There is only one-hundred percent accurate way to determine if a person is a member of the Navy SEALs or not. This is through the Navy SEAL Database. The SEAL database includes the names of every man who has served as a Navy SEAL. However, there are a few gaps in time throughout history when files were either lost or damaged. But currently, the database contains less than 11,000 names of men who have served as Navy SEALs.
This database is used by the United States Navy and can be accessed by other Navy SEALs. Navy SEALs use this system to validate other Navy SEALs and to assure that people are not fraudulently claiming to be Navy SEALs. In fact, many false Navy SEALs have been identified since Navy SEALs gained access to this database.
The SEAL database was comprised based on records dating back to the 1940’s. There is a small gap during WWII when records were misplaced. However, the Navy SEAL database is considered to be the most accurate and professional database of its kind. In fact, it is the only database which the United States Navy recognizes as being official.
This database may not be accessed by common citizens. This is to protect the identities and privacy of those men who are listed. However, by contacting a Navy SEAL you can ask them to run the names of people who are claiming to be Navy SEALs and they can inform you if they are truly Navy SEALs or not.
October 6th, 2009 - 6:58 am
Sirs,
Again you hve done a credible job in compiling information, but there is a small-but-very-important point that you missed.
Prior to 1999 there was no SEAL Database. The US Navy did, indeed, have all of the records related to the training program and where men had been assigned, but that information was widely scattered among several locations.
A former Navy SEAL – R.D. RUSSELL – set about gathering the names and credentials (and contact information) for the other members of his BUD/S class… and for the men in the two BUD/S classes immediately ahead of his, and the two BUD/S classes immediately following his. Mr. Russell’s logic was that the members of these five classes were the men with whom he operated the most, and he wanted to stay in touch with them.
However, as his list grew, he encounted men who also held name lists, and incorporated that additional information with his own. Ultimately he petitioned the US Navy for the UDT/SEAL Training information, but was told that it could not be given to a “private individual”. Mr. Russell then set about creating a formally-recognized NOT-FOR-PROFIT organization which he called The Naval Special Warfare Archives. Once established, he again petitioned the Navy for the information… AND WAS GRANTED ACCESS.
Mr. R.D. Russell and his wife spent some TEN YEARS and approximately $50,000 out-of-pocket to create a comprehensive listing of every man who had served in Naval Special Warfare… from its earliest days in WWII to the present day.
In 1999 Mr. Russell presented the database to the US NAVY. They were AMAZED, and awarded The Naval Special Warfare Archives recognition for the most significant contribution to NSW for that calendar year. Mr. Russell was subsequently asked to return to Coronado, California, and formally address a graduating BUD/S class.
While the US Navy has expanded upon that database with the names of more recent BUD/S graduates since it was presented to them by Mr. R.D. Russell and his NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE ARCHIVES, the core document listing something in the order of 11,000 names is the result of a decade of dedicated work by Mr. Russell and his wife.
To this day, all SEAL Database documents in existence are either copies of Mr. Russell’s original database, or portions thereof. Although not classified, the information is treated as highly sensitive and is not available to the general public.
There has been an effort in the last year (2008-2009) to resolve differences between lists held by the US Navy, the UDT-SEAL Association, the UDT-SEAL Museum, and the NSW Foundation, and that action will result in a more universally accurate database. That, too, is considered highly sensitive and will not be available for public access or distribution.
Thanks again for telling the public the truth about the real SEAL Teams, and not falling back on Hollywood hype.
Respectfully,
Steve Robinson RM2(SEAL)
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
Defense Analyst – Soviet Threat specialization 1981-1993
UDT-SEAL Association – Member
POW Network Board of Directors
Naval Special Warfare Archives – SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans – Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator – SEAL Authentication Team
CyberSEALs.org – Webmaster
Author – “NO GUTS, NO GLORY – Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters”
November 3rd, 2009 - 3:33 pm
Hey Am I in the data base? Rob Guzzo??
December 4th, 2009 - 6:07 am
As a former sailor and having worked with the teams in Rota,Spain I was wondering how to check on a couple of things. The first I have is about a shipmate and wondering if he was a SEAL and the other about finding a a couple of the SEALS that I worked with.
December 7th, 2009 - 10:05 am
Am wondering about Jesse Ventura’s (James George Janos) claim to have been a SEAL. Much information I come across points to his having not been a SEAL Team member but I want to know if this has ever been looked into here. I just read a 10 year old article written by a Bill Salisbury, identified as a former Navy SEAL Commander, who says Ventura was never a SEAL despite his claims to have been one in his book.
Thank you.
J.W. Head
December 10th, 2009 - 3:08 pm
My Mother’s boyfriend claims to have been a NAVY SEAL. I am having a really hard time believing this as I am a NAVY brat and most of the men in my family including my husband are veterans, and he just does not strike me as someone who has been in the military, no military bearing at all. He is always bragging about being a “revered” SEAL and has even told my family that his picture is hung at the Coronado training facility. The only information that I can get from him is his name… John Ross. He is in his mid-fifties. I dont want to call him out and cause problems between family members without having actual proof that he was not a SEAL. I need hard evidence, and I cannot file to get his records because I cannot obtain any info. from him but his name. I fear for my Mother’s safety because of this man. PLEASE HELP ME!!
January 31st, 2010 - 7:33 am
i am dating someone who claims to be a seal. i would like to find out the truth. if someone could help me i would appreciate it.
thanks
February 9th, 2010 - 7:32 am
Swabbie chiming in, contact the POW Network.Org if you suspect someone is not a genuine SEAL at INFO@POWNETWORK.ORG. Supply the information requested and they can help you find out (through Steve) if an individual graduated BUD/S or not.
