Learn to live and thrive like a Navy SEAL

Across the ages, every great society has celebrated and revered a great warrior tradition and passed on the stories of these heroes in folklore. We can look back to the Spartans, Roman legions, Vikings, medieval Knights, Samurai, or Aztecs, and each time we will find that a strong warrior class coincided with a strong nation. […]

Coronavirus be damned: Navy SEAL class graduates amid pandemic

Amid the ongoing social distancing measures affecting the country and the military, the Navy SEAL community just received its newest operators. SEAL Qualification Training Class 336 graduated on April 15 and its members received the coveted SEAL Trident. Last month, Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command decided to suspend some SEAL and Special Warfare Combatant-Craft […]

Greek Navy SEALs receive Special Operations boats from the US

The U.S. Navy officially transferred four Mark V Special Operations Craft (MK V SOC) to the Hellenic Navy last week. The four boats, which have been assigned to the Hellenic Navy’s Underwater Demolition Teams/Navy SEALs (ΜΥΚ), will have to undergo maintenance and refitting before they can requalify as operational. The MK V SOC packs two […]

Special Operations units will be the last line of defense in Afghanistan

As U.S. troops have begun withdrawing from Afghanistan after 19 years of warfare, it looks like U.S. Special Operations units are going to be the last bastion of defense in the country. The agreement between the U.S and the Taliban stipulates that American troops are to be gradually withdrawn from the country within a 14-monthly […]

How the Coronavirus is affecting Special Operations training and selection courses

The Coronavirus pandemic has forced Special Operations units to improvise when it comes to their training and selection programs. The Naval Special Warfare Command (WARCOM) has suspended a number of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) and Basic Crewman Training (BCT) classes; the former course is the first major hurdle to those aspiring to become Navy SEALs, […]

US Navy deploys counter-narcotics vessels off the Venezuelan coast

The Trump administration announced earlier this week that the U.S. is moving newly-deployed naval ships toward the coast of Venezuela as it will be beefing up counter-narcotic operations in the Caribbean.  Not so coincidentally this new deployment follows an indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on narcoterrorist conspiracy charges, Maduro is accused of aiding in […]

Navy SEAL and SWCC training succumbs to Coronavirus

Naval Special Warfare Center at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, has suspended training for three of the 11 current SEAL and SWCC classes. The decision was made on March 16 and will last for eight consecutive weeks. The classes that were temporarily suspended were those that were in the earlier phases of training. The First Phase […]

You don’t get a medal for being shot by enemy wildfire

Read part I here. A few hours later we were allowed back onto the range, cleared hot to commence our night shoot. There was still fire in the valley and it had spread across the terrain, but it was considered under control. As before, we shot into the night, firing all of our weapons, including […]

The DNA of a frontline SWCC Detachment

Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWWCs) pride themselves in being subject matter experts and jacks of all trades simultaneously. As all special operations units do, SWCCs operate in small groups in harsh and remote environments. This unique mission set requires operators to become very good at their respective jobs because most likely, they won’t have any […]