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Home » NSWC » How To Spot A Phony Navy SEAL

How To Spot A Phony Navy SEAL

by Brandon Webb · June 29, 2012 · Posted In: NSWC
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Special thanks to Don Shipley for keeping up the good fight.  This short clip is a classic display of how these losers operate. Enjoy and have a great weekend.

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Brandon Webb is a former U.S. Navy SEAL with combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and elsewhere in the Middle East. His last tour in the SEAL Teams was as the Course Manager for the US Navy SEAL Sniper program, arguably one of the most difficult sniper courses in the world. He was formerly a contributing editor for Military.com, and currently the Editor-in-Chief of SOFREP.com. Brandon is regularly featured in the media as a subject matter expert on military affairs. An avid writer, his last two books (The Red Circle, & Benghazi: The Definitive Report) both hit the New York Times best seller list, and his writing has been featured in print, and digital media worldwide. You can follow him on Twitter @BrandontWebb

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Allwet
Allwet 5pts

Now thats funny.....

MR151
MR151 5pts

 

I seriously question the wisdom of a SEAL Team database. If access to that ever fell into the hands of AQ or any U.S. based sleeper cells...

 

BrandonTWebb
BrandonTWebb 5pts

@luis_cosenza it's a classic.

luis_cosenza
luis_cosenza 5pts

@BrandonTWebb Absolute. Was laughing the whole time I was listening to it. If I can be of any help with anything, please let me know

Inviato
Inviato 5pts

even this is fake i get so annoyed ! But will there really be a database available to the public with persons that have served in one off the teams ? of on active duty ? aren't  identities really held from the public when your a SEAL ? 

NelsonJr
NelsonJr 5pts

That video is hysterical..."you probably drink thru a fucking straw too"...LMAO.....when i lived in Puerto Rico, right around the time Marcinko's first or second book came out, there was a guy who had a "RED CELL" and Trident tattoo on his bicep. He constantly wore cutoff t shirts with some kind of Navy or Seal logo...he probably thought he was the only one who could read english and nobody would know what RedCell was...

SleazyWeazel
SleazyWeazel 5pts

Pathetic sack of whale feces is correct.......God that was funny. :)  Thanks BW

Rawhide
Rawhide 5pts

That was a funny video.  Having served in the Army for 20 years, I've heard a lot of stories since I retired from people younger than I am about their Vietnam exploits.  In 1968 I was 19 years old and the youngest person in my unit in Vietnam was 18.  I've heard people tell stories of being in the same unit in 1968 that would have to have been 14 or 15 at the time, these are people that are 55 or 56 now.  Unbelievable!  There is a big difference between having served during the Vietnam era and having served in Vietnam.  Most of the talkers served in the Vietnam era, but are trying to fool us old farts.

canyouhearme987
canyouhearme987 5pts

@BrandonTWebb Awesome video. Semper Fi.

alhayes1
alhayes1 5pts

@BrandonTWebb I was wondering how common this is. I've met people who claimed to have served in Vietnam ("the Delta") who lied about it.

BrandonTWebb
BrandonTWebb 5pts

@alhayes1 Too common unfortunately. We talk about this on SOFREP Radio/Podcast...

alhayes1
alhayes1 5pts

@BrandonTWebb I'm sorry to hear this. I wish these frauds would respect honest and real service.

KineticFury
KineticFury 5pts

Anybody else wondering how the nickname "Whale Slapper" came to be?

JwWarehime
JwWarehime 5pts

@LauraWalkerKC those dirt bags should be hung! There pieces of shit!

LauraWalkerKC
LauraWalkerKC 5pts

@JwWarehime I believe the boys like the term "throat punched" ;)

JwWarehime
JwWarehime 5pts

@LauraWalkerKC agreed! Usgs says no earthquake in san diego. Marines say no planes were flying that fast. Its on google.

Smokey
Smokey 5pts like.author.displayName 1 Like

Honestly even without being a imposter the level of douchebag that has been achieved by wearing aviators in a sauna is unfathomable.

tigerlily7a
tigerlily7a 5pts

@BrandonTWebb any US military?

tigerlily7a
tigerlily7a 5pts

@BrandonTWebb Asking what BUD/s class they were in is a good one, but is there really a database where an avg citizen can look up SEALs or

BrandonTWebb
BrandonTWebb 5pts

@tigerlily7a hopefully there's one coming soon.

tigerlily7a
tigerlily7a 5pts

@BrandonTWebb I sure hope so. You'll let us know? :)

tacticalproshop
tacticalproshop 5pts

@RobbieResco @BrandonTWebb

Old PH2
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Senior Chief, where the fuck do you find this awesome shit?  A little more Bourbon and I might have hurt myself laughing!  Sweet Jesus, that's funny!

 

Keep up the good work, looks like we'll have to try again for a reworded "Stolen Valor Act."  Maybe something that specifically links the liar to financial gain due to his position as a lying Shit Sack? ☣

meankitteh1
meankitteh1 5pts

@RobbieResco ROTFLMAO

TheShowstopper1
TheShowstopper1 5pts

Sounds like Seal Team 9 "Veteran" Bill Brockbrader. LOL

Aegis Spy Guy
Aegis Spy Guy 5pts

If you would just ask what the toll for the Coronado Bay Bridge is/was, that would trip up pretty much everyone trying to fake it.

 

I couldn't fake being an OS or EN, too much lingo and specific knowledge and you couldn't fake being an FC, I can't imagine what work it would take to fake being a seal . . .

mygilife
mygilife 5pts

@BrandonTWebb HAHAHAHA that was awesome!

BrandonTWebb
BrandonTWebb 5pts

@mygilife thanks

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