RED CELL FAVOURITE 2021 MODELS
RED CELL FAVOURITE 2021 MODELS
2021 MAY HAVE BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR MANY AND IT CERTAINLY PROVED CHALLENGING FOR THE MEMBERS OF RED CELL! HOWEVER, “THE CELL” (AS IT HAS BECOME KNOWN IN-HOUSE) HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THEIR QUEST TO GET THE REAL LOWDOWN OF SOME OF THE BESTLOVED AEGS AND GBBS - AND FROM ADVERSITY GREAT THINGS HAVE COME. THIS MONTH THEY REFLECT ON THEIR FAVOURITE MODELS AND AFTER TESTING OVER 100 DIFFERENT MAKES AND STYLES IN THE LAST YEAR, IT’S WORTH READING ON…
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start this month’s Red Cell with some news that has saddened us all, and that’s the passing of our source of inspiration for this testing group, Richard Marcinko, who finally set his sights on his place amongst the warriors of lore at the grand age of 81. Posted on Twitter by his son Matt and the National Navy SEAL Museum, the following sad announcement was made over Christmas: “Last night, Christmas evening, we lost a hero, who’s also known as The Rogue Warrior, the retired Navy SEAL commander AND the creator of SEAL Team Six, my father, Richard Marcinko… His legacy will live forever. The man has died a true legend”, and we can only agree. Richard Marcinko was born into a tough Pennsylvania coal mining community and dropped out of high school to enlist in the USMC; it’s said that this enlistment was refused due to his failure to complete high school and I can only see this as the Marines great loss, and an example of rules outweighing common sense! Instead he joined the Navy, and 46
FEBRUARY 2022
