A Navy Seal in Vietnam
Nov 04, 2025
John Gulick
A Navy Seal in Vietnam
The Navy SEALS are one of the world's elite military units. The selection and training process to become a SEAL borders on brutal. The failure rate of those who volunteer is steep. What does it take to pass these tests, be assigned to a SEAL team and experience combat. How does it impact one's life?
John Gulick will recount his experience transitioning from an English Literature major at Washington & Lee University to a naval officer with duty aboard the destroyer USS Fletcher to Navy "frogman" in an Underwater Demolition Team; ultimately to becoming a SEAL deployed on combat operations in the deadly Rung Sat Special Zone, deep in the heart of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, during which he was wounded in action.