Billy Helmers

Billy Helmers was born in 1970 in the small west Texas town of Pecos. After graduating from Monahans High School in 1989 he joined the United States Navy. While in boot camp he learned about many programs in the Navy, but the one that sparked the most interest was Basic Underwater Demolition School, commonly referred to as BUD/s. Always looking for a challenge he volunteered for BUD/s after boot camp. After 10 months of pain Billy graduated from class 175, where only 19 of 120 men crossed the finish line, with a new sense of accomplishment he went to SEAL TEAM 5 located in Coronado, CA.
During his 8 years at SEAL TEAM 5 he completed 4 overseas deployments, and then worked as a training instructor for 18 months teaching SEAL/s advanced land warfare tactics, explosives, marksmanship and close quarters combat. He was then selected for assignment to the United States Navy Parachute Team, the “Leap Frogs”.
Throughout his 3 year tour he performed in over 70 cities for over 15 million spectators. Although he enjoyed his time on the Leap Frogs, September 11th had struck and reminded him of his sworn oath of duty. Now his main priority was getting back to a SEAL TEAM so that he could deploy and join the fight in the Middle East to win the Global War on Terror.
He received orders to SEAL TEAM 7, where he made 2 more deployments. One of which, he was a Tactical Vehicle Navigator for over 60 Direct Action missions to capture/kill terrorist after which he was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal with combat “V” for valor, and the following deployment was as the Chief of his platoon where he directly led 16 men during one of the nations highest priority missions that resulted in him being awarded the Bronze Star with combat “V” for valor.
He is currently assigned, once again, to BUD/s … however he is no longer a student but an instructor. He instructs future SEAL TEAM members in Underwater Combat Swimmer techniques. Billy and his absolutely amazing, beautiful wife of 15 years, Lisa, reside in Imperial Beach, CA. and have a son, Hagen who is 7 and their daughter Paige who is 4.