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  About Frogmen Unlimited
When founded in 1992, Frogmen Unlimited's mission was to supply the film industry with divers, stunt personnel and technical advisors capable of accurately portraying both law enforcement and military special operations.
Frogmen Unlimited has been very successful in bringing realism to the silver screen in the arena of special weapons and tactics by training actors, consulting with script writers, and advising directors, prop departments and set dressers.
To further their contribution to the film and commercial industry, Frogmen Unlimited is constantly researching new capabilities, testing equipment and training in a wide variety of extreme sports and activities.
www.frogmen.com /about   (508 words)

  
 e23: Ă˜one's Blueprints: Shrine of the Frogmen
Shrine of the Frogmen is a large underground complex inhabited by strange and mysterious beings said to be half men and half frogs.
The level 0 is where the common frogmen live, along with their king and their priests.
The dread shrine to the frogmen deity occupies a central position in this level and it is probably the first thing an adventurer will see upon arriving in this place.
e23.sjgames.com /item.html?id=BLU29   (654 words)

  
 Comando Supremo: Naval Assault Units
Italian frogmen were not only deadly, but also very ingenious in their methods of attack.
The Italian frogmen originally used a Spanish villa that was locateed 2 miles from Gibraltar.
Italian frogmen secretly replaced the crew with divers and technicians and built a workshop to house, build and maintain human torpedos.
www.comandosupremo.com /Decima.html   (673 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Throughout the war, in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, the Frogmen were the first to set foot on enemy held beaches, often weeks in advance of the actual invasion.
Their mission was to perform hydrographic reconnaissance, scout landing sites for obstacles and enemy emplacements, and prepare plans for the demolition of those obstacles so that the beach could be as clear as possible for the Marines and Soldiers who were scheduled to storm the beaches.
During the Korean War, the Frogmen were called upon to use their skills for the Inchon landing and later conducted demolition raids on bridges, tunnels, and harbor facilities.
web.ics.purdue.edu /~cbuehler/history.html   (547 words)

  
 Fox Flicks
To the uninitiated the title THE FROGMEN (1951) might conjure up visions of half-man half-frog monsters threatening all human life on this planet but nothing could be further from the truth.
frogmen that is enlivened considerably by some of the best-staged underwater action sequences ever committed to film.
That the "plot" about a new commanding officer (Richard Widmark) sent to tighten the discipline of a group of frogmen mourning the death of their Skipper is nothing ragingly new becomes immaterial thanks to the efficient direction of Lloyd Bacon and to the sensible contributions of Widmark, Dana Andrews and the entire cast.
www.dvdclassicscorner.net /foxflicks.htm   (600 words)

  
 AMERICAN MONSTERS
He further insists that the only reason he shot at the creature was to help confirm a fellow officer's story - a story which was, of course, being met with predictable skepticism by their superiors.
Wether or not Mathews' change of heart was inspired by ridicule or the fading memory of an event from which he was 30 years removed, the fact remains that there has not been a single "confirmed" sighting of the Loveland Frogmen in many years.
That having been said, the Ohio River area remains one of the biggest cryptozoological “hotspots” in the continental United States, and investigations into creatures such as the Loveland Frogmen and the GREEN CLAWED BEAST should and will continue into the forseeable future.
www.americanmonsters.com /monsters/aquatic/index.php?detail=article&idarticle=20   (840 words)

  
 frogmenbook8
Shorts are the usual uniform for this type of swimming and mission, plus a belt for carrying a knife, rope, and other gear required for the specific project ahead.
All Frogmen are volunteers and may be from any branch of naval service.
The main requirements for the Frogmen are a rugged constitution, top physical condition, and the ambition to be one of the UDT's.
users.frii.com /rdruss/frogmenbook8.html   (167 words)

