Richard “Dick” Marcinko, the first commanding officer of Navy SEAL Team 6, the group of highly trained warriors that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, died on Christmas Day at age 81, his family says.
Marcinko was best known for developing the unit in the wake of a failed attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran in 1980.Richard “Dick” Marcinko, the first commanding officer of Navy SEAL Team 6, the group of highly trained warriors thatRichard Marcinko signs copies of his book, 'Seal Force Alpha,' at the Base Exchange at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, on July 12, 2006.
Marcinko enlisted in the Navy in 1958 and eventually worked his way up to the rank of commander. In addition to developing SEAL Team 6, he also created Red Cell, another prominent counterterrorist unit within the military, according toMarcinko was a two-time Vietnam War veteran, who also served in Cambodia, and Iran, according to the museum.
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