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Title: Jesse's Dangerous Game
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URL Source: http://cursor.org/venturawatch/dangerous_game.htm
Published: May 8, 2001
Author: Bill Salisbury
Post Date: 2015-02-02 20:15:15 by sneakypete
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Keywords: VENTURA, SEAL, Viet Nam
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Jesse's Dangerous Game

A former Navy SEAL commander questions Ventura's claim that he hunted man in Vietnam.

by Bill Salisbury

POSTED MAY 8, 2001--- MINNEAPOLIS-- A few weeks before the revelation that ex-Navy SEAL Bob Kerrey was involved in the death of civilians during the Vietnam War, Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura had ignited a controversy of his own by boasting in a confrontational interview with a Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist that he had "hunted man" as a Navy SEAL in Vietnam. Resources: April 5, 2001 Mpls Star Tribune Transcript of "hunting man" interview April 5, 2001 Mpls Star Tribune Initial news story about interview April 7, 2001 Mpls Star Tribune Ventura apologizes to hunters December 2, 1999 San Diego Reader Jesse "The Great Pretender" Ventura December 21, 1999 Cursor.org Cursor researches Ventura's Navy SEAL quotes HomeOfHeroes.com Ribbon Awards of the U.S. Navy How to publicly post a DD 214 US Navy How to file a FOIA request with the U.S. Navy UDT/SEAL Operations in Vietnam, by T.L. Bosiljevac Navy SEAL Web site index Navy SEALs Vietnam memorial page Exposing fake Navy SEALs: Night Scribe Cyber Seals Wall of Shame Cursor home

Initial press coverage focused on how Ventura's assertion that "until you hunted man, you haven't hunted yet," had riled many Minnesotans who hunt only non-human game. But more importantly, Ventura's claim invites a revisiting of long-standing questions about his military service, as it raises new ones about what the governor did, or didn't do, in Vietnam.

In December, 1999, I wrote an article for the San Diego Reader titled, "Jesse (The Great Pretender) Ventura." The article challenged Ventura's claim that as James Janos he'd been a SEAL in Vietnam. I wrote that Janos had not been a SEAL but merely a member of Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) 12 who had been stationed in the Philippines and not Vietnam.

The article relied on several interviews with real SEALS who had been in Nam and UDT men who had served with Janos. I also drew on my 16 years as a SEAL, that included a combat tour as officer-in-charge of SEAL Team 1, Detachment Golf, duty as executive officer of SEAL Team 2 during the war, and a stint as commanding officer of UDT 11 after the war.

Before going to press I asked Ventura's spokesman, John Wodele, for the governor's comment. "We will have no comment on something so obviously false," said Wodele in an indignant, imperial tone. (In fairness to Wodele, I didn't tell him of my own SEAL and UDT credentials, but left him to assume I was just some West Coast "jackal" whining and snapping at his boss's heels.)

Ventura continued to hide behind Wodele and his stone wall when I appeared on the Fox News Channel program "Hannity and Colmes" a few days after the Reader article appeared. When Fox asked Ventura to respond, Wodele wrote: "The only thing we have ever said is that the UDT and SEAL designation is interchangeable and we don't have any further comment."

Why would Ventura - who loves to run his mouth about having been a SEAL - suddenly clam up when I publicly stated in so many words that he was, as my grandma used to say, full of more crap than a Christmas turkey? The governor could have silenced me and his growing pack of critics by simply producing his discharge certificate from active duty, called a DD 214. If he'd been one of America's roughest, toughest, meanest mothers, then that document would list Then there's your UDT buddy, Gary 'Bones' Bonnelli, who says you weren't in Nam with him, but that you were floating around the South China Sea, on a ship with the Amphibious Ready Group -- making ports of call in such high-threat areas as Hong Kong, Singapore, and Bangkok.the qualification for all the world to see. And if the SEAL/UDT designation were truly interchangeable, the form would reflect that. But I know it doesn't without even looking at it. The UDT designation, or Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) - was 5321/22 and the SEAL designation was 5326.

How do I know this? Because as the executive officer of SEAL Team 2, I recommended men for the 5326 designation after they had completed a six month probationary period. Many of these men came from UDTs as 5321/22s. As commanding officer of UDT 11, I awarded the 5321/22 designation to frogmen after their probationary period. Interchangeable designation my ass.

