{"id":112516,"date":"2021-04-13T12:23:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T16:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=112516"},"modified":"2021-04-13T12:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T16:45:25","slug":"uss-mcfauls-skipper-no-bud-s-no-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=112516","title":{"rendered":"USS McFaul&#8217;s Skipper: No BUD\/S? No Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/173470242_10219715102214221_2910045827355976929_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/173470242_10219715102214221_2910045827355976929_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/173470242_10219715102214221_2910045827355976929_n.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/173470242_10219715102214221_2910045827355976929_n-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/173470242_10219715102214221_2910045827355976929_n-187x333.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Commanding Officer of the USS McFaul (DDG-74) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surflant.usff.navy.mil\/Leadership\/All-Leadership\/Article\/2488932\/commanding-officer-uss-mcfaul-ddg-74\/#:~:text=CDR%20Rowden%20isa%20native%20of,a%20B.A.%20in%20Political%20Science.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDR Bobby Rowden<\/a> &#8211; is creating quite a controversy.\u00a0 The USS McFaul, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was named for U.S. Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Donald L. McFaul. McFaul was killed in action during Operation Just Cause &#8211; the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that the CO authorized morale patches made for the crew featuring the U.S. Navy SEAL trident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS-McFaul-patch.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS-McFaul-patch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS-McFaul-patch.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS-McFaul-patch-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/USS-McFaul-patch-225x333.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As expected, this is not well received in the SEAL community.\u00a0 CPO McFaul is a legend, but the SEAL Trident must be earned, not given.\u00a0 Besides, it is an official Navy warfare device.<\/p>\n<p>There is no posted article about this.\u00a0 It was posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ddg74\/posts\/1935559583261764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USS McFaul Facebook page<\/a> and the word spread quickly throughout the community.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/patch-redacted.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/patch-redacted.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/patch-redacted.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/patch-redacted-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/patch-redacted-250x333.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commanding Officer of the USS McFaul (DDG-74) &#8211; CDR Bobby Rowden &#8211; is creating quite &hellip; <a title=\"USS McFaul&#8217;s Skipper: No BUD\/S? 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