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The Dick Marcinko Interviews Part 2

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In part two of the Dick Marcinko interviews, Dick explains the founding of the SEAL Teams as they transitioned from the Underwater Demolition Teams that worked in advance of amphibious landings to the covert reconnaissance teams they became in Vietnam.  We also learn that the SEALs referred to their acronym as “Sleep, Eat And Live it up.”

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In part two of the Dick Marcinko interviews, Dick explains the founding of the SEAL Teams as they transitioned from the Underwater Demolition Teams that worked in advance of amphibious landings to the covert reconnaissance teams they became in Vietnam.  We also learn that the SEALs referred to their acronym as “Sleep, Eat And Live it up.”

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Sean Spoonts is a former Navy Anti-submarine Warfare Operator and Search and Rescue Aircrewman in SH-2f LAMPS II Sea Sprite. Graduate of Naval Aircrewman Candidate School Pensacola, AW "A" School NATTC Millington, HS-1 SAR School NAS Jacksonville, FASOTRAGRUDET SERE NAS Brunswick. Duty with HSL-30, NAS Norfolk and HSL-36, NAF Mayport.

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