If Jesse were a SEAL, his DD 214 would also list at least one "Presidential Unit Citation for service Nam." How do I know this? Because of my duty with both SEAL Teams during the war. Every SEAL who served with Teams 1 and 2 received at least one DD 214 (NOT Jesse's)of the five Presidential Unit Citations awarded those units. UDTs received none. So c'mon, Jesse, show us your DD 214. You can even do that without breaking your vow never to talk about what you did as a "SEAL" in Nam.

But no fair relying on public pronouncements by your old toadies in the Teams, or a scrap of paper signed by some fawning Navy bureaucrat 30 years later, saying it's okay for you to call yourself a SEAL because UDTs were decommissioned in 1983. After all, you wouldn't want to be dismissed as a "Paper SEAL" would you? I mean it's okay for some pencil-necked sandcrab like George Plimpton to joke about being a "Paper Tiger" instead of a true major leaguer, but aren't you claiming to be the real deal: an ass-kicking, name-taking Navy SEAL?

Of course if you're unwilling to share your DD 214, then your pet jackals in the Twin Cities might want to fire off a Freedom of Information Act request to the Navy. Or they could request a copy of the UDT 12 Command History for the years you were with that team (1971- 1974). They could read the "History" to see if you got any ink for combat exploits. Hell. if you truly saw combat with Team 12 - faced Charley or Clyde at a given time in a given place with the burnt smell of expended rounds in the air - that would be good enough for me. I wouldn't quibble over whether you were a Frog or a SEAL and you could lay this controversy to rest - give it a double tap, an ear shot.

Another good resource is the Commander Naval Forces Vietnam monthly combat summaries that cover your time in the Western Pacific. Or the UDT 12 Cruise Book that chronicledCover of Jesse's UDT 12 Cruise Book your team's deployments. (SEALS didn't have time for such books.) You could even share your copy with them. One of your former commanding officers at UDT 12 shared his copy with me and said you'd never been in combat. Said he didn't remember you too well at all except as a guy who was good for morale because you had a great sense of humor. Your former CO was with me in Nam before he took over Team 12. He doesn't think the terms UDT and SEAL were interchangeable.

Then there's your UDT buddy, Gary "Bones" Bonnelli, who was one of a very few UDT 12 frogmen stationed in Nam, at a place near the Nam Can Forest called Solid Anchor. Bonnelli says you weren't in Nam with him, but that you were floating around the South China Sea on a ship with the Amphibious Ready Group, making ports of call in such high-threat areas as Hong Kong, Singapore, and Bangkok.

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#1. To: All, *SOCOM*, *Hypocrisy and Hypocrites* (#0)

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Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-02-02   20:16:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: sneakypete (#1)

Thanks for posting this. The author was a very high ranking SEAL officer.

“Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen, from the grave.” John Chrysostom www.evidenceforJesusChrist.org

GarySpFC  posted on  2015-02-02   20:43:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: sneakypete (#1)

Pete, wouldn't a photo of Jesse in dress uniform show ALL of his decorations etc.? In fact doesn't the navy have some version of a Combat Infantry Badge?

Such a photo should resolve at least some of these questions about his record..

tpaine  posted on  2015-02-02   21:22:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: sneakypete (#1)

The truth comes out. Kyle and Ventura had both been drinking too many beers.

“Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen, from the grave.” John Chrysostom www.evidenceforJesusChrist.org

GarySpFC  posted on  2015-02-02   21:22:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: sneakypete (#0)

bump to save

BobCeleste  posted on  2015-02-02   21:42:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: tpaine (#3)

Pete, wouldn't a photo of Jesse in dress uniform show ALL of his decorations etc.?

One that was taken right before his discharge would,or should. I've never seen a photo of him in a dress uniform,though.

In fact doesn't the navy have some version of a Combat Infantry Badge?

I'm not sure. Individual combat isn't something the Navy gets involved with very often. IIRC,the USMC has something called a "combat action ribbon" to show Marines have been involved in individual combat,so it would make sense the Navy would have one for pilots and SEALS.

Nothing shows history like a copy of the individuals DD-214,though.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-02-02   21:56:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: GarySpFC (#4)

The truth comes out. Kyle and Ventura had both been drinking too many beers.

