Richard Marcinko led SEAL Team Six like a “mafioso,” and his personal flaws contributed to the special operation unit's DNA as much as his successes did.
Richard Marcinko had a larger-than-life personality. Once upon a time, he was a U.S. Navy commander who served as the godfather of the elite special operations unit, SEAL Team Six. Later, he was an author whose name and face were plastered across the Rogue Warrior books. His voice was on the radio. He was a military consultant, an inspirational speaker, and an owner of FUBAR tequila.
But beneath his hardcore, tough-as-nails facade, “Demo Dick” Marcinko wasn’t quite the archetypal American hero he promoted himself as. In fact, according to those who served under him, Marcinko was best described as a “colorful character,” one whose past included many lies, heavy drinking, and a felony conviction.
Richard Marcinko, The High School Dropout Who Was ‘Good At War’
Born in 1940 in Lansford, Pennsylvania, Richard Marciko was the son of George and Emilie Teresa Pavlik Marcinko, immigrants from Herzegovina and Slovakia — and every man in his family was a miner.
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