Combat swimmer operations and their importance in a near-peer conflict
Combat swimmer operations by Navy SEALs will be a feature of a near-peer conflict against China or Russia. This is what these operations are.
News Tag: Navy SEALs
SOCOM’s new OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft will make America’s elite units operating far from home more lethal
The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) recently received its newest attack plane, the OA-1K Skyraider II.
Before the Navy SEALs came the Underwater Demolition Teams
Despite the widespread popularity of the SEALs, not many know about the humble beginnings of the community during the early, bleak years of World War II.
The slick custom shotgun carried by a Navy SEAL point man in Vietnam
The dense jungles of Vietnam pushed fighting to a close-quarters environment where shotguns were highly effective.
This is how Navy SEALs conduct “over-the-beach” operations
The first part of any OTB operation is a movement from an uncontested, neutral, or “friendly” maritime area to a targeted enemy shoreline.
Former Navy SEAL and pioneer combat medicine physician is awarded Presidential Citizen’s Medal
Former Navy SEAL platoon commander Dr. Frank K. Butler, Jr, was awarded the Presidential Citizen’s Medal by President Joe Biden at the White House for his pioneer work in combat medicine.
Congress demands answers on low testosterone issues among special operators
The Defense Department is being directed by Congress to look into incidents of special operators reporting low levels of testosterone, a deficiency leading to a range of physical and mental health effects that this community has been dealing with on their own for years. The health effects of lowered testosterone among special operations veterans have […]
SDV: The secret weapon of the Navy SEAL Teams
The SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV) are the SEAL Teams’ secret weapon in the case of a conflict with China or Russia.
How Navy SEAL candidates recover after Hell Week
And yet, SEAL candidates are required to pick right back up on the Monday morning after the Friday Hell Week ends. This is how they do it.
These exotic weapons were used by the Navy SEALs in Vietnam
Vietnam, like most wars, was a giant testing ground of weaponry, including small arms. Let’s look at those exotic, rare, and sometimes odd weapons of the Navy SEALs.
Investigation into ‘preventable’ drowning deaths of two Navy SEALs sure to bring changes
The deaths, which happened on January 2024, are heartbreaking on their face, but even more profoundly so given the results of the investigation.
A former SEAL’s guide to mixing up your fitness routine
To spice up your fitness routine, I offer some alternative cardio, anaerobic, strength, and high-intensity interval training exercises.
VBSS: A Navy SEAL explains how to board enemy ships
VBSS stands for Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure and it’s among the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. military.
These three Navy SEALs are also astronauts
NASA has probably the most selective recruitment process in the world and there are less than 50 astronauts. Of them, three are Navy SEALs.
US SpecOps were the vanguard of a revolution in battlefield medicine
TCCC aims to bring the number of preventable deaths in combat down to zero. But it took some time before the U.S. military adopted it.
‘Spec Ops:’ Navy SEAL Admiral Bill McRaven’s theory and practice of special operations
Six principles dominated every successful special operations mission that Admiral McRaven analyzed.
Peak stubbornness: When Navy SEALs trained with Slovenian mountain warfare troops
The Slovenes warned us but, to the surprise of no one, we ignored their advice.
Six tips to mentally prepare for Navy SEAL training
Arguably, the most important training to undergo in order to graduate BUD/S and become a Navy SEAL is mental.
‘SEAL Team’ is surprisingly good TV
“SEAL Team,” from Paramount and CBS, could be another boring, lame, and inauthentic military show. However, it surprised me.
Tragedy at sea involving Navy SEALs highlights danger of VBSS operations
VBSS operations come with many dangers, especially in rough waters, as the tragic death of two Navy SEALs highlights.
HOW A NAVY SEAL EARNED A MEDAL OF HONOR … SAVING ANOTHER SEAL WITH A MEDAL OF HONOR
Receiving the Medal of Honor is an exceptional and rare honor that very few Americans have earned. Most Medals of Honor are posthumous, reflecting the near-impossible odds one has to surmount to earn the nation’s highest award for bravery under fire. Usually, living recipients of the Medal are so incapacitated from their wounds that they […]
SEAL TEAM 6 OPERATOR BECOMES SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER FOR ALL SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNITS IN PACIFIC
US special operations units in the Indo-Pacific have gotten a former SEAL Team 6 operator as their new enlisted boss. The Pentagon chose Command Master Chief (SEAL) David L. Isom as the new command senior enlisted leader for the U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC). Command Master Chief Isom will be replacing Command Master Chief (SEAL) Timothy […]
MRBALLEN: THE FORMER NAVY SEAL WHO TELLS SCARY STORIES ON YOUTUBE
The internet has no shortage of Navy SEALs telling incredible stories (we even have some of our own here on Sandboxx), but few within the SEAL community have managed to etch out as much success on social media as John Allen–commonly known online as MrBallen. Despite having an incredibly harrowing story about how his years on the […]
WHY IS SAUDI ARABIA RECRUITING FORMER NAVY SEAL CONTRACTORS?
It appears that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is looking to send some of its military members to U.S. Navy SEAL training (BUD/S) and they are really shooting for the moon in terms of seeking out former U.S. Navy SEALs to prepare them. According to a source familiar with a contract entered into to train […]
The epitome of the NAVY SEAL BUD/S instructor Class 234’s Terry Patstone
The other day, my Dad sent me and my cousin a link to a YouTube video of SEAL BUD/S Instructor, Terry Patstone. My cousin recently completed Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, and we all three (plus, my uncle) had been waxing nostalgic about our own various BUD/S experiences at a family get-together to celebrate the cousin’s graduation. The YouTube […]