People that served - what are your thoughts on Marcus Luttrel?

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the case can also be made that they are not your typical Sailor because they like to talk about and exaggerate their stories

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Hahhahaha

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He and Chris Kyle both may exaggerate; the case can also be made that they are not your typical Sailor because they like to talk about and exaggerate their stories

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do you know many sailors

Yes I do. I would say the more you talk, the less it's true is a good rule to live by. I think Kyle and Luttrel both did brace and highly publicized things, but there are 1,000 Sailors who did similarly brace things and barely ever mentions it. Don't let the ones who scream their stories from the rooftop sway your opinion on the quiet heroes

ETA: Brave*

I judge a Vet by what he or she does for other Vets once they get out of the service, so, he's a good guy in my book.

I've never thought very much of ex-servicemembers that talk and reminisce as though their life story was all about what they did and how great they were. I'm more impressed by the quiet professions who provide selfless service and continue to help fellow Vets once they get out of the service.

So, IMHO, Mr. Luttrel is a great person.

I served, not a squid or SF, just regular GI. Luckily, I never saw action. I like to think if I saw action I would have risen to the test, as I was full of piss and vinegar at the time, but then again I may have frozen up. I'll never know, but I like to think I would have been tuff in combat.

If half of what the books and movies portrayed are correct how could you think they are anything but hero's. They put it on the line and survived what was thrown at them. Is some of it sensationalized? Probably. But would it be a great story if the Lone Survivor was the only guy from a Seal Team to make it out after fighting a group of 8 goat herders?

In every conflict we need hero's to rally around and ML was one of those guys to rally around. Yes, a lot of people don't talk about what they went through (AKA un-sung hero's) but we need hero's (true or made up in portions) to rally the men around.

I have much respect for them and thank them for their service and being someone for the enlisted to rally around.

what ever it takes to beat them Gumps!

More like about 200 hardened Taliban terrorists.

And don't forget the 16 (iirc) who died when these animals shot down their chopper with an rpg. That's another 16 heroes.

My dad was UDT during Vietnam. He does not talk about it.

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I knew guys that would jump out of their skins with the slightest noise.

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I went to LSU before and after my three bluewater tours of VietNam.

There was a story circulating of a veteran taking a drafting class. The prof would sneak around and peek over his student's shoulders to see how they were doing. Said veteran warned the professor several times to not sneak up on him. Of course, the prof ignored him.

Several days later the other students had to pull the veteran's hands off the throat of the professor.

After an investigation, no action was taken against the veteran.