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    Just wondering what you lot thought of Mike Hawke he seems to be trying to branch out over here in England but is not making a great impression just wondering if you know of him and what you think of him as he is a fellow American.


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    Frankly, I had never heard of him. I suppose he's qualified based on his credentials. By the way, if anyone does a search on him, his name Mykel Hawke. I assume that's who you meant? Easy enough mistake on that spelling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    Easy enough mistake on that spelling.
    How true. In fact, if you want to do a search on our Administrator from Indiana, the first name is actually "ERICKA." Easy enough mistake on that spelling, too.
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    He is real US Army Special Forces. Obviously, the name is fictitious. Last I heard, he's living in London. He has been criticized for the way he markets himself and his commercial enterprises and some other things; not his SF credentials. I cannot comment on whatever product he's selling.
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    I hadn't heard of him before either. I thought it odd that in one of his videos he said he was a Senior Sergeant. There is no such rank, but if you are tooting your own horn it sounds more impressive I guess. He's got the looks and credentials that TV folks are looking for, so good for him for parlaying that into making a living. Hope he's not another Bear G.
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    If find it difficult to believe that anyone including Bear would make in roads in the Uk when you have the like of Colin Towell who is a known quality/quantity. Yaeh there is a little bias as we served together. But Colin does have an impressive resume.
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    Haven't seen his video(s), buy if he said he was a senior medical (or operations, engineer or commo) sergeant; that was his position on an ODA (A Team) vice a rank.
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    am i the only one that thought of the old prank phone call from reading his name?

    if thats his made up name, its a bad one.

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    Well I've never heard of him before either. I still think Mr Wiseman is the bees knees!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bladen View Post
    am i the only one that thought of the old prank phone call from reading his name?

    if thats his made up name, its a bad one.
    Yeah, I had a laugh at that also.

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    His new "survival" knife just came out recently.


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    What are you supposed to do with that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    What are you supposed to do with that?
    That point will get the last bit of peanut butter out of ANY jar.
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    @ Roar-K - I edited your post because the folks at Tops don't allow hot linking to any of their images. Your post was fine, but they made a production of it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Winnie View Post
    Well I've never heard of him before either. I still think Mr Wiseman is the bees knees!
    When in doubt or any other time - go with Mr Wiseman!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Old GI View Post
    When in doubt or any other time - go with Mr Wiseman!
    Oh I'd go anywhere with Lofty He may not be a looker(then again neither am I!), but he's the real deal!
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    I have been fan of his for a long time. I bought the SAS book when it first came out.
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    i have seen him on a few sites seems pretty smart
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    Oh yeah. The website has "Special Forces Jumpmaster" as one of his quals. No such thing. Like I said, marketing problems?
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