Archive for the 'Seal Team 6' Category

Navy SEAL team 6 rescues US aid worker from Somalia

The development of SEAL Team 6 was in response to the 1980 rescue attempt of the American hostages held in Iran. A monumental failure, the mission fell apart but illustrated the need for a dedicated counter-terrorist team capable of sucess, The SEAL Team 6 raid in Somalia, which followed last May's operation that killed al-Qaida [...]

SEAL Team 6 rescue in Somalia frees two from pirates' lair (+video)

President Barack Obama authorized the mission by SEAL Team 6 two days earlier, and minutes after he gave his State of the Union address to Congress he was on the phone with the American's father to tell him his daughter was safe. The unit is the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, also known as SEAL [...]

SEAL Team 6 members among 38 killed in Afghanistan

But he said 22 of the 30 were Navy SEALs, and a significant number were members of SEAL Team 6, the unit that conducted the Bin Laden raid and is made up of just a few hundred of some of the best-trained fighters in the US military. 22 of 30 Americans killed were from the [...]

NATO Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan, Over 20 SEAL Team 6 Members Perish

U.S Representative James E. Clyburn issuing a statement Saturday, following the news of the helicopter crash in Afghanistan, that killed some Navy SEALs from the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden. Our government has confirmed that some of the troops were members of SEAL Team Six, the unit that was sent after bin Laden, [...]