S.E.A.L.
sea, air, land
U.S.A.
This page will focus on SEAL Team Six
The Naval Special Warfare Development Group, formerly known as SEAL
Team SIX and based near Little Creek, Virginia, is responsible for
U.S. counterterrorist operations in the maritime environment.
The team was named SEAL Team Six then to primarily
confuse the Soviet intelligence as to the number of SEAL Teams in
operation.
It has been reported that DEVGRU is one of only a handful of US units
authorized to conduct preemptive actions against terrorists and
terrorist facilities.
Training for Six was conducted throughout the United States and abroad,
both on military and civilian facilities on an extremely accellerated
schedule.Exchange programs and joint trainings were expanded with the
more experienced international teams such as Germany's GSG-9, Great
Britain's Special Boat Squadrons (SBS), and France's combat divers. In
all cases, emphasis wasplaced on realism in training, in accordance
with the "Train as you Fight, Fight as you Train" philosophy popular
among most of the world'sleading special operations and CT units.
DEVGRU operators reportedly fire an average of 2,500 to 3,000 rounds
per week in training.
It was rumored that DEVGRU maintained a small number of HH-60
helicopters, but the majority of aviation requirements are provided by
the 160th SOAR, especially in support of ship assaults, which
frequently make use of the small MH-6 "Little Bird" (operated
exclusively by the 160th).
The DEVGRU still remains classified and unknown up to today.
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