue Berreta no more.. So you never know..
I would say he is full of it. And while we are discussing secret military units, any of you armchair commandos one ever heard of ANGLICO?
Every time I tell some one i am a gun guy, they always respond that they want a desert eagle. Every single time. People that obviously do not know anything about fire arms and they say desert eagle for the shock value.
I wonder why people do this. Even if I met a real seal, I really couldn't care less. I guess I'd feel some gratitude simply for him being part of the military, and pity for the difficult job. But I'm impressed with people who I want to be like. I'm aware that it's shallow, but I'm more impressed with pro athletes, an innovator, rock star or someone who otherwise leads an enviable life. I only did some impromptu searching on their salary and job description, but I wouldn't want to be someone who crawls through mud and gets shot at all day for chump change.
It takes a lot of skill and ability to make it as a... rock star...
A true SEAL vet or a wannabe mall ninja?
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So I was working my job a couple of nights ago (providing security presence for a local hospital ER) when a man whose wife was in the hospital came over to talk to me. My first impression of him was that he was the kind of guy who likes to sit around and tell all his problems to the first person who comes his way; this may or may not have been the case.
So I talked with him, and he began talking about fighting in the '91 Gulf War. I asked what unit and he told me he was with the Navy SEALS. Then he went on to explain about SEAL training and one rescue mission he did down there. But here's the best part...
He told me he carried a .50 cal DESERT EAGLE
Huh? I asked him about it just to make sure I had him right, and he said yes, he was given the choice of either a .45 cal pistol (I'm guessing SOCOM) or a FIFTY-CAL DESERT EAGLE and that he chose the eagle. You Navy Seals/other branches of military guys out there, is this a load of BS delivered to me by a middle-aged armchair commando or the real stuff?
One rotation to JRTC (This was '94, I believe), we had a USMCR ANGLICO team attached to our platoon for a mission. They referred to themselves as, "Force Recon with hair." Good bunch of joes; great sense of humor with that lot.I would say he is full of it. And while we are discussing secret military units, any of you armchair commandos one ever heard of ANGLICO?
Christopher Lee said:(On doing Military Intelligence in WW2) When people say to me, you know, were you in this? Were you in that? Did you work in this? Did you work in that? I always used to say 'Can you keep a secret?' And they would say 'Yes, yes' and I would say "So can I."