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The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land ( SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy 's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main functions are conducting small-unit special operation missions in maritime, jungle, urban, arctic, mountainous, and desert ...
Matthew Axelson – Member of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, killed in action during Operation Red Wings. Recipient of the Navy Cross. Harry Beal – Underwater demolition team member, he was the first to volunteer for the SEAL program at its founding in 1962. Chris Beck – DEVGRU member.
Don Shipley joined the United States Navy in 1978 and became a Navy SEAL in 1984 [4] after graduating from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training BUD/S class 131. [5] [better source needed] Following SEAL Basic Indoctrination (now known as SEAL Qualification Training or SQT) [6] and completion of a six-month probationary period, he received the NEC 5326 as a Combatant Swimmer (SEAL) and was ...
The graduating members of BUD/S Class 236 in front of the Naval Special Warfare Center.At the far left of the back row is Medal of Honor recipient Michael P. Murphy.. The average member of the United States Navy's Sea, Air, Land Teams (SEALs) spends over a year in a series of formal training environments before being awarded the Special Warfare Operator Naval Rating and the Navy Enlisted ...
Richard Marcinko. Richard Marcinko (November 21, 1940 – December 25, 2021) was a U.S. Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran. He was the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six. After retiring from the United States Navy, he became an author, radio talk show host, military consultant, and motivational speaker.
Marc Alan Lee. Marc Alan Lee (March 20, 1978 – August 2, 2006) was a United States Navy SEAL. He was the first SEAL to lose his life in Operation Iraqi Freedom when he was killed in a fierce firefight while on patrol against insurgents in Ramadi. Lee was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star Medal with Valor and the Purple ...
John Gretton " Jocko " Willink Jr. (born September 8, 1971) [ 1] is an American author, podcaster, and retired United States Navy officer who served in the Navy SEALs and is a former member of SEAL Team 3 . Willink's military service includes combat actions in the Iraq War, where he commanded SEAL Team 3 's Task Unit Bruiser, [ 2] the unit that ...
Michael Edwin Thornton (born March 23, 1949) is a retired United States Navy SEAL and recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was awarded the medal for saving the life of his senior officer, Lieutenant Thomas R. Norris, who also earned the Medal of Honor in an unrelated ...