U.S. Navy (SEAL Teams)


U.S. NAVY
SEAL Teams

ORGANIZATION

SEAL Team 1 - Area of Operation: Southeast Asia
SEAL Team 2 - Area of Operation: North Europe
SEAL Team 3 - Area of Operation: Middle East
SEAL Team 4 - Area of Operation: South America
SEAL Team 5 - Area of Operation: South Korea
SEAL Team 6 - Area of Operation: Worldwide Counterterrorism (Many of the special notes/provisions that apply to Delta above apply here.)
SEAL Team 8 - Area of Operation: Africa
SDV Team 1 (20 officers and 120enlisted men)
SDV Team 2 (24 officers and 159 enlisted men)
Special Boat Squadron 1
Special Boat Squadron 2
Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 4 (HAL-4) (The Redwolves)
Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 5 (HAL-5) (the Blue Hawks)
Four Forward Deployed Units:
Kodiak Alaska Detachment
Naval Special Warfare Unit 1- Subic Bay, Philippines
Naval Special Warfare Unit 2 - Machrihanish, Scotland
Navy Special Warfare Unit 3 - Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
(These NSWUs consist of command and control elements of 17 officers and enlisted men, to which SEAL units are attached.)
One forward-deployed platoon in Panama
Each SEAL Team consists of 30 Officers and 181 enlisted men, with a headquarters and 14 platoons of two officers and 12 enlisted each. Each platoon is further divided into 2 squads of one officer and seven enlisted men.
TRAINING

BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) Training - Coronado, California
Fourth Phase (yes, this is first) - A newer, pre-BUD/S training and conditioning program to better prepare applicants for BUD/S and lessen the drop-out rate.
Phase One (7 weeks) - Physical conditioning and basic skills. The fourth week is the infamous "Hell Week" which runs from Sunday night to Friday. Those that survive Hell Week gain 3 weeks of hydrographic survey, beach reconnaissance and underwater mapping training.
Phase Two (9 weeks) - Land Warfare and Demolitions
Phase Three (7 Weeks) - SCUBA and Underwater Techniques
U.S. Army Basic Airborne (3 Weeks)
After this, the trainee is considered a SEAL. He will join a team for 6 months of probation and additional training (known as SEAL Tactical Training [STT]).
MISSIONS

Direct Action
Special Reconnaissance
Unconventional Warfare
Foreign Internal Defense/Counterinsurgency
Provide guides for intelligence agents during infiltration/exfiltration
Service Escape and Evasion networks during wartime
Counterterrorism


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Note: Underwater Demolition Teams


The UDTs were disbanded in 1983, absorbed into the Navy SEALs. They had undergone the same training as SEALs, with their mission ending at the waterline. They conducted operations dealing with hydrographic survey, obstacle clearance, general dive operations and assisted with space capsule recovery. Since the training was considered to be redundant with the SEALs, the UDTs were reorganized as SEALs and the SEALs took on their old missions.
Before their disbanding, the UDTs consisted of:
UDT 11 Located at Coronado, California. Became SEAL Team 5
UDT 12 Located at Coronado, California. Became SDV 1.
UDT 21 Located at Norfolk, Virginia. Became SEAL Team 4.
UDT 22 Located at Norfolk, Virginia. Became SDV 2.
Each Team consisted of 15 officers and 111 enlisted men.