Red Cell
Team Member
Profiles
Below is a partial list of Red Cell team members.
This is provided to give the reader an overview of
the diverse blend of personalities, backgrounds, and
areas of expertise that made up this unique unit.
Names in parentheses are those pseudonyms used by
Richard Marcinko in his popular fictional Rogue Warrior
series. These are provided for the convenience
of the readers of these books. Information below
was derived exclusively from the non-fiction book
The
Real Team, by Richard Marcinko:
Dennis "Denny"
Chalker (Snake):
DOB: 28 July 1954
Military background: 82nd Airborne; SEAL Team
ONE; SEAL Team SIX; Red Cell; Naval Special Warfare
Development Group (Dev Group); Command Master Chief,
Naval Special Warfare Center (NSWC/BUD/S).
Specialty: Boatswain's Mate; Instructor rating.
Steve Hartman (Stevie
Wonder):
DOB: 21 February 1955
Military background: USMC: Force Recon, Engineer
Battalion, Maintenance Battalion. USN: USS
Finback; USS Hammerhead; Navy Security
Detachment, Washington, D.C.; Washington Navy Yard,
SPEC TEAM: Red Cell.
Specialty: USMC: Primary - Force Reconnaissance;
Secondary - motor transport and maintenance chief.
USN: Machine maintenance.
Mike Purdy (Duck Foot
Dewey)
DOB: 15 December 1956
Military background: USS El Paso; SEAL
Team ONE; SEAL Team SIX; Defense Language Institute;
Red Cell; Dev Group; Naval Special Warfare ONE; SEAL
Team FOUR; Dev Group.
Specialty: Ordnance and weapons
Albert J. Tremblay
(Doc Tremblay)
DOB: 10 July 1943
Military Background: Corpsman; Navy Underwater
Swim School; classified underwater recovery project;
Navy parachute jump school; Marine recon battalion;
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) locker/station hospital,
Newfoundland, Canada; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, hospital/diving
locker; Southeast Asia (Laos); Central/South America;
Middle East; BuPers; SEAL Team SIX (OpNav 06-Delta
and Red Cell); Command Master Chief, Naval Medical
Research and Development Command.
Specialty: Medical corpsman, combat swimmer,
Naval parachutist
Larry Barrett (Bullet
Head/Gold Dust Twin)
DOB: 22 December 1951
Military Background: USMC; SEAL Team
TWO; Mob Six; SEAL Team SIX; Red Cell; SEAL Team Four,
Navy liaison to the Air Force for Special Operations.
Specialty: Ordnance
Dan Capel (Nasty Nick
Grundle)
DOB: 27 May 1964
Military Background: SEAL Team FOUR; Red Cell;
Dev Group
Specialty: Ordnance and demolition
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