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A Brief History of the US Navy SealsNavy SEAL brief history mentioned in this article is an abstract from those two articles:Navy SEALs Brief History Part1 Navy SEALs Brief History Part2 1940-1950In 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 operations in which their access point was from water. Thesemilitary personnel were later referred to as frogmen which was derived fromwhat they functioned as during operations. In 1947 the first underwater strikeunits were organized by the Navy, before their true utility would be fullyharnessed during the coming decade. 1950-1960From the middle of 1950 allthe way through to June 1953 the Korean conflict utilized the skills ofunderwater demolition units for a host of activities. This included attacksthat weakened enemy infrastructure; including taking down bridges and tunnelswhich was all done from covert under water positions. Above sea level they alsoperformed minesweeping functions in harbors which created strong points formilitary access. 1960-1970Every branch of the militarywas instructed to create counterinsurgency squads, in the case of the Navy whatwas earlier referred to as underwater demolition teams evolved into what isknown today as SEAL squadrons. In May of 1961 the current president, John FKennedy, formed the Navy SEALs, however it was December of that year beforeArleigh Burke (CNO) approved the SEALs as being fit for deployment. The SEALswere later split into two teams, one of which would control Pacific operationsand the other Atlantic operations. They were called SEAL team 1 and SEAL team 2retrospectively. These teams were utilized in unconventional guerilla warfaresituations in both blue and brown water environments. In 1963 The SEALs wereused in the Vietnam War where their input was vital and surely a largecomponent of the overall effort. In 1967 the name NOSG was changed to NSWG astheir role was increased significantly in what is referred to as specialoperations. 1970-1980During the decade startingin 1970 the role of the US Navy SEALs was further consolidated as their weapons,infrastructure and equipment were enhanced, as well as their efforts consideredincreasingly important when taking a cohesive look at the US military as awhole. 1980 +As the US become increasingly patriotic about the role of the Navy SEALs in the military their achievements would go towards furtherenhancing this position. In the Philippines they killed the ASG terrorist leader who had madeunequivocal attacks on the US. During the rein of President Bush they haveparticipated in both the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. In March of 2002 in a mission called OperationAnaconda they invaded Afghanistan and in March 2003 they invaded Iraq. To this day, especially with the rise in terrorist activity,remote military operations cannot suffice. That is why the role of the NavySEALs is still as prominent today.
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