Make sure that if they do an investigation you make a donation to the cause. The POW Network, Chuck & Mary Shantag work extremely hard to help REAL Veterans but equally as hard to Expose POSERS/LIARS/WANNABE’s as well as my Shipmate Steve Robinson (SEAL). If you think that the Government (VA) or a family member is being defrauded by an individual this is the place to start. Get the REAL information you need to either “Stand Down” or “Pipe Up”.
James S.
“TheSwabbie”
PS.. I was NOT, Repeat NOT a US Navy SEAL but worked in the Fleet as both part Black Shoe (Radioman) and Airdale (AO on P3′s). I work solely as a volunteer to help keep the US Navy AND NSW community clean along with many others.
February 27th, 2010 - 11:30 am
How can I get a team roster of my old team mates? UDT-12
from late 69 to 73? Capt.Peterson and Capt. DeFloria were my CO’s. My cruise books were destroy by my Ex and I would like to have the names of my old team mates.
July 27th, 2010 - 2:06 pm
My ex-husband died last year. When the kids were younger he told us on several occasions about being a diver in Vietnam. He had several medals which he would look at now and then but would never talk about. Is there any way to find out if, in fact, he was a SEAL?
Any information you can provide would be helpful to his now grown children who realize that they knew very little about him.
Thank you.
October 9th, 2010 - 10:25 pm
please send class roster of bud/s training class 92.
thanks for being there. fcr
October 11th, 2010 - 12:12 pm
Please tell if this name related to A real navy seal.
Phil Huston Vietnam 6 years with Seal Team 1 up to 1973
Says he is a “Vice Admirial????
I want to know if this guy is a phony
Bob
October 15th, 2010 - 9:20 pm
Robert Barnett:
Did the Phillip Huston you met happen to be a somewhat disheveled older man who was traveling to Ohio?
November 4th, 2010 - 7:23 am
I met the guy in Springfield, IL where I live at an ACE Hardware. He said he was living with a gentelman named Donald Henley in Gilmer, TX. I do not know about Ohio but he was a dusty character, an older man. He gave me a phone number to call him. I am a Special OPs Collector and I asked him if he knew anyone woh had a Montagnard crossbow or bracelets. He said he had one. He told me to call him in 4-6 weeks.
I just want to know if he is official or a phony
November 5th, 2010 - 7:13 am
Ethan
These last comments I made on Nov 4, 2010 were to Eathan’s response. I hope someone out there can fill in the gaps and let me know if Phil Huston is the real deal.
Bob
January 24th, 2011 - 1:17 pm
I am a twelve year old sixth grade student that is set on being a navy SEAL when i grow up… i just want to know what it takes to get into the SEALS and how dangerous it is just in case i should rethink my career.
sincerly,
Andy Barnum Gilbert, Arizona
January 24th, 2011 - 1:19 pm
and i will thank the person who told me so
February 7th, 2011 - 6:33 am
Hello, I have a prospective employee who claims Navy Seal status. His name is Robert Lawrence Dunn, DOB 10/21/1945. Any help you can offer is appreciated.
February 21st, 2011 - 7:04 pm
Trying to validate a Navy Seal, Jason Hull. Went to the Naval Academy, decorated for Valor in Iraq and Afganistan, so served in the last 10 years supposedly. Any information would be helpful, he tells everyone he is a SEAL. Having served 10 years in the Navy as an OS, all the seals I knew didn’t brag about being a SEAL. Thanks.
March 1st, 2011 - 9:19 pm
Is Tim Bradley is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL? There is a claim all over the internet that he is. He is an exibition shooter for Bretta shotguns.
March 19th, 2011 - 3:01 pm
There is a guy living in Nosara, Playa Guiones, Costa Rica who is saying he is an ex Navy Seal. I don’t believe it for a second. This guys name is Ryan Bombard and he is bad news. He comes from Catalina Island, CA. He recently went so far as to publish this in the Nosara Communnity Newspaper.
Can someone tell me if he is really what he claims to be?
March 19th, 2011 - 6:51 pm
i recently got a message from someone who claimed to be in the US Navy on myYearbook. he sent me a message and told me this also saying that they were given setain numbers his being 35338 and they were to use these for their personal lives and family. about 20 minutes later i tryed to find this message back to read it again and i mysteriously disappeared. i am 16 and optimistic. i cant remember his full name i remember him saying his name was Rei something. has anyone else had this happen to them?
March 21st, 2011 - 4:46 am
Sirs,
I have a little puzzle for ya!
I’m looking for a friend of mine that was a SEAL. The problem is I can’t remember his name. I can give you some clues to go from though. I was stationed with him at Treasure Island in “A” school. He was in ET school there while I was in Radar school. He told me when we left there that he was putting in for the teams and I just said yah right. From there I lost track of him, but ran into him again in Viet Nam, where he was stationed with SEAL team 1 in Ben Luc. I was with a river boat division up river at Tra Cu and Ben Luc was our support base. I ran across him in the mess hall at Ben Luc while I was down there picking up supplies. Please help me find him. How many SEALs could there be that were with SEAL Team 1 in Ben Luc VN that were Electronic Techs? Hell, for that matter, how many SEALs were ever ET’s, not a group that you’d draw many SEALs from.
Thanks for you help.
Tim Hancock RD3
April 5th, 2011 - 8:05 pm
Wondering if a MIKE EVERETT is listed in the database, guys tries to tell me all the crazy stories, just wondering if he is legit..
