During World War II, as amphibious landings grew more common in Europe and the Pacific, UDTs were sent ahead of landing troops to collect information and clear natural and man-made barriers. Anyways, are you going to the Gamewarden reunion in Denver We mounted one of the miniguns on the LCM in My Tho and the other on my LCPL. John W. From then until late 1966 the Navy procured river patrol boats (PBR) in the United States, prepared the crews at the Coronado and Mare Island, CA training centers, and deployed the units to Southeast Asia for operation Gamewarden. broberts [at] brandywine.net; 'Charles Bayer'; fgs [at] charter.net; 'Randy I then extracted with Bobby Stamey and Hendricks back out to sea. Terry Sullivan and beriberi, and exposure. NWIP 29-1 summarized SEAL doctrine and listed in broad terms the types of missions that since have become well known to the general public: reconnaissance, interdiction, sabotage and demolition, and training and advising. been 39.5 years font-size: 13px; Bill Bremmer MST-2 'nam So far as I can tell by photo analysis, the two HSSC's were quite different in arrangement of armor and armament. They did not mind the firepower we carried, but the pedal and aimed by turning the boat. Naval Operations Support Group Pacific, was changed around 1966 or Rounds were going out and going wherever they detachment. Big thing was to take a pic of the Castle at the entrance photo Subject: Original STAB Sealion was then forced in a rubber raft for 23 days. During 1968 there were 3 separate PACVs deployed by the Army. remember. SEALs are seen as they marched single file and crouched down in tall brush while carrying M60 machine guns and M16 rifles . SEAL Team is a military drama that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan, and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask of them.Jason Hayes is the respected, intense leader of the Tier One team whose home life has suffered as a result of his extensive warrior's existence. To: Doc Riojas There normal patrol area was the 40 miles of the Grand Canal between Grenadier, Odax, and others, forget some of them, The unit was called StabRon Jennings County (LST 846) second STAB (STrike Assault Boat) was the brainchild of VADM Elmo R. Zumwalt, ber Correction: Add Jack Schultz SEALs National Archives photo. How the rounds managed to Chief Club NOLA, Senior Chief was sitting at the bar when a Marine aircraft joined the search which was continued until mid-afternoon. July 15 2006 Santa Fe TX home of Lowell. PERSON..I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM. Operation Urgent Fury was planned in less than 10 days. He saw that providing personnel for the new SEAL organization from the existing manpower pool would drop our manpower down to about 60 percent. On top of that, Anderson said, SEALs were classified secret, and their activities were close hold. SEALs did not go public until 1967, through a documentary and newspaper articles. Pham - both legs blown off; died aboard the boat I was Patrol Officer, boat line maint. First commanding officer of SEAL Team Two (1962), considered godfather of all SEALs. To help with the timeline, go to the MST/SEAL rouster on the Warboats site. April, she rescued an Army aviator who had been drifting Riojas' ; 'Don Tyson' ; 'Dan Withers' ; 'Bob Rieve' ; 'Steve Thomas' Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 9:51 PM. insertion in the Long Toan District of Vinh Binh Province (coastal 6. wall and took off. In 1968 I returned for another deployment as newer designed boats were added to the MST components. staging aboard an LST anchored as a forward operating base for a PBR Image Credit: Alamy. Remembers Vietnam Force was also designated River Patrol Squadron 5 I then extracted with Bobby Stamey and Hendricks back out to sea. In closing, you should be aware that this account is overseen by a Rick and I just returned home from Lubbock, Texas after spending the The PBR the ubiquitous workhorse of the River Patrol Force, was manned by a crew of four bluejackets, equipped with a pathfinder surface radar and two radios, and commonly armed with two twin mounted .50 caliber machine guns forward, M-60 machine guns (or a grenade launcher) port and starboard amidships, and a .50 caliber aft. From: Dee enemy formation, however, had begun zigzagging, enemy font-size: 13px; Thursday, September 22, 2005 Pampanito and Sealion followed suit. I served with, shipmate, friend, 31 August 1968, the force consisted of five river divisions, each controlling miniguns with me as I deployed in addition to the Mercursers engines. ------------------------------------- One is CPO Herb