  
 Frogmen Unlimited - Diving Team
Frogmen Unlimited can supply a wide variety of stunt and diving services for any underwater production, including but not limited to the following.
Frogmen Unlimited rates are based on SAG stunt performer rates and although this may be a little more than other less qualified groups, you are getting REAL PROFESSIONALS and not just amateur scubi-doos.
All Frogmen’s divers, on the other hand, are industry professionals with a long list of film and television credits and exceptional stunt and underwater work skills.
www.frogmen.com /diving/default.html   (400 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Underwater Demolition Team Navy Seal Museum at Epinions.com
Fort Pierce is the home of the Frogmen and this museum is the only one in the world that is solely dedicated to the elite Naval Special Warfare.
There is one section of the museum dedicated to the different weapons used by the SEALs and the Frogmen, past and present.
There isn't a guided tour, but the museum is small enough that if you were to ask a question from another room, you will most likely get an answer told back at you from one of the volunteers.
www.epinions.com /content_71611879044   (1186 words)

  
 Russian Underwater Encounters: What Lurks Beneath The Surface
In the summer of 1982, Mark Shteynberg, along with Lt. Colonel Gennady Zverev, were conducting periodic training of the reconnaissance divers ("frogmen") of the Turkestan and Central Asian military regions.
As the frogman tried to cover the creature with a net, the entire group was thrown out of the deep waters to the surface by some powerful force.
Now, because autonomous equipment of the frogmen does not allow surfacing from such depths without strict adherence to the process of decompression stops, all of the members of the ill-gated expedition were stricken by aeroembolism, of the Caisson disease.
ufoinfo.com /news/ruc.shtml   (2270 words)

  
 Crown | Catalog
Two key philosophies have endured from the days of making Navy frogmen to the current practice in the making of Navy SEALs–doctrines that are unique in military training and other special operations training.
One thing that is unchanged in the experience of frogmen of World War II, the Vietnam-era SEALs of my generation, and the SEALs on deployment today is this: If you are a Navy SEAL, with some exceptions, you will go in harm's way; your deployments will be combat deployments.
Within a matter of days of their first underwater experience, the apprentice frogmen are boring holes in San Diego Bay on a compass heading-at night.
www.randomhouse.com /crown/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400081011&view=excerpt   (2476 words)

  
 frogmenbook3
She has also mothered a whole new type of naval combat unit, and the men who go with it: the underwater demolition teams and their "Frogmen," the human torpedoes who compose them.
of the Frogmen includes fifty-six subjects which must be learned for keeps in two months of intensive training.
of the training of the Frogmen is that officers and enlisted men alike take the entire course, and that they all work together on missions, regardless of rank.
users.frii.com /rdruss/frogmenbook2.html   (563 words)

  
 The Hobbit review for the XBOX
The frogmen are desperate and savage, yet small and impotent.
In spite of their great fury they can't significantly harm you, while with one lazy swing you can end several of their little lives.
So, I guess if slaughtering scores of poor innocent frogmen sounds fun, The Hobbit might be the game for you, for an hour or two.
www.gamerevolution.com /review/xbox/the_hobbit   (1146 words)

  
 Mexican sewer divers get down and dirty to make repairs / Crew may be unique in the way they toil in darkness, float in ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He is part of a small team of frogmen who submerge themselves deep into the bowels of Mexico's City's sewer system to perform some of the filthiest, most frightening plumbing chores imaginable.
But the divers have encountered all manner of junk, including mattresses, furniture, water tanks, trees, even half a Volkswagen that had to be cut up and lifted out in sections.
Despite rumors of alligators and sea monsters lurking in the city's entrails, the frogmen swear they have never encountered another living thing.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/25/MN7373.DTL   (1049 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/armyoffrogmen
Army of Frogmen has come a long way...from their early days as the house band at the old Surf Shack on Go-Go beach.
Roy Cohn was quoted as saying that Army of Frogmen was his favorite band and a source of great inspiration in his lifelong struggle against the domestic communist conspiracy.
The group's performance on Saturday, October 14th will be as "The Mystery Frogmen's Orkestra", a homage to the band's "psychedelic" period, and welcomes the additions of DJ I'll Cosby on turntables and keyboards, Sonjuh Bontrager on synthesizers, and the illustrious Dr. Jim on the theremin.
www.myspace.com /armyoffrogmen   (903 words)

