Life is not forever; forever is a myth; your deeds are what make you immortal. This is the thought that Scott Helvenston, the Youngest navy seal, brought into living. Scott Helvenston is the name that though many of us might not have heard about, but if once read about is never going to get off our minds. Navy seals are attributed as the U.S. special operation forces, be it the navy sea, land, or air, and they are the matched components of the Special Naval Warfare Command. Scott has been the arm of these special commanding forces.
At a very early age of 17, not even out of his Teenage, Scott Helvenston reached the books of history and engraved himself between the line by being the Youngest navy seal completing the navy seal training at a very early age that nobody ever imagined. Scott also came out as a personal trainer to many of those Hollywood stars and also lived as one by starring in a reality series, Extreme Expedition. Scott lived the dream of serving as the navy seal at a very young age and stayed there for long 12 years before he left as Quartermaster First Class in the year 1994.
Stephen Scott Helvenston, after retiring as a navy seal, started to train at Blackwater Company in the US in the year 2004. While working for this private security firm, the Blackhead Security, he with his three peers were brutally killed in the Fallujah Ambush while in operation centered in Iraq on 31st March 2004.
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Who Was Stephen “Scott” Helvenston?
The easiest answer to this could be just explained in these words, “Youngest navy seal,” but this name still hinders a golden history itself which words cannot craft.
Stephen “Scott” Helvenston, the Youngest navy seal, was born in the beautiful city of Ocala, Florida, on 21st June of 1965. His keenness towards fitness and navy made him the perfect pick as a member of the navy at the very early age of 16. This could only be taken forward with some of that Special Permission which made Scott the youngest member on board. With all his determination, Scott became the Youngest navy seal graduate ever at the age of 17, just after a year of joining the navy.
Scott, with his enthusiasm, held the badge of ‘navy seal Scott Helvenston’ and served as the same for counting 12 years; he followed as the member of team one and team four and also trained others as a free-fall instructor and a PT guide. It is always something special to be known as Scott Helvenston’s wife, and this opportunity was grabbed by Patricia Irby; and they both are proud parents of two of their gems named Kyle and Kelsey.
Scott Helvenston, youngest navy seal officer after all his guts, serving the navy later on, also garnered fame working in Hollywood movies and reality series; G.I. Jane came out as his big hit. He also featured himself in navy seal officer training videos.
Some of his reality series (Extreme Expedition) also went un-aired due to some technicalities. Cutting down as navy seal officer, Scott, with his adventurous veins, headed to work with the private security facilities, Blackwater in the year 2004. Soon after joining the facilities, Scott signed his very first 2-month contract for providing security and protection to some food catering company in Iraq, and there Scott and his three colleagues met their doom destiny while struck amid of ambush in Fallujah in 2004, March.
Journey: Youngest Navy Seal To Blackwater Security:
After a long 12 years of duty as a Navy Seal officer, holding the bracket for being the Youngest navy seal, the record that still in the 21st century hangs to the same name, Scott went off taking his endeavor to some different realm. Once Scott ceased to be a navy seal officer, he tracked himself with the private Security Council provider, Blackwater.
In the year 2004, Scott, as the security providing officer in the Blackwater council, signed the contract to provide security for the convoys carrying kitchen equipment’s for the Regency Hotel company branched in Kuwait and Eurest Support Services, which was one of the sub-contractor of the Halliburton KBR to which Blackwater provided the security to travel through Iraq. For the very first assignment signed contract Scott Helvenston though being the youngest navy seal, received a payment of $600 a day; the amount received was the same as for the other contractors working with him as offered.
It was John Potter, an employee who helped Blackwater Security Council to gain over the contract to provide security to the Hotel and Hospital Company.
The contract, which originally was signed, called for heavy security on vehicles surrounding the as a convoy for the Hotel Company; they called for vehicles with the handling of a minimum of three men to support the Eurest Support Services in their movement.
There was a clause for having vehicles that were hard in nature, holding power for the heavily armed gunner and safety mechanism, and an inspection of the route which had to be followed. This contract signed on 12th March 2004 didn’t survive for long as with tables being turned, the contract which originally was signed on later instance was revised of the edge by Blackwater Security Council.
The revised contract signed had amended many clauses and removed some quality words and turned them. John Potter, who gained Blackwater with this contract and also who was the project manager, demanded a revised and better protection plan for his men and demanded heavily armed vehicles, which wasn’t duly accepted by the council and Potter as its repercussions were drained down from the post of Project manager and Justin Mcquown was added as the manager by the council.
