Operator – someone who operates. In the civilian world, that could be someone operating an excavator, a wheeled tractor, and other similar heavy equipment. Historically, the term applied to people who worked in the old-school telephone centers and operated the manual telephone switchboards that were necessary in order from someone to call another number. In […]
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The US Navy releases new SEAL selection and training video
In an apparent move to attract more candidates, the Navy has released a new recruiting video about the Navy SEAL selection and training process. Many people don’t realize that shiny military career fields in special operations—such as SEALs, Green Berets, Rangers, Pararescuemen, and Marine Recon—serve as a great way to recruit quality people for the […]
SEAL teams to get new clandestine underwater craft
As the Pentagon shifts its gaze from low-intensity conflicts to nation-level adversaries, the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is following suit, and the Navy SEAL teams are eager to prove their strategic utility in the rediscovered domain. SOCOM and the Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) are focusing their efforts on two underwater craft: a Shallow Water […]
Naval Special Warfare reactivates stealthy SEAL unit on the East Coast
GULF OF MEXICO (Oct. 11, 2018): Members assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group 2 conduct military dive operations. U.S. Navy SEALs engage in a continuous training cycle to improve and further specialized skills needed during deployments across the globe. SEALs are the maritime component of U.S. Special Forces and are trained to conduct missions from […]
Emerson Knives Commander | Survival Folding Knife
The Emerson Knives Commander is celebrating it’s 20 year anniversary this year. Early on Emerson Knives created the ES1-M, which was developed as an all-around survival knife for the SEAL Teams. That knife (The ES1-M) is what we know today as the Emerson Commander knife. Take a look at the photo below out of Tactical Knives […]
Thoughts from a Navy SEAL Instructor
As a student reporting to and going through BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL), your heart pounds with excitement at the idea of having the opportunity to be one member of a small and tight-knit family that has an even tighter bond than that of your family blood. The mind races and adrenaline pumps, wondering what sort […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Capabilities Exercise at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
NORFOLK, AT SEA U.S. Navy SEALS conduct a fast-rope insertion demonstration from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter onto a beach overlooking the Chesapeake Bay during a capabilities exercise at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va. The Naval Special Warfare community displayed its capabilities as part of the 40th UDT-SEAL East Coast Reunion celebrations. Events are […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Special Boat Team 22 Demonstration
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS, UNITED STATES STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (March 12, 2015) A member of Special Boat Team 22 stands by his weapon during a Special Operations Craft Riverine demonstration at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School. NAVSCIATTS trains and educates foreign security forces and other international students on small craft […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Navy SEAL winter warfare
MAMMOTH LAKES, CA, UNITED STATES Navy SEALs demonstrate winter warfare capabilities. Courtesy of DVIDS
The Carlos Hathcock Sniper Rifle!
Editors note: Carlos Hathcock Born this day, May 20, 1942 I had a chance to take a trip back in time recently and shot the Winchester Model 70 .30-06 using an 8-power Unertl scope, the same set up that the famous Carlos Hathcock used while he was in Vietnam. I was quickly brought back to reality […]