  
 The North Base   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Most frogmen going to this building come from #1.
Many of the frogmen leaving here head into the towers around the base or into building #12.
Unlike most others, these are often wearing small pieces of armor or carry the occaisional sword or bow.
www.ics.uci.edu /~abaker/dnd/northbase.html   (602 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : The Frogmen : Plot
John Lawrence, a strict navy commander assigned to replace the popular senior officer of a group of underwater demolition divers -- better known as frogmen.
The principal attraction of The Frogmen is its underwater photography, which would have been twice as effective in fl-and-white.
An intelligent, low-key wartime adventure, The Frogmen is weakened only by the excessive "Brooklynese" comedy of Harvey Lembeck.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/58975/plot.jhtml   (168 words)

  
 Special Operations.Com
Once the device was in place, subsequent missions were required in which a submarine would return to the location to pick up the six to eight weeks' worth of recordings inside the pod.
For this operation, the frogmen would depart the sub's escape trunk, swim to the cable (reportedly with the aid of a minisub on occasion), remove the recorded tape, and then make their way back to the waiting submarine.
This tape was then delivered to the NSA for processing and dissemination to the appropriate military and civilian agencies.
www.specialoperations.com /Operations/ivybells.html   (715 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Frogmen: DVD: Richard Widmark,Dana Andrews,Gary Merrill,Jeffrey Hunter,Warren Stevens,Robert ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Finally, Lawrence proves himself as more than just a stuffed white shirt, showing he has the cojones to keep up with their peculiar brand of the jones, becoming one of the team by fearlessly defusing a live torpedo at the risk of his own life.
Basically a story written around some authentic Navy footage of real frogmen in action, the film is full of daring maneuvers that (even when occasionally simulated) reveal much about the clandestine operations of frogmen as they engage in reconnaissance and ambushing missions, sometimes under cover of night.
As such, The Frogmen will delight Navy buffs, but the very human tale of a commanding officer losing the respect of his men for reasons he can't help is universally compelling.
www.amazon.com /Frogmen-Richard-Widmark/dp/B0007PALP2   (2157 words)

  
 THE WAY IT WAS - 1
That night the party went on till late at night, I was introduced to a lot of people, business men, officers from tea estates, some army officers.
Later I learnt that Captain Khokhar was in Rangamati with the frogman detachment, the detachment was in a government rest house whose grounds were overlooked by a road, they were doing some training and these two men stood and watched, the frogmen noticed them and apprehended them as spies.
The chowkidar of the rest house had witnessed the whole proceeding, he reported the affair to the District Commissioner Rangamati who sent a report to the government authorities.
www.defencejournal.com /aug98/wayitwas1.htm   (825 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Frogmen of World War II: An Oral History of the U.S. Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams: Books: Chet ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Here, in their own words, are the true stories of these aquatic commandos, whose daring exploits and bravery would pave the way for thousands of American fighting men around the globe -- and whose recolitionary training and fighting methods would evolve into the modern specail forces known as the Navy SEALs.
The memories of frogmen from WWII, whose heroic exploits underwater doing everything from intelligence gathering to demolition, is captured and preserved for history in this moving chronicle.
The Navy Frogmen were a precursor to the Navy Seals, and were often engaged in some of the most dangerous behind-enemy-lines operations.
www.amazon.com /Frogmen-World-War-Underwater-Demolition/dp/0743482166   (3116 words)

  
 The Frogmen - Trailer and Preview - Moviefone
The Frogmen - Trailer and Preview - Moviefone
Brad and Angie were stunning, while Cameron Diaz looked a bit, um, ruffled.
Trailers and previews for The Frogmen on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /movie/the-frogmen/1059480/trailer   (29 words)

