SEALs vs. Ninjas?

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**Jihadin**

A little boy now has the answer to a puzzling question: Are Navy SEALs quieter than ninjas?

And he got resolution courtesy of an unlikely source – the commander of America’s special forces himself.

Six-year-old Walker Greentree reportedly grew flummoxed over the till-now unsolved debate after his mother, Vivian Greentree, hushed him while playing with a friend by saying, “Be quiet like a SEAL.”
Greentree hails from a military family – and so the manner in which his mother couched the rebuke is not surprising.

But Business Insider reports that Walker’s chum – who is 7 – immediately and keenly retorted, “Ninjas are quieter than SEALs,” thus sparking the debate between the friends.

To Walker’s credit, he reportedly took it upon himself to settle the argument by going to an authoritative source.

He wrote a letter to Admiral William McRaven, a former Navy SEAL and commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, responsible for overseeing the special-ops components of the military’s myriad armed services.

Surprisingly, McRaven replied to the youngster with a missive of his own, writing, “To answer your questions: I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.”

McRaven also added, “I can hold my breath for a long time, but I try not to unless I really have to.”

The military chief then closed with some words of wisdom, specially suited for Walker, who reportedly aspires to become a SEAL.

“Remember, if you want to be a SEAL, you must do two things: listen to your parents and be nice to the other kids. If you do that then you can probably be a SEAL, too."

Awesome Sauce

**purplefood**

“To answer your questions: I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.”

I'll have to give him that one...

**hotsauceman1**

Kids man, They ask the Coolest Questions. And Military give them the coolest answers

purplefood wrote:
“To answer your questions: I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.”

I'll have to give him that one...

Since when have bullets been able to keep up with ninjas?

**xole**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
Kids man, They ask the Coolest Questions. And Military give them the coolest answers

purplefood wrote:
“To answer your questions: I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.”

I'll have to give him that one...

Since when have bullets been able to keep up with ninjas?

I don't know, but there are no more ninjas.

**hotsauceman1**

That is because you cant see them.

**Jimsolo**

Or because they've all been blown up.

**Seaward**

I've met Admiral McRaven a couple times. While I'm not wild about his, "publicize everything!" strategy for NSW, he's a remarkably good guy.

**Easy E**

I think Ninjas are quieter, since they used swords and throwing stars not explosives, attack helicopters, and machine guns.

However, I am no expert on either.

**Frazzled**

Easy E is correct. Odds were more quiet. But then again, they can't call in an arclight mission...

**Doctadeth**

Well, Traditional Ninjas are most definately more silent, but indeed outgunned and can only achieve a few objectives, as they had limited roles.

However, I believe I did hear that modern ninja schools do exist, which have firearms training and explosives training as well as other modern training courses.

**purplefood**

Doctadeth wrote:
Well, Traditional Ninjas are most definately more silent, but indeed outgunned and can only achieve a few objectives, as they had limited roles.

However, I believe I did hear that modern ninja schools do exist, which have firearms training and explosives training as well as other modern training courses.

If you heard something they weren't ninjas.

**hotsauceman1**

What if were to combine nijas and navySEALs

**purplefood**

It's been done...

**Dark Apostle 666**

^ Then you'd get the SAS

Ninja'd by Purps... which is rather appropriate for the thread!

**AduroT**

**PrehistoricUFO**

AduroT wrote:

ROOOFFFLLL

**Jehan-reznor**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
Kids man, They ask the Coolest Questions. And Military give them the coolest answers

purplefood wrote:
“To answer your questions: I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.”

I'll have to give him that one...

Since when have bullets been able to keep up with ninjas?

Naruto laughs in the face off bullets!

**Grey Templar**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
Kids man, They ask the Coolest Questions. And Military give them the coolest answers

purplefood wrote:
“To answer your questions: I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.”

I'll have to give him that one...

Since when have bullets been able to keep up with ninjas?

Normal bullets can't, but the Navy Seals have special bullets.

You see, they have to infuse the bullets with Pirate essence in order to catch the Ninjas. This is done in a secret process known as Buccaneering.

You have to soak the bullets in Rum and black powder while simultaneously blasting them with 200 decibel pirate shantys. The bullet has to have endured at least 5 separate songs in order to be effective. Nearely 70% of rounds don't make the cut as they either are dissolved in the Rum or shatter from the sound, but those that do survive are invaluable anti-Ninja bullets.

**Soladrin**

Ninja's win if they bring clubs.

**Gitzbitah**

Grey Templar wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:
Kids man, They ask the Coolest Questions. And Military give them the coolest answers

purplefood wrote:
“To answer your questions: I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.”

I'll have to give him that one...

Since when have bullets been able to keep up with ninjas?

Normal bullets can't, but the Navy Seals have special bullets.

You see, they have to infuse the bullets with Pirate essence in order to catch the Ninjas. This is done in a secret process known as Buccaneering.

You have to soak the bullets in Rum and black powder while simultaneously blasting them with 200 decibel pirate shantys. The bullet has to have endured at least 5 separate songs in order to be effective. Nearely 70% of rounds don't make the cut as they either are dissolved in the Rum or shatter from the sound, but those that do survive are invaluable anti-Ninja bullets.

Bravo, sir, bravo!

If I had any more room in my sig, I'd be sigging the heck out of this. Now for the final challenge- what are these wonderful anti-Ninja rounds called? Bonny Bullets? Double-tap doubloons? Shanghai slugs? Or something even more wonderful?

**Inquisitor Lord Bane**

I vote Rum Runners...

**CptJake**

How many books about ninjas doing cool covert ops are written by current and former ninjas?

At least some SEALs tend to not be too quiet....