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Failure Is Not An Option Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/10/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This geocache is NOT at the posted coordinates. You will have to solve a puzzle to find the real ones. The prize for FTF is a Navy Seal-UDT Museum Pin, which is located inside the cache! Have fun solving and finding this cache!wink


Navy Seals are a unique breed of warrior who conduct special operations in any environment, but who are uniquely trained and equipped to operate from, around and in maritime areas. Their small highly trained teams usually work quietly at night conducting some of the nation's most important missions. Seals are constantly deployed throughout the world to protect national interests.

 

You are solving for N 27° 29.ABC W 080° 18.DEF. You do not need to enter or even approach the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum to solve this puzzle. At the final location, you will find a small container, cammoed to match its theme.

 


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

smileyCongratulations to Groupertoes for FTF!smiley

 

 

The Puzzle:

Are you ready for some Navy Seal trivia?

 

 

A. What does S.E.A.L. stand for?

4 = Safety Education Aquatic Learning

2 = Sea Scout Advanced Leadership

7 = Sea, Air and Land Teams

5 = Ship's Electronics Allowance List

 

B. Which one of the below phrases is NOT of the Navy Seals' mottos?

8 = Failure is not falling down, but refusing to get up

0 = The only easy day was yesterday

7 = Don't run to your death

5 = All in, all the time

 

C. "The Frogmen" is a black-and-white film made by Twentieth Century Fox. It is based on operations by United States Navy Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT), popularly known as "frogmen", against the Japanese Army and naval forces in World War II. What year was this film made in?

6 = 1949

8 = 1951

5 = 1953

2 = 1990

 

D. The U.S. Navy Seals were established by President John F. Kennedy in what year?

2 = 1941

4 = 1953

0 = 1962

7 = 1967

 

E. Today's Navy Seal teams trace their history to the first group of volunteers selected from the Naval Construction Battalions (SeaBees) in the spring of what year?

0 = 1943

2 = 1956

9 = 1964

5 = 1967

 

F. When did the CIA began SEAL covert operations?

5 = 1951

3 = 1962

1 = 1963

9 = 1950

 

This cache is not at the posted coordinates, but is within a mile. When you find this cache, please sign the log and put the cache container back exactly where you found it. Please do not lose the cache container or comprimise it to muggles. A pencil is not included in the cache to sign the log, so B.Y.O.P. (Bring Your Own Pen/Pencil). Have fun solving and finding this cache!smiley

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle:] Tbbtyr vf lbhe sevraq. [Cache:] Anil Frnyf ebpx!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)