Major party in Valhalla tonight

One of their own has come home - from the London Daily Mail:

Founder of Seal Team Six dies aged 81: Richard Marcinko was tasked with setting up special forces unit after 1979 Iran hostage crisis, named it 'six' to fool Russian forces and spent 15 months in jail for $100,000 kickback scandal

• • Richard 'Dick' Marcinko, the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six, died Sunday at age 81
  • The cause of his death remains unknown at this time
  • Marcinko played a 'very unique part in SEAL history, leaving a legacy like no other' and is remembered as the 'premier counterterrorism operator' in the US
  • He was asked to form SEAL Team Six after one of his missions revealed deficiencies in the command structure and the need for a counter-terrorist team
  • He named it SEAL Team Six, despite there only being two SEAL teams, in an effort to fool the Soviet Union into thinking there were more teams
  • Despite his successes, Marcinko was jailed for 15 months after he allegedly conspired with an Arizona arms dealer to receive $100,000 for securing a government handgun contract
  • Marcinko denied the charges, claiming it was a 'witch-hunt' by high ranking Navy officers who he embarrassed by exposing vulnerabilities within their units

The first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six - the US military's vaunted counter-terrorism unit that would hunt down and kill Osama Bin Laden - died Sunday at age 81.

Richard 'Dick' Marcinko was tasked with designing the counter-terrorist team after the Iran hostage crisis in 1979.

Marcinko, along with another Navy representative, was on a task force to help free the American hostages in Iran, but were unsuccessful.

The mission, known as Operation Eagle Claw, highlighted deficiencies within the US military command structure and revealed the need for a full-time counter-terrorist team.

Marcinko launched the United States' third SEAL team in August 1980, calling it SEAL Team Six in order to fool the Soviet Union's KGB into thinking there were three other SEAL teams they didn't know about. He commanded the unit until July 1983.

Also an author - military fiction as well as an autobiography and business management.  Quite the life well lived.