Marcinko served with UDT-21 until he was selected for an officer commission in 1965. He was accepted into the Underwater Demolition Team/ Replacement (UDTR) training in June 1961, and graduated in class 26 in October 1961. Marcinko successfully enlisted in the United States Navy in September 1958 as a radioman. At a young age, his family moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey.Īfter dropping out of high school, Marcinko tried to enlist in the United States Marines, who rejected him due to a lack of a high school diploma. His father was a Croat from Herzegovina,the southwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina along the border with the Republic of Croatia which is mostly inhabited by Croats and his mother from Slovakia. Marcinko was born November 21, 1940, in Lansford, Pennsylvania and was of Croatian and Slovak descent. After retiring from the United States Navy, he became an author, radio talk show host, military consultant, and motivational speaker.
He was the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six. Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran. Richard Marcinko (Novem– December 25, 2021) was a U.S.
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