SEAL'S
Thursday, 28. February 2008, 19:16:58
SEAL teams are organized into two groups which come under the command of Naval Special Warfare Command, stationed at NAB Coronado, California.
A SEAL Team comprises three 40-man Task Units. Each Task Unit consist of a Headquarters element consisting of a Task Unit Commander (O-5), a Task Unit Senior Enlisted (E-8), a Targeting/Operations Officer (O-2/3) and a Targeting/Operations Leading/Chief Petty Officer (E-6/7); Under the HQ element are two SEAL Platoons of 16 men (2 officers, 14 enlisted SEALs and sometimes 2 enlisted EOD Operators making the platoon of 18); and support staff. Each Task Unit can be easily split into 4 squads or eight 4-man fire teams for operational purposes. The size of each SEAL “Team” with Task Units and support staff is approx. 300 personnel. The typical SEAL platoon of 16 men has an OIC (Officer in Charge, usually an O-3), an AOIC (Assistant Officer in Charge, usually an O-2), a platoon chief (E-7), a LPO (Leading Petty Officer, E-6) and the rest range from E-6 to E-4 (most are E-5). Occasionally there is a "third O". Usually the third O is an O-1 and on his first operational deployment. This makes the platoon consist of 3 officers and 13 enlisted personnel.
Task Unit core skills consist of: Sniper, Breacher, Communicator, Maritime/Engineering, Close Air Support, Corpsman, Point-man/Navigator, Primary Driver/Navigator (Rural/Urban/Protective Security), Heavy Weapons Operator, Sensitive Site Exploitation, Air Operations Master, Lead Climber, Lead Diver/Navigator, Interrogator, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Technical Surveillance and Advanced Special Operations.[citation needed]
As of 2006, there are eight confirmed Navy SEAL Teams. The original SEAL Teams in the Vietnam War were separated between West Coast (Group ONE) and East Coast (Group TWO) SEALs. The current SEAL Team deployments include Teams 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10. The Teams deploy as Naval Special Warfare Squadrons. Any Team can deploy anywhere in the world. Each team is commanded by a Navy Commander (O-5), and has a number of operational SEAL platoons and a headquarters element. In 1987, SEAL Team 6 was renamed to the United States Navy Special Warfare Development Group, although members are still frequently referred to informally as "SEAL Team 6". Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, a naval base in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is home to SEAL Teams 2, 4, 8 and 10.
There are also two SDV units, SDV-1 located in Pearl Harbor, HI, and SDV-2 in Virginia. SDV Teams are SEAL teams with an added underwater delivery capability.