April 17th, 2011 - 7:49 pm
He was a Navy BM-3 and served on the “USS America” Carrier. Claims to have been a Navy SEAL/Viet Nam era. DOB March 1950. Currently 60 years old. Name is Charlie/Charles James Adams.
Thank You!
“Top” R. Plumlee, Sr.
USMC M/Sgt./Force Recon/Goldwing/Airborne/Ret
April 28th, 2011 - 7:29 am
I am concerned for a friend and just trying to find the truth behind a very secretive man. Michael Santana is claiming to be a navy seal and that the navy is NOT ALLOWING him to hold a license or have a job. He also represents himself as retired due to a head injury. I can find zero information about an injury or him as a seal.
I’m just trying to validate his claims and put my mind at ease over my very dear friend.
April 28th, 2011 - 7:31 am
I am concerned for a friend and just trying to find the truth behind a very secretive man. Michael Santana is claiming to be a navy seal and that the navy is NOT ALLOWING him to hold a license or have a job. He also represents himself as retired due to a head injury. He should have been serving around 96-99 as he is 33 now and went in after highschool. I can find zero information about an injury or him as a seal.
I’m just trying to validate his claims and put my mind at ease over my very dear friend.
May 2nd, 2011 - 10:13 pm
None of you know me, but i am waiting and training to reach the rank of SEAL in the US Navy. I’ll cut to the point and just ask what are some challenges that you are permitted to tell an 18 year old kid that is going to join the SEALs soon, to get ready for BUD/S training program?
P.S. is there any way a 5’10″ 140lbs kid able to complete BUD/S?
May 6th, 2011 - 3:29 pm
I was wanting to know if i can be a Navy Seal. I had brain trauma, but i’m good now. I’ve got a metal plate in my head, but I promise I will make it through the training. just let me know.
Thanks, Vinny
May 6th, 2011 - 7:28 pm
i was wondering if you could check a name of a guy i work with who claims to be a navy seal. he is a respected man and also my assistant fire chief for my fire dept, he is from germany and claims to have been in the germany navy before coming to america where he joined the us navy and became a seal. his name is Grote, Klaus.
May 10th, 2011 - 2:03 pm
I’m searchibg for the truth. First is a man named Skip Floyd who claims to have graduated from the very first class of Seals and did four combat tours in the Nam. Second is a guy named Garold (Gary) Dilday and claims to hsve spent 3 tours in Nam as UDT/Seal,
May 10th, 2011 - 3:11 pm
Was Steven M. Naylor (DOB 12/18/59) a Navy Seal? Thank you for your time!
May 10th, 2011 - 3:58 pm
Is there currently or has there been a SEAL named WES Birkley?
May 12th, 2011 - 6:01 pm
I am in Okinawa Japan There is a Former Navy Guy here name is Brett Pitt,His claim is he was with Seal team 4 And occasionally he is seen walking around on base in the Gyms wearing a Buds/Seal team Blue/Yellow shirt.Going off his personality we find it hard to believe his claim,He was a HM in the Navy though we know this.Any info that you can provide on this?
May 13th, 2011 - 6:36 am
My cousin married this guy and she told me he is a former navy SEAL. When I asked why he got out she said he told her that he got “TIRED of killing people”. The dude works from temporary job to temp job in ohio warehouses and they live with her mother in the basement. Judging by the “I got TIRED of killing people” comment and his place of residence and work I think he is bluffing. I could be wrong but his first name KELLY if you can send me any info I would greatly appreciate it Thanks.
May 14th, 2011 - 2:34 am
Looking for confirmation of a Greg or Craig Mauger as a former SEAL.
May 18th, 2011 - 8:58 am
I served in 3rd Ranger Battalion. I made the jump into Rio Hato, Panama.
Years later I was on the phone with a high school classmate. I had heard he had gone into the Navy. He asked me what I did in the Army and I told him.
He told me was a Seal, had served in Seal Team Six and was in the group assigned to follow us into Rio Hato to capture Noriega at his beach villa.
It was the first and last time I ever spoke with him. At the time he was out of the service.
His name is Darrell Hastings. Would have served from about 1983 to 1990, or so.
May 18th, 2011 - 1:01 pm
I have someone working for me that is claiming to be a Navy SEAL. His name is Fred Grover. Judging by his attitude, work ethic and many other attributes, I would bet a lot of money that he was never a Navy SEAL. I take great offense to this having served in the Army and having friends fighting over seas, and I would like to prove that this man was never a Navy SEAL. Is there any way I can find this out?
May 24th, 2011 - 2:59 am
There is a guy here in Sydney Australia claiming to be a former Seal. His name is Jon / Jonathon Nelson. Please, can it be verified that he is actually a Seal? He would be mid 50′s.
May 24th, 2011 - 10:13 pm
I met someone who claimed to be a Navy Seal. He not only bragged, but he had sniper weapons in his house that he took out and was inspecting for some “mission.” Wouldn’t they keep weapons like this somewhere official to be picked up before a mission so they could be properly inspected and cared for?
May 31st, 2011 - 6:50 am
Looking for confirmation of a Rick Criag or Craig as a former SEAL.
June 6th, 2011 - 8:57 am
sheriff Paul F Petty in Pike County, IL uses his supposed SEAL training in his campaign advertisements. Other sources state that he was merely a trainer of dolphins in Pearl Harbor, while attending the U of H.
Since, Mr. Petty was a teacher of my eldest daughter, who graduated from PHS in 1989, his service would have been prior to that. I beleive that he graduated HS himself in approximately 1982-5.
Can you just let me have a yes or no?
Thanks! For all you do.
June 14th, 2011 - 3:59 pm
Can you tell me if Lawrence Earl Larsen, dob June 2, 1936
was ever a Navy Seal? He grew up in NY and was in the
US Navy in the 1950′s. He claimed to be a Navy Seal, top secret. He recently passed away.
June 27th, 2011 - 9:45 am
My father Raymond Lawrence LeVasseur claims he was a Navy Seal, but upon asking him about a military funeral when he dies now that he is much older we think he is lying about his military experience. He claims he was with Navy Seal team 7 I believe he said only thing I ever seen that anything military was a single uniform patch that was a Navy Seal patch. Hell he could have gotten that from anywhere. When it comes to asking him about funeral arrangements he claims that he signed away his burial rights at fort Snelling in MN to be buried next to his mother in Hugo MN. Why do you think he would lie to his own daughter? He was born 3/24/50 or 3/24/48 I actually do not know my dad’s real date of birth as I think he lied to get into the military. He never had medals or a uniform or anything. My grandpa was in the navy and I have all his medals and his flag and uniforms, and I am married to a Marine and they have everything, but yet my dad has nothing. Who do I ask to obtain the info about weather or not my dad really was a Navy Seal? I am 30yrs old I detect lies out him and just need to know.
July 6th, 2011 - 12:02 pm
My Father has been say he was a Seal in nam for many years now but he just don’t fit the profile and I wanted to know if he wa or not his name is Charles Edward Hall DOB was 3/11/1945 help me please
July 20th, 2011 - 2:24 am
I am maintaining communication through e-mail with a man he says was a navy SEALs. His name is John Schwab, born in Oak Lawn, Illinois on July 15, 1951. He also told me that belonged to Team 2 out of Little Creek, Virginia. He was in the Navy for 14 years and got out in 1982, 4 1 / 2 years in Nam
He also sent me his DD-214 … You could check for me this information? Thanks for your attention
July 22nd, 2011 - 3:16 pm
One of my officers has stated that he served as a Navy Seal. His name is Jan D. Masters. I assume there aren’t many guys with that name. He is in his late 40′s early 50′s. He has told many agencies this so its time to set the record straight.
July 27th, 2011 - 10:11 am
my ex husband has always claimed to be a Seal team two but with no proof, He was murdered last week and my son’s would like to know if its true he was a Seal or not… Can you help me? His name was Gordon Ross Feist, was was 63 years old.
August 3rd, 2011 - 8:50 pm
my dads uncle was a seal in the 60s i think. his name was nicholas nicholson or nick nicholson i have been told he was one of the first frogmen to appollo 11 when it crashed in to the ocean. i would like to know what team he was on and if he realy was in.
August 6th, 2011 - 5:59 pm
My ex-husband has recently come back into my, my son and daughter in law and (our) granddaughters lives. He is claiming to have been a Navy Seal. I am asking you to please tell me if George James Granger ever was a Navy Seal. He would have been in the service during the Vietnam war. He is trying to get close to my son, but I do not want my son lied to. Please help me.
August 8th, 2011 - 7:39 am
Will I be getting a verification on here or in my email. As yet I have not heard from anyone. Do I need to write a letter? send money? Please I really need to know.
Thank you,
Chris
August 8th, 2011 - 9:57 pm
Hi back in 1999-2000 I met a guy on line who claimed to be an ex navy seal but he was working as a consultant than with one person who was considered a boss, now I know you can’t believe all you read on line, but I am just curious is all. I only got to know him for about 3 months, and than he vanished. He went by the nicks Shadow9r and Phoenix and his name was Mike and he was from Springfield MA, and he told me he had no family left. Could you tell me if such a person existed around that time frame? Thanks in advance.
August 23rd, 2011 - 6:26 am
I just wanted to get as much info about my father as possible and I know that he was in the Navy around 1962. His name was Dale Allyn Barger born 4/10/1941 died 4/15/1992. I would appreciate any info that you could give me on my father. Thank you so much for your time and it is greatly appreciated.
Rachel Pacheco
September 5th, 2011 - 9:44 am
I want to get as much information I can on my husband Harold Williams born 3/10/1967 who claim to be a former Navy Seal. His adult daughter doesn’t know much about him and we wanted to present him something special for his birthday next year. If you can help us, I would really appreciate it.
September 12th, 2011 - 10:42 am
Just A little info for your readers. The so called Accurate List of current and previous NAVY SEALS, Does NOT and CAN NOT list ALL Present or EX-FROGMEN!I KNOW of at least 4 classified records of Veteran UDT/SEALS…UDT/11…Seal Team1..During the period around 1978 thru 1982 Where as members of the ELITE FORCES service jackets were reworked..so to speak..To protect alot of people from any backlash of..unpopular Black Ops at the time.Enough Said.
P.S. COLORADO,THANKS AGAIN…50calX32…Whoo Yah
September 29th, 2011 - 12:02 pm
Hi,
wondering if you can check BUD/S data base for the name of yet another person I know of passing himself off as a frog. Name is Drew Sheets, or Andrew Sheets from California. Do not have his DOB but he’s in his thirties. Any help appreciaed. My close friend graduated BUD/S class 229 and operated out of Coronado on teams 5 & 7. I hate Frog imposters.
November 18th, 2011 - 5:01 pm
I wondered if you could check the SEAL database for a Virgil Peyton who says he is a former SEAL and a POW. He’s about 68 years old. We have a problem in EOD of guys professing to be EOD and it sorta gauls my butt to listen to a wannabee. Thanks…
November 27th, 2011 - 4:58 pm
I know of an indivisual who claims to have been a seal and he does not seem believeable. Name is Gary walker from Arkansas now residing in Kansas. yrs would have been early 70′s thank you.
January 2nd, 2012 - 12:42 pm
I am a Marine who has been out of my beloved Corps for 16 years. Where I am working now my foreman claims to be a SEAL. But from being in the military his story and timeline do not equal truth for me. Could someone contact me so I could run his name by to be verified please. Thank you
January 9th, 2012 - 2:07 pm
Was wondering if you could tell me if a Lee Ryan served as a Navy Seal. Said he is based in San Diego
January 15th, 2012 - 6:58 am
I am currently serving as a reservist Navy FMF Corpsman. I have a person I work with who claims to be a former Green Beret and a Navy Seal. I asked him few questions that made me skeptical about his rate authenticity. Out of respect for him regardless his sketchy claims I would prefer to be contacted to verify this.
January 16th, 2012 - 9:40 pm
An individual by the name of Ryan Harvey, claims service with ST #5, served 2008-09, BUDS Class 239..
I would like confirmation if possible… Corpsman..
Thanx
GySgt
USMC
69-91
January 18th, 2012 - 7:25 pm
Good Evening!
There is a gentleman out there by the name of “Captain” Nathan Flickinger who is claiming to be a Navy SEAL and who says that he is with Task Force 373. Is there any way to verify this? I have reason to believe that this could be untrue. Thank you in advance for your help in this matter.
Kay Thomas
January 23rd, 2012 - 8:00 am
Greetings. I am in Hamden, CT and have someone in my organization that refers to himself as a retired navy seal; and, while I do not have any great doubt about that, I remain a bit suspect for a few reasons. His name is Michael G. Romeo of West Haven, CT, approx. 60 yo. Can someone please look into this and get back to me. Thanks alot. Steven C. Sosensky, Hamden, CT.
January 26th, 2012 - 4:56 pm
Hi there!
I have recently met someone who claims to be currently serving as a SEAL, i would love to believe him but i know how few people make.. i would really like to validate his word, so if someone could contact me so i can run their name by the database that would be great. I dont want to post their name out of respect and confidemtiality if he is a SEAL. He would be active duty.
Thank you so much
January 27th, 2012 - 3:56 pm
Fred Hoefler in his eighties and recently passed way a seal or seabees
January 28th, 2012 - 1:01 pm
I was married to a man that says he was a navy seal. But he could never prove it, says his ex-wife threw all his stuff away. After being married, he was mean and it just didn’t jive with being a seal.
I wish someone could tell me if he was a seal.
I will give his name if someone call tell me.
February 1st, 2012 - 2:26 pm
Guy who lives next door to me is saying hes an ex Navy seal, my past friends Mark Siciliano and John Fallon RIP make me suspect that hes not. I could be dead wrong but, I would like to know for sure. His last name is Heaton.
February 1st, 2012 - 5:25 pm
I wanted to get my email correct.
February 29th, 2012 - 9:38 am
Hello, as a veteran myself I have the utmost respect for anyone who has served this great country of ours,and from one veteran to another thank you. I am inquiring of a gentleman who states he was a navy seal, a number of people have asked me to check if this man was actually in the seals. His name is Fred Odonovan. If he has served I would like to stop the rhetoric and questions regarding this man. He has stated he served in Somalia etc., he also states he had a diving accident causing a lung problem. If I were to guess he has been out of the seals for approx. 15 years at least.
March 14th, 2012 - 7:14 pm
Hello, my friends dad claims to have been SEAL Team Six before DEVGRU was formed. I don’t believe him and but feel like i need to be respectful. His name is John Dennis. He would have been in the teams in the 80′s and early 90′s.
March 16th, 2012 - 1:13 pm
Good afternoon,
I have been talking to a young lady for a few months getting to know her. She claims she is the only “Muslim” female SEAL in the Navy.
I thought you couldn’t be a SEAL if you were a woman? Can anyone help me, I think I’m getting the rung through the ringer…
Her Name: Hannah Zaban
Met her in: Fort Myers, FL.
Thank you very much in advance for your help.
JS
March 19th, 2012 - 9:55 am
My father, John Pierson, GMCM USN Seal Team One, Red Cell, died February 29, 2012. Anybody know him?
March 19th, 2012 - 7:07 pm
Hi My father was in the vietnam era in late 68-70 in the Navy. He told me that he went into seal training but flunked out do to going off cords in swimming part..then he said he got TAD to the marines and did a tour and came back..and he was a cook the remainder of his time..in that time he got a letter or award from Nixon witch i was told it was from being in hurrican cammile in 69 at pennsicola Flo..Anyone know how i can get info with him still alive…
March 21st, 2012 - 8:44 pm
Hello,
I need to find out if a person I know was a SEAL. He constantly blabbers on everything he has done in Vietnam and all the ‘advisor’ work he has done ‘overseas’ the last few years.
Thanks
March 29th, 2012 - 12:50 am
greetings!
we are trying to locate my grandfather, Danny Walter Rhouse. My grandmother said he used to be a member of the US navy. I just want to confirm if this is rather true. We have a picture of him wearing the navy uniform but we still want to make sure. Also, we have accepted the fact that he might be dead already, but we also want to find our long lost relatives from the States. Please, can anybody help us? we have been trying to find our lost relatives but to no luck.
any help, any help at all, will be highly appreciated. thank you so much!
PS: if this helps, we are from the Philippines. Danny Walter and my grandmother had a daughter, she is an only child. And she is my mom. Oh and the reason why we lost contact of him is because my grandmother and Danny separated early on their marriage.
April 20th, 2012 - 7:56 am
Please run an authentication of a white male 24yrold ex-SEAL named Tyler G. Heinz.
April 24th, 2012 - 1:47 pm
Could you please authenticate an ex-SEAL named Mike Shinall. He was a former work colleague that would regularly recount stories about combat as a Navy SEAL, and I have my suspicions. He is a resident of Peoria, IL, roughly in his thirties; because he works in the restaurant industry, his assertions, I presume, are rarely corroborated or asked to be corroborated.
April 27th, 2012 - 8:22 pm
As a retired Navy CWO4 … nothing frosts my balls more than these dickless fucks posing as Navy SEALS … I have been hearing stories about a local fellow Navy retiree (E-8 rating unknown), claiming to be a former SEAL, goes by Steve Snyder … could be Stephen … not sure … I would gladly rifle you a donation check … regardless of his status.
Thanks
“Gunz”
April 27th, 2012 - 9:54 pm
Phillip Huston… He was hitchhiking, said he was Anjelica Huston’s estranged sibling. I can’t remember where he said he was going… somewhere for cancer treatment.
April 29th, 2012 - 10:02 pm
I recently met a man claiming to be a retired Navy Seal and claims to have been in Operation Eagle Claw. His name is Brett Pemberton and his dob i believe is 3/14/1947. I believe he was born in LA, California and grew up in Costa Mesa, Ca. I don’t believe him as I have come across several other lies he has told. Your help is appreciated.
May 3rd, 2012 - 7:44 am
My biological father whom I really never knew beyond the age of 3 was a SEAL, or so I was told by my late mother. I would like to know if this is true. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
His name is/was Larry C McGill. He served during Vietnam.
May 6th, 2012 - 4:04 pm
3-7 years ago it was reported in the weekly York County Coast Star that a local young man,a SEAL, was killed while on active duty. There was a funeral sevice held in his memory in Wells, ME How can I find the name of the that
SEAL?
Bob Marlowe
May 8th, 2012 - 3:30 pm
Just wanted to thank you for the information you helped me get. My brother was a Navy SEAL and two of his buddies i had a hard time finding but thanks to you i found them, they had changed their names and therefor not listed on the documents- P.M and R.Q
May 10th, 2012 - 6:28 pm
My father just passed away and he has quite a history with the Seals. He would be under Rick Wells, or Ricky Wells, or Jean-Frederic Wells, or something along those lines. He could also be under Jean-Frederic Cottrille which is what he changed his name to. Any information at all would be helpful. Thanks.
May 11th, 2012 - 6:07 pm
My old buddy Johnny Koonce went through Bud/s and graduated in January of 2009. I lost contact with him and i’m unsure if he earned a trident.
May 19th, 2012 - 12:14 am
I have recently discovered a semi friend Jim Griffin lied about his time in nam and being a pow. The problem for me is he also brought in another man as the seal that rescued him, who has convently for mr griffins story died 6 years ago. This man was susspose to have won the silver star… I checked a data base and he was not listed. So now I wonder about his service as a seal. I have several friends that say he was but all of it is based on mr griffins pow lie. looksing for info on a John Masters possible seal form 65 to 75. catching mr griffin in his lie has placed doubt in manys mind and we would like verification that John was what was said of him… his family will not be notified if he wasn’t but will be if he was. would be very thankful for any help given.
May 22nd, 2012 - 5:23 pm
I need to verify if this guy I have been been talking to was really ever an ex navy seal in team 2. I have doubts about it because he keeps his identity so secretively. How can I do this, before I decide to continue any more contacts with him?
May 25th, 2012 - 7:37 am
Sirs,
Can someone please tell me if this person who has told my entire family that he is an ex Navy SEAL, really was. All I know is his name and age. We don’t believe it. His name is Gene Allen Miller, age 38.
Thank you very much
June 1st, 2012 - 9:07 am
I have a name who states he is a SEAL. I think he is lying. I don’t like glory-hounds, and will call him out if it is untrue. Please contact me at my email. Thanks.
June 3rd, 2012 - 6:03 am
Clarence Lamb. Would have served in the Late 50′s to early 70′s.
June 7th, 2012 - 2:38 pm
I cant beleive that this NAVY SEAL DATA BASE site exists!!! I mean, why dont we just have a CIA OPERATIVE DATA BASE while we are at it, or how about a DEA INTERNATIONAL AGENT DATA BASE??. This way, all the scumbag dirtbags terrorists, drug dealers of world can look us up and find us in this here DATA BASE. As a BUDS graduate, i think this about this most assanine thing i have ever seen. If the purpose of this site is to expose frauds by giving up the real names of former and active SEALS then this is very wrong. Their are much worse thing then someone claiming to be a SEAL. No wonder many SEALs change their names. Amazing what weve come to. Things are top secret for a reason people.
June 7th, 2012 - 2:56 pm
I absolutely agree with Anthony D. this Database is an insane idea. This should not exist. You are compromising the identities of those of us who still work independently as independent Mil. contractors. I was shocked when i saw this blog. So i guess now the question is is their a CIA infomer or better yet, a CIA operative data base out their somewhere on the net so the crazies of the world could see??
June 7th, 2012 - 8:25 pm
Sirs,
I wish to speak to anyone who knows about Donald Mansberger Sr. I am his youngest granddaughter. If you have any information please contact me at my email
carriemansberger@yahoo.com. By the way you gus are doing great. I hope you loe what you do.
June 8th, 2012 - 2:45 am
You got it wrong, Anthony D and J Thomason. The post above clearly says “This database may not be accessed by common citizens.” Only certain US Navy officers can access it.
June 9th, 2012 - 3:28 pm
I have to say i agree with the post by Antony D. Cary, if the database can be accessed by navy officers only then the door is wide open really because in this day and age there are so many genius hackers that can get into anything on the net. I imagine the list of names or even a partial list could be worth a lot of money to certain idiots in the middle east and other U.S enemies. I dont think this is a good idea.
June 10th, 2012 - 6:47 pm
The issue on cyber security (hacking and all) is an entirely different problem.
Where do you think does the military keep all its records, including personnel database, plans of actions, mission reports, etc? On a piece of paper? It’s 2012, we use computers now.
The records, not only personnel database, are inside a some sort of computer system. The issue should not be why have this kind of database, but how to protect military records.
June 16th, 2012 - 12:47 pm
Hello – Is this were I would ask for verification of a man who claims to have been a SEAL in Vietnam?
June 25th, 2012 - 1:07 pm
I need to know if Scott Allen Vanaria was a navy seal. This is very important. I am worried for myself and my child.
July 3rd, 2012 - 10:11 am
Hello-I work with an individual in sales this person brags to every co-worker/customer that he was a navy seal in Vietnam and that he was also a POW for 5 years. He has never shown any of us co-workers pictures,paper work,medals no proof what so ever that he was truly a genuine Navy Seal. If he was seal them he has the right to talk about his experiences and tell customers this, but after working with him for 5 years and hearing his same old stories without one picture of him in uniform I’m having my doubts. his name is Charles Algieri please let me know if he was truly a Navy Seal. Thank you Real Navy Seals for keeping our country safe And protecting our freedom.
July 8th, 2012 - 10:37 am
I would like to verify one named Adam Nichols. He currently lives in S.C. He manged to convince most of his bar buddies that he is some kind of killer US Navy Seal. I’d like to call him out on this.
Thanks,
D. Brannon
USMC 0331, (1993-1997)
1st Battalion 8th Marines
July 9th, 2012 - 6:43 am
I am trying to find out about an individual here in Tampa who claims to be a former seal member during Viet Nam, in the early seventies, then went on to a career in the CIA. He claims to have enlisted in the Navy, rose through the seal teams to a rank of Lt. Commander. The whole thing sounds fishy to say the least. His name is Clark Enslin and he is originally from Pennsylvania. Thanks,,,
July 27th, 2012 - 10:52 pm
In answer to the young man who wonders if his Dad’s Uncle
was a Navy Seal…Nick *Richard Gordon Nickelson, was in
Underwater Demolition Team 12 with my Dad, Master Chief
William Corey. And, yes..your Dad’s Uncle DID participate
in Gordon Coopers rescue “splashdown” re: NASA capsule..you should read your relatives book: “Hooyah” and be proud of his service. We knew Nick in our family and he was a fine
young man.
August 11th, 2012 - 1:59 pm
Hello, I was wondering if u can search a name for me..There is a man named Donald Sheffield that my sister and I are concerned for our mothers well being and this man has said that he is a retired SEAL.. Could you please check your database for us? Not only for our mothers sake but to possibly prove that he is disrespecting all of those that served our country.. Thank you
September 5th, 2012 - 9:43 pm
I am needing to know if a Jason Pike was on the teams. I am looking at a possible business venture with him, and will be investing my name time and money into this. I have to be sure and I don’t want to offend by asking to see his DD-214.
September 17th, 2012 - 8:29 pm
Know a guy who claims he is a former SEAL. team fifteen. Michael C. DeMaio
I can’t seem to find any reference anywhere of a team fifteen…. Can you shed some light on this? He even showed a document to “prove” it.
Thanks,
Karl
October 18th, 2012 - 2:43 pm
Just met my sister-in-laws new boyfriend and he claims to be a U.S. Navy sniper for 12 years with a lot a bragging about his kills.
Can anyone run a check for me?
His name is GMT1 Derrick Johnson
from Columbus, Ohio
October 31st, 2012 - 5:44 am
Hello I’m look for any help anyone might be able to give me. My father Charlie M Barnett has told me he was a seal and did 3 tours in nam. Said he went threw jump school at ft Benning ga. I do know for fact he was UDT but not if seal. I grew up away from him and reunited with him some yrs back and when we talked found out his last tour in country was in 70 he was coming out as I was going in country . But when I ask him about his time in the seals he is very vague about it so I wonder if he was UDT and attached to a seal unit . I understand that was a norm thing in nam and that time fram. He was in the navy from about 1950 to about 1971 ret a E6.
Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated
MSgt C.M. Barnett
USMC. Ret
November 16th, 2012 - 5:53 am
Dear Sir,
I received an e-mail, a few years ago, in regards to me being a Navy Seal and paid millions for my Beretta contract. At the time I thought it was rather amusing. Little did I realize it was supposed to be the truth. Neither of these statements are the truth. Only one I'm concerned about, (Me Being A Navy Seal). I have never been in the military. Let alone a Navy Seal. I was a Bounty Hunter and ran across my share of people claiming to be Navy Seals. If they were, I wouldn't be here now, I'm sure.
With my kindest regards please accept my apologizes to every Navy Seal who read the statement. If you do happen to find out who this idiot is spreading the lies, please send me his address and SS #….
Thank you,
Tim Bradley,
November 24th, 2012 - 9:17 pm
Looking for info on a guy claiming to have been a member of Seal Team 15 in 1995. I can’t find any mention anywhere of a team 15 so I think he’s lying.
Michael Demeo is his name.
He has posted documents “proving” he was a seal.
His HALO certificate was signed by a USMC LCMDR? I can’t find that rank in the USMC. I am really just looking for a yes or no as to whether he was a Seal or not. Thanks
December 12th, 2012 - 5:40 pm
Seems like her is another Fraud: PHILLIP DALE MONKRESS.
