United States Navy SEALs

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United States Navy SEALs
Special Warfare insignia known as the "SEAL Trident"
ActiveJanuary 1, 1962 – present
(62 years, 9 months)
Country United States
Branch United States Navy
TypeSpecial operations force
Role
Part of
Garrison/HQNaval Amphibious Base Coronado
Joint Expeditionary Base–Little Creek
Nickname(s)"Frogmen", "The Teams", "Team Guys", "The Men with Green Faces"[2]
Motto(s)"The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday"[3] "It Pays To Be A Winner". "Never Out Of The Fight".
Engagements
[5][6][7]

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 environments. SEALs are typically ordered to capture or kill high-level targets, or to gather intelligence behind enemy lines.[8] SEAL team personnel are hand-selected, highly trained, and possess a high degree of proficiency in unconventional warfare (UW), direct action (DA), and special reconnaissance (SR), among other tasks like sabotage, demolition, intelligence gathering, and hydrographic reconnaissance, training, and advising friendly militaries or other forces.[9][1] All active SEALs are members of the U.S. Navy.[13]

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  2. ^ Wentz, Gene; Jurus, B. Abell (1993). Men in Green Faces. St. Martin's Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0312950521.
  3. ^ ""The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday" Navy SEALs (Sea, Air & Land)" (PDF). America's Navy. US Navy. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Larry Wilske". 2 July 2019.
  5. ^ "US joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city". CNBC. 10 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Marawi siege: US special forces aiding Philippine army". BBC News Online. 10 June 2017.
  7. ^ Dancel, Raul (11 June 2017). "US special forces aid Philippine troops in battle for Marawi". The Straits Times.
  8. ^ a b "Navy SEAL History". Navy Seals.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  9. ^ "The difference between Navy SEALs and other military units". ATACLETE. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  10. ^ "SEAL Requirements". Navy Seals.com. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  11. ^ Laster, Jill (July 2011). "Program letting Coasties train as SEALs on hold". Navy Times.
  12. ^ "Navy SEAL History". SEAL + SWCC. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  13. ^ [8][10][11][12]