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Ukraine's exploding naval drones are hunting down Russian vessels like tugboats after the big Black Sea Fleet warships fell back
Russia has pulled back its larger warships to reduce their vulnerability, leaving Ukraine with only…
Jake Epstein  Â
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SEAL Team 6 is said to be training for a fight with China over Taiwan. Here's what it could do if Beijing invades.
The role of the elite unit may be limited but not inconsequential. "You don't use a scalpel for a j…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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A string of failures ended with 2 Navy SEALs drowning on a dangerous mission to intercept smuggled weapons, investigation finds
A new military investigation reveals extensive details of the deadly mission to stop weapons from g…
Jake Epstein  Â
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With job cuts and drug tests, the Pentagon hopes to prepare its special-ops forces for a new era of warfare
Special-ops units are the tip of the spear, but in an era of competition with Russia and China, the…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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The Navy is tasking 'combat-ready' SEALs to develop new ways to take on 'the most stressing hard targets'
Allowing "combat-ready forces" to work new tactics and techniques is helping solve "key operational…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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US special operators are picking up a softer skill as they refocus on countering China
At a recent Senate hearing, special-operations leaders described the importance of operators who ar…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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A Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden is busy preparing for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan: report
Navy SEAL Team 6 has been planning and training for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan for the l…
Thibault Spirlet  Â
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US special-operations leaders are figuring out what skills to bring with them into 'the 5th modern era' of special ops
When asked what a shift to great-power competition meant for US special operators, special-ops lead…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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US Special Operations Command is working on a new and improved version of the Navy SEALs' stealthy mini-sub
US Navy SEALs' submersibles are a unique and highly specialized asset, and they working on two new …
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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Shifting focus to threats from China and Russia starts with people, not tech, US special operations leaders say
SOCOM is facing the arduous task of shifting focus to near-peer threats after over two decades of c…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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The US and its allies are tinkering with AI to help do some of the most complex naval operations
As artificial intelligence becomes more capable and more widely used, militaries are trying to harn…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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SOCOM has tough, high-speed boats to get operators on target in any conditions, and they're not just for SEALs
The US Navy's Special Boat Teams and the highly capable boats they operate do a lot more than just …
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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The US Navy SEALs just turned 60. Here are the missions that have made them legendary.
In January 1962, President John F. Kennedy authorized the creation of SEAL Team One and Two. Since …
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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Western special operations activity is on the rise around a new US partner in a strategic but unstable area of the Mediterranean
US Navy SEALs drilled with Cypriot commandos after other Western forces moved into position amid co…
Constantine Atlamazoglou  Â
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The first woman has passed Naval Special Warfare's selection course. Here's the grueling 72-hour final test it took to do it.
The sailor will become a Special Warfare Combatant-Craft crewman, one of the smallest special-opera…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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79 years after the first submarine-launched commando raid, Navy SEALs say it hasn't gotten any easier
Advances in technology since World War II have enabled far more complex submarine operations, but t…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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To take on Russia and China, the US Navy is standing up a new unit to do the missions that only SEALs can do
NSWG 8's creation is another sign of Naval Special Warfare's pivot to great-power competition with …
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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Navy SEALs are refocusing to fight China and Russia. Here's what current and former members say they're up against.
After two decades of counterterrorism operations, the Navy's special operators are shifting to take…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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After the Eddie Gallagher case and other scandals, Navy SEALs say they have to rethink how they pick their leaders
The promise of publicity "sometimes attracts people for the wrong reasons," a former SEAL officer s…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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A historic exercise shows how Navy SEALs will keep aircraft carriers in a high-end fight
Navy special operators showed they can act as the eyes and ears of a carrier strike group, sending …