Navy SEALs

Second phase of BUD/S doesn’t just test your body—it tries to crush your soul, your sanity, and, occasionally, your ability to keep your reproductive organs in their rightful place.

Here’s to Demo Dick, a true American legend, whose stories of the evolution from UDT to Navy SEALs not only entertain but inspire, reminding us all to Sleep, Eat And Live it up just like the Naval special operators do.

Out on the dark water where the rules get thin and the trigger gets heavy, Southern Spear is less a drug bust than a deliberate message: if you run narco-terror cargo under a cartel flag, the United States will hunt you down and end the problem at sea, not in court.

The extraordinary exploits of the OSS Maritime Unit and the relentless bravery of men like Walter Mess laid the foundation for the modern Navy SEALs, blending raw ingenuity with a fearless spirit that still defines America’s most elite warriors today.

Graduating from BUD/S demands nothing less than unyielding mental toughness and the refusal to quit, no matter how brutal the training gets.

The roots of special operations forces can be traced back to the strategic challenges of World War II.

Born from the failure at Eagle Claw and forged by handpicked shooters, DEVGRU is more than a test bed, it is the Navy’s quiet, exacting blade that takes the best of the SEALs, breaks them again in Green Team, and sends them to do the nation’s hardest work from the sea, air, or land.

In the black churn of the Arabian Sea, a Pakistani smuggler’s greed met two American warriors’ courage—and the ocean, as always, took its due.

Readying yourself for a survival situation begins in your mind; begin with these tips from a Special Forces officer and survival expert.

And now here I was, just days away from graduating boot camp, trying to figure out how the hell to get myself on the track to BUD/S.

(The following tribute was co-authored with Frumentarius by semi-regular contributor to this space, John Martin, with contribution also from Brandon Webb.  John is the Republican county clerk of Crawford County, Missouri, and a historian who has specialized in Naval Special Warfare (NSW) history for over 15 years.) At the end of his book, Unleash the […]

It’s 1980. My UDT is tasked with a training op to assault a docked vessel from the open ocean. The trick? It’s guarded by Navy dolphins.