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Posted - June 09 2015 : 4:11:35 PM n an interview, Winkler refused to say which SEAL units had received his tomahawks, but acknowledged that many were paid for by private donors.
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Several former Team 6 members said that some SEAL members carried the hatchets on missions, and at least one killed an enemy fighter with the weapon.
Dom Raso, a former Team 6 member who left the Navy in 2012, said that hatchets were used “for breaching, getting into doors, manipulating small locks, hand-to-hand combat and other things.” He added that hatchet and blade kills occurred during his time with the SEALs. . . Interesting info Rich - thanks. |