The CBS show “SEAL Team” has been using a ton of weapons in its sixth seasons. But how right does it get them? Let’s find out.
US Navy SEALs
The underwater firearms used by the world’s combat frogmen
GearOh, boy, was the Cold War a wild time! Man, the early development of Special Operations forces led to some truly weird developments. SEALs and Spetznaz troopers, in particular, proved that a small team of seaborne commandos could be hell on Naval infrastructure. As such, these seaborne commandos would need specialized weaponry to fight like […]
American commandos and Greek Navy SEALs train in the Mediterranean
On DutyIn January, American commandos and Greek Navy SEALs trained together in a variety of complex special operations mission sets. A US Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCC) element and Greek SEALs from Greece and Cyprus honed their Over-the-Beach, Maritime Direct Action and Interdiction, and Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) skills. This training event was just […]
The quiet drama between the Navy SEAL Teams and Washington State
On DutyFor the past several months, the Navy SEAL Teams and officials from Washington State have been negotiating the use of public land for special operations training. Now, after long deliberation, Washington State officials made a controversial decision. The Navy had requested 28 state parks for up to 48 hours at a time for the training […]
