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It has been nine years since SEAL Team 6 operators raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan and killed the leader of al-Qaeda and the man responsible for the 9/11 attacks. The effects of Operation Neptune’s Spear, however, still vibrate in the Special Operations and, more specifically, Navy SEAL community. On April 21, No Ordinary […]
To start this story, it is fair to let you know that I was a total military nerd growing up. I got my hand on a GI Joe figure at about age zero. As a kid, you would constantly find me in the backyard playing soldier. I was infatuated with military books and war movies. […]
The Naval Special Warfare Center has resumed training for almost all the Navy SEAL and Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmember (SWCC) classes that had been paused because of the Coronavirus Pandemic. In mid-March, NSW Center decided to pause three of its classes of twelve classes that were in the early stages. The decision was made in […]
U.S. Navy SEALs train with Special Boat Team 12 on the proper techniques of how to board gas and oil platforms during the SEALs gas and oil platform training cycle. SEALs conduct these evolutions to hone their various maritime operations skills. Scaling a moving ladder in rough seas, and most probably at night if we’re […]
Our U.S. Navy is at war with the novel Coronavirus. Theodore Roosevelt, the aircraft carrier of former Captain Brett Crozier, is currently inflicted with Coronavirus to the tune of 678 sailors of its 4,069-man crew testing positive for the virus. The Navy is recommending that the ship’s recently dismissed Skipper Brett Crozier be reinstated once […]
Amid the ongoing social distancing measures affecting the country and the military, the Navy SEAL community just received its newest operators. SEAL Qualification Training Class 336 graduated on April 15 and its members received the coveted SEAL Trident. Last month, Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command decided to suspend some SEAL and Special Warfare Combatant-Craft […]
Iranian navy gunboats harassed U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday. The Iranian vessels repeatedly approached U.S. ships very closely in an aggressive manner in the international waters of the northern Persian Gulf. This is just the latest incident in the tension between the two countries. In the past year, Iranian-led militias had […]
“Send us the Goddamn cold-weather equipment we ordered from supply. Signed, Freezing in Fucking Afghanistan.” This message was sent to the Commanding Officer of SEAL Team 3 by my platoon Chief in December of 2001. Sometimes leaders have incredibly tough decisions to make. Especially when traditional channels of communication aren’t working. In rare cases going […]
The U.S. Navy officially transferred four Mark V Special Operations Craft (MK V SOC) to the Hellenic Navy last week. The four boats, which have been assigned to the Hellenic Navy’s Underwater Demolition Teams/Navy SEALs (ΜΥΚ), will have to undergo maintenance and refitting before they can requalify as operational. The MK V SOC packs two […]
Notice: This essay contains no disparaging remarks about China… I’m just kidding — of course there are some in there! Remember that time the American Navy intercepted the Japanese navy at Midway? And they wrecked it so bad the Japanese commander felt his guts were better off on the ship’s deck he retreated until his […]
An F-35B Lightning II assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) takes off from the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations […]
The Trump administration announced earlier this week that the U.S. is moving newly-deployed naval ships toward the coast of Venezuela as it will be beefing up counter-narcotic operations in the Caribbean. Not so coincidentally this new deployment follows an indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on narcoterrorist conspiracy charges, Maduro is accused of aiding in […]
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