THIS IS ABOUT A YOUNG MAN THAT HAS SERVICED HIS COUNTRY FOR MANY  YEARS, FIRST HE WENT INTO THE NAVY AND WORKED HARD TO BECAME A UDT/SEAL AND SERVICED HIS COUNTRY WITH FULL HONORS, AFTER HE FINISHED HIS TIME IN THE NAVY THIS YOUNG WENT INTO THE ARMY. THE YOUNG MAN WAS SENT TO IRAQ , THIS YOUNG HAD ALWAYS GAVE HIS ALL TO SERVICE HIS COUNTRY AND ON 3/22/2008 WHILE ON PATROL THIS YOUNG MANS TRANPORT WAS ATTACTED AND HIT,  WHERE THE YOUNG MAN  AND 3 OTHER MEN GIVEING THE SUPREME SACRIFICE  THERE LIFE'S IN THE DEFENSE OF THERE COUNTRY. NOW I  HAVE A QUESTION FOR ALL FELLOW SERVICE MEN & WOMEN AS WELL AS  ALL AMERICANS.  I  FIRMLY FEEL THAT ONCE YOU BECOME A   US NAVY SEAL YOU ARE A NAVY SEAL FOR LIFE, AND I FIRMLY FEEL THAT THIS YOUNG MANS NAME SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE WALL OF HONORS IN THE U.S NAVY SEAL MUSEUM. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW  HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY?

4/14/2008

AS YOU CAN SEE I HAVE CHANGED MY PICTURE, I WOULD LIKE ALL OF YOU TO SEE Sgt. THOMAS C. RAY II (Jr.) HIS FATHER WAS IN THE NAVY ALSO. LET ME TELL YOU SOME MORE ABOUT THOMAS, HE WENT THROUGH SEAL TWICE. HE DID NOT MAKE IT THE FIRST TIME BUT HE WOULD NOT GIVE UP AND HE MADE IT THE 2nd TIME. I CAN'T BE SURE WHY HE LEFT THE NAVY BUT AFTER TALKING WITH MY WIFE THIS MIGHT BE THE REASON. WHEN I WAS ON THE TEAMS ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, MY WIFE WAS SCARED ALL THE TIME. I REMEMBER WHEN I CAME HOME ALL SHE WOULD DO IS CRY ! ! ! AFTER ALL THE YEARS I WAS IN THE SERVICE MY WIFE CRIED EVERY DAY BECAUSE SHE KNOW HOW THAT IT WAS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SHE WOULD NEVER SEE ME AGAIN. MAYBE THOMAS DID NOT WANT HIS WIFE AND FAMILY TO GO THROUGH THAT ANY MORE SO WHEN HE COMPLETED HIS NAVY SERVICE, BEING THE MAN THAT HE WAS AND TO STILL SERVE HIS COUNTRY HE WENT INTO THE ARMY SO HIS WIFE AND FAMILY WOULD NOT WORRY AS MUCH. NOW I AM NOT SURE OF THIS BUT AFTER TALKING WITH MY WIFE, I THINK THAT WHY HE DID NOT STAY WITH THE TEAMS.

MEMBERS COMMENTS VIEWING 1 - 7 OUT OF 7 COMMENTS From: frogusn 05/25/5543 12:07:59 He paid the ultimate sacrifice to his country,  but I have verified no one named "Thomas C. Ray" was ever a Navy SEAL. He may have attended BUD/S but he did not graduate. His bio says he was a Corpsman for 3 years. BTW, Your profile has you close to my age group. what class did you graduate from? http://iraq.pigstye .net/article.php/ThomasCRayII  The News & Observer - Sgt. Thomas C. Ray II, 40, of Weaverville, in Buncombe County, served three years in the Navy as a medical specialist after he joined in 1985. His wife said he joined the Army National Guard in May 2006.  Frogusn, retired Navy SEAL From: Courtenay 05/25/1220 12:07:45 http://iraq.pigstye .net/article.php/ThomasCRayII Nothing in this one either.  It is clear that he loved this country and volunteered to risk his life for this country, but also clear based on the amount of time he served in the Navy that he probably was not a SEAL.  From: Courtenay 05/25/896 12:07:45 I found a copy of his obituary.  Not to detract from his service and ultimate sacrifice to this country, but nothing in his obituary mentions his having been a SEAL.  It seems that it is something that would have been mentioned. http://www.westfamilyfuneralservices.com/obituaries.php?id=102&o p=view From: sealpowerunit3 05/25/2803 12:07:44 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I AGREE WITH YOU THOMAS WAS A HERO. WHO KNOWS I WAS 16 TEEN WHEN I FIRST ENTERED THE NAVY AND AT17 TEEN I WENT TO SAN DIEGO FOR SEALS TRAINING AND I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS, MAYBE WE CAN TALK SOME TIME. THANK YOU AGAIN FAITHY From: FAITHY 05/25/2737 12:07:43 Though I was not a SEAL, I trained Team members both in the military and as a civilian.  I was in SPECOPs with the government & law enforcement.  Once you're a part of a Team, it's forever! Where Mr. Ray excelled is that he served, with honor and in combat, more then one branch of our armed forces. Rather then question whether he should be remember as a SEAL Team Operator, let him be honored and remembered by all as an American Warrior. Both the Navy and Army should recognize him as a true hero. God bless him and his family... From: sealpowerunit3 05/25/3799 12:07:41 YES HE WAS IN THE SEALS FOR 4 YEARS, NOW I HAVE HIS WIFE'S OK TO GIVE OUT HIS NAME* * * THOMAS C. RAY II * * * ALSO TO LET ALL KNOW THE TOWN'S PEOPLE LINED UP ON EACH SIDE OF MAIN ST. TO SHOW THERE SUPPORT AND RESPECT FOR SGT. RAY AND HIS FAMILY.  From: dfc5343 05/25/443 12:07:37 Was he a SEAL?