# Who's quieter? A ninja or a US Navy SEAL? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-quieter-a-ninja-or-a-us-navy-seal/671034 "2013-10-12T00:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-quieter-a-ninja-or-a-us-navy-seal/671034/1 "2013-10-12T00:13:22Z")
Oooo, tough one, right? Who would you even ask? Well, I guess you could always do [what this six year-old did](http://www.businessinsider.com/walker-greentree-ninjas-seals-mcraven-jsoc-2013-10) and write to the head of U.S. Special Operations Command. > [@](#): > > Is a Navy SEAL quieter than a ninja? > > Six-year-old Walker Greentree is a kid in a military family who was determined to find out, so he wrote to Admiral William McRaven. > McRaven is head of U.S. Special Operations Command, credited with organizing and executing the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, and is a Navy SEAL himself — he’s without a doubt one of the deadliest men on the planet. cute pix at link ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-quieter-a-ninja-or-a-us-navy-seal/671034/2 "2013-10-12T20:20:49Z")
That was a fun read 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-quieter-a-ninja-or-a-us-navy-seal/671034/3 "2013-10-12T21:11:11Z")
“Former Navy SEAL Admiral McRaven” is the sort of name that can only exist in two places: 1. The absolute worst, bargain-bin-bad Tom Clancy knock-off novels 2. Real life. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-quieter-a-ninja-or-a-us-navy-seal/671034/4 "2013-10-12T21:19:28Z")
With a name like McRaven, I guess you either grow up to be a badass or change your name. Apologies to any SEALs here for the lack of capitalization in the title, maybe a mod or someone (hint, wink) could change that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-quieter-a-ninja-or-a-us-navy-seal/671034/5 "2013-10-12T21:24:22Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > Apologies to any SEALs here for the lack of capitalization in the title, maybe a mod or someone (hint, wink) could change that. 🙂 I was really tempted to capitalize ninja. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-quieter-a-ninja-or-a-us-navy-seal/671034/6 "2013-10-12T21:30:17Z")
Thank you. They probably prefer something like this though - ninja ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-quieter-a-ninja-or-a-us-navy-seal/671034/7 "2013-10-13T04:49:59Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > With a name like McRaven, I guess you either grow up to be a badass or change your name. > > Apologies to any SEALs here for the lack of capitalization in the title, maybe a mod or someone (hint, wink) could change that. 🙂 Dirk Savage, extreme filing clerk. I am tempted to fire up Scribblenauts and create a ninja vs. SEAL (vs. pirate vs. zombie…) melee. Last I checked, ninja beats pirate.