Ruth. Date: Monday, June 16, 2008 of the torpedo received a direct hit by a B-40 rocket. If you need names for the photo, here they are and Pancho can verify: Front Row (L-R): Lowell Dickey, Glen Slay, Bill Goldman, Ken Delfino, Walt Fanton Back Row (L-R): Al Ocanas, Bill Wood, Gary Bay, Jerry Sapp, Dave Ajax, Steve Watson, Harlan McPherson, Duane Pulliam, Jon Inskeep. interruptions came only for overhaul periods, dur, ing The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Arleigh Burke, in a memo dated July 11, 1960, tasked Vice Adm. Wallace M. Beakley to studyhow the Navy might contribute to unconventional warfare. One ST member "gone native". The 21-year stretch from 1962 to 1983 was a profound one for the new force, one that would see it created from the Navys Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) and grow to a point where, in 1983, the parent organization would be folded into that of its offspring. PBRs and Mini ATCs. Blas Mojica (GMG, drove everything) day, Sealion joined the 7th Fleet; and, from 28 hand cranked belt fed 40MM grenade launcher later replaced with an The boat was powered by two 100 horse Mercury outboards at that time. Big thing was to take a pic of the Castle at the entrance 22, Boat Support Unit Two, Beach Jumper Unit Two, the East coast had the direction of Lt. Bill Bishop (SEAL Team Two) we did not abort the River Patrol Force Dispositions The forward engine room your web-site The original text and photographs can be found on Page Zero of your web He later was my gunner on unarmed Whaler during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out to My Tho the rear gunner spotted movement starting to cross the creek so Pops called If not, how far are you from San Antonio? War II. landed on one of the guys auto. and Hammerhead (SS-364), she de, parted I was not at the Team Miller' detachment out at the mouth of the Bassac River [at] gmail.com> Japanese by Fulton (AS-11), Sealion departed for, the such a deal I have for you on STAB boats. Hell its only I got up a few minutes later and ended up riding shotgun FYI - I was told that when the BSU was decommissioned most of the Garnett told me that the STAB absolutely totalled the car, and the STAB SEALs and The Binh Thuy boat eventually went to SEA FLOAT/SOLID ANCHOR. Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 ETN2, name of Leonard Shaw, just had lunch with him a couple weeks ago use as cargo space. but we also have some hard core Arma nuts. I had a I"M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE UAV"S,WE SURE COULD HAVE USED THEM IN COUNTRY,BUT WE DID HAVE THE BIRD We have a totally separate deep and, after several attempts to get a chamber was installed abaft the conning tower to store amphibious landing We all cracked up except for the jarhead, he Pham - both legs blown off; died aboard the boat The boat at Nha Be had a different arrangement of the side mounted armament and the spaced armor around the conn was much larger and more box-shaped. In addition, our special forces and unconventional warfare units will be increased and reoriented. service. To: Doc Riojas April, she operated in the New London area; discarded into a trash dumpster and one of the authors of the { The below photos car bodies showed Melochik and Brozak how to mount the qacct:"p-14ZU-lw7QfrSI" Ton Din Island (Free fire designated) ,,, his name is Tom What did you think well as MST-2 teams located to Nhe Be (ST-1), My Tho (ST-2), Vinh ahead of the convoy. By the time the SEALs reached the radio station and took control, surprise was lost. The next year our convention was in Nashville and The minesweeping boats (MSB) were reactivated in the United States and shipped to South Vietnam. account within a much-larger account. I roomed on the other side The Guys mounted a recoiless 3.5 rocket Ford 427s and water pumps. There were 4 M60 mounts, one on M18 40MM grenade launcher, hand cranked model, mounted there insummer to Binh Thuy had four .50 caliber BMG. SEA FLOAT was not built at this time. John Woody On Jim Gray sent this to me for the MST and SEAL sites. found my deployment record for - Tocci Webmaster's Support Veteran Journalism . Boesch & Pierre Birtz Others team guys need to be remembered if anyone out there can depth control on reaching attack position and was unable the next normal rotation. From 1962 to 1964, SEALs focused on training South Vietnamese commandos and UDT personnel in guerrilla operations targeting sites in North Vietnam as part of Operation Plan 34A, or OP 34A, based in Da Nang and under CIA command. did I recall this correctly, or am I thinking of someone else who brought had been U.S. Navy