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 U.S. Navy SEALs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Those qualifying to become Navy SEALS are authorized, after an eighteen month "trial" period with a SEAL unit, to wear and display the Special Warfare Badge, also known as the SEAL Trident.
Until 2003 the Army trained Navy Special Warfare teams to freefall.
Scott Helvenston - graduated training at 17, becoming the youngest Navy SEAL in history, killed in Fallujah, Iraq as a private military contractor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._Navy_SEALs   (2159 words)

  
 United States Navy SEALs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, with the disbanding of SEAL Team 6 the Navy was left without a maritime counter-terrorism (CT) unit, although SEAL Team 8 was tasked with maritime deployments and takedowns.
DEVGRU is under the command of NAVSPECWARGRU (Navy Special Warfare Group), and is also a component of JSOC, with other such units as the U.S. Army's 1st SFOD-D and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), both units that list counter-terrorism in their primary activities.
It should be noted that all attempts to portray the SEALS in a fiction movie have included a varying degree of unrealism and romanticism.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navy_SEAL   (2521 words)

  
 United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Current plans in the United States Navy call for keeping the battleships on the NVR until the naval surface fire support gun and missile development programs achieve operational capability, which is expected to occur sometime between now and 2008.
The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations.
The naval jack of the United States is the First Navy Jack, first used during the American Revolutionary War.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Navy   (6205 words)

  
 SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs is a third-person shooter video game developed by Zipper Interactive and published by Sony Computer Entertainment as an exclusive title for the PlayStation 2.
The player leads a four-man team (including yourself) of U.S. Navy SEALs through four operations (each spanning three missions) in Alaska, Thailand, Congo, and Turkmenistan.
While its sequel SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs, released in 2003, added another four operations and an extra 10 multiplayer maps, SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs (2005) has so far done away with the previous maps altogether.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SOCOM:_U.S._Navy_SEALs   (221 words)

  
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www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/u_/index.html   (258 words)

  
 NAVYSEALS.COM
SEALs are trained to operate in small units - one or two men, up to platoon strength of sixteen.
Most SEAL missions are unreported and unknown to the general public - and due to focus, dedication and training, hugely successful.
During Vietnam SEAL Teams One and Two amassed a combined kill ratio of 200:1, with only 46 deaths resulting mostly from accidents and poor intelligence rather than enemy direct fire.
www.navyseals.com /main/main.html   (505 words)

  
 Official U.S. Navy SEAL Information Web Site
From 1962 when the first SEAL teams were commissioned, to present day, Navy SEALs have distinguished themselves as an individually reliable, collectively disciplined and highly skilled maritime force.
SEALs are qualified in diving, parachuting, and are experts at combat swimming, navigation, demolitions, weapons, and many other skills...
As their name suggests, SEALs are trained to conduct operations in any arena, and successful candidates spend 18 to 24 months in training before being assigned to teams...
www.seal.navy.mil /seal   (768 words)

  
 MILNET: U.S. Navy Seals
One area always of interest for special forces fans is the types of weapons used, and in the case of the SEALs and their UDT forebearers, the mix has been rather dramatic.
SEALs today are a mysterious and somewhat glorified lot, however, they really do hate publicity as the authors cited have found out.
With sixteen wounded SEALs the unit still managed to rout the battallion killing over 40 Viet Cong before the enemy fled.
www.milnet.com /udt.htm   (2077 words)

  
 Navy - SEALS (U.S.)
The anchor identifies the SEALS as being Navy, the eagle represents the air medium as well as the strength and courage of the SEALS.
The logo on the flag is the Special warfare insignia otherwise known as the Trident of the NAVY SEALS.
Only when an individual successfully completing Basic Underwater Demolitions/Seals (BUD/S) course as well as 6 months of probation and training with a team is he authorized to wear the Trident, indicating his place in the Special Warfare Community.
flagspot.net /flags/us^seal.html   (427 words)

  
 Navy - SEALS (U.S.)
The anchor identifies the SEALS as being Navy, the eagle represents the air medium as well as the strength and courage of the SEALS.
The logo on the flag is the Special warfare insignia otherwise known as the Trident of the NAVY SEALS.
Only when an individual successfully completing Basic Underwater Demolitions/Seals (BUD/S) course as well as 6 months of probation and training with a team is he authorized to wear the Trident, indicating his place in the Special Warfare Community.
flagspot.net /flags/us^seal.html   (427 words)

