Posts tagged ‘guerilla warfare’

Responding to President Kennedy’s desire for the Services to develop an Unconventional Warfare (UW) capability, the U.S. Navy established SEAL Teams ONE and TWO in January of 1962. Formed entirely with personnel from Underwater Demolition Teams, the SEALs mission was to conduct counter guerilla warfare and clandestine operations in maritime and riverine environments.
SEAL involvement in [...]

Navy SEAL brief history mentioned in this article is an abstract from those two articles:
Navy SEALs Brief History Part1
Navy SEALs Brief History Part2
1940-1950
In the summer of 1941 adivision of the US military called Amphibious Scouts and Raiders started training. Laterin the spring of 1943 a team of volunteers were trained in clearing landingzones for military [...]

Each country has its own brand of specialized military units and Special Forces that are trained to combat in highly volatile battle conditions or perform clandestine operations to change the course of a battle.
Most of these Special Forces teams operate in small groups and their activities include counter-terrorism operations, guerilla warfare and the likes. Herein [...]

Best Commandos of the World

July 28th, 2009

No, I am not talking about the Commando movie! Nor am I referring to the zillions of commando video games which haunt every computer store in every country. I am talking about the real live commandos – the real action heroes who by sheer bravery and grit accomplish many feats – exterminate enemies and make [...]

Navy SEALs Clothing

July 28th, 2009

Army outfits are bought everyday at clothing stores through out the country. But are these outfits the real army uniform? Probably not – US Navy SEALs keep changing their uniform twice every year. This makes it hard for store personnel to keep on altering the uniform design for children. So chances are that you might [...]