Most Common Wrong Perceptions about U.S. Navy SEALs

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U.S. Navy SEALs generally don’t seek uncalculated or spontaneous risks or even have the intense desire for violence and terrifying blood shed. They are trained and equipped both physically and mentally to face such circumstances when forced upon them. Most U.S. Navy SEALs are quiet and exhibit no pretensions. They usually prefer to avoid talking about their work with outsiders. On the other hand, impostors may talk nonstop about their imaginary accomplishments, which are usually above and beyond the human capabilities. They may also be incapable of talking about anything other than their “brilliant” heroic deeds.

Operations may be classified but SEAL personnel are all listed in the BUD/S database. Some pretenders claim that their service records are “sealed” as a result of super secret work they did for any agencies in the intelligence community. Remember, the names of ALL BUD/S graduates are included in the database as each and every new class graduates.

Many people believe that Navy SEALs have been held as a prisoner of war. No U.S. Navy SEAL has ever been one. Recently, U.S. Navy SEAL Neil Roberts was killed by hostile forces in Afghanistan following a firefight in which Roberts, alone and injured, sought cover and returned fire for as long as he could despite an overwhelming number of enemy combatants. However, Neil Roberts was not a POW, but he was a determined and courageous operator who, in spite of the circumstances in which he suddenly found himself in, relied on his training to be able to survive, escape, and take on the enemy until a support group can extract him. Regrettably, he didn’t survive the ordeal.

In reality, real heroes do not seek to be worshipped. In fact, they don’t even attempt to be heroes in the first place. The U.S. Navy SEALs do not crave undeserved respect nor do they try to impart or instill fear on those they encounter.

One of the aspects of uncovering impostors is not the reactions of the pretenders themselves, but those of their “believers”. There are “SEAL” hero followers who would willingly die for their “hero”. They refuse to face the truth and are convinced that their “SEAL” hero is the genuine article.

Reinforcing these lies and wrong perceptions about the U.S. Navy SEALs are the impostors themselves. The more accomplished impostors are at times very keen on putting up an otherwise laughable jungle of mirrors among the naiveté.