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Behind the Bastards — Part One: Richard Marcinko: The Founder of SEAL Team 6
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Part One: Richard Marcinko: The Founder of SEAL Team 6

Behind the Bastards

This week Robert tells Andrew Ti the story of Richard Marcinko, the founder of SEAL Team 6 and patient zero of tacticool "operator" culture. (4 Part Series) Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/07/14/navy-retiree-arms-maker-indicted/e175edc4-e44d-4f4c-ba0f-750f393a9e87/…

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Oh man, I read this dude’s book when I was in like the 6th grade. It made me want to be a SEAL so bad. But it was around 1994 and they didn’t hand out Tridents like it was 2003. So I became a farmer in Alabama and Tennessee. Been doing that…

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