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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