Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen from Special Boat Team 12, stationed at Naval Base Coronado, Calif., with the help of aviators from 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., conducted a Maritime External Air Transportation System (MEATS) training evolution in Moses Lake, Wash., May 21. MEATS is a way to […]
Soldiers perform a seaborne infiltration as part of training at the Special Forces Underwater Operations School in Key West, Fla. The four-week Combat Diver Qualification Course, run by the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, trains qualified combat divers in a variety of waterborne operations. Image courtesy of the Department of […]
In a September 8, 2017 op-ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune, retired Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Ed Hiner wrote about the American military becoming a “family business” — and he is right, sadly. Hiner’s point, citing data available on who serves in our all-volunteer military, is that fewer and fewer American families are shouldering the […]
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 28, 2014) Maritime special operations forces prepare for a mission during a training exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). SEALs and Marine Corps special operations forces from Special Operations Command Pacific conducted maritime interoperability training aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington and its embarked […]
BELGRADE, Serbia-A U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to Naval Special Warfare Unit 2 observes the target as a member of the Serbian Special Anti-terrorist Unit shoots in the prone position on the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a Special Operations Command Europe Joint Combined Exchange Training Nov. 28. Photo by Staff Sgt. Larraine Whetstone/24th Press Camp […]
Photo: Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor (kneeling) poses for a photo with his teammates while deployed to Ar Ramadi Iraq in 2006. Here is the official Summary of Action for Monsoor posthumous award of the Medal of Honor by then president George W. Bush. Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor: […]
Navy SEALs jump from the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III April 15, 2010, over Fort Pickett Maneuver Training Center, Va. The jump was part of a joint training exercise with 517th Airlift Squadron members from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. U. S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson
Navy SEALs are often thought of as amphibious warfighters, rising from the depths of the sea to engage opponents, but America’s most well-known special operations war fighters need to be experts in far more than just swimming and shooting. Even the name SEAL, while garnering aquatic imagery, is actually a shortened description of where our […]
It is mid-August 2016, and Louisiana is inundated with a flood of Biblical proportions. According to press reports, the ceaseless rain has killed at least 13, and forced tens of thousands more from their homes. More than two feet of rain has fallen over the course of five days, and forecasts show more possibly coming, which can […]
As regular readers of this author will know, I have a soft spot for those who go from the world of U.S. special operations to the fire service. Likewise, I admire those who stand out as parents and raise their kids using the skills, principals, and traits they developed in their professional lives within the […]
This is more of an ‘old school’ video covering some CQB training that SEALs attend. Watching this and seeing the weapons and gear they are using reminds me of the movie Navy SEALs from the early 90’s and the Rogue Warrior series of books. My last deployment in the Marine Corps was a 6 month deployment to the Mediterranean […]
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