Persian Gulf

Rick "FUCH" Fuciarelli joined the Navy at 17 years old after dropping out of High School in 1981 and graduated the Navy's  academic nightmare called Explosive Ordnance Disposal School (EOD).  Rick was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit TWO until 1989 where he made numerous deployments destroying mines in the Persian Gulf and Counter Drug Operations in Columbia.

Fuch graduated BUDS Class 170 in 1989 and was assigned to SEAL Team EIGHT where he continued a demanding overseas deployment schedule to  various hot spots around the globe and was later assigned to SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team TWO.

As a Chief Petty Officer, Rick wrapped up 22 years of faithful service to the Navy as a SPECWAR Advanced Training Instructor teaching young SEALs demanding skills in Freefall and Static Line Jumpmaster as well as instructing SEAL Delivery Vehicle Pilots.

Particularly noteworthy…  Rick has received his Master Degree after dropping out of High School.

Ricks SDV Days