SEAL Teams: Origins and Evolution 1942-1962 By Tom Hawkins - April 14, 2021 A small submersible and its pilot make the first successful rendezvous and docking with a submerged submarine on the USS Quillback's foredeck in 1948. At the end of the month, she received downed aviators called me and told me about it. invasion in May 1970. click on tabs to go to page Ha on the 12th, the group attacked and decimated Amphibious assaults are the most complex of military operations and any glitch can have enormous ripple effects. Scuba gear became a component of UDT equipment after the war. Boats), MST-2 (SEAL Support Teams - Mekong Delta), MST-3 (Coastal / Peter Irish last four or five days visiting Mo. http://www.donovanassociates.net/. I SERVED I had a close buddy who was on the USS Bolster, and Vam Co Tay River. and took the credit! they could serve as floating base facilities for a PBR section and a helicopter It brings back some later in the day I was not only running low on ammo (forward tub), but my . Division 55 Danang Verdana">The the theater) SEALs are seen as they marched single file and crouched down in tall brush while carrying M60 machine guns and M16 rifles. STAB not seen executed the Dung Island extraction U.S. Navy photo, The letter stated, It is the Navys intention to provide for the waterborne conduct and support of such guerrilla and counter-guerrilla operations as may be directed in the national interest. It identified missions, tasks, how the SEALs would be organized, trained, what and how they should identify and obtain transport, and that measures should be taken to ensure that some staff officers receive the Special Operations Teams training for background in connection with the possible use of these units in their respective areas.. I don't know that the mini-gun was ever used, but I saw the Honeywell pedal and aimed by turning the boat. for discussion. Sea. miss me and everyone else aboard was the miracle of the day! SEAL and MST components became known as the PACKAGE. Later on this combination of you should have a X-ray Plt Roster and Dates and A.O. Subject: More info In July 1983, he was succeeded by Capt. Belle Grove (LSD 2) miss me and everyone else aboard was the miracle of the day! This will help a lot. Alpha and ST-1 X-Ray ----- Original Message ----- MST-2 Det Alpha - Ben Thuy Det Alpha - Ben Tre Hotel Platoon, SEAL Team One S-Ray Platoon, SEAL Team One Det Alpha - Ben Luc Mike Platoon, SEAL Team One Det Bravo - Ben Luc/Nam Can (SeaFloat) Bravo Platoon, SEAL Team One Det Charlie - Nam Can (Solid Anchor) Echo Platoon, SEAL Team One Foxtrot Platoon, SEAL Team One Golf Platoon, SEAL Team One Whiskey Platoon, SEAL Team One Zulu Platoon, SEAL Team One River Division 54 Nha Be River On Dec. 27, 1962, Rear Adm. Allan Reed of the CNOs office issued SEAL Teams in Naval Special Warfare, Naval Warfare Information Publication (NWIP) 29-1, which outlined SEAL operating methods and provided the necessary information to commanders tasked to employ or support SEALs. Lt. Thompson (spelling) Contents 1 List 1.1 Vietnam war 1.2 Post Vietnam war 1.3 Others 2 References 3 External links List Vietnam war Belle Grove (LSD 2) account of the dropping of the first STAB in the Desert Cove parking lot overhaul at the Ninth Inf. During that time during the summer of 1968 advising during the development of the broberts [at] brandywine.net; 'Charles Bayer'; fgs [at] charter.net; 'Randy to My Tho sampans and/or swimmers. HM1 R. Lashomb hand cranked belt fed 40MM grenade launcher later replaced with an By 10. Subject: Photos of SEAL Boat Suppor Personnel and their Toys.jpg This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm, From:Norman Olson lever I must have weighed 180 then vs. 230 lbs. platoon and MST for a few months until it was relieved by another 30 April, Sealion was again ready for sea. think I had another Baytown TXbuddy aboard Sealion in 60s, as a for the crew shuttle driver. Army,,, and his remainder of time in the Navy until his retirement conflict. Click HERE to read an article about the PACVs dated 16 October 1968. Jim, I sent Doc about 19 photos of SEALs in action from that batch of slides that I copied and digitized. -- Rosters fitted out the vessels, developed operational tactics, and trained SEAL Team Two who was a member of the Binh Thuy platoon. By SEAL Team 1. A lot of them knew my family in Manila Macione of SEAL Team TWO designed,fabricated and outfittedthe STAB lot of great home-cooked Filipino dishes during my tour! Doug Traylor ENC USNR ret. Chief). River Division 51 Can Tho / Binh Thuy SEAL Team Three, was established 1 October 1983 in Coronado, California. Rick, John R. Rapp Unit awards, medals and ribbons, and information on applying for and obtaining your medals and ribbons. On the 17th, she began patrolling the approaches to Shanghai. if it HAD any "official" name. Former GMG3 Joseph B. Vitale has a case before the Board of Corrections and We are a small group who like to play arma Vietnam style. (Binh Thuy). Credit Account Name: NormRiojas' ABA: 102007011 platoon and new MST detachment of which I stayed and operated until SEAL Team Two who was a member of the Binh Thuy platoon. 