{"id":386295,"date":"2021-12-27T11:37:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T08:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/richard-marcinko-first-commanding-officer-of-seal-team-6-dies-at-81\/"},"modified":"2021-12-27T11:37:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T08:37:28","slug":"richard-marcinko-first-commanding-officer-of-seal-team-6-dies-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/richard-marcinko-first-commanding-officer-of-seal-team-6-dies-at-81\/","title":{"rendered":"#Richard Marcinko, first commanding officer of Seal Team 6, dies at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Richard Marcinko, first commanding officer of Seal Team 6, dies at 81<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-453036714.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Richard \u201cDick\u201d Marcinko, who was the first commanding officer of U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6, died Saturday at the age of 81, according to an announcement from his son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night, Christmas evening, we lost a hero, who\u2019s also known as The Rogue Warrior, the retired Navy SEAL commander AND the creator of SEAL Team Six, my father, Richard Marcinko,\u201d tweeted Matt Marcinko on Sunday. \u201cHis legacy will live forever. The man has died a true legend. Rest In Peace Dad. I love you forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcinko\u2019s passing was also announced on the Navy SEAL Museum\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> page, which said, \u201cDick Marcinko played a very unique part in SEAL history, leaving a legacy like no other. \u2018Demo Dick\u2019 is considered the United States\u2019 premier counterterrorism operator. We send our deepest sympathies to his family, teammates, and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcinko was born Nov. 21, 1940, in Lansford, Pennsylvania, and enlisted in the U.S. Marines before being rejected for his lack of a high school diploma. He later enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1958, eventually working his way up the rank of commander. He would also go on to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree and master\u2019s degree in international relations and political <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>He was the first commanding officer of both SEAL Team 6 and RED CELL, two the military\u2019s top counter-terrorist units, which he helped to found.<\/p>\n<p>Marcinko deployed to Vietnam in January 1967 in 2nd Platoon, SEAL Team 2. He participated in the May 18, 1967, assault on Ilo Ilo Hon, which the Navy has described as its most successful SEAL operation during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>After returning to the United States, Marcinko deployed to Vietnam for a second time, during which he participated in the Tet Offensive.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last night, Christmas evening, we lost a hero, who\u2019s also known as The Rogue Warrior, the retired Navy SEAL commander AND the creator of SEAL Team Six, my father, Richard Marcinko. His legacy will live forever. The man has died a true legend. Rest In Peace Dad. I love you forever <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QG0cG2qjoo\">pic.twitter.com\/QG0cG2qjoo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Marcinko (@yungspecter) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yungspecter\/status\/1475232432555102208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The North Vietnamese placed a bounty of Marcinko\u2019s head because of his effective leadership, but he evaded the enemy. He would go on to earn four Bronze Stars, as well as the Silver Star and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. Altogether he earned\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/navyseals.com\/ns-overview\/notable-seals\/richard-marcinko\/\">34 citations and medals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After serving as one of two Navy representatives on an unsuccessful task force intended to free American hostages during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979, Marcinko was t<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed to design and lead an elite counterterrorism team, which later became SEAL Team 6. The name was intended to fool the Soviet Union and other adversaries into thinking that the U.S. had more SEAL teams than it did.<\/p>\n<p>Marcinko commanded SEAL Team 6 from August 1980 to July 1983. He was also the author of several books, including his 1993 New York Times bestselling autobiography, \u201cRogue Warrior.\u201d The book would lead to several spinoff novels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SEALs who knew Dick Marcinko will remember him as imaginative and bold, a warrior at heart,\u201d retired Navy SEAL Adm. Eric Olson told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/breaking-news\/2021\/12\/26\/richard-marcinko-first-commanding-officer-of-seal-team-six-dies\/\">Navy Times<\/a>. \u201cHe was a spirited rogue for sure, but we are better off for his unconventional service.\u201d\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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