which eastenders actor died recently. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. You each pace off 20 yards, perform an about-face, then shoot a rock-paper-scissors to determine who goes first. "We jumped up and got ready to go," says former Army Ranger Kris Paronto. He grew about as settled as he was inclined to allow himself to get with a good woman named Shannon Shepherd. This was crucial: when first getting a new weapon we would have one day to dial it in, get all our elevations, and get the feel of the thing. -USA Today, Yes. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Water and wind currents may be two very different things, but it is really the same basic concept, albeit in different media and moving at much different speeds. "He shot through a little tiny window with the boat going up and down from fifty yards away," says father Ben Doherty, "and killed a pirate without touching the captain. Try again later. We've just lost half our team." Doherty and the rest of the group sent to help arrived at the CIA annex at 5:15 a.m. after being delayed for several hours at the Benghazi airport by the Libyan security forces. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Your job is to calculate windage and give target lead if necessary (that is, how much to compensate for the targets movement). At the time, the sniper school was run by a master chief named Jordan, who was just in the process of turning it over to Senior Chief Seth Carver. His athleticism also led him to become a triathlete during this period. In the event we survived the shooting phase, we would then go on to the stalking phase, concluding with our graded final training exercise (FTX) out in the California desert near Niland. Adapt and overcome. We would be conducting the shooting phase at the Coalinga range, a private inland facility about a hundred miles northwest of Bakersfield, where we would camp out, receive all our instructions, and do all our shooting. [36] Woods was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. When youre sailing or boating, youre always thinking, Whats the weather doing, how is this affecting my point A to point B? Its the same dynamic when youre preparing to fire a bullet. I didnt want anyone screwing with my weapon. Internal ballistics has to do with how many twists there are in the barrel and their precise effect on the bullet, how fast the bullet travels, and how its moving when it exits the rifle. [10] An early report indicated that three Americans were injured in the attack and treated at an American military hospital in Germany. He became a ski bum at Snowbird, Utah in the winters, working at restaurants and becoming a phenomenal skier on both regular and telemark skis, as well as a talented cook and afterparty expert. He thought he was doing great tasks for the American people. The cold bore shot felt to me like the perfect expression of what it means to be a SEAL sniper, and it carried over into everything we did. BUB was a national heroa Navy SEAL who saved lives, and was always the life of the party. Exclusive video: Footage of former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty shows that real people were killed in the Benghazi attacks, and it is not a 'fake' scandal. Honoring his spirit and service. They told us that there were two principal parts to the sniper training. In typical Glen fashion, he made close lifelong friends with a number of his team members.In 2005, he exited the SEALS, but remained focused on the region through private security contracting work that generally took him to the region in a pattern of about 3 months overseas, a month or two back home. At the time, Stevens was still missing. That job was in Libya. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! I love Glen like a brother, but this was torture. We were led to the team armory, where we each checked out the suite of weapons we would be working with over the next few months. [20], A Roman Catholic, Doherty was a member of the advisory board of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, an organization that opposes proselytizing by religious groups in the United States military. The night before, they would tell us, Tomorrow morning, the whole class on the 500-yard line or whatever point on the range theyd selected for the following days cold bore test. He passed the training and became a paramedic and sniper with the Middle East as his area of operations. He was in Tripoli while the call for help came from the diplomatic mission in Benghazi a consulate in name only. Ready, go. We took off at a sprint. Navy SEAL Killed: Son 'was my hero', Winchester-native Glen Doherty killed in Libya during raid on U.S. Consulate, Glen Doherty's father said he had warned his son against going to Libya, but his son assured him that the country was safe, following the death of Moammar Khadafy. Noooo! the poor bastard cried out. Oh, man, I thought. You guys need to get here.'" [7] Senior intelligence officials later acknowledged that Woods and Doherty were contracted by the Central Intelligence Agency, not the State Department as previously identified,[8] and were part of Global Response Staff (GRS), a team that provides security to CIA case officers and countersurveillance and surveillance protection. In the later afternoon, wed head back out onto the range and practice on the guns again. During our third week at Coalinga, I woke up one morning with an ugly welt on my arm. "I tried to talk him out of going to Libya because of Khadafy," Ben Doherty said. [12] In March 2013 it was reported that the State Department said there were four injured Americans. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Within minutes, mortars were fired. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING VETERAN JOURNALISM - JOIN SOFREP+ Glen told his future employer that he had one last job to do. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. In the film, Bub is seen wearing tactical gear after the compound is invaded.pThe flak jacket contains numerous pieces of equipment such as a radio, an LED light, and . Courtesy photo Leucadia business. I saw this happen. Glen and I were happy to learn we had been paired as shooting partners. Reports. One of the Americans killed in the line of duty was the former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty. They were protecting it from waves of militants who were approaching through a field nicknamed Zombieland. We were there. Goddammit, Ken, quit jerking off! wed yell out. [32], As a Navy SEAL in 200506, Woods was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for valor in Iraq. -The O'Reilly Factor "It happened that night," says Paronto. -HuffingtonPost.comHowever, many have questioned what happened to Ambassador Stevens, especially after he was taken from the consulate. You need to be able to sight down a cold gun and take that first shot, right out of the box, with 100 percent reliable accuracy. That son of a bitch would be up and about for a solid hour before the rest of us even started thinking about opening our eyes, and once he was up it was nearly impossible to stay asleep because his gypsy encampment lit up the whole side of my tent. Spec Ops Magazine 2023 All Rights Reserved. You cant always take practice shots. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. The CIA annex, a fortress-like compound with several buildings, is where the American citizens in Benghazi had retreated. We would lie down in our lane and wait for the target, which would suddenly appear at some point within the next 20 minutes. Usually, we would spell each other out there, half of us pulling and marking the targets while the other half goofed off. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. What is the weather doing at your position as the shooter? [34] He retired as a senior chief petty officer in 2010. Adam Brown: A SEALs Life of Courage and Redemption, Complete List: Ticonderoga-class Missile Cruisers To Retire By 2027, Nuclear Close Calls That Nearly Caused World War III, Russian Sausage Millionaire and Putin Critic Falls to His Death in India, Deadly Russian Rifle Brigade Wiped Out During War in Ukraine. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. "He shot through a little window from 50 yards away on a bouncing boat and never touched the captain. On Sept. 11, his last assignment was in Benghazi. For example, lets say youre shooting at something 800 yards away. based on information from your browser. We kicked off the course by going out to Camp Pendleton for a qualifying shoot. Doherty served as a Navy SEAL sniper and Corpsman, responded to the bombing of USS Cole and had tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Is that valley funneling the wind a certain way? Doherty served as a Navy SEAL sniper and Corpsman, responded to the bombing of USS Cole and had tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. or redistributed. Glen Anthony Doherty was the second of three children born to Bernard "Ben" Doherty, now of Charlestown, Mass, and Barbara Doherty, now of Woburn, Massachusetts. No problem, right? "We hired the brightest minds from Harvard and Yale to do their work," the station chief tells the contractors on duty. As intimidated as we were, things were lining up in our favor. It was a good way to take a break from the intense pressure of shooting and give each other a hard time, something we were always fond of in the teams. "I tried to talk him out of going to Libya because of Khadafy," Ben Doherty said. He loved doing what he was doing. Blow it and your own personal dark cloud hung overhead for the rest of the day. Deal with it. [29] Since 2010, Woods had protected American diplomats in posts from Central America to the Middle East. He loved doing what he was doing. One guy, Ken, had a Penthouse magazine and would lie there at night in his sleeping bag jerking off, thinking he had all the privacy in the world. Glen 'Bub' Doherty : Okay, annex, we're officially lost. The Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation was established to ease the transition from military work to being a civilian for the Special Ops community. Defending the compound from the rooftop, Glen died alongside his friend when a mortar round landed near them. The AMU sharpshooters taught us the fundamentals, including sight picture and sight alignment, breathing, grip, and trigger pull. [19] After leaving the Navy, he worked for a private security company in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Kenya and Libya. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. In some cases, though, the weapon really is shot out, or theres some kind of equipment malfunction. Or it might flow straight upward, in which case we call it a boil, meaning either that there is either no wind at all or that the wind is blowing straight toward you. He knew Glen would excel at everything. We ran out onto the range, got our instructions, hustled to our shooting line, threw ourselves on the ground, and scrambled mightily to get our shit together for that first shot. We shot all the way back to 800 yards without scopes, except a personal spotting scope. Instead, you know you have to throw it upward so that it arcs through the air, hitting its high point at about the 25-yard line and then curving back down to reach the end zone. Iron sights on a rifle consist of two elements, a rear and a front sight, which you use to line up your view of the target. Sean Lake and Glen Doherty grew up best friends, teammates and roommates as they chased their childhood dreams of adventure. Common sense might suggest that the best way to take an accurate shot would be to hold your breath. No other congressman was there that I saw, and we made a decision to go and we saved lives. Reach your hand down into a stream or lake, and you might notice that it looks like it juts off as if your arm were suddenly bent at a sharp angle. Navy SEAL Glen 'BUB' Doherty was heroically killed in Benghazi, Libya in 2012. We have set your language to I saw guys whose scores came in at 79 percent told to pack their bags. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Please try again later. [28] He served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Middle East and Central America. Right away, we were dealing with conflicting parameters. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Is the wind calm there, or moving, and if so, in what direction, and how strongly? Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. All rights reserved. The stress of that morning cold bore shot got to a number of guys in the class. He was one of four Americans killed during a raid on the consulate in Benghazi that came on Tuesday's 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Those metal target frames were huge, and the pulley system that raised and lowered them used 50-pound concrete counterweights. In researching the 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi true story, we discovered that Glen 'Bub' Doherty, a former Navy SEAL who was operating as a consulate security guard in Libya, was also involved in freeing Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates in 2009. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. In the first, his team began by securing the Kuwait oil fields before the invasion officially began to prevent the environmentally disastrous recurrence of them being burned, as had happened under Saddam Hussein's orders during Desert Storm in 1991. Try again later. First I was awakened by the blinding white glow and steady hum of his Coleman exploration power lanterns. Market data provided by Factset. They taught us about something called natural point of aim. Whether youre kneeling, sitting, standing, or lying down, after you put your sights on the target, you scoot your body back and forth until youve put yourself into a position where youre naturally aligned with the target. Year should not be greater than current year. He thought he was doing great tasks for the American people."Mr. Youre not shooting it in a straight line; youre really throwing it up in the air so that it arcs and comes down where you want it to. Glen Doherty was a security and surveillance contractor working for the CIA, and it was supposed to be his last assignment. -Special Report with Bret Baier, "We're the ones who saved five American lives at the consulate because we left when we did," says former Marine Mark Geist, responding to the assertion that a stand-down order was never given. Not that there was much in the way of nightlife anyway. Within a few hours, I was back out on the yard lines shooting M-14 iron sights. [13] In August 2013, CNN reported that seven Americans were wounded, some seriously. The rest of us saddled up and headed north for Coalinga, where we would spend the next six weeks camping out on the property of the Coalinga Rifle Club, a five-hour drive from San Diego up in Californias Central Valley. . Greg, Greg, we are under attack, were the last words from Ambassador John Christopher Stevens to his deputy Greg Hicks over the phone from the Benghazi office shortly after the attack began around 9:30 p.m. If you dont get here, we are going to die, the radio operator at the tactical operations center in Benghazi pronounced on the radio from the improvised consulate. Drag images here or select from your computer for PO Glen Anthony Bub Doherty memorial. They taught us about sight fixture: fixing on that sight post, which may be a centimeter wide on the front sight, visually splitting it in half, and focusing on the top center edge. I tried to self-treat the bite, but the infection had already set in. After five hours, the fighting paused and mortars suddenly began to fall around the men, hitting Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. Doherty provided security and surveillance for the show's production team as it chased in one case a well-known financier of the 9/11 attacks through the streets of Hamburg. Woods graduated from Oregon City High School in 1989,[27] south of Portland, Oregon, and served 21 years of honorable service in the U.S. Navy before joining the State Department Diplomatic Security Service[28] as a U.S. embassy security operative,[4] ostensibly working under a service contract. He was defending Ambassador Christopher Stephens at the time of his death. He talks about the car chases and how he managed to stay awake on stake-outs and discusses his impressions of his friends Adam, Roger, and Scott, whom he protected on those shoots. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Next, we went out to 200 yards and shot another volley. I told my instructors about it, and when they didnt do anything I kept bringing it up. This is something we would change later on, when I became part of the team that redesigned the entire sniper course, but when we went through the course back in 2000, there wasnt much emphasis on teaching skills. A former Navy SEAL from a Boston suburb was one of four Americans who died in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya Wednesday. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. With my knack for spotting and Glens natural gifts as a shooter, we made a deadly pair. I dont remember him ever missing a single shot, and most of his shots were perfect 10s. The siblings were great lifelong friends.They grew up in Winchester, Mass, across the street from a patch of woods where they first fell in love with the outdoors. Weve updated the security on the site. "Glen, a Winchester native and former Navy SEAL, was acting as a consulate security guard in Libya for the past two months. After meeting our instructors, we got the rest of our gear list and were divided into shooting pairs. He was in Tripoli while the call for help came from the diplomatic mission in Benghazi a "consulate" in name only. . 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