Navy seals history and Guide

[puggy33]

This is just a simple guide.

HISTORY

[/color]The U.S. Navy SEALs were established by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 as a small, elite maritime military force to conduct Unconventional Warfare. They carry out the types of clandestine, small-unit, high-impact missions that large forces with high-profile platforms (such as ships, tanks, jets and submarines) cannot. SEALs also conduct essential on-the-ground Special Reconnaissance of critical targets for imminent strikes by larger conventional forces.

SEALs are U.S. Special Operations Command’s force-of-choice among Navy, Army and Air Force Special Operations Forces (SOF) to conduct small-unit maritime military operations which originate from, and return to a river, ocean, swamp, delta or coastline. This littoral capability is more important now than ever in our history, as half the world’s infrastructure and population is located within one mile of an ocean or river. Of crucial importance, SEALs can negotiate shallow water areas such as the Persian Gulf coastline, where large ships and submarines are limited by depth.

The Navy SEALs are trained to operate in all the environments (Sea, Air and Land) for which they are named. SEALs are also prepared to operate in climate extremes of scorching desert, freezing Arctic, and humid jungle. The SEALs’ current pursuit of elusive, dangerous and high-priority terrorist targets has them operating in remote, mountainous regions of Afghanistan, and in cities torn by factional violence, such as Baghdad, Iraq. Historically, SEALs have always had “one foot in the water.” The reality today, however, is that they initiate lethal Direct Action strikes equally well from air and land.
www.navyseals.com/navy-seal-history
Here are some photos

UNIFORMS

tri-color desert

ACU.

M81 Woodland
Multicam
dive gear

Halo

GEAR

Can not find a lot on this.
Here what I found. If you find more pm me.
Plate Carrier LBT 6094
Chest Rig LBT 1961A
PRO-TEC Half Head Helmet
Mich 2001 Helmet
NVG Helmet Mount
Raid Battle Dress Uniform or Flight Suit
Personal Retention Lanyard
Forearm Shot Shell Holder

GUNS

Handguns:
MK23 Mod 0 .45 cal SOCOM Offensive Handgun
M11 Sig Sauer P228 (9mm)
Assault Rifles
M4A1 with SOPMOD Accessory Kit
M-16
H&K 416
Chicom Type 56 (AK-47)
Sniper Rifles
M14 Sniper Rifle
MK11 Mod 0 Sniper Weapon System
M82A1 Heavy Sniper Rifle (.50 cal)
Submachine Guns
HK MP5 Submachine Gun
Machine Guns
M60E3 Machine Gun and MK43 Mod 0
M240
Combat Shotguns
Benelli M4 Super 90 Shotgun
Grenade Launchers
M203 Grenade Launcher (40mm)
Anti-Tank Rockets
M136 AT4 Light Anti-Tank Rocket

[Timm]

Add:

LBT 6094 and 1961A to the gear list as well, Also add a PACA. (There are more) KHAKI

Merrell Boots (Sawtooth, Chameleons, etc.)

Safariland Holster for SIGs. You may see the occasional SERPA.

Mich 2001-02 for helmet (Correct me if Im wrong higher powers)

P226 to sidearms.

H&K 416 to the AR section.

Good start, but keep going.

[Roughneck]

Need a hell of a lot more detail, even for a simple guide.

Some of the pics are not even SEALs.

Camo and weapon list is for the most part wrong.


Keep working on it.

[Knife]

There's a fair bit if information out there regarding what's generally used by the SEALs, but there isn't much photo evidence, especially recently.

To echo what the above had said, there's a fair number of issues. The hyperstealth link is completely irrelevant to anything SEALs use. While the uniforms may have been tested, there is no general issue of them being used. I don't think there's even been any proof that anything hyperstealth has been used. You've missed M81 Woodland, Multicam, AOR1 and AOR2, the last three being general issue as of recent. The snow camo you linked isn't issued. Their gear is not exactly custom for every mission, most of it is from high end groups like Eagle Industries and London Bridge Trading. Much of that is just off the shelf items, while there are some custom pieces made, the majority is not.

The photo you have of dive gear appears to be an action figure, and the HALO photo is of a foreign military.

Your source for the opening paragraphs should be cited as well.

[Great Troub of Troubistan]

Hello, face, meet palm.

Not even American:
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Edit: The thing I hate most is when you point out something wrong and instead of acknowledging it. You delete it and act like it never happened. Its really annoying. /endrant

[puggy33]

@timm thank you
updated
more to come

[triggs]

Unless you wrote the intro yourself you need to cite a source or it's blatant plagiarism and should be taken down entirely as it's considered theft.

[GrinchBiscuit]

This still needs a lot of work.

Instead of simply supplying us with pictures, give us context as to why they would use the uniforms they do. It makes it feel a lot more comprehensive and takes it away from the dogmatic approach most folks new to the gear game have.

Also, provided you do a bit of research, and dig a lot more into photos and video, finding the correct gear is an easy task. Typing "Navy SEALs" into Google Image is only going to get you the tip of the iceberg in terms of photos. Take a look around the Arnies SEAL thread as it's probably the most comprehensive database for a info on the teams around(unfortunately).

Also, provide distinctions between the kit used during Greenside and Direct Action mission as most new folks don't know the distinctions and objectives of either too well.

[puggy33]

Thank you. I will do that when my internet is back on. I'm on my phone and I can't do that.

[Dahm]

Hey one suggestion would be to just format this all a lot better. Just sticking photos one after another and the listing some guns and whatnot is this block of text is not easy on the eye, and honestly I hate to say it but it looks like you spent about 5 minutes just typing this stuff out.

Take some time and organizing it, you can use [/li][li] to make bullet points in your lists so its easy to read. Also, make the titles of lists clear and easy to read.

Pictures you find that are the size of my palm aren't going to cut it when people are looking at detail either. I would suggest taking a weekend to go on a real photohunt and find some good photo-evidence.

There is some good stuff here however I'd say there are about 4-5 guys (can't recall their names but I'm sure Knife would count as one, he knows everything about gear for every type of soldier) on this forum that know a ton about Navy SEAL's stuff already, and they're going to rip into you if you don't get your shit straight.

[Paranox]

I'm going to be honest, this isn't really much of a guide. This is much more of a "basic" outline of SEAL gear. However, there is lots of things that are missing, and lots of things that are wrong.

Take some time and first get yourself some good pictures. Then, make different paragraphs for different topics. For example, Primary Weapons, Sidearms, 1st Line, 2nd Line, 3rd Line Gear, etc.

Another thing you will want to put is the time period that these items were used. For example, when you have the guns listed it is unclear what time period that gun belonged to. Throughout the years, the guns that SEAL's use has changed, and therefore the guns can not apply to everything.

Also, get into detail on the gear that is used Greenside and during Direct Action missions, there is a bit of a difference between the two.

I recommend looking at Knife's guide to Marine Force Recon Impressions and look at what he has included in it. Then, include what is in his guide, but with SEAL info.