tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97447322011-10-23T07:54:15.146-05:00The SEAL QuestThis is where you learn what is takes to be a U.S. Navy SEAL or be the best you can be. I will be posting recent articles from around the world on what Navy SEALs are doing. I will also post articles, pictures and thoughts on exercising, dieting, nutrition, running, swimming and anything else I feel is worthy of helping you develop a lifestyle consistent with the philosphy of our SEAL Challenge group.
Join us at <a href="http://thesealquest.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x">The SEAL Quest Forum</a>Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1131916905336521092005-11-13T16:13:00.000-05:002005-11-13T16:21:45.356-05:00Book of the Month - November "Generation Kill" by Evan WrightEditorial ReviewsFrom Publishers WeeklyWright rode into Iraq on March 20, 2003, with a platoon of FirstReconnaissance Battalion Marines—the Marine Corps' special operationsunit whose motto is "Swift, Silent, Deadly." These highly trained andhighly motivated First Recon Marines were the leading unit of theAmerican-led invasion force. Wright wrote about that experience in athree-part series in Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1128568330991388372005-10-05T22:09:00.000-05:002005-10-05T22:12:11.000-05:00Book of the Month - October "WARRIORS FROM THE DEEP"WARRIORS FROM THE DEEP : The Extraordinary History of the World's Combat Swimmers By Eric MichelettiEditorial ReviewsBook DescriptionThe world's combat swimmer units have long deserved such a book. With a wealth of photograhs and documents - many of them never published before - Shadow Warriors features the historical record and current operational life of the American SEALs, the British SBS, theKory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1126063243400789922005-09-06T22:13:00.000-05:002005-09-06T22:20:43.406-05:00Book of the Month - September "Suffer in Silence"Editorial ReviewsMidwest Book Review, February 1, 2005Suffer in Silence is thoughtful, fearsomely honest, and expertly crafted -- a genuine triumph.Chris Mauro, editor, SURFER MagazineThe ocean doesn't discriminate. Eventually, it pushes everyone to the limit. Reid's riveting account of SEAL training is exhibit "A".--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.Georgetown Law Weekly, March 22, 2005.Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1123035195814441202005-08-02T21:09:00.000-05:002005-08-02T21:15:09.193-05:00Book of the Month - August "Down Range : Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism"Review"Down Range puts the reader in the SEAL squad file, in the action. Itis the unique and personal story of the warriors who go in harm's wayin the global war on terror." -The Hon. Anthony Principi, SecretaryofVeterans Affairs (2001-2005)"An intimate account of the deadly work of the U.S. Navy SEALs. Weassociate the Navy's special forces with maritime operations, but inthe war against Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1121231898626607062005-07-13T00:17:00.000-05:002005-07-13T00:20:43.816-05:00The SEAL Quest Yearly MembershipTSQ has reached a membership of over 800 members and there are now over 9000 posts. TSQ was started on January 1st, 2005. In order to build this forum and provide the information that I have has required a substantial amount of my time and resources. I have thought long and hard about how to do a membership that was fair to both you and me. I have decided to make TSQ a pay forum starting JulyKory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1120618413370989382005-07-05T21:52:00.000-05:002005-07-05T21:55:57.400-05:00Book of the Month - July "Combat Swimmer: Memoirs of a Navy SEAL"Editorial ReviewsFrom Publishers WeeklyThis book is at once a memoir, a history and a warning. Gormly hasbeen part of the SEAL community virtually since its emergence. InVietnam as a junior officer, he met the absence of strategic policywith a tactical approach: killing as many Viet Cong as possible. Evenin retrospect, Gormly concludes that the most effective U.S. approachmight have been Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1119410026497453472005-06-21T22:13:00.000-05:002005-06-21T22:15:23.046-05:00The SEAL QuestThe SEAL QuestKory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1119151887412430572005-06-18T22:30:00.000-05:002005-06-19T22:28:16.990-05:00Pre-Order The SEAL Quest T-Shirt Now!I am taking pre-orders for The SEAL Quest T-Shirts. When I get enough orders I will finish the order of T-Shirts. I need your support guys.http://www.thesealquest.com/tsqtshirt">The SEAL Quest T-ShirtI am starting with a black T-Shirt first. I will have a white T-Shirt next. For those that feel they can't wear a Trident I will have an alternative soon. Let me know.Kory Knowleshttp://Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1117766600906954762005-06-02T21:42:00.000-05:002005-06-21T21:38:59.876-05:00Man's Search for Meaning By Viktor E. FranklEditorial ReviewsAmazon.comMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, austere, and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years, and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of the book, Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1114920703634892232005-04-30T23:11:00.000-05:002005-04-30T23:11:43.633-05:00Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1114918900151317522005-04-30T22:39:00.000-05:002005-04-30T22:47:05.576-05:00Book of the Month (May) It's Not About the BikeDescriptions:Amazon.comPeople around the world have found inspiration in the story of Lance Armstrong--a world-class athlete nearly struck down by cancer, only to recover and win the Tour de France, the multiday bicycle race famous for its grueling intensity. Armstrong is a thoroughgoing Texan jock, and the changes brought to his life by his illness are startling and powerful, but he's just not Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1113921699260594882005-04-19T09:38:00.000-05:002005-04-19T09:41:39.260-05:00Award for heroism in AfghanistanBy Otto KreisherCOPLEY NEWS SERVICENovember 1, 2003WASHINGTON – A Navy SEAL assigned to the Special Warfare Center in Coronado received the Navy Cross, the nation's second-highest award, this week for heroism during a rescue mission in Afghanistan.Chief Petty Officer Stephen Bass also was one of three special-operations personnel among six service members honored by a prominent national-security Kale Knowlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1112144627219707162005-03-29T20:03:00.000-05:002005-03-29T20:08:11.896-05:00The Book of the Month for April is: On Killing by Lt. Col. Dave GrossmanThe Book of the Month for April is: On Killing : The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Lt. Col. Dave GrossmanDescriptionFrom Publishers WeeklyDrawing on interviews, published personal accounts and academic studies, Grossman investigates the psychology of killing in combat. Stressing that human beings have a powerful, innate resistance to the taking of life, he examines Kale Knowlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1111367388817456092005-03-20T20:09:00.000-05:002005-03-20T20:09:48.820-05:00Upcoming Navy SEAL court-martial a case full of secretsSETH HETTENAAssociated PressSAN DIEGO - The upcoming court-martial of a Navy SEAL lieutenant accused of prisoner abuse is a case full of secrets.The SEAL is accused of punching an Iraqi detainee in the arm and allowing his men to abuse the prisoner, who later died during CIA interrogation at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison.He faces charges of assault, dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming an Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1109545560696787602005-02-27T18:06:00.000-05:002005-02-27T18:13:54.883-05:00The Book of the Month for March is: Warrior Soul : The Memoir of a Navy SEALThe Book of the Month for March is: Warrior Soul : The Memoir of a Navy SEAL http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400060362/thesealquest-20/104-2431485-4871919?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=2025&link%5Fcode=xm2 Description “Since the first navy frogmen crawled onto the beaches of Normandy, no SEAL has ever surrendered,” writes Chuck Pfarrer. “No SEAL has ever been captured, and not one teammate or Kale Knowlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1108008163642305212005-02-09T23:01:00.000-05:002005-02-09T23:02:43.643-05:00Antiterror efforts get more moneyBush's plan stresses security
By Bryan Bender and Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | February 8, 2005
WASHINGTON -- The 2006 budget plan that President Bush submitted to Congress yesterday maintains or cuts funding across the federal government with one exception: spending related to the war on terrorism.
Under the plan, the Pentagon would get a 4.8 percent increase next year, to $419 billion, to Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1107971342790610952005-02-09T13:46:00.000-05:002005-02-09T20:50:53.276-05:00Pentagon Sets Bonuses to Retain Members of Special OperationsBy Thom Shanker
The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 - The Defense Department has approved a series of incentives for members of elite Special Operations Forces who remain in the military, including a $150,000 bonus for the most experienced and highly trained combat personnel who promise six additional years in uniform, military officials said Saturday.
The pay and incentives package was Kale Knowlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1106669276342627612005-01-25T11:04:00.000-05:002005-01-25T11:12:38.256-05:00Book of the Month February - The Finish School The book of the month for February is "The Finishing School: Earning the Navy Seal Trident" by Dick Couch.
Get The Finishing School Here
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Description:
In America's new war, the first guns in the fight are special operations forces, including the Navy SEALs, specially trained warriors who operate with precision, swiftness,Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1106934562306519072005-01-22T13:47:00.000-05:002005-01-28T12:50:51.093-05:00Incentives Target Special Ops TroopsPentagon wants to retain counterterrorism specialists
From Mike MountCNN Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (CNN)
The Pentagon has approved an incentives package designed to retain special operations troops in the military, Pentagon officials said Friday.
