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SECRET “SEALED” RECORDS – A Movie Myth

It should be noted that individual “missions” are not recorded in a man’s service record. There may be notations relating to “deployments” (these are often referred to as “tours”), but NEVER to any individual “missions”. Deployments take the form of a collective assignment for all members of a given SEAL platoon (currently composed of some 18 men), and generally last 4 to 6 months. These amount to temporary assignments, either to a particular area of operations or aboard a naval vessel.

However, individual “missions” (assignments to accomplish specific military objectives or goals within a brief time frame) are never documented in a man’s service record. Anyone claiming that their records have been “sealed” because of information about their “classified missions” is making a completely false statement. Anyone claiming that their records have been destroyed “to protect them from repercussions” or “to maintain National Security” is making a completely false statement. Such claims are invariably used in the motion picture industry to heighten the “secret agent” aspects of a movie, but bear little or no resemblance to the real world of the real US Navy SEALs.

By the way, there were NO secret classes. And, while operations might be classified, training is
NOT. The Navy doesn't seal records to prevent revelation of their classified contents - that only happens in pulp fiction - or the movies! NO records of SEAL training have been purposely or accidentally destroyed by fire or other means. If your are told records were burned up in the fire at the records center, you should know that fire only burned up
Army and Air Force records. You can read about THAT at http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records/fire_1973.html

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