10 Facts about US Navy Seals

 

1. SEAL stands for Sea, Air, and Land.
2. There are 8 SEAL teams. However, there is no Team 6. Interestingly, there is a Team 10. I know what happened to team 6. I wonder why no 9.
3. Navy SEAL’s are also known as Frogman. A frogman is a combat diver or combat swimmer.
4. Navy SEALS make up less than 1% of all United States Navy personnel.
5. One of the more unique ways SEALs can go to war is the HALO (High Altitude-Low Opening) jump. These jumps have  SEALs exiting  an airplane at 25,000 feet or more and free-falling for several minutes. The sailors open their chutes within 500 feet of the ground.
6. Visitors to  California have two seal/SEAL viewing opportunities. They can see seals frolicking lazily on the beach near San Diego or prospective SEALs training on a beach in the Coronado area.
7. SEALs have extensive operations in land-locked areas.
8. The washout rate for prospective SEALs is nearly 80%.
9. If a recruit decides to quit during training, he may do so by ringing the class bell three times.
10. U.S. Navy Seal, Commander Christopher Cassidy went to space aboard the shuttle Endeavour as a mission specialist on July 15, 2009 becoming NASA’s 500th astronaut.