To the best of my memory,back in my drinking days there were only two categories,one was "too many" and the other was "not enough".

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-02-02   21:57:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: sneakypete (#6)

Nothing shows history like a copy of the individuals DD-214,though.

True enough. Lucky for me I've still got a miniature copy of mine. cause all my other records were burnt in that big army records fire back in the 60's..

tpaine  posted on  2015-02-02   22:19:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: sneakypete (#0)

Just for the heck of it, here is the current information from the USN NEOCS Manual.

NEC 5320 - 5328 - Special Warfare Combatant Swimmers

http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/nec/NECOSVolII/Pages/default.aspx

Navy Personnel Command > Reference Library > NEOCS Manual > NEOCS Manual Vol II

Volume II
Navy Enlisted Classifications (NECs)
NAVPERS 18068F

January 2015

http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/nec/NECOSVolII/Documents/Chap-4%20JAN%2015.pdf

CHAPTER IV

RATING SERIES AND SPECIAL SERIES NEC CODES

[excerpt - column formatting not retained]

5320 - 5328 - Special Warfare Combatant Swimmers

NOTES:

1. Assignment of NECs 5323 and 5326 are contingent upon successful completion of BUD/S training, Army Basic Parachute Training and six months duty with a Special Warfare Team. For SDV personnel, this six month requirement begins upon reporting to SDV school or to an SDV team, whichever is earlier.

2. Recommendations for assignment or cancellation of NEC 532X will be made solely by a Special Warfare Team Commanding Officer based on an evaluation of an individual's operational proficiency and professional performance.

3. SEAL and SDV mission information is contained in the appropriate naval warfare publications, or may be made available on a need-to-know basis from OPNA(N96)4. See NAVMILPERSMAN 1220-100 for details on screening and qualifications.

4. Candidates may enter BUD/S training with current rate but must laterally convert to a rating listed in MILPERSMAN 1220-100 within 12 months of assignment of NEC 5323 or 5326.

5320 - SO Candidate

Demolishes underwater and land objects and obstacles by the use of explosives. Possesses basics of underwater search, surveillance, beach reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and basic qualifications in the operational use of all types of SCUBA.

Source Rating:
Course: Mandatory
Sequence Code: 4
Component NEC:
Primary Advisor: COMNAVSPECWARCOM
Billet Paygrades: E3-E5
CIN: K-431-0024
ESTB Date: REV Date: 5/12/14
Related NEC:
Technical Advisor: CENSEALSWCC
Personnel Paygrades: E2-E5
CDP: 169K
NR Ind: R
Open to Women: No
ECM: BUPERS-32
NOTE: NEC code is awarded only while member is in a SEAL training student status and has completed BUDS post Hell Week 1st, 2nd, and 3rd phase.

5323 - SDV Operator

Conducts tactical SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Naval Special Warfare and unconventional warfare operations in the deployed operating environment. Operates and maintains Dry Deck Shelter (DDS). Deploys overland and fly away ancillary systems. Implements quality assurance procedures. Performs parachuting and the demolition of explosives as an essential portion of assigned duties and is qualified in the operational uses of all types of SCUBA.

Source Rating: SO
Course: Mandatory
Sequence Code: 2
Component NEC: 5326
Primary Advisor: COMNAVSPECWARCOM
Billet Paygrades: E3-E9
CIN: K-431-0040
ESTB Date: REV Date: 5/12/14
Related NEC:
Technical Advisor: CENSEALSWCC
Personnel Paygrades: E3-E9
CDP: 529R
NR Ind: R
Open to Women: No
ECM: BUPERS-32

NOTE: Candidates may enter SDV Pilot/Navigator/DDS Operator training with current rate, but must laterally convert to a rating listed in MILPERSMAN 1220-100 within 12 months of assignment of NEC code 5323.

5326 - Special Warfare Operator (SEAL)

Performs unconventional and special warfare operations in support of fleet, unified, and specified commanders. Collects hydrographic, terrain, and target intelligence in and from coastal, riverine, and other restricted water areas. Performs parachuting (static line and freefall) and demolition of explosives as an essential portion of assigned duties and is qualified in the operational use of all types of SCUBA.

