Archive for the ‘Vietnam’ category

Both the Korean War and the Vietnam War hold a special significance in the history of the Navy SEALs. That is because these two wars marked the official formation of this elite force under the US Navy as a response to the call of then-President John F. Kennedy for the United States military to [...]

The US Navy SEAL is considered as the most elite Special Ops unit of the US Military. Navy SEALs have not only played a vital role in the Vietnam War but also in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom. But that’s not all – they were also involved in the UN Peace Keeping missions [...]

US Navy SEALs in Vietnam

July 28th, 2009

In early 1963, the CIA commenced covert SEAL operations aimed at ambushing supplies and snatch missions to locate and capture NVA officers. Poor intelligence plagues these early missions which on the whole were not successful. The SEALs acquired their own intelligence gathering and collation ability which led to intelligence becoming far more useful and being [...]