The package -- approved December 22 for $168 million over three years -- is aimed at keeping Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets and other troops Kale Knowlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1105830355669125402005-01-15T18:05:00.000-05:002005-01-15T18:05:55.670-05:00Abuse Cases Involving U.S. in IraqRecent cases of abuse of Iraqis involving members of the U.S. military:
_ Army Spc. Charles Graner Jr. was convicted Friday of abusing Iraqi detainees at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003. He was the first soldier to be tried on charges arising from the scandal, in which naked detainees were photographed in sexually humiliating positions alongside grinning soldiers. Seven other Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1105717825613044782005-01-14T10:49:00.000-05:002005-01-14T10:50:25.613-05:00Military Court Hearing Ends for SEALSETH HETTENA
SAN DIEGO - Prosecutors said actions by a Navy SEAL lieutenant accused of abusing an Iraqi at Abu Ghraib prison were "unacceptable by any standard," while the officer's lawyer said nothing he did warranted a court-martial.
The arguments came as a five-day military court hearing, the equivalent of a civilian grand jury, concluded Wednesday. The Navy's top SEAL, Rear Adm. Joe MaguireKory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1105594074241821692005-01-13T01:27:00.000-05:002005-01-13T00:27:54.240-05:00SEAL defends Navy lieutenant accused of prisoner abuse in IraqA Navy SEAL lieutenant accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners was called a hero and a man of compassion by one of the prosecution witnesses called to testify against him.
"Sir, I know what kind of man he is and it breaks my heart that something might be taken out of context by people who weren't there," the witness, a SEAL who served in the lieutenant's platoon in Iraq, testified Tuesday at a Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1105593999852832422005-01-13T01:25:00.000-05:002005-01-13T00:26:39.853-05:00Ex-SEAL testifies about alleged abuse of Iraqi detainee There will be more testimony today in the military hearing for a Navy SEAL accused of abusing detainees in Iraq.
Yesterday, a former SEAL testified that he saw two or three fellow SEALs punch, choke and poke their fingers in the eye of an Iraqi man. The Iraqi was a suspect in the bombing of a Red Cross facility. He later died while being interrogated by C-I-A agents at Abu Ghraib (grayb) prison.Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1105542548820626482005-01-12T10:05:00.000-05:002005-01-12T10:36:43.276-05:00Book of the Month: The Warrior EliteThe book of the month for January is The Warrior Elite : The Forging of SEAL Class 228.If you haven't read this book, Kory recommends it. Read it and lets start a discussion.. If you have already read it, give us your thoughts in the new forum (http://thesealquest.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x)Your Integrity is Your Destiny!
Kale Knowlesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1105080285190282572005-01-07T01:44:00.000-05:002005-01-07T01:44:45.190-05:00Slain Iraq workers' families sue employerBlackwater Security did nothing to protect the 4 men, the lawsuit claims.
By Lisa Emmerich
Sentinel Staff Writer
January 6, 2005
Families of four slain security contractors whose bodies were burned and dragged through the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, sued the workers' former employer Wednesday, saying the company did virtually nothing to protect the men on their doomed mission.
The lawsuit said Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1104877483849135462005-01-04T17:23:00.000-05:002005-01-04T17:24:43.850-05:00Navy SEAL lieutenant faces hearing in prisoner abuse caseSETH HETTENA
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO - A Navy SEAL accused of punching an Iraqi prisoner on Tuesday faced an Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent of a civilian grand jury.
The SEAL officer is one of two Navy lieutenants facing Article 32 hearings this week. The second hearing is scheduled Thursday. Both were delayed for weeks, in part because of concerns about classified information Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1104883276601087832005-01-01T01:01:00.000-05:002005-01-04T19:02:15.996-05:00Happy New Year! 2005 Kale Knowlesnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1104381626270036822004-12-29T23:40:00.000-05:002004-12-29T23:41:56.760-05:00Surf ConditioningAbout Face, Ready March!Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1104379065693371812004-12-29T22:56:00.000-05:002004-12-29T22:58:22.273-05:00HELL WEEK Book Excerpt: The trials and training of Navy SEALs, among the toughest of US special operations forces, reported by a
NewsWeek correspondent who went along.
By Douglas C. Waller
THE RESORT TOWN OF CORONADO HAD settled down for the evening. A strand jutting just across the bay from San Diego, Calif., Coronado was the ultimate in exclusivity. All week, yachts competing in the America's Cup Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1104378965175730692004-12-29T22:54:00.000-05:002004-12-29T22:58:52.506-05:00The Toughest School On Earthby Malcolm McConnell
Reprinted with permission from the August 1999 Reader's Digest.
Copyright (c) 1999 by The Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.