  
 NAVYSEALS.COM
SEALs are trained to operate in small units - one or two men, up to platoon strength of sixteen.
Most SEAL missions are unreported and unknown to the general public - and due to focus, dedication and training, hugely successful.
During Vietnam SEAL Teams One and Two amassed a combined kill ratio of 200:1, with only 46 deaths resulting mostly from accidents and poor intelligence rather than enemy direct fire.
www.navyseals.com /main/main.html   (505 words)

  
 Game Over Online Magazine - SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs
For example, there will never be a situation where one SEAL on a team will have enough C4 to blow something up, requiring two or more team members to concentrate on placing charges.
While this may be done to assign a nameless, faceless state to the terrorists, the effect does hinder the quality of the graphics.
A multi-national terror organization known as the Iron Brotherhood is attempting to achieve their goals through economic infrastructure destruction, arms acquiring, and other malicious means.
www.game-over.net /reviews.php?page=ps2reviews&id=71   (1688 words)

  
 SOCOM III: U.S. Navy Seals Preview for PlayStation 2 at Gaming Horizon
SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals has been the PlayStation 2’s online success story from the day the original released in August of 2002.
Convoy pits the Seals who have two convoy vehicles and two Hummers with turrets to go to one of two areas to pick up ammunition and equipment right in the midst of terrorists who are trying to stop you.
The other disadvantage for the Seal team was that you have to get out of the vehicle and press X around the various boxes to load it up.
previews.gaminghorizon.com /media2/1125330845.155.html   (1563 words)

  
 US Navy Seals Torturing Iraqis
The U.S. military has launched a criminal investigation into photographs that appear to show Navy SEALs in Iraq sitting on hooded and handcuffed detainees, and photos of what appear to be bloodied prisoners, one with a gun to his head.
It is unclear who took the pictures, which the Navy said it was investigating after the AP furnished copies to get comment for this story.
In several of the photos obtained by the AP, grinning men wearing U.S. flags on their uniforms, and one with a tattoo of a SEAL trident, take turns sitting or lying atop what appear to be three hooded and handcuffed men in the bed of a pickup truck.
ancapistan.typepad.com /photos/navy_seals_torturing_iraq   (408 words)

  
 GamingWorld X - SOCOM 2: U.S. Navy SEALs Review
The SEALs though, must not only keep themselves alive, but also protect the lives of the VIP’s, who are completely helpless.
But the terrorists only have to kill all the SEALs.
This has happened to us in more than one occasion, which is the reason we feel it necessary to point this out.
www.gamingworldx.com /ps2/SOCOM2U.S.NavySEALs.shtml   (2085 words)

  
 US Navy Seals
The US Navy Seals specialize in the areas of conducting airborne operations, direct action operations, raids, counter-terrorism, hydrographic reconnaissance, infiltration and exfiltration by sea, land or air.
Frogmen are the nickname of the US Navy Seals.
The US Navy Seals are the Special operations force of the United States Navy.
www.us-navy-seals.com   (466 words)

  
 America's Army - SourceWatch
America's Army, considered by the U.S. Army to be a "cost-effective recruitment tool," aims to become part of youth culture's "consideration set," as Army deputy chief of personnel, Timothy Maude, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Shortly after computer-based wargames were permitted on government computers for U.S. Marines in 1996, U.S. Marine simulation experts created Marine Doom, a modification based on the commercial game Doom II to be used as a tactical training tool.
America's Army (AA) is a tactical multiplayer first-person shooter game owned by the U.S. government, financed through U.S. tax dollars and distributed free by the U.S. Army as a global public relations initiative to present a positive image of the current U.S. Army and help with U.S. Army recruitment.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=America%27s_Army   (2450 words)

  
 U.S. Navy Seals Fitness Guide, Book - Military Manuals Survival Guides
About the Author Stew Smith is a former Navy SEAL and author of Maximum Fitness, The TV Watcher's Workout and co-author of The Official Five Star Fitness Boot Camp Workout.
The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Fitness is an advanced-level exercise program that teaches running, swimming, rope climbing, stretching and exercise techniques all in one book.
After four years on the SEAL teams, Stew was stationed at the Naval Academy and put in charge of the physical training and selection of future BUD/S students.
www.schoolunif.com /1420.html   (541 words)

