The Navys elite SEAL or Sea, Air, and Land Forces squad is made up of the best of the best. In order to provide the public with an insight as to what the Navy SEALs is all about, the U.S. Navy had agreed to serve as technical advisors for several of Hollywoods films. This opportunity can also increase recruitment from the general public. Several former Navy SEALs had mentioned in their biographies that these movies inspired them to join the SEAL teams.
Most of the actors had to go through a week or two of training at boot camps in several naval bases supervised by actual Marine Chiefs. They were required to use their characters name both on and off camera so that they can interact well during filming.
The following are some of the films in Hollywood that best describe the U.S. Navy SEALs intense training and how of they operate in some of the missions.
The top Hollywood film to depict the U.S. Navy SEALs in action is the movie, The Frogmen. The movie shows how a special ops team had done their part during World War II through reconnaissance duties, clearing the enemys underwater obstacles, offensive underwater attacks on enemy ships, and advance landings on enemy territory. This is the first such movie about scuba diving. The Underwater Demolition Teams or UDT then became what is now the U.S. Navy SEALs. The title is taken from the nickname of the Underwater Demolition Teams, frogmen.
Tears of the Sun is second on our list. This movie was set in a fictional Nigerian civil war where a team of Navy SEALs is forced to make a decision whether to ignore the conflict around and stick with the plan or follow what they believe is right and protect the innocent lives.
Another movie called G.I. Jane shows the intense training of the U.S. Navy Combined Reconnaissance Team or CRT. The training is very similar to the U.S. Navy SEAL BUD/S training course. The female protagonist hand picked by a female senator as part of a series of tests to determine whether women will be integrated into the U.S. Navy is thrown into the grueling training course of the CRT. She gets the same treatment as the men and proves that she has what it takes to be a member of the CRT in the training course and in live combat where she excelled in her leadership and strategic skills and gained the teams trust.
Fourth on our list is the movie The Rock. This film shows how the U.S. Navy SEALs operates in a covert ops mission, in this case, breaking into Alcatraz Island where a group of tourists are held hostage. The team used a SEAL Delivery Vehicle and rebreathers to avoid detection while underwater.
The fifth movie on our list is the Navy SEALs. This one shows the camaraderie of the members of the elite U.S. Navy SEALs and their unique abilities that make them the best of the best.







September 14th, 2009 - 5:34 am
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June 18th, 2011 - 4:22 am
Out of all those films, the best (and in my humble opinion, the most accurate/authentic) was TEARS OF THE SUN…It had the most amazing firefights and authentic SEAL tactics I had ever seen…
They do those reverse/Australian peels like the actual SEALs…Almost so much, it almost breaks OPSEC!! lol..
The truth is, I can’t wait any longer for the LONE SURVIVOR movie…I have been anticipating it but unfortunately, Peter Berg (who needs to pick up his balls, dump his current project, and move on to Luttrells story) is taking far too long.
But back on TEARS, this film gave me the inspiration to work in private security. I attempted to enlist but failed because of my wild past as a young adult. I am even in the process of speaking with HALO Corp about possibly interning there this summer..
The film TEARS OF THE SUN was one of those films that I watched two billion times a day for years. Like how many people obsessed over every little detail of STAR WARS etc, my film obsession was with TEARS.
I sure hope the LONE SURVIVOR film comes out soon…That is the most important story that absolutely NEEDS to be told about our brothers in Af/Pak fighting. They are the TRUE hard men.