The Pic of the Day: Meet Thor, Navy SEAL K-9 and all around badass

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.

Legendary Navy SEAL plankowner dies

Command Master Chief Rudy Boesch, an old school, hard-charging Navy SEAL who came to prominence after his participation in the first season of “Survivor,” died last week. Master Chief Boesch died aged 91 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He died peacefully in hospice in Virginia Beach, VA. The legendary Navy SEAL served in […]

The Pic of the Day: American Commandos and Korean SEALs rocking it

Special Operations Command Korea and Republic of Korea Special Warfare Command service members pose for a photo in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter prior to a combined military freefall jump over Gyeryong, South Korea, Oct. 4, 2019. The special operations forces service members were jumping as part of the 17th Annual Ground Forces Festival, one […]

Marine Special Operations Command: We Aren’t SEALs or Green Berets

Everybody wants to know what sets Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) apart from the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) and Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC). It’s a complicated question to answer. What’s more revealing and easier to address is: what traits does MARSOC share with USASOC and NSW? I’d like to focus on […]

The Pic of the Day: Blue Angels meet Navy SEALs

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.  

The Pic of the Day: Special Forces operator who pioneered HALO capability

According to the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), “Special Forces Noncommissioned Officer and CIA officer Wilfred “Squeak” Charette (nicknamed after the squeak his jump boots made when he walked) who was a pioneer in the development of the High-Altitude Low-Opening (HALO) parachute capability. Charette participated in training the first HALO class from SEAL Team Two […]

Navy SEAL acquitted of murdering ISIS prisoner files for clemency

The legal adventures of Special Warfare Operator Chief Eddie Gallagher are far from over. Last year, the Navy SEAL was accused of obstruction of justice, attempted homicide, and murdering a teenage Islamic State detainee in Mosul, Iraq, during a combat deployment in 2017, among other things. After a legal saga that lasted for almost a […]

SEAL Master Chief and Medal of Honor recipient retires

After 21 years of illustrious service to the nation, Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward Byers Jr. retired on September 19. As a member of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) – another designation for SEAL Team 6 – Master Chief Byers participated in a hostage rescue operation in Afghanistan in 2012 that […]

Hypocrisy and Failure: Canned Navy SEALs strike back at their leadership

Two senior Navy SEALs who were fired earlier on September are striking back at their leadership. Commander Edward Mason, the former officer in command of SEAL Team 7, and Command Master Chief Hugh Spangler, the senior enlisted leader of SEAL Team 7, have filed a complaint to the Department of Defence’s Inspector General (IG) against […]