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The Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG), abbreviated as DEVGRU ("Development Group") [3] [note 1] and unofficially known as SEAL Team Six, [5] [6] is the United States Navy component of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). The unit is often referred to within JSOC as Task Force Blue. [6]
During Operation Just Cause in Panama, Special Operations Forces consisted of five unconventional task forces; GREEN (Army Delta Force), BLACK (3d Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group), RED (75th Ranger Regiment), BLUE , and WHITE (Navy Sea-Air-Land, or SEAL Teams 4 and 2).
SEALs from Naval Special Warfare Group 2 training in 2019. As of 2022, Naval Special Warfare included more than 10,000 people, including about 9,000 SEALs, SWCCs, and other military personnel and about 1,200 civilian support staff. [3] Naval Special Warfare Command's components include: Naval Special Warfare Group 1: SEAL Teams 1, 3, 5, 7 ...
Edward G. Winters, III – Retired rear admiral and former commanding officer of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (2003–2005) and Naval Special Warfare Command (2008–2011). [13] Brandon Wolff – Former American mixed martial artist. His twin brother, Brenton, is also a SEAL and a former mixed martial artist.
Naval Special Warfare Group Two (NAB Little Creek, VA) SEAL Teams Two, Four, Eight, and Ten; Naval Special Warfare Group 3 SDV Teams One and Two; Naval Special Warfare Group Four Special Boat Team 12 (NAB Coronado, CA) Special Boat Team 20 (NAB Little Creek, VA) Special Boat Team 22 (John C. Stennis Space Center, MS) Naval Special Warfare Group 11
Naval Special Warfare Development Group, also known as SEAL Team Six, one of the five premier special mission units of the U.S. Armed Forces, composed solely of Navy SEALs – One of the United States' two secretive tier-one counter-terrorism and Special Mission Units
In 1998, Howard volunteered for assignment to Naval Special Warfare Development Group (commonly known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six), in Dam Neck, Virginia and completed a specialized selection and training course. He then served with the command as troop commander, squadron operations officer until 2003 during which time he planned, rehearsed and ...
The United States Navy contributed extensive special operations assets to War on Drugs and Panama's invasion, codenamed Operation Just Cause. This included SEAL Teams 2 and 4, Naval Special Warfare Unit 8, and Special Boat Unit 26, all falling under Naval Special Warfare Group 2; and the separate Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU).