Met a former Navy Seal the other night...

Well I could say I know a few SF guys that carry the Yarborough but truth is, they carry whatever the f*** they want. I have also seen a few Randalls but I have no idea the model, Samael would know more about that than me. My father was never in the SEALs but he did run a swim school in the Navy after Nam, one of his SEAL buddies gave him a knife that looks a lot like this Gerber but his doesn't have any words on it.
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I agree with many of the others, interesting talk, but not a lot of science to be had in this thread. Still, I'll add a small contribution to the story list. I have a friend who was an Army Airborne Ranger (LRP) in Vietnam. They have an interesting history. 6-12 man teams going out onto enemy trails for recon and to call in air strikes. The topic of knives has come up a few times. He carried a Randall, but he didn't seem to put a lot of thought into the choice. In fact the only reason he really mentioned it was that we were talking about a knife that I had just purchased, and he mentioned that when he returned to the States that he gave the Randall to his father, who promptly sold it. Otherwise, he seems to remember a lot of Buck knives. When discussing weaponry in Vietnam, he was much more impressed with his carbine that came issued somewhat shorter than the regular M16 issued, and some kind of new MRE they were issued. The guy is still jumping out of planes.
 
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"When discussing weaponry in Vietnam, he was much more impressed with his carbine that came issued somewhat shorter than the regular M16 issued, and some kind of new MRE they were issued."

Quotes like that make me feel really old. The carbine was what we called a "CAR-15" which was basically the first version of the M-4 everyone uses now. The rations were "Long Range Patrol Rations or "LURPS." Mt. House still sells several that are basically identical to the military ones only they lack the TP, coffee, sugar, spoon etc. After the war it was decided that dehydrated rations were a bad idea because they require the troops carry more water. MRE's were the solution.

Very few Lurp teams ever ran more than 6 men for a standard mission. Most of our teams ran 5. I've heard of other companies that went down to 3.
 
Sidehill Gouger,

Thanks very much for clarifying. Now that you mention I remember him calling it a "CAR" something. Also, maybe I'm wrong in remembering 12 man teams. I know he mentioned "6", but I also thought I remembered something about "12". Maybe I'm remembering wrong. Nevertheless, some very interesting history there. Thank you for your service.
 
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i know that theres a branch of the marine recon team that uses Phil hartsfield knives, something i aspire to claim on of these days
 
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