SOCOM is setting up a new library, just for SEAL books! Check it out! Fanboy heaven!
In one of his last official acts as commander of the Special Operations Command, outgoing commander General Joseph Votel presided over a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open a massive new library, unofficially known by the acronym "DMML," to hold only books written by current and former SEALs.
This week's new additions to the Dick Marchinko Memorial Library. We were told that this was a "slow week" for new SEAL books.
With ten or more books being written a week by current and former SEALs, the SOCOM library, which reportedly contains one copy of every book ever written by a member of the Special Operations Community, simply can't keep up with the volume.
"At first we simply started stacking SEAL books in the section designated for the Rangers, because there are only like two of those," explained Arlene Arglebottom, a rather surly civilian worker in SOCOM's J1 (personnel) section. "But it quickly became apparent that wasn't going to cut it. Since we are Congressionally mandated to read and retain a copy of every book written by a member of the Special Operations community, we had to hire ten new staff members and open an entirely new library."
In his remarks during the christening of the Dick Marchinko Memorial Library (DMML), General Votel shared these words:
