Phil Garn
Phil Garn (Col ’82 CM)
Phil Garn (Col ’82 CM) and his old master chief, Jim Gray, wrote Warboats: 55 Years of Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft History for their veteran’s nonprofit organization, the Combatant Craft Crewman Association. This is the first history of “The Silent Ones” and traces the history of what is now known as Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewmen (SWCCs). They have been part of naval special warfare since their inception late in the Eisenhower administration and deployment early in the Kennedy administration. Initially the largest individual component of the former Naval Operational Support Group during the Vietnam War, SWCCs currently compose more than a quarter of the operators in naval special warfare, including the Naval Special Warfare Development Group. Heavily illustrated with many never before published photos, documents, insignia and veterans recollections, it is available through the Combatant Craft Crewman Association Website.
Phil Garn (Col ’82 CM)
Phil G. Garn (Col ’82 L/M) swam the English Channel in August in a time of 12 hours, 42 minutes. Mr. Garn’s first long-distance swim was the Eastern States 2 Mile at Chris Green Lake in 1982. Since then, he has swum the Catalina (San Pedro) Channel and around Alcatraz, as well as other long-distance swims.