First Commanding Officer Of Seal Team 6 “Richard Marcinko” Dies At 81
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Richard “Dick” Marcinko, a retired Navy SEAL and the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six, has passed away. A post on the Navy Seal Museum’s Facebook page indicates that there is no memorial service planned.
His son, Matt Marcinko on Sunday announced that “Last night, Christmas evening, we lost a hero.”
“His legacy will live forever. The man has died a true legend. Rest In Peace Dad. I love you forever.”
Known as The Rogue Warrior
On the Navy SEAL Museum’s Facebook page, Dick Marcinko’s passing was also announced, explaining that he played an essential role in the history of the SEAL program. US counter-terrorism expert Demo Dick is considered the country’s premier counterterrorism operator. “We send our deepest sympathies to his family, teammates, and friends.” ended the post.
The Navy’s most successful SEAL mission during the Vietnam War was led by Marcinko during the May 1967 assault on Ilo Ilo Han. The Navy SEAL Museum reports that Marcinko and his men destroyed six of the Viet Cong’s sampans while killing many of them. The second time Marcinko deployed with SEAL Team Two was in the Vietnam War
While the Iran hostage crisis was unfolding in 1979, he was one of two Navy representatives who helped release American hostages. Richard Marcinko was assigned by the Navy to design and develop a dedicated counter-terrorism team after the tragedy.
In a Navy SEAL museum biography, Marcinko describes the unit as ‘SEAL Team Six’ in an attempt to deceive other nations as to whether there were additional SEAL teams. Members of UDTs and SEAL teams were also selected for his team from across the existing SEAL teams. Marconi led SEAL Team Six for three years.
Richard Marcinko was born on Nov. 21, 1940, in Lansford, Pennsylvania. He served in the Marines until he was rejected for lacking a high school diploma. Eventually, he worked his way up to the position of commander in the US Navy in 1958.
He wrote eight bestselling Rogue Warrior novels with John Weisman after publishing Rogue Warrior, his #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography.
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Ankita Khanrah
Ankita Khanrah is a second-year student of the Master of Communication and Journalism (Integrated) programme at the School of Mass Communication, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar.
