Have you ever heard about the Navy SEALs? Read this and find out who they are. Navy SEALs are said to be the second most elite special forces in the world-next to the British SAS. SEALs stands for sea(SEA), air(A), and land(L). They consist of elite commandos that undergo extreme pressure-physically and mentally, and have go through six months of extremely hard training. The SEALs’ history go all the way back to WWII. They originally consisted of five different groups that merged into one, even more extreme group. To get into the Navy SEALs you have to undergo extremely difficult training. The navy seals training, or basic underwater demolition unit(BUDS), is executed in such ways to break men’s spirits. The instructor is skilled at making
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They used to be broken down into five daring groups named the Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDUs), the Raiders and the Scouts, the Office of Strategic Services Operational Swimmers, and the Navy Underwater Demolition Teams (UTDs), and the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons. These five daring groups are now put together into one, even more extreme group. And that is the Navy SEALs. The Naval Demolition team was formed with two officers and 17 enrolled men. They commanded by Lieutenant Mark Starkweather and Lieutenant James Darroch. They were all experienced Navy divers from Hawaii. Their course included: demolitions, commando tactics, cable cutting, and rubber boat training. Their mission during Operation TORCH during WWII was to remove the cabled boom that the enemy put up to block the Wadi Sebou River. Removal of this boom would allow USS Dallas (a U.S. warship) to proceed up the river and aim its guns on the Port of Lyautey’s airdrome (a military airbase) for an attack by Army Rangers that were before aboard the warship, Dallas. The operation was launched on November 8 1942. The men operated at night from an open boat in very rough seas and under heavy enemy machine-gun fire. This attempt failed so they tried it again on November 9 and succeeded. The NCDUs were the main ancestor of the Navy
They used to be broken down into five daring groups named the Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDUs), the Raiders and the Scouts, the Office of Strategic Services Operational Swimmers, and the Navy Underwater Demolition Teams (UTDs), and the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons. These five daring groups are now put together into one, even more extreme group. And that is the Navy SEALs. The Naval Demolition team was formed with two officers and 17 enrolled men. They commanded by Lieutenant Mark Starkweather and Lieutenant James Darroch. They were all experienced Navy divers from Hawaii. Their course included: demolitions, commando tactics, cable cutting, and rubber boat training. Their mission during Operation TORCH during WWII was to remove the cabled boom that the enemy put up to block the Wadi Sebou River. Removal of this boom would allow USS Dallas (a U.S. warship) to proceed up the river and aim its guns on the Port of Lyautey’s airdrome (a military airbase) for an attack by Army Rangers that were before aboard the warship, Dallas. The operation was launched on November 8 1942. The men operated at night from an open boat in very rough seas and under heavy enemy machine-gun fire. This attempt failed so they tried it again on November 9 and succeeded. The NCDUs were the main ancestor of the Navy