Navy SEALs

Members of the U.S. Women’s National Water Polo Team work out on the beach at Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, Calif., Nov. 6. The team’s visit was an opportunity for its Olympic-caliber athletes to learn from the NSW Basic Training Command staff about NSW and experience hands-on how Navy SEALs build physically and […]

Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Eddie Gallagher is accusing the Navy SEAL leadership of disrespecting President Trump and of being on a revenge rampage against him. Chief Gallagher, who was accused of war crimes but found innocent, was restored to his rank after a White House intervention. Now he has filed a complaint to the […]

Thor, right, one of retired Navy SEAL Trevor Maroshek’s canine-partners, sits next to a bronze statue honoring military working dogs and their handlers in Veterans Park. Thor is one of Chopper’s offspring. Chopper is credited with saving American forces from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) while deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan with Maroshek.

Cmdr. Keith Marinics (left), commanding officer, Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Basic Training Command, and Capt. Bart Randall, commodore, NSW Center, present Andi Valaitis, from Willoughby, Ohio, an “Honorary Frogman” certificate, after living her dream of training with the men and women of NSW. Components of NSW Command teamed with the Make-a-Wish Foundation to allow Valaitis […]

Throughout the modern War on Terror, the United States has increasingly relied on its special operations troops to conduct a wide variety of combat operations. And as China has worked to modernize its People’s Liberation Army into a force that can stand toe to toe with the West, it’s taken notice of how effective this […]

After more than a year since he was first accused, the legal saga of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher has come to an end. And the verdict is that he will be demoted to the rank of Petty Officer First Class (E-6) and forfeit almost $3000 of pay/month for four months. In October 2018, military prosecutors […]

Last Saturday night, approximately 70 special operators hailing from Delta Force’s A Squadron and the 75th Ranger Regiment stormed a compound in the Idlib Province of Northeast Syria with orders to kill or capture ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The mission has been hailed as a complete success, with no American troops lost and one […]

There are distinct differences between SEAL Team 6 and Delta Force that are worthy of exploration, but in the minds of the American public, only one of these elite war fighting units is the most popular. They draw more headlines, sell more books, and use more hair gel than the rest of the special operations […]

For many of us born in the 1980s, the Jack Ryan movies were a staple of our childhoods. From “The Hunt for Red October” in 1990 to “Patriot Games” in ’92, and “Clear and Present Danger” in ’94 — I was so young when I first bought into these movies that it wasn’t until maybe […]

BUD/S sucked, everybody. These are just 10 examples of how one phase of the training did its best to beat us down. It is not for everybody. Hooya.

The U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration team visited the Naval Special Warfare Center and the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training compound to discuss how to achieve elite performance. The Blue Angels are the world’s second-oldest flight demonstration unit, having been activated in 1946.  

Do you have what it takes to make it through SEAL training? BUD/S is a demanding course that requires extreme physical fitness.