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Navy SEAL Teams 1 and 2 along with several Special Boat Units and EOD technicians were deployed on mobile command barges and transported by helicopters from the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Over the course of the operation SEALs conducted VBSS (visit, board, search, and seizure) missions to counter Iranian mine-laying boats.
Thomas Rolland Norris (born January 14, 1944) is a retired United States Navy SEAL and Distinguished Eagle Scout, who received the Medal of Honor for his ground rescue with the assistance of Petty Officer Third Class Nguyen Van Kiet of two downed aircrew members in Quảng Trị province during the Vietnam War on April 10–13, 1972.
First commanding officer of SEAL Team Two (1962), considered godfather of all SEALs. Rudy Boesch – Founding member of SEAL Team Two in 1962 and Vietnam War veteran. He was a competitor in the TV reality shows Survivor and Survivor: All-Stars, and host of the reality series Combat Missions. Former "Bullfrog" or longest-serving active-duty SEAL ...
As one of the two platoon leaders serving under Jocko Willink's US Navy SEAL Team 3 Task Unit Bruiser, Leif Babin was a key reason why the unit became the most highly-decorated American special ...
Nguyễn Văn Kiệt (born March 23, 1945) [1] is a former petty officer third class in the Republic of Vietnam Navy and, alongside Trần Văn Bảy, one of only two South Vietnamese and the only South Vietnamese Navy sailor to have been awarded the United States Navy Cross for actions during the Vietnam War.
Lone Vietnam Navy Sea Commando to join lone US Navy SEAL Thomas R. Norris in ignoring "hold position" orders to complete the rescue of a downed US Air Force navigator Thomas E. Noel Marine Corps Second Lieutenant near Ca Lu, Quảng Trị Province March 1, 1969 Platoon commander Patrick J. Noon Jr. Marine Corps Sergeant Quảng Trị Province
US resupply of military equipment and consumables to South Vietnam: Jun 3 – 12: Operation Thunderhead [3] US Navy SEAL Team One and Underwater Demolition Team (UDT)-11 operation to rescue 2 escaped US POWs: Red River basin: 1 Jul 1 – Aug 31: Operation Keystone Wren [3] Redeployment of two infantry battalions from South Vietnam to the United ...
HA(L)-3, (Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) 3), nicknamed the "Seawolves", was a naval special operations aviation squadron unit in the United States Navy (USN) formed in support of United States Naval Special Warfare Command (USNSWC) operations and Mobile Riverine Forces (MRFs) during the Vietnam War.