On Marcinko led his men in an assault on Ilo-Ilo Island where they killed a large number of Vietcong personnel and destroyed six of their sampans. Marcinko was commissioned as an Ensign upon graduation from OCS in December of 1965.In June of 1966 he transferred to SEAL Team Two and received orders for Vietnam. In fact, he dedicated one of his novels to Barrett and the first Navy SEAL Roy Boehm as two leaders who always led from the front. He referred to this leadership technique as "Barrett's First Law Of The Sea." Marcinko always revered Barrett and mentions him in every book he has written. Barrett taught his young protege to look after and mentor the men who served under him. However, Barrett was mentor to Marcinko and encouraged him to enter Officer Candidate School (OCS). Barrett was a crusty, gruff-talking man and Marcinko often said he was the most profane man he ever knew. During his first assignment to UDT-21, his superior was Chief Petty Officer Everett E. According to his biography, his commanding officer sent him to UDT training as punishment, where Marcinko wanted to go, anyway he went so far as to claim that he found the rigorous training "perversely enjoyable". The restless young sailor got into a fight with another sailor and sent him to the hospital. He currently lives in the Alexandria, Virginia area.Īfter enlisting in the US Navy in 1958, Marcinko worked as a teletype operator at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. in Political Science from Auburn University.
Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and an M.A. Richard 'Dick' Marcinko (born Novemin Lansford, Pennsylvania), is one of the United States' most accomplished and recognized special operations experts, with over 30 years of experience in a variety of specialties including counter-terrorism, intelligence and special operations. This is very much interesting reading that also led Richard Marcinko in writing other books such as the Rogue Warrior Series, and a leadership book, called Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior: A Commando's Guide to Success.īefore purchasing this book, we would like also to fully post here the Wikipedia entry on him. For all those who haven't heard of him, his book is called ROGUE WARRIOR, which is his autobiography that describes his growth and experience in the US Navy Seals, in particular, he was the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six - the US Navy's premier counter-terrorist unit. This book is actually first released in 1993, but has generated controversy among military and political circles, and has catapulted the author, Richard Marcinko to fame. Now, here we go again for our recommended book for all of you airsofters out there.
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