The Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs assault Utah Beach

U.S. Navy SEALS assigned to Special Warfare Unit 2 re-enact the D-Day mission which Navy Combat Demolition Unit sailors conducted under the cover of darkness to clear the beaches for the main invading force on Utah Beach on June 7, 2019. More than 1,300 U.S. service members, partnered with 950 troops from across Europe and […]

The Pic of the Day: SEALs getting the hell out of Dodge

Members of Special Boat Team 22 help a teammate back onto a boat during a Special Operations Craft Riverine demonstration at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School. NAVSCIATTS trains and educates foreign security forces and other international students on small craft strategy, operations, communications, weapons, maintenance and instructor development. (U.S. Navy photo […]

The Pic of the Day: SEALs return to their roots

Members assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group 2 conduct military dive operations off the East Coast of the United States. U.S. Navy SEALs engage in a continuous training cycle to improve and further specialize skills needed during deployments across the globe. SEALs are the maritime component of U.S. Special Forces and are trained to conduct […]

Deep structural reforms: Naval Special Warfare adapts to stay relevant

As the Department of Defense prepares for future conflicts and contingencies, its elite units are following suit. In an interview with Special Forces Outlook magazine, Rear Adm. Collin Green, commander of Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC), outlined the future of the SEAL Teams and how they are preparing to combat future threats. The top Navy […]

The Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs saw their way through joint training

Members of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators and Australian Defense Force conduct training with their counterparts in the Armed Forces of the Philippines during Exercise Balikatan 2019. The annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise demonstrates the commitment of the Philippines and the United States to our long-standing alliance by conducting maritime security operations which build […]

The Pic of the Day: SEALs having fun with the Navy’s leadership

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell L. Smith (2nd from left) poses with the leadership of Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command and the frogman statue during a visit to the Naval Special Warfare Center in San Diego, California. The Naval Special Warfare Center provides initial and advanced training to the sailors who […]

SEAL teams to get new clandestine underwater craft

As the Pentagon shifts its gaze from low-intensity conflicts to nation-level adversaries, the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is following suit, and the Navy SEAL teams are eager to prove their strategic utility in the rediscovered domain. SOCOM and the Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) are focusing their efforts on two underwater craft: a Shallow Water […]

The Pic of the Day: How actors train for a Navy SEAL television show

The cast and crew of the CBS television series “SEAL Team” prepare to film a scene for the series at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California, on January 14, 2019. The series used MCB Camp Pendleton’s rugged terrain to display live action role-playing of a team of United States Navy SEALs with the assistance […]

Navy SEAL pleads guilty to the murder of Green Beret Melgar

One of the Navy SEALs accused of murdering Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, a Special Forces operator, in Mali in 2017 pled guilty in exchange for his case to be judged by special court-martial. Chief Special Warfare Officer Adam Matthews reached the pre-trial agreement with the government’s prosecutors earlier this week. Instead of facing a general […]

Major changes coming to US special operations forces

The winds of change are blowing through the United States’ Special Operations Forces (SOF) as lawmakers debate significant changes to the mandate of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). According to a March 2019 report by the Congressional Research Service, USSOCOM is trying to pass an amendment to the Unified Command Plan that would greatly […]

Aid workers to train and work alongside SEAL Team 6?

Since the Vietnam War, the United States government has experimented with embedding development workers within military and intelligence teams to advance its work in counterinsurgency (COIN) missions with programs such as Civil Operations and Rural Development Support (CORDS) and Phoenix. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has always led the charge in providing […]