Roger (Turkey Belly) Guerra

UDT-SEAL ASSOCIATION FIRST North Texas
Chapter Meeting Come and join the First UDT-SEAL Association "North Texas Chapter"
event hosted by Roger & Debra GUERRA and Bill Holloway and John Ware
  What: "North Texas Chapter" Get together and meeting
  When: October 25, 2008 
4:30 PM (Notice its PM not AM)
  Where: Greater Fort Worth Area @ 
2112 Chaparral Rd Azle, TX76020
email me or telephone: rdguerra [at] flash.net   


 Hey Guys, Gals, and Kids,   With the help of Bill Holloway and John Ware we will host your First "North Texas Chapter" meeting up here at my house in the country at Azle, TX. So, lookin forward to seeing all you Frogs & SEALs within shoutin distance!!!    This should be a great time and good ole Texas get together for our first meeting and family event. Anyway, for our first meet, I'll cook burgers and provide beer & soft drinks for $10 per couple please RSVP (important for food ordering). If you're coming stag, it's only $5 a head.  

 I want our first meet to be economical enough that everyone makes it and find out what we want to do from this point on. I live between Fort Worth and Azle, TX and the address is above. If you want to bring a covered dish, please call me and we'll figure something out! Covered dishes are great surprise foods that are usually fantastic and taste great.   

We have a pool so kids can swim if they so desire, and so can the adults if you still remember how, this time it's not mandatory.  I personally swim like a gaftop that had a quarter pounder dropped on him (you know laying on its side).  

 There are several hotels within shoutin distance on the west and northwest side of Fort Worth. Cowtown (north side) is 20 minutes from me for the really hearty!  We'll start at 4:30 and go till someone yells uncle, so it could be a long night (we got a lot of meetin, greetin, and catching up to do!). I'll recover on Sunday with a strong sermon if any one is interested!    I received a good response in putting this group together and hope most of you can make it. There's a lot of team members not in the UDT-SEAL Association that hopefully participate and our welcome, this is about the Brotherhood so we'll see.  

 Bring your smiling faces and any ole Team related photos so we can all laugh and have some fun.  Anyway, please respond by Oct 15 so we can finalize plans and have enough food and drink to accommodate everyone.   
Looking forward to seeing you all,
Roger and Debra Guerra  

Roger Clapp was an officer at ST-1 and ran the Armory for part of the time when I was there. He is now the Naval Special Warfare Center Command Historian. He has an office at the Coronado training center and has access to the Navy’s version of the database which is far more extensive than mine. The Navy’s database includes ALL of the WWII guys (mine only goes from 1947 to the present day), and Roger can actually look up the training records on anyone who was in BUD/S… whether they successfully graduated, or they were dropped for failure to meet performance qualifications, or they were medically dropped, or they quit. 

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                                                 Richard E. Cyrus. 

I graduated from class 35 in Little Creek in 1965. I spent 2 years in UDT-22 before going to Seal Team 2 in 1967. From 67 to 71 was the fun time in Vietnam. 

In 1977 I went to EOD school. While in EOD school I made Chief. 

 Two months later I was promoted to Ensign. After EOD school I was transferred to the USS Reclaimer (ARS-42) via Diving Salvage Officer School. My billet was First Lieutenant/Weps. officer.

 At that time there there were no LDO billets in Seal Team. After 3 years on the Reclaimer, I was transferred to Mobile,Diving,Salvage Unit One, via Helium, Oxygen Diving Officer School; as XO. 

After 2 years was bumped up to CO. During my time at MDSU-1, I augmented to 1140 (Diving, Salvage,EOD Officer). In 1984 I requested a lateral transfer to 1130 (SPECWAR). I was later transferred to SPECWARGRU-2 as R&D officer.

 I retired after 22.5 years to take a consulting job in the Fiji Islands teaching Para-military military tactics, among other things.

 In 1991 I got a Merchant Marine License as a Deck Officer third Mate; supporting the Gulf War. In the last 14 years I have been transporting USAID cargo to third world countries through-out the world. Primarily to African ports. I have been dealing with Piracy for a long time. 

Years ago the pirates operated on a small scale; mostly on the West coast of Africa. I now have a Master license, Upon Oceans, Unlimited Tonnage. 

I also have Certificates for Security Officer, Port Facility,and Shipboard. I have to many USCG certificates to list here.

AWARDS:
Silver Star, Navy/Marine Corps Life Saving Medal, Bronze Star with Combat "V"(three awards), Purple Heart (2 awards), Navy Commendation Medal with "V" (5 awards),Navy Achievment Medal, Combat Action Ribbon and Many Others.

 
         Richard & Daugher Loren

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Capt. Pete Wikul "Bull Frog" Retires

  September 27, 2009 

. Pete Wikul last saw his father at the age of 8, on a street corner in his native Harlem. "He was a heroin addict," Wikul said Friday. "It was on West 140th Street. Either the cops or the Mafia came for him. I was never sure which."

http://www.military.com/news/article/military-bull-frog-hops-into-retirement