Seal Team 6 Research Paper

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Within the entire United states navy, the most secretive and threatening group is Seal Team 6. This special operations unit has been faced with many dangerous missions, the most famous of which being the raid on Osama Bin Laden. They spend much of their time in Afghan hunting Al Qaeda leaders and suspected militants. They receive criticism from both the public and united states allies about their missions, and methods of operation. Richard Marcinko was given only six weeks to put the team together, and all the applicants came from an underwater demolition team. Seal Team 6 is the navy’s most reliable group, they are called upon for the most dangerous missions, and they are often the most criticized military group shrouded in mystery. Seal team Six was created following the failure of operation …show more content…

They had to time their runs, and swim times. They also practiced land warfare and parachuting, somtimes performing over 150 jumps per week. Their training involved large amounts of unarmed combat, martial art techniques, communication, free climbing, parachuting (as mentioned earlier), and defensive and offensive driving. They even had to learn the art of blowing doors off their hinges, and pick locks on cars. They also learned to maneuver vehicles and shoot from them but never to break in and start them with a screwdriver. During drills, they had to enter a room, engage targets, shuffle, shoot, sprint, and shoot a stoped target. In one instance a Team Six member stumbled pulled his trigger causing them to shoot, Seal Team Six member, Roger Chevy in the back. He was taken to the hospital in which but later died. In another accident, a bullet went through the joints in Seal Team Six member, Rich Horn’s bullet proof vest causing him to die instantly. Thousands of shot were fired per day, and they spent more money on 9mm ammo than all the marine ammo

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