US Navy SