A soldier from the Florida Army National Guard was caught wearing something on his lapel that he didn’t really earn – and may face the consequences. A feature on the Navy Times shared a photo of Second Lt. Douglas Sofranko wearing a black SEAL Trident insignia on his Army combat uniform. In addition, Sofranko reportedly [...]

A commentary on Star Exponent defends mainstream media from “negative press” being circulated via spam e-mails. In a previous post, we shared with you the Navy SEAL trident tradition during the funeral of a comrade. The photo of the trident-laden casket was actually used in a spam e-mail sharing the courage and sacrifice of Medal [...]

We found an interesting “fact-check” article by Carole Fader at The Florida Times-Union – Jacksonville website that we thought is worth sharing with you. It involves an e-mail with a photo of a trident-riddled casket that has been making the rounds in the Internet, a casket that is said to be Medal of Honor recipient [...]

I realized that after a lot of discussions about the Navy SEALs, we haven’t really talked about the military badge that distinguishes them from other branches of the US Armed Forces. Although we can talk about how we can tell if a Navy SEAL is for real or for reel, there is only one visible [...]