Do you believe that Navy SEALs feel the need for fame?

The older SEAL's wanted nothing to do with it. I joined in 89 and SEAL was not a big thing at all, NO big deal to see them or anything like that. The other thing is there was not as many teams and sub set teams, so they stayed in their own world. My second deployment worked on their SDV camp in Porta Rico and they were cool as hell, no big heads helped the guys that wanted the BUDS dream. I and the key to their camp as ours was next to theirs the Green side of NAS Roosevelt Roads and we all got along except sometimes the guys passing through came into our club on our camp and we would kinda toss it up once and a while no big deal, by the way they didn't win if that's what you think most of the time.

Move onto my time working around and supporting Team guys passing through during operations in Bosnia and that area. NSA Souda Bay Crete Greece 1996-98 Teams 8-10,and two would pass through, I could tell the guys were changing. The reason I bring that up is it was around this time they started letting them come in as Boot Camps they didn't do that much before 94-95. they started a thing called Dive fare company's and had a pre BUD's course where as in the past they had to be in the Navy Two years 4.0 Evales and PO3 was limit in Rate. Now there were some exemptions and they did take some from Boot, but not like today. I think this is part they come in young not like in the 70's and 80's and Early 90's.

I certainly see some that take advantage of it, but every SEAL I know (including my room mate for 4 years) was publicity shy. All they cared about was the mission and training.

SPC Thomas Hobbs The Ones I knew were the Shy, Quiet or Stoic Types Not into the Fame Game. They preferred to be Under the Radar even More So than Spooks Like Me.