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Essence
| Monday, January 12, 2004 - 1:18 pm
Age: 76 Previuos Show: Pulau Tiga Previous Finish: 3rd place; 7th Juror Since finishing third place on SURVIVOR: PULAU TIGA, Rudy Boesch and his wife of 48 years, Marge, have traveled the world making all sorts of appearances. Rudy joined the Navy in April of 1945 and immediately volunteered for "secret and hazardous duty" with the Amphibious Scouts and Raiders, highly classified naval commando units. In 1951, six years after Scout and Raider training in Fort Pierce, Florida, Rudy completed UDT (Underwater Demolition Teams) training in Little Creek, Virginia, and was assigned to UDT-2 (redesigned as UDT-21 in 1953). He remained in UDT-21 for the next 11 years. During this period, he completed numerous specialized schools and was deployed routinely to the Mediterranean and Caribbean areas with the Naval Amphibious Forces. He became a proficient combat swimmer and expert in small-boat operations. In 1962, he was one of the 50 hand-selected officers of the original SEAL (Sea-Air-Land) Team TWO, becoming one of their most distinguished members. In 1967, Rudy was advanced to the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer and, between combat tours, served as the senior enlisted position of Command Master Chief. From 1968-1970, Rudy completed two combat deployments to Vietnam. Among the numerous awards he won the Bronze Star Medal for heroic action during more than 45 combat operations. During and after his stint in Vietnam, Rudy was delegated the "Chief SEAL" and set physical and operational standards at SEAL Team TWO. In the late 1980s, Rudy became the Naval Special Warfare Community "Bull Frog," a distinguishing award presented to the SEAL serving the longest time on active duty. Instead of retiring, Rudy was selected as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to USSOCOM. In August of 1988, Rudy headed to Tampa, Florida and entered into the "inner circle" of the Special Operations Command to advise on all enlisted matters of the Joint command. For his extraordinary performance, Rudy was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, an award not often given to an enlisted man. Master Chief Rudy retired from the U.S. Navy after completing more than 45 years of continuous activity. He was honorably discharged on August 1, 1990. He and Marge have since been involved in extensive volunteer work. In 1992, he captained a 38' power boat during the "Americas Cup 1992" event. In 1996, he captained a support boat at the Summer Olympic Games. He continues as a Red Cross Volunteer and drives support vehicles and performs essential services during disaster-relief operations. He is also a volunteer for the Virginia Beach Police Department. Involved with many organizations, Rudy is a founding member of the UDT-SEAL Association and a founding member of the Association's Board of Directors, having once served as their President. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Special Operations Fund. Rudy and Marge have three children: Ellen Marie, Patricia Ann and Barbara Jean, and one granddaughter, Kelsey. They reside permanently in Virginia Beach, Virginia. His birth date is January. 20, 1928.
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Hippyt
| Monday, January 12, 2004 - 1:23 pm
Great job Essence! I'm sitting here hitting my new messages as you do these. It's really interesting to see the tribes.
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Lumbele
| Monday, January 12, 2004 - 2:48 pm
Looking forward to Rudy. Hope he'll hang on for many weeks.
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Pamy
| Monday, January 12, 2004 - 8:54 pm
uh...I dunno.....ah hell I dunno Love him!
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Awareinva
| Monday, January 12, 2004 - 9:41 pm
Pamy... that was one of my best memories! Gotta love ya some Rudy! 
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Pamy
| Monday, January 12, 2004 - 10:33 pm
I agree! classic!
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Padivius
| Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 7:35 am
Oh man... That video challenge? It's so funny because Rudy is exactly like my grandfather. Hard worker, but no-nonsense. I laughed my head off when I watched that episode! Go Rudy! Represent!
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Jeep
| Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 3:00 pm
Rudy is gonna chew up those young wipper-snappers! He's a first class Bull Frog! 
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Chy
Member
07-21-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 4:42 pm
Just saw some more grandpaw like stuff from Rudy. THis was in the promo bit they showed while JP was on Ryan S(from AI's show. Rudy was going to have a drink from a pot. All his mates nervously advice him NO! NO! You need to boil it... We will boil it for you!! Rudy went into a rant after they took the pot away from him: I've drank water straight from the ground from all over the world, even Vietnam, (mumble, mumble...)
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