  
 U.S. NAVY SEALS AND OTHER TOUGH GUYS
As a result, PRESENT DAY SEALs are a similar but different breed from the FROGMEN of WWII....in addition to the traditional UDT requirements of extraordinary physical endurance, never-give-up spirit, and disregard for personal safety that borders on the insane, today's SEALs have, additionally, to be extremely intelligent and extremely versatile.
DURING WWII...the Navy established Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT), popularly called "Frogmen", and their primary job was pre-assault recon of landing beach areas, clearing of underwater obstacles, etc. during advance force operations prior to an amphibious assault.
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www.icbm.com /seals.htm   (647 words)

  
 Socom: U.S. Navy Seals PS2 Review - CGN
They consulted with actual SEALs and motion captured them in action so everything you see from stealthily creeping up on enemies to advanced fighting techniques to the detail on your outfits down to the actual buckles are all authentic Navy SEAL fare.
There is also 10-15 minute documentary film about the Navy SEALs and what it takes to become one.
You have 3 SEALs under your command- Boomer, who is always at your side, and Jester and Specter who you can command to move to other points on the map or use them to clear out certain areas.
www.cgno.com /reviews/137.html   (2196 words)

  
 SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs Review for PlayStation 2 - Gaming Age
SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs sticks to the tried and true formula that SCEA and Zipper Interactive have created, and fans of modern squad-based war games will definitely eat it up.
Despite a lot of competition, SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs succeeds in being one of the best games in the crowded squad-based war genre.
The team-based gameplay (SEALs vs. Terrorists) now features up to 32 players simultaneously, with 16 players per side, and the use of vehicles.
www.gaming-age.com /cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=ps2&game=socom3   (1375 words)

  
 HOOYAH! - U.S. Navy SEALs
Navy SEALs trace their history back to the SeaBees at the beginning of WWII.
SeaBees were the Navy construction batallions from whom the NCDU's drew their volunteers.
SEAL's distinguished themselves in Vietnam where they took the night back from charlie.
hooyah.8m.com /history.html   (177 words)

  
 United States Navy SEALs
Becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL Team member is strictly a personal and voluntary choice.
At any time during training, deployment, or in the midst of battle, a SEAL can simply say that he's had it, doesn't want to be a member of SEAL Team any longer, and he will immediately be returned to the original unit from which he volunteered.
Once Hell Week is completed, few -very damned few- stop being SEALs, active or not...for the rest of their lives.
www.angelfire.com /al/tcost   (90 words)

  
 US Navy Seals Store: Shop For US Navy Seals Products
At US Navy SEALs store, we are proud to offer a wide variety of Navy SEALs merchandise and gear including T-shirts, sweatshirts, SEALs workout, fitness and training books and DVDs, Navy SEALs Luminox dive watches, gear, gifts, patches, pins and more.
At US Navy SEALs store our goal is to help you find the perfect gift for yourself, friend, relatives or loved ones.
Our Navy SEALs gifts ordering process is very secure, user friendly and with great ease.
www.usnavysealstore.com   (171 words)

  
 DailyGame Review: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs [PS2]
For example, your SEALs look great and move fluidly, but the terrorists look and move in a way that suggests they were definitely an afterthought (or modeled after wooden blocks).
During the missions, your SEALs will let you know how/what they are doing by talking to you over the headset, all very realistically, including a little bit of hum and crackle effect.
The headset also serves as a communications link between you, your SEALs, and your base commander.
www.dailygame.net /Articles/Reviews/socom.html   (1757 words)

  
 ************** United States Navy Seals ***********
In September of 1942, 17 Navy salvage personnel arrived at ATB Little Creek, VA for a one-week concentrated course on demolitions, explosive cable cutting and commando raiding techniques.
Vietnam was their proving ground, and the SEALs won their part of that war.
SEAL involvement in Vietnam began immediately and was advisory in nature.
navyvets.tripod.com /id95.html   (2487 words)

  
 Navy SEALs
The navy considers the Scouts and Raiders to be the direct-and earliest-frontrunners of today’s SEALs.
A Navy SEAL is a highly trained individual.
The first volunteers came mostly from Seabees, (construction workers for the navy) with officers raided from the bomb-disposal school.
www.onlineessays.com /essays/history/his170.php   (1683 words)

  
 Navy Seals Training: United States Marine Corp
The United States Marine Corp is a part of the department of Navy.
USMC is the only armed force of United States with the authority to do whatever the president may direct.
Difference on the level of training also exists between the United States Marine Corp and the other branches of US Armed forces.
www.navy-seals-training.us /united-states-marine-corp.html   (399 words)

  
 Navy Seals : Psychochic : CafePress.com
United States Navy Seals Trident, Flintlock, Anchor and Eagle.
www.cafepress.com /psychochic/625115   (9 words)

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