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How the first Navy SEAL ended up in space
NASA often draws its astronauts from the military, but those personnel are usually pilots.In the mid-1980s, however, NASA got its first Navy SEAL astronaut, Capt. William Shepherd, and he wasn't the...
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The dirty behind-the-scenes work it takes to keep the Navy's special warfare...
Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crew, or SWCC, are often seen zipping around waterways in high-speed boats with an array of weapons.But a lot of hard, dirty work goes into making those boats and...
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The Navy has updated the SEAL ethos with gender-neutral language
Summary List PlacementThe Navy has modified its SEAL ethos and creed for special warfare combatant crewmen to remove references to "man" and "brotherhood" in favor of gender-neutral language, a Navy...
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Trump slams Navy SEAL orders to use gender-neutral language, calls it...
Summary List PlacementPresident Donald Trump proclaimed that he would reverse the US Naval Special Warfare Command's decision to change its creed to reflect a changing societal shift — one that would...
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Here are the weapons and gear that the US military's top special operators...
Summary List Placement"People are more important than hardware."This is one of the five special-operations truths. It's not the gear that makes an operator special— it's their mentality, training, and...
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Navy SEALs are 'rusty' from scandals and post-9/11 wars as US prepares for...
Summary List PlacementAs conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq draw down, the US military is pivoting toward a new era of great power competition (GPC) in which China and Russia are at the top of the...
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How SEAL Team 6's mastery of a risky infiltration method sets it apart from...
Summary List PlacementEarly on October 31, commandos from SEAL Team 6 rescued an American hostage who had been abducted in northern Nigeria.The SEAL operators conducted a free-fall parachute jump close...
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Here's what makes the Navy's 'SEAL Taxi Service' so lethal
Summary List PlacementSpecial Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman, the "Boat Guys" in all those Navy SEALs photos, are a small and elite bunch of warriors who don't get nearly enough credit for their...
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The Navy is offering bonuses up to $125,000 to keep SEAL officers in uniform
Summary List PlacementThe Navy is offering big bonuses for eligible Navy SEAL and Special Warfare support officers.SEAL and Special Warfare support officers who are looking to extend their contract can...
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Obama joked that Trump might have to get dragged out of the White House by...
Summary List PlacementFormer President Barack Obama joked that President Donald Trump could be removed from the White House by Navy SEALs if he refused to leave on Inauguration Day.Obama appeared on...
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All US special operators train for combat diving, but Navy SEALs take it to...
Summary List PlacementWater covers more than 70% of the earth, making maritime operations a must-have capability for any competent military.Besides having the strongest Navy in the world, the US...
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How the Navy's 'Hell Week' reveals who has what it takes to be a SEAL
Summary List PlacementBasic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training is a six-month selection process and the gateway into the Navy's SEAL Teams.Broken into three phases (First Phase, Second Phase,...
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How Navy SEALs outsmarted the hunter-killer dolphins trained to protect Navy...
Summary List PlacementI was a platoon commander with reserve UDT-22 (Underwater Demolition Team 22) in Little Creek, Virginia in June of 1980. I had been promoted to lieutenant (SEAL) following a...
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The Navy SEALs are revamping their leadership and expanding their...
Summary List PlacementWASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years after they found and killed Osama bin Laden, US Navy SEALs are undergoing a major transition to improve leadership and expand their commando...
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US Navy SEALs are training to fight on land and water in a 'strategic...
Summary List PlacementIn early May, the US Special Operations Europe (SOCEUR) conducted its largest annual exercise in conjunction with a smaller one, training with special-operations units from...
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Navy SEALs are refocusing to fight China and Russia. Here's what current and...
Summary List PlacementRecently, Rear Adm. H. Wyman Howard III, the top SEAL officer and a former commander of SEAL Team 6, testified in Congress and highlighted Naval Special Warfare Command's...
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The US military's top-tier special-operations units are trying to diversify...
Summary List PlacementWASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy never had to look too hard to fill its elite SEAL force. For years, eager recruits poured in to try out for naval special warfare teams — but they were...
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Navy SEALs have to go 'back to the future' to help US warships survive a...
Summary List PlacementEarlier this year, Navy SEALs and Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen operators worked with conventional Navy forces in the final certification exercise of the USS Eisenhower...
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Navy SEAL 'hell week' is worse than you've heard. Here's how candidates who...
Summary List PlacementFor those curious about Hell Week, that fabled and terrible ordeal that all prospective Navy SEALs endure during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, there is plenty...
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Why real Navy SEALs actually hate the Charlie Sheen movie about Navy SEALs
Summary List PlacementIn 1990, a military action movie about a not-very-well-known special-operations unit came out.Starring Charlie Sheen, "Navy Seals" was another attempt by the Navy to attract...
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