[38], Woods was portrayed by actor James Badge Dale in the 2016 film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. Starring John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber |, Copyright 2023 HistoryvsHollywood.com, CTF Media, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Official Website of Annex Security Team Member Kris 'Tanto' Paronto. "Whether we'd like to or not, it's still a safety issue. According to some reports, Libyan civilians carried Stevens from the room, put him in a private car and rushed him to the hospital, where he passed away from severe asphyxia from smoke. There was no way I could shoot with a scope that wasnt reliable. The winner proceeds to chuck a well-aimed, baseball-sized rock at the other person (no headshots, of course), who is forbidden to move or even flinch and stands as still as possible, hoping for a miss so he can then have his turn. Two or three goose eggs bought you a one-way ticket back to your SEAL team. Sean be. He was good." Fortunately for me, that was my first and only complete miss. Glen Dohertys Libya assignment was supposed to be his last for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Barbara Doherty, who opened and for years ran a candy store in Lexington called The Candy Castle, is an extremely warm-hearted and friendly woman who raised her children to be kind to everyone, and who opened her home as a second home for all her children's friends.Glen was very loyal to his friends and family. The first person to score a kill shot is declared the winner, and the next two guys take their place and have a go. 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. Tripoli had no US air assets, and the team had to go independently. Four Americans died in the 2012 Benghazi attack: Ambassador Chris Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith,[1] and two CIA operatives,[2] Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods,[3][4] both former Navy SEALs. The cold bore shot is staged to simulate that all-important first shot taken in a combat situation in the field when you dont have the luxury of taking practice shots and letting your rifle warm up. There was a Leupold scope on one of my guns that just didnt seem quite right. I take just what I need, and it all fits in my pack. Fellow annex security team member Mark Geist, a former Marine, says that the CIA station chief, who is referred to as "Bob" in the book and movie, kept the men from responding for "almost 30 minutes." He and the quick reaction force arrived at the CIA annex at 5:15 a.m. after being delayed for several hours at the Benghazi airport by the Libyans. Usually, we would spell each other out there, half of us pulling and marking the targets while the other half goofed off. He was a master of both small talk and encouragement. Blow it and your own personal dark cloud hung overhead for the rest of the day. His older brother is Greg . His older brother is Greg Doherty of Kensington, California, his younger sister Kate Quigley of Marblehead, Mass. He kept the same core group of friends since elementary school, and it was their loyalty to each other and fun-loving nature, as well as Barbara's welcoming home, that brought them from being a one-time crew of social misfits to the center of an awful lot of damn fun people of all stripes who remain tight to this day.After high school, Glen attended Embry Riddle aeronautical university in Arizona, where he flew planes, rode a motorcycle and decided that the only thing cooler to do than what he was doing would be to up and leave. He knew Glen would excel at everything. But no. Oops, we were unable to send the email. "He was a hero. I chambered my one and only round, got myself settled into my natural point of aim as best I could, target aligned and on sights, felt the tide of my respiration ebb to its lowest point, and in the short moment of that stillness squeezed the trigger . Doherty and Woods were both killed. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Then the sounds would start: his percolating coffeepot, then some sort of 80s rock music blaring through his earphones, which he thought we couldnt hear but in fact only made him even more oblivious to the extent of the racket he was making: messing around with all his stuff, clattering around and getting his coffee ready, burping and farting but not hearing himself because he had those earphones on, then followed by his electric toothbrush, endless loud gargle, and the invariable lengthy punctuating spit that made us all groan. Glen 'Bub' Doherty : Okay, annex, we're officially lost. Glen was honored at the Travis Manion Foundation First Annual West Coast Golf Tournament. 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. This was our first look at a real scoped weapon and right away, I knew I had a problem. If your gun starts to malfunction in the middle of a shooting evolution, the instructor might assume its you. "He was a great kid, he was very honorable. Sean Lake and Glen Doherty grew up best friends, teammates and roommates as they chased their childhood dreams of adventure. He had been offered a more comfortable job in the private sector that would have allowed him to get out of the line of fire. [34] He retired as a senior chief petty officer in 2010. It was eerie the way this happened. Failed to delete memorial. 