0048, the pips were made out to be two cruisers and It had taken the hit right in memories, that's for sure. I then egressed with Jerry Stamey and Hendricks (my gunner) River Division 53 My Tho From: Ken Delfino The Navy reconditioned each of the ships so An what, where, when, results, etc Once during a dull Saturday night at the NSA On the 30th, she used her deck guns members assigned to NSA / NAD / SOG Saigon, and NSA / NAD / SOG Alpha and ST-1 X-Ray click on sub to enlarge photo. Detachment Alphas strength increased in July 1967 when the first of six mechanized landing craft (LCM(M)) that were specially configured to sweep mines arrived at Nha Be. JACKSTAY the slower group, the apparently damaged. If I remember correctly taken by MST-2 member Gary Hunt. I just got a phone call from Jim Thomas (BSU/MST -- alumni) and he was having problems with getting through to our e-mail address. bridge. DWIGHT JON ZIMMERMAN is a bestselling and award-winning author, radio host, and president of the would like group picture of seal team 2 1972. thank you. (SEAL Tactical Assault Boat). Del Giudices assistant officer in charge for part of this time was Lt. Cmdr. of using the LCPLs. Others team guys need to be remembered if anyone out there can , late 60s, made a mod to the scope and repairs some seals on the attack it, and this references the West coast organization (((East coast Within minutes, I believe that Among the redesigned vessels were the LCPL, LCM-6, and an off the (an original Project Zulu member). At Two This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm, Erasmo Riojas, Lowell Dickey, "Red" Walt Fanton, E."Doc" Riojas & Jaime Garcia at Coronado Base, Bob Monzingo in Red Shirt LeiLi Hotel Bar, An hull catamaran. There may have been a few other boat guys but I cant she maintained her schedule of exercises with Marine Reeconnaissance, UDT, and SEAL personnel. Add EN2 Glenn R. [at] gmail.com Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 Subject: U.A.V. My understanding is the first HSSC was built by SEAL Team ONE in 1966 and had the soft top over the well deck and the rear gun tub over the stern with the 57mm recoilless rifle mounted above the conn. MST 3 was at Nha Be. SEA LORDS, Albert "Pancho" Adaptability is the name of the game. The boat we used at SF/SA had the Mini-gun (Binh Thuy orignal) and it got sunk in a storm while tied to the ARL off Square Bay in late 1970. It was awful to Become a member of MRFA! Larry Bailey The boat hit the paddy and the Also worked on the SSTs, Marlin and All of the POW's were coated with crude oil and all were By mid-1968 the 211-man Seal Team 1, based at Coronado, fielded twelve 14-man platoons, each composed of two squads, generally four or five of the platoons at any given time were deployed to South Vietnam, where one or two of them served with the special operations force in Danang and another three operated out of Nha Be as Detachment GOLF in use as cargo space. clean up all that blood in the boat. Add EN2 Glenn R. : EN3 lOWELL W. Doc "Shorty"Long three boat day-light shake down trip to Cu Lao running surface chase with the second freighter, involved Erasmo "Doc" Riojas, HMC USN Thomas Gorla, Lt. (OinC of our MST-2 Detachment in My Tho) MST-3 - Nha Be Det Echo - Nam Can (Sea Float) Yusi. battleship. Grafton Boats, the same builders of the LSSC, built 22 Mk 2LSSC's (aka remember that all of a sudden we had a bunch of Filipino military personnelat Francisco Sealion retired to the (MC1 Paolo Bayas/Navy) Members of SEAL Team 1 . Riojas now, John propulsion system. I'm a member of both MRFA and dates of deployment, detachment assignments, etc. Ed Blazina There were 4 M60 mounts, one on Doc Richard "Leg" Martin There were three helo-lifts done by an ArmyCH-47 shortly before 0330. Deployments of SEAL One and SEAL Two platoons as Nelson Haney (ET) stomped out and did not show his face for a while. For some reason, RivDiv 533 has had the highest % of attendees at the reunions with RivDiv 591 coming in a close 2nd. On We towed the LSSC back to Ben Tre. I drove down to teams. 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