It is a cold, windy January night on Coronado Island, opposite San Diego. The only sound is the rumble of surf on the island's dark sand. Suddenly the beach erupts in a nightmare of explosions and bursts of machine-gun fire. "Move it!" a voice roars through Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1104378863117500662004-12-29T22:53:00.000-05:002004-12-29T22:54:23.116-05:00The New SEAL Deal Navy Times, 8/7/00
The New SEAL Deal / Navy Hopes To Lose Fewer Trainees But Not Water Down Seal Course
CORONADO NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE, Calif. -- Many a hometown football hero, neighborhood tough guy and health-club muscle man has come here with a dream of being a Navy SEAL.
And seven out of 10 who entered the famously punishing 25-week training were sent packing early.
Banged up. Beaten Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1104276745931548432004-12-28T18:32:00.000-05:002004-12-28T18:34:58.433-05:00Navy Leap Frogs
A Navy SEAL flying high.
Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1104275529933174002004-12-28T18:11:00.000-05:002004-12-28T18:12:09.933-05:00Navy SEALs Sue Associated Press Over Iraq PhotosTue By Ben Berkowitz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Six Navy SEAL special operations commandos and the wives of two of them sued The Associated Press and one of its reporters on Tuesday for publishing photos taken from a Web site that appeared to show the SEALs abusing prisoners in Iraq.
The suit, filed in San Diego Superior Court, said the pictures did not depict abuse and instead put the lives of the Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1104245775932873422004-12-28T09:55:00.000-05:002004-12-28T09:56:15.933-05:00Navy SEALs in Operation Enduring FreedomHOT LINK: Navy SEAL OEF Image Gallery
The attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 caused an immediate deployment of US special operations forces, and the SEALs were no exception. At least seven separate platoons from SEAL Teams Two, Three, and Eight served in Afghanistan as well as parts of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One.
Operating by themselves or jointly with other Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103851052930259712004-12-23T20:17:00.000-05:002004-12-26T11:30:06.866-05:00Welcome message to The SEAL QuestKory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103837786927618032004-12-23T16:36:00.000-05:002004-12-23T16:42:03.813-05:00The M60, a gun after my own heart.Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103836552073924692004-12-23T16:11:00.000-05:002004-12-23T22:14:56.883-05:00The PacifierThe Stax Report: Script Review of The Pacifier
Vin Diesel's new comedy from the director of Bringing Down the House!
February 05, 2004 - Stax here with my reaction to the screenplay for The Pacifier! This Buena Vista-based project will star Vin Diesel and be directed by Adam Shankman (Bringing Down the House) from a script by actor-screenwriters Thomas Lennon and and Robert Ben Garant (both ofKory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103822783570504192004-12-23T13:26:00.000-05:002004-12-23T12:46:10.276-05:00
Are you ready to play with the big boys?
Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103820772315381972004-12-23T11:49:00.000-05:002004-12-23T11:52:52.316-05:00Take The SEAL ChallengeFrom 1962 when the first SEAL teams were commissioned, to present day, Navy SEALs have distinguished themselves as an individually reliable, collectively disciplined and highly skilled maritime force. Because of the dangers inherent in NSW, prospective SEALs go through what is considered by many military experts to be the toughest training in the world.
-----------------------------------------Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103776278247433222004-12-22T23:29:00.000-05:002004-12-23T22:21:38.766-05:00Calf TightnessBy Dianne Woodruff
Question
My new client had a lumbar laminectomy about 16 yrs ago, prior to which (and following) he had acute postural problems (e.g. 'walking on toes', excessive pronation of feet), which have been much improved by physio & sports massage. He continues to see a physio, chiropractor & sports masseur for ongoing treatment, and does triathlon as a hobby (is a keen swimmer & Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103774647969459262004-12-22T23:03:00.000-05:002004-12-23T00:03:24.353-05:00Navy says some SEAL photos were taken for intelligence purposesBy: SETH HETTENA - Associated Press Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Preliminary findings of a military inquiry suggest that some of the recently published photographs of Navy special forces capturing detainees in Iraq were taken for legitimate intelligence-gathering purposes and showed commandos using approved procedures, a Navy spokesman said Monday.The photos, which have drawn a strong reaction in Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103774469369594562004-12-22T23:00:00.000-05:002004-12-22T23:01:09.370-05:00New Cards Pump Up A Regular Exercise Routine People have many excuses when it comes to working out - they're too busy, a gym membership is too expensive or working out is just not fun. But a former navy seal who lives in San Diego has developed a deck of fitness cards that just might replace those excuses.
