His awards and decorations include 5 x Bronze Star Medals (Four with Valor), the Purple Heart, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, The Navy and Marine Corp Commendation Medal with Valor. He was medically retired in June of 2013. Throughout his 17-year career, Stumpf executed hundreds of combat operations worldwide in support of the Global War on Terror. Upon commissioning, he joined SEAL Team Three and completed his final combat tour to Afghanistan. In 2008, he became the first E-6 selection commissioned through the Limited Duty Officer Program in the history of Naval Special Warfare. While completing his two year instructor tour, in charge of 13 Senior SEAL instructors and 600 students, Stumpf submitted his package to become a commissioned officer. In 2006, Stumpf returned to the Naval Special Warfare Center as the leading Petty Officer for 2nd phase BUD/s training.
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Doctors told him it would be years, if ever before he recovered the use of his leg and returned to full active duty.
While on a combat deployment, an Iraqi insurgent shot Stumpf at close range with an AK-47. In 2002, he screened for and joined the most elite counterterrorism unit in the military, SEAL Team SIX. After graduating from the grueling SEAL training, known as Basic Underwater Demolition School/SEAL, he started his career at SEAL Team FIVE in Coronado, California. He enlisted in the Navy in 1996 to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a Navy SEAL.
Andy Stumpf is a retired Navy SEAL Officer.
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