December 30th, 2012 - 9:15 pm
Sir,
Would you be able to tell if the following guy is for real? His name is Jacob A. Greathouse and I have reasons for concern. He "is" a navy seal commander or that is what he is saying.
LMM
December 30th, 2012 - 9:36 pm
To whom it may concern,
I have posted earlier my concern for truth in regard to a guy claiming he is a navy seal commander…Additional info is that he is team 10's shore commander and Sr. case officer and that he has trained those 4 courageous souls lost to the taliban…
Can someone verify on this person the truth identity?
January 7th, 2013 - 9:16 pm
I have heard that the SEAL database contains the names of everyone who ever attempted BUDS. When I earned my commission in the Army we had a guy who came to us claiming to have washed out of BUDS. Something about him just didn’t smell right. His name was Anthony Finch. I have been curious whether or not he even attempted BUDS. If someone with access doesn’t mind finding out about him I would greatly appreciate it.
January 28th, 2013 - 4:29 am
Dear Sir,
I would like to ask a help from your office if you can help our Uncle, Gene Penolio he is a retired US Navy Seal to get passport, he wants to visit Philippines to meet his other relatives, he had a problem in getting a passport in US he lives in Vermont now.
Thank you and best regards, May the Blessings of our Almighty be with you and your family always.
Respectfully Yours,
Lolita J. Mendez,
16 Zaragoza Street.
Makati City 1223.
Philippines
February 9th, 2013 - 12:46 am
Respectfully request assistance in knowing if navy seals serve in the active reserve ranks and if so would they be called up to deploy with active seal team units. Trying to verify if an aquaintence is truely a navy seal who served as a cellres status for most of his career. Please respond here or email munkin09@gmail.com / CPO Retired.
February 14th, 2013 - 6:05 pm
Greeting Navy Seals, I really need your support, my Grandfather was a Navy Seal, he was part of the UDT, but I don't have any info other than that, I would really appreciate you help in providing me with all his info, his name was Louis Robert Couttolenc Wagner, thanks and I really hope you can help me.
March 3rd, 2013 - 11:31 pm
I have been searching for information regarding my uncle Ernest J. Fortier who was one of the original Navy Frogmen. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. I haven't been able to get my cousins to request his military records. I have been doing the family genealogy for nearly thirty years and would like to complete the chapter on Uncle Ernie.
From what he told me; he forged his father’s name and lied about his age when he enlisted in 1941 in San Diego. He was fifteen. He said he was in a combat construction unit (Seabees or precursor) and arrived at Pearl on a baby flattop. He also said he was at Pearl during the attack.
While in Hawaii, he went for underwater demolition training on Maui. He told me these stories when he was suffering from dementia but his children have verified that they heard the same stories growing up. I think the key points of his story are the combat construction unit, the flattop and the underwater demolition training on Maui and witnessing the Japanese attack.
He also said he was in Tokyo Harbor before Hiroshima and Nagasaki and that his unit was discharged by Admiral Nimitz when they were on Guam. My best guess at this point from research is that he may have been in UDT 12. Any help would be appreciated.
Please contact me at ron.fortier1@facebook.com or, rfortier@umassd.edu.
March 5th, 2013 - 2:45 pm
would like to know about my pops I know he was in between 50 and 69 I know he was intel and he went to buds but I don't know if he graduated some people called him speedy.
March 5th, 2013 - 2:46 pm
same name I'm a jr.
March 5th, 2013 - 2:52 pm
I would also like to add much love and respect to my recently passed grandfather ernest newell sargent airborne 3 tours ww2 pow twice who had the courage to keep hope alive and carry the word.
March 5th, 2013 - 7:55 am
I wonder if you can hekp verify if a Dale Davis was a SEAL during Vietnam 68-69 ?
Thank you.
March 24th, 2013 - 6:07 pm
I know of someone who claims to have beena Navy Seal Team 3. He has the documents and certificates signed by president along with his honorable discharge certificate and he even has his challenge coins. Could he still be a phony?? There's someone who's accusing him of being a poser. But how so when he has proof? I would just like to clarify bc since I met him my gut told me he was a phony.
April 12th, 2013 - 2:15 pm
Hello I'm trying to find pics and proof my dad was a seal
I believe him but I want to see physical proof he was
A member of seal team1 in Vietnam from 69-70 can anyone help if so please contact me at fresh7681106@gmail.com
April 13th, 2013 - 1:26 am
Hello I am acquiring about my father Steven Bell. I am looking for him. I haven't seen him since I was a baby.I been looking for him for some time now. All that I know is that he used to be located at the naval base in Philadelphia, PA around the 1980's. If there is any information that can be helpful in my search please let me know.
Thank you,
April 18th, 2013 - 9:42 am
How do I confirm someone is a real retired navy seal ?
May 7th, 2013 - 7:53 pm
How can I confirm my moms boyfriend was a seal? He is abusive and not at all the character of a man of honor.
May 7th, 2013 - 8:11 pm
find out what the seal motto is and whenever you around him again, say the first couple of lines and see if he can finish. I was not a seal but i was an MP and if someone walks up to me and recites the first few lines, I will immediately start chanting also.. even after all these years it just comes right back in my brain!!!
May 7th, 2013 - 10:21 pm
We won't be going around him not great relationship there, nobody has anything nice to say. It gets ugly
May 21st, 2013 - 7:21 am
Ah Tj Smith you came to the right guy. Talk to Don Shiplely on YouTube. He has access to the REAL Navy Seal Database.