Source Rating: SO
Course: Mandatory
Sequence Code: 2
Component NEC: 5320
Primary Advisor: COMNAVSPECWARCOM
Billet Paygrades: E3-E9
CIN: K-431-0059
ESTB Date: REV Date: 5/12/14
Related NEC: 5323
Technical Advisor: CENSEALSWCC
Personnel Paygrades: E3-E9
CDP: 754F
NR Ind: R
Open to Women: No
ECM: BUPERS-32

NOTES:

1. MILPERSMAN 1220-410 addresses Physical Screening Testing Standards and Procedures.

2. Rating designation is awarded upon completion of SO “A” School training pipeline as described in MILPERSMAN 1220-300.

3. Conversions will be conducted per MILPERSMAN 1220-300, 1440-010, and 1440-060. Approval to attend SO “A” School will be based on the needs of the SO community as determined by Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS)-324.

nolu chan  posted on  2015-02-02   22:25:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: sneakypete (#0)

http://www.usni.org/magazines/navalhistory/2012-01/seals-50-years-and-counting

SEALs: 50 Years and Counting

U.S. Naval Institute

Naval History Magazine - February 2012

Volume 26, Number 1

By Dick Couch

In its first half century, a once little-known Navy unit has evolved into what is arguably the world’s most celebrated force of combat arms.

Shortly after he took office, President John F. Kennedy directed that all service components develop an expanded capacity for non-nuclear warfare. Specifically, he told Congress, “I am directing the Secretary of Defense to expand rapidly and substantially . . . the orientation of existing forces for the conduct of non-nuclear war, paramilitary operations, and sub-limited or unconventional wars.” As a result of that directive, two new Navy teams were commissioned in January 1962: SEAL Team One (West Coast) and SEAL Team Two (East Coast). The new teams took up residence at the naval amphibious bases in Coronado, California, and Little Creek, Virginia, respectively, where they both reside today.

The acronym SEAL came from a contraction of sea-air-land and was first used by the Navy’s Unconventional Activities Committee, whose recommendations led to the formation of the SEALs. The teams were drawn from underwater demolition team (UDT) veterans, but with mission responsibilities that included airborne and land operations as well as traditional maritime activities. Almost immediately the new teams began to train for direct action and reconnaissance missions on land, coming from or under the sea or from the air.

Early on, basic UDT training was the same as basic SEAL training, hence the name, Basic UDT/SEAL training, which was shortened to BUD/S training. The rigorous conditioning and the notorious Hell Week remained much the same as it had been during the time of UDT pioneer Draper Kauffman and the Navy frogmen of World War II. All graduates of the four-month BUD/S course were sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, for three weeks of Army airborne training. Most returned for duty in one of the UDTs, but a few went straight to a SEAL team. New men and those veterans coming from the UDTs underwent an additional six weeks of training to become operationally qualified SEALs. This new “SEAL training” was an evolutionary, dynamic process. There were no SEAL training manuals. These new SEALs trained their own. Once U.S. involvement in Vietnam was under way, SEALs fresh from combat deployment became cadre instructors and trained those SEALs headed for Vietnam. Today, basic and advanced training for a Navy SEAL takes close to a full a year. Another 18 months of training with a SEAL team is now normal before a new SEAL makes his first operational deployment. Of all special-operations ground-combat components, Navy SEAL training is the longest and arguably, the most difficult.

nolu chan  posted on  2015-02-02   22:26:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: sneakypete (#0) (Edited)

I liked it better with the pix from the source site. It gave you a better idea of Ventura and the Seventies era. I've seen other old photos of Ventura from that era too. You kinda wonder how he got picked for any elite unit but he had to be tough and athletic and maybe that was enough to get through the door.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-02-03   0:27:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: sneakypete (#6)

Does he even have the basic ROV Service Ribbons and the campaign ribbons. If not then he was never there even as a non combatant.

darealjtidsguy  posted on  2015-02-03   20:06:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: darealjtidsguy (#12)

Does he even have the basic ROV Service Ribbons and the campaign ribbons.

I don't know. I have never seen a photo of him in uniform,and I have never seen his DD-214.

If not then he was never there even as a non combatant.

Good point.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-02-03   20:17:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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