So I played pool with a former navy seal the other night... A few holes in his story... Correct me if I'm wrong.

He starts off that he was in Vietnam, 74 to 76. I was pretty sure that we were out by then so I kind of threw that out. Then he was a seal... Now I'm thinking... Weren't they called udt back then? Then I'm pretty sure he said something about the 9mm 1911s that they carried and I was pretty sure that we were wading in pretty deep at this point.

So I guess he was a plank owner in the first seal team during a 2 year hitch in the navy and they were assigned to take back Saigon after the fall with custom weapons.

Why can't people just say they were a cook on a tin can for 2 years just after Vietnam?

He probably wasn't even a Deck Ape.

-April 30, 1975 - At 8:35 a.m., the last Americans, ten Marines from the embassy, depart Saigon, concluding the United States presence in Vietnam.

-The U.S. Navy SEALs were established by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 as a small, elite maritime military force to conduct Unconventional Warfare.

- 9mm pistol issued to SEALs during Vietnam war. The Model 39 was used by Naval Special Warfare units during the Vietnam War.[3] The Model 39 was issued to officers-in-charge (OICs) of MST-2 detachments as their sidearm. SEAL Teams used either the Model 39 without modification or a modified version, the Mk 22 Mod 0, which was called the "hush puppy".[3] The modified pistol had a suppressor with a slide lock (which kept the slide from moving backwards upon firing, thereby decreasing produced noise) The Mk 22 Mod 0 also had raised iron sights, to provide easier sighting over a bulky suppressor. The gun's purpose was to eliminate sentry dogs or guards without alarming the main target

i resemble that remark. i was a deck ape from 93-94 USS El Paso (LKA 117)

Hate the posers! Working in a gun shop I swear I meet 3 Seal Recon Ranger Snipers a week.....

Im gonna play devils advocate on this one and say taking into consideration the info shared in the third post his story could be legit and he just got a few "small" details wrong those old timers dont get it 100% everytime look up the mattel m16 myth and youll see what i mean