Phil Black got the idea to develop fitness cards by combining a card game he played in college with the exercises he did as a navy sealKory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103772921950107322004-12-22T22:34:00.000-05:002004-12-22T22:35:21.950-05:00Navy SEAL is 4th local to die in Afghan warA Navy commando based in Virginia Beach died in Afghanistan this week, marking the fourth time that the lingering but increasingly overshadowed conflict has claimed the life of a local sailor.
Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Tapper, 32, was fatally wounded Wednesday after his convoy made contact with enemy forces in the vicinity of Orgun in Paktika province. He was transported to Bagram Air BaseKory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103772813725996282004-12-22T22:33:00.000-05:002004-12-22T22:33:33.726-05:00Ten Top Reasons Why a Navy "Seal" Was Chosen for the First Space Station Mission10. Ground testing is for wimps. A "Seal" doesn't NEED pre-flight verification.So station assembly operations will be no problem. A "Seal" can ALWAYS make asquare peg fit into a round hole, dammit! With his bare hands.
9. A "Seal" isn't worried by space flights lasting longer than ten days becausethat's as high as he can count (if he peels off his flippers he can usuallycount to twenty).
8. A "Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103772714915748002004-12-22T22:31:00.000-05:002004-12-22T22:31:54.916-05:00Navy SEAL Selected to Join the StarsFrom Naval Special Warfare Group 2 Public Affairs
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va (NNS) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced May 6 that Lt. Cmdr. Chris Cassidy, a Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land) assigned to a locally based SEAL Team, was selected for NASA’s Astronaut Program. The announcement was made during a Space Day ceremony hosted at the National Air and Space Museum's Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103771320058894372004-12-22T22:08:00.000-05:002004-12-22T22:08:40.056-05:00Call it the world’s cheapest exercise equipmentSAN DIEGO -- When a former Navy SEAL tells you that fitness requires no more than a deck of cards and your own body weight as resistance, you have to listen.
“When you’re deployed in jungles, deserts and mountains, there are no Nautilus machines or Lifecycles,” said Philip A. Black, 34. “We had to rely on body weight exercises like push-ups and squat-thrusts. My deck-of-cards concept helped make Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103770736378820202004-12-22T21:55:00.000-05:002004-12-22T21:58:56.376-05:00FBI accounts confirm abuse of detaineesBy Neil A. Lewis and David JohnstonNEW YORK TIMES
-- Associated Press
FBI agents witnessed abuses of prisoners by U.S. military personnel in Iraq that included detainees being beaten, choked and having lit cigarettes placed in their ears, according to newly released government documents.
The documents, released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union in connection with a lawsuit accusing theKory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103770511338161342004-12-22T21:54:00.000-05:002004-12-22T21:55:11.340-05:00Navy Seal team suspended on suspicion of killing injured PalestinianAccording to Palestinian eyewitness accounts, the soldiers shot dead an injured Islamic Jihad terrorist, whom they came to arrest.
The commander of the Israeli Navy has decided to suspend a team from one of the IDF’s most elite units, after a suspicion has been raised the unit killed a wounded Palestinian during an operation in Jenin earlier this week.
A preliminary investigation held by CO Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103770406564277682004-12-22T21:51:00.000-05:002004-12-22T21:53:26.563-05:00Official downplays Navy SEAL photographsDec. 7, 2004 Albuquerque, N.M. -- Navy Secretary Gordon R. England urged Americans to avoid forming conclusions about recently published photographs of Navy special forces capturing detainees in Iraq.
The photos, which have drawn a strong reaction in Arab media, appear to show Navy SEALs sitting or lying on top of hooded and handcuffed detainees in the back of a pickup truck.
"Until I know Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103762402122651902004-12-22T19:40:00.000-05:002004-12-22T19:40:02.123-05:00Kory hanging out after preparing some explosives in an undsiclosed place. Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103759997326520722004-12-22T18:59:00.000-05:002004-12-22T18:59:57.326-05:00Kory Knowles Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9744732.post-1103758156761283992004-12-22T18:25:00.000-05:002004-12-22T18:29:16.760-05:00Navy SEAL acquitted of abusing detaineePosted on Tue, Dec. 21, 2004
Navy SEAL acquitted of abusing detaineeThe Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — A Navy SEAL has been acquitted of charges that he beat a handcuffed and hooded terror suspect who later died. A second commando received probation for assaulting another prisoner, attorneys for the men said Monday.
The first SEAL, a first-class petty officer, was found not guilty of assault and Kory Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14096459600781610247noreply@blogger.com0