The article recounts a dramatic incident involving Navy SEAL Charlie Melton, who lost a $3.5 million SEAL Delivery Vehicle during a training exercise. Despite the mishap, Melton's quick thinking saved his life, leading to a rescue by his team.
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The incident occurred when Charlie Melton, a 19-year-old new SEAL, lost a $3.5 million SEAL Delivery Vehicle during a training exercise.
How Melton's emergency blow maneuver saved him from hypothermia after the SDV was sent downward by a passing submarine.
Why this story highlights the high-stakes environment of Navy SEAL training and the unexpected challenges faced by new recruits.
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Inside the Team Room: Navy SEAL Snipers – Charlie Melton Explains How He Lost a $3.5 Million SEAL Delivery Vehicle
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In a gripping tale of youthful mishap, Charlie Melton, a new SEAL at just 19, found himself alone in the abyss with only a chem light for company, facing the daunting reality of losing a $3.5 million SEAL Delivery Vehicle to the ocean’s depths.
That's "Wilson" of "Castaway" fame, there to the right of the hand. In real life, Charlie was sans volleyball. Screenshot from the film Castaway.
Welcome back to Inside the Team Room: Navy SEAL Snipers.
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What’s the most expensive thing you lost when you were a teenager? A cell phone, maybe? That’s small beans compared to the time when, as a 19-year-old new SEAL, Charlie Melton lost a $3.5 million SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV). In Melton’s defense, it was his first time in one, and he was eventually left in it all alone, with a mini chem light being his only safety device. While the rest of the SEALs were out doing their thing, a sub brushed by the relatively diminutive SDV, sending it quickly downward toward Davy Jones’ Locker. The fast-thinking Melton performed an emergency blow, popping him to the surface while the SDV was headed the other way.
Melton, on the verge of hypothermia, was eventually rescued by the rest of his Team, who asked him the obvious question, “What happened to the SDV?”
Watch the video to find out how another SEAL, with a very private piercing, helped the Commander of the sub decide whether to call off the search for the SDV or not with an unusual “roll of the dice”.
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These are stories you are never going to hear anywhere else.
Welcome back to Inside the Team Room: Navy SEAL Snipers.
What’s the most expensive thing you lost when you were a teenager? A cell phone, maybe? That’s small beans compared to the time when, as a 19-year-old new SEAL, Charlie Melton lost a $3.5 million SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV). In Melton’s defense, it was his first time in one, and he was eventually left in it all alone, with a mini chem light being his only safety device. While the rest of the SEALs were out doing their thing, a sub brushed by the relatively diminutive SDV, sending it quickly downward toward Davy Jones’ Locker. The fast-thinking Melton performed an emergency blow, popping him to the surface while the SDV was headed the other way.
Melton, on the verge of hypothermia, was eventually rescued by the rest of his Team, who asked him the obvious question, “What happened to the SDV?”
Watch the video to find out how another SEAL, with a very private piercing, helped the Commander of the sub decide whether to call off the search for the SDV or not with an unusual “roll of the dice”.
These are stories you are never going to hear anywhere else.
Enjoy.
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