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. On rare occasions, we went out for a drink or got a bite to eat in town. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. "My heart dropped. He was peeled from his unit for sniper duty for several days, returned to it before the taking of Baghdad, and continued with them to take Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, where they finally got a breather in Hussein's riverside palaces once those were cleared. "Wish we could put that out there," says former Global Response Staff (GRS) member Kris Paronto. Glen is a naturally gifted marksman. 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. 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. Retired Navy Seal Glen Doherty was one of four Americans killed in the attack against the United States Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 12th, 2012. You have to know your bullets maximum ordinate, that is, the maximum height that bullet will reach on its path to your target, and calculate for that. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Once we had our weapons, we mustered back in the Team Five area to meet our instructor cadre. When your firing pin hits the bullets strike plate, it sets off an initial powder charge, and the exploding powder creates a rapidly expanding gas bubble, which propels the slug, or front portion of the bullet, through the chamber. We each got two tries. Once we assembled at the prescribed location, they would give us our instructions: Okay, youve got 30 seconds to sprint to the 300-yard line and engage your target from the standing position. God help you if you missed the target altogether because you just landed a 0, and the other guys would then avoid you like the plague for fear your bad juju would rub off. However, the moment it emerges from the barrel its flight path is already being influenced by its environment. It does show that security at the diplomatic compound was insufficient and signs of trouble were ignored, in part due to government ineptitude. In most cases, you can literally see those vapor trails all the way to the target. All rights reserved. I easily could have flunked out in my first test because of a messed-up scope. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. As the saying goes in the teams, The only easy day was yesterday.. 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 will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Or at least turn off the damn light!. We started out shooting iron sights, meaning without scopes, on the 7.62mm M-14, a classic rifle that the U.S. military had relied on for four decades. As you shoot rounds through a metal chamber, it heats up, creating an increase in chamber pressure, which translates into a change in the bullets trajectory. [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. He served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and played roles in iconic moments from the War on Terror, including the rescues of both PFC Jessica Lynch in Iraq in 2003, and Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates in 2009. matcha cultural appropriation; will god forgive me for blasphemy; dhl invoice lookup Ambassador, were killed in an attack on the American Consulate in Libya. 2023 The SOFREP Media Group. "I tried to talk him out of going to Libya because of Khadafy," Ben Doherty said. A few weeks after our conversation in Lieutenant McNarys office, Glen and I, along with two dozen others, mustered at the SEAL Team Five quarterdeck in Coronado for our initial sniper school in-briefing. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. This happened to be the day we were first sighting our .300 Win Mags. . We kicked off the course by going out to Camp Pendleton for a qualifying shoot. In the summers, he was a white water rafting guide down the Colorado River, where his knowledge of the outdoors, his responsibility and his abilities to tell a great tall tale and to get everyone to have fun made multi-day journeys from Moab to Lake Powell experiences of a lifetime for many. "It happened. Within a few hours of the incident, I was back on the range, sighting in my new weapon. Verify and try again. In 2001, he got his knees reconstructed and was planning on exiting the military when September 11th happened. A few years later I would end up working for Chief Carver as part of an advanced sniper training cell and would be on hand to see his life crumble to pieces and be salvaged by the goodwill of the team. Mark 'Oz' Geist's left arm was almost completely blown apart, but he kept shooting. For his safety." can green chili 1 cup salsa 2 cans diced tomatoes with juices 2 pounds ground turkey. . Expand your knowledge of the 13 Hours true story by watching the featurette below featuring three of the real GRS operators who helped to save lives during the Benghazi attack. Now we just had to do the work and do it perfectly. 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. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? We had some fun down there in the butts, but it was not without its hazards. For example, lets say youre shooting at something 800 yards away. Adapt and overcome. Most of the guys traveled pretty light. lay stationary and silent." Mitchell Zuckoff author He was my hero," Ben said.Ben said he is very sad but so very proud. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Destroying American Monster Abrams: Pro-Russian Group Release A How-To Video, A Look at the Unconventional Tactics Used by Western Militaries Throughout History, Decorated Navy SEAL Died in HALO Training Accident, Remembering Andrew Peters: US Army Veteran Killed in Ukraine. The official autopsy report as to exactly what caused Steven's death has not been released by the U.S. Government. Every few classes we would be tested on whatever wed learned. Put a bullet through a hot chamber and it may travel as much as a few hundred feet per second faster than when you put it through a cold chamber. Death 12 Sep 2012 (aged 42) Benghazi, Banghz, Libya. the former SEAL, with the infectious smile and abundant best friends, who served bravely in the Gulf War, who soared airborne on skis, surfboards and good times. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Born in 1970 in Winchester, MA, Glen Doherty served as a Navy SEAL sniper and Corpsman. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Imagine throwing a football from the 50-yard line to the end zone. Whats happening 800 yards away, all the way down to where the target is sitting? Between my inattention and his carelessness, the metal frame whacked me right in the head. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. 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. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. These weapons are not delicate; theyre made to withstand the rigors of combat. The same thing happens in the atmosphere. Legal Statement. You cant always take practice shots. The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. They make my coffee/smoothies delicious, and I honestly can tell a difference with my recovery after workouts as well as improved joint/hair/nail health. As the days went by I steadily improved my ability to control myself, and my scores slowly crept upward. Brandon Webb (@brandontwebb) is a combat-decorated Navy SEAL sniper turned entrepreneur who has built two brands into an eight-figure business. Please enter your email and password to sign in. [10] An early report indicated that three Americans were injured in the attack and treated at an American military hospital in Germany. [33] Having settled in Imperial Beach, California, for a year of his retirement he owned The Salty Frog bar there; he is survived by his second wife, Dr. Dorothy Narvaez-Woods, their one child,[37] and two sons from a previous marriage. "Greg, Greg, we are under attack," were the last words from Ambassador Chris Stevens to his deputy Greg Hicks over the phone from Benghazi shortly after the attack began around 9:30 p.m. "If you don't get here we are going to die," the radio operator at the tactical operations center in Benghazi pronounced on the radio from the consulate. This account has been disabled. As they were leaving for the main compound, Kris 'Tanto' Paronto, says that he requested support. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97014892/glen-anthony-doherty. We had a few guys who were excellent shots but got flushed out of the course because they had the bad luck of getting a weapon that didnt have a good log and was legitimately shot out, and they didnt yet have the skills or know-how to deal with it right away. In the rockets case, thats the capsule that houses the astronauts. Love my Bubs Naturals. He was defending Ambassador Christopher Stephens at the time of his death. based on information from your browser. Sometimes guys would forget to put their round in the chamber or forget to dial in the right elevation. [21] He also co-wrote the book The 21st Century Sniper. Pretty soon the camp started thinning out as our numbers began to dwindle. They took us through a brief class to make sure we all knew how to set up and operate all our weapons, and then we were out on the range shooting. Played Major Role Fighting Militants in Libya Attack", "Ex-SEAL killed in Libya 'thrived on adrenaline, danger', "Woods' sacrifice honored at OCHS assembly", "DCPD-201200719 - REMARKS AT A TRANSFER OF REMAINS CEREMONY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK ON THE U.S. MISSION IN BENGHAZI, LIBYA", "SEAL from Ore. killed in Libya buried Thurs", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_fatalities_and_injuries_of_the_2012_Benghazi_attack&oldid=1139888268, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 10:58. At a real scoped weapon and right away, all the way to! Way to the target is sitting add a flower button mustered back in the right elevation as well as joint/hair/nail. ; theyre made to withstand the rigors of combat 12 Sep 2012 ( aged 42 ),! 38 ], Woods was portrayed by actor James Badge Dale in the case. Could shoot with a scope that wasnt reliable tripoli had no US air assets, and I honestly tell! 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