ARCTIC COMBAT SWIMMER. DON SHIPLEY AT RIGHT

RECEIVING NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL

Don Shipley retired after 24-years as a SEAL Senior Chief in 2003. He served  at  SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Team TWO,   the Naval Special Warfare Center, and Naval Special Warfare Group TWO in Little Creek Virginia as a SEAL Advanced Training Instructor. 

When not in a SEAL Platoon or deployed overseas, his time was spent running blocks of training for SEALs in air operations, land warfare, and demolitions.

As a SEAL, he preferred the challenge of Mountain and Arctic Warfare but began his career in the equally hostile desert environment, spending much of his time in the worlds hottest and coldest climates.

He served in eight SEAL Platoons, was Platoon Chief in five, and awarded the  Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Heroism during a Search and Rescue Mission. He also conducted numerous operations in Bosnia and Liberia, Africa  while at SEAL Team TWO.  

Setting records for immense water and land demolition shots and running High Risk training courses, he also served as an Explosive Expert instructing Police Departments across the country in Booby Traps and Improvised Explosive Devices.

After retirement he became a security contractor, spending  a year in Pakistan and Afghanistan fighting the war on terror. He resides in Chesapeake Virginia with his wife and daughter.  His son is one of the youngest men to ever graduate BUD/S Training at 17 years old.

FREEFALL TRAINING JUMP

TEAM RETIREMENT. DON SHIPLEY FOURTH IN LINE FROM LEFT.

SEAL TEAM TWO

EXTREME TRAINING CLASSROOM

Richard "Mack" Machowicz and Don Shipley CQB Training

SEAL TEAM TWO WINTER TRAINING. EXTRACTION AFTER TWELVE DAY OPERATION

PRISONER HANDLING CLASS

SMILING NOW 10 MINUTES LATER WE'RE ATTACKED BY A HUGH SEA LION

DON SHIPLEY INSTRUCTING PLATOON DEMOLITION TRAINING

IT'S ME ALRIGHT.