Dick Couch is an American author, professor, and former U.S. Navy SEAL.
After attending Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter (DASH) controller training, he reported aboard the naval destroyer USS Mansfield.
As Whiskey Platoon Commander with SEAL Team One in Vietnam,[1] he led one of the few successful prisoner of war rescue operations of that conflict.
Following his release from active duty service in the U.S. Navy, Couch served as a maritime and paramilitary case officer with the Central Intelligence Agency.
At that time, he held the senior command billet in the SEAL reserve community.