The Youngest Navy Seal’s Death:
Scott Helvenston, as being the Youngest Navy Seal, was somewhere messed by his own project manager. After the appointment of Justin Mcquown as the project manager, he deliberately (as written in Scott Helvenston’s mail) assigned Scott a different deployment which originally was held to leave on 27th March but was changed to 28th March without any consultation.
Helvenston believed as he expressed his emotions that, Mcquown had a very manipulative behavior towards Scott and Mcquown behaved in a very unprofessional manner when it came to Scott Helvenston. In his last letter to Blackwater’s owner, he also expressed his grievances towards the newly appointed manager McCown.
After the deployment of Scott on a different plan, this youngest navy seal left for Iraq on 28th March, and after reaching on the ground, Scott left for the convoy to protect the Eurest Support Services traveling towards Fallujah with three other men named Wesley Batalona, Michael Teague and the last, Jerry Zovko. Apart from all the contracts signed, Scott and his men were given no armed vehicles, which apparently held them with no other option but only to travel in unarmored vehicles without any map directing the route.
These four men, Scott and his fellowship without the exact support were transporting food and all those other related equipment’s in those unarmored vehicles in the west of Fallujah, where their convoy was held in an ambush, there were countless bullets fired, and these convoys were attacked with grenades, the bodies of these contractors (Scott and three other fellowships) were brutally dragged away from the vehicles they traveled in and were caught in agony, beating them to hell and were set on fire.
This barbaric event led to the death of all 4 contractors, and two of those bodies were afterward dragged and hanged on a bridge crossing the State of Euphrates. This event, when covered by the media, led to an alarming phase for everyone worldwide. The person who kept the name of his country always on top was here down into ashes.
Scott Helvenston, the youngest navy seal, the one who was always celebrated as the Youngest navy seal, came to a tragic end. Death came to him in a very brutal manner as he always kept he never quit attitude soaring up and above. Scott Helvenston’s death left the whole of the U.S. quite in silence because of such a huge loss.
This loss was challenged against the Apex Court in the U.S. by the families of all four contractors. Katy Helvenston, the mother of the Youngest navy seal, Scott Helvenston, led the initiative by filing a suit against the Blackwater Security Council alleging wrongful death of her son and the other three members. The case on the side of the families of all four contractors was led by Lawyer Daniel Callahan. Reacting to this suit, Blackwater responded case by filing a countersuit for Defamation, raising the fine fee to $10 million on 5th January 2005.
After the cases were fought for long 6 years with nowhere to lead, the Judge of the Federal Court in the year 2011 nullified both the cases and came no ruling.
Conclusion:
Every life full of glory comes to a tragic end once and forever. The human body is mortal, but their deeds can be immortal. Stephen Scott Helvenston, the Youngest navy seal, who joined the forces at a very early age of 17, full of passion, full of adventure, not only glorified his name but also brought glory to the United States. Born in an ordinary family, his journey led him to be in the books forever. Living a disciplined life to turning himself into Hollywood, there were a number of characters that he led and garnered applause.
The Youngest Navy Seal once turned into a trainer training young blood to a better and brighter tomorrow, but not every story ends well, not every ending is a happy one, and this ending was full of agony, leaving the Office of Navy and entering the PT and Training realm was all smooth in the life of Navy Seal Scott Helvenston but leaving this realm of Hollywood and Training others to join private Security Services brought the hard times in the life of Scott, being betrayed by his own manager the barbaric event at Fallujah brought all this glory to a tragic end.
Though the Youngest navy seal, Scott Helvenston’s life came to this end that no one imagined, his glory and deeds are what the United States is never going to wash off.
FAQ:
Q1. What is the average age of Navy Seal?
Ans. Around 30 years old.
Q2. Are you 27 years of age-old to join Navy Seal?
Ans. Yes, it is quite old to join Navy Seal at 27, as though the average age of Navy Seal officers is 30, but they all joined at an early age.
Q3. Who is the Deadliest Navy Seal?
Ans. Christopher Scott Kyle is believed to be the deadliest Navy Seal.
Q4. Who is the most famous Navy Seal?
Ans. Scott Helvenston (The Youngest Navy Seal) and Jesse Ventura top the list of the most famous Navy Seal.
Q5. Who is the Oldest Navy Seal?
Ans. Rudolph Boesch was 62 years old and the oldest to ever serve as the Navy Seal.
Q6. What is the Average Salary of a Navy Seal?
Ans. $77472 is the Average Salary of a Navy Seal.