  
 AMCTV.com SHOW - The Frogmen
Before there were Navy Seals, there were the frogmen of WWII, underwater demolitions experts.
With striking underwater cinematography, this World War II action flick follows a Navy officer (Richard Widmark) as he struggles to earn the respect of his new group of frogmen.
See how far Widmark must go to prove his loyalty and valor to his team of frogmen.
www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=63275-1-EST   (117 words)

  
 Navy UDT-SEAL Museum :|: Museum History
The World War II Frogmen have evolved into the most elite fighting force in the world, the U. Navy SEALs.
The Mission of the Museum is to preserve the legacy and history of these “Teams”.
The Frogmen and SEALs have operated in almost every environment imaginable; hot, humid jungles, arctic waters and a space station orbiting the Earth.
www.navysealmuseum.com /quarterdeck/history.php   (327 words)

  
 The Frogmen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
But the team must face their toughest mission before the transfers can be carried out, and of course Lawrence's leadership and heroism finally earns their respect.
The Frogmen is a solid actioner that looks at a facet of Naval life that is not well-known to the general public, and uses it's serviceable story to give yet another lesson about the fortunes and fates of war, and a group of men who boldly take on some of the fighting's most dangerous missions.
Widmark is typically solid as the commander who must prove himself to some rather ragtag men, and Andrews gives strong support as the most skeptical of the bunch.
www.classicsondvd.com /frogmen.htm   (324 words)

  
 Frogmen - Guest Columnists - Parsha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
All of creation may be divided into three categories: the good, the bad and the frogs.
To settle the score with Pharaoh, G-d activates his frogmen.
Once akin to Pharaoh in their inability to inspire emotion, either positive or negative, on the subject of G-d's presence in our lives, Pharaoh looks on as the frogs are pressed into action.
www.chabad.org /parshah/article.asp?AID=66633   (729 words)

  
 Seaman 2 Resurfaces on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Currently I'm taking care of two 'Frogmen', though one has been pretty ill from eating a spider (hey, live and learn right).
While the Frogmen might not be evolving anymore, our conversations together sure seem to be growing.
It's basically to check in, adjust the levels of the tank, feed the Frogmen, chat for a bit and then say goodnight.
www.flickr.com /photos/popkid/241508763   (294 words)

  
 The Atomic Submarine (1959) - The Bad Movie Report
This impresses me not only as an odd bit of information to be carrying around in one's head - I'm a writer, and I would be hard pressed to tell you this year's Nobel Laureate for literature - but I'm also pretty sure there is no Nobel Prize for Oceanography.
Also joining the party are two underwater demolitionists (Richard Tyler and Kenneth Becker), who are referred to constantly as "the Frogmen".
Leaving Neilson to guard their escape, Reef, the Frogmen and some guy who might as well be wearing a red shirt explore the saucer.
www.stomptokyo.com /badmoviereport/reviews/A/atomsub.html   (2051 words)

  
 Canada at War - Page: WWII: Canadians in the Asia & The Pacific
These men were involved in recruiting and training native guerrillas, engaging in sabotage, ambush and deception, and transmitting information about enemy activities.
Two other Canadians served in a Combined Operations' Sea Reconnaissance Unit (SRU) as the 'frogmen of Burma', spearheading Fourteenth Army's crossings of the Irrawaddy River in February and March 1945.
Perhaps the most unlikely Canadian unit represented in South East Asia was the Veteran's Guard of Canada.
wwii.ca /index.php?page=Page&action=showpage&id=32   (991 words)

  
 Submarine Museum Tour
Located along the front of the museum are 4 midget submarines.
During World War II, the Italian "Maiale" was used to transport frogmen into a harbor or anchorage occupied by enemy ships.
When close to an intended target, the frogmen would exit the Maiale, place a mine on the ship's hull, set a timer, return to their mini-sub, and move away from the target, clear of the explosion.
www.ussnautilus.org /museum.html   (304 words)

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