SEAL Who Pioneered Custom Surfboards For Wounded Vets Killed Fighting ISIS, Buy This Shirt To Support The Cause He Championed
Chuck Keating was a lot of things to a lot of people. To his hometown, he was a star athlete. To countless wounded veterans, a reason to live again. And to all of us, a true American hero.
When a group of a dozen US military advisors came under attack from over 100 ISIS militants on May 3, Keating was part of the task force sent to save them. Every advisor made it out safely. Keating did not.
From Navy Times:
“He gave his life to protect his brothers,” Keating’s younger brother, Billy, also an enlisted SEAL, told mourners at Coronado’s Tidelands Park.
Keating, a star runner growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, decided he wanted to join the service right after the 9/11 attacks. The decorated warrior said he joined the SEALs because “it was the hardest thing he could do.” He was awarded a Posthumous Silver Star for his valorous actions on May 3.
Keating fought for the lives of his brothers-in-arms from the home front as well. He was the “Godfather” of URT, an organization dedicated to designing custom surfboards for injured veterans. According to its website, URT is named after the sound a seal makes as well as a bridge between land and water.
To memorialize Keating — and to raise money for the cause to which he devoted his life — URT released a limited edition “Chuck Heavy” tee shirt. For just $25, you can pick up this badass tee while supporting an awesome cause.
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Rickie Fowler did:
[via Navy Times]
Images via urturt
RIP. Thanks for your service brother.
9 years ago at 5:56 pmWe should all learn a little something from this man. RIP sir.
9 years ago at 6:06 pmBadass shirt. Deff gonna buy
9 years ago at 6:10 pmTLDR
9 years ago at 6:12 pmGet fucked FrattyWillRFM
9 years ago at 6:17 pmYou can fuck right off
9 years ago at 6:21 pmFreedom of Speech
9 years ago at 6:30 pmFreedom of speech does not mean you can say whatever you want without consequences
9 years ago at 6:55 pmtouch me and I’ll sue
9 years ago at 7:07 pmWorth every penny to see you knocked on your ass.
9 years ago at 10:02 pmI’ll touch your mom.
9 years ago at 11:41 pmI volunteer as tribute to throat punch this pickle sniffer
9 years ago at 11:45 pmLooks like we found ourselves a goddamn commie.
9 years ago at 6:53 pmYou sound like the scum that this hero was fighting.
9 years ago at 8:44 pmIf you don’t stand behind the troops. Please stand in front of them.
9 years ago at 1:22 amLooks like Obama actually let the heroes save the advisors this time. RIP an American hero.
9 years ago at 6:15 pmHis SEAL team went in to rescue other SEALS at a forward operating base that were surrounded by ISIS when his vehicle was hit. I wouldn’t call SEALS “advisors”.
9 years ago at 7:15 pmThis guy looks like a ISIS killing American lovin’ animal. Godspeed and rest easy.
9 years ago at 7:32 pmFucking ISIS turds. Time for some more freedom bombs.
9 years ago at 7:39 pmTough story from every angle and really hits home here. I have a cousin who’s a SEAL and when the story broke a group text went throughout the family that he was in Iraq as well. Monday’s text, they were headed for DC. This morning’s text, our heroes are home safe. Thank god. Prayers to the Keating family and a thank you for what he’s done for our families.
9 years ago at 7:51 pmAs I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for I am the baddest motherfucker in the valley.
‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ God Bless you warrior and RIP brother.
9 years ago at 12:46 amJust reading what he did inspired, sounds like an all around bad ass guy and that picture of him is TFM. I hope I can be half the American he was, RIP a true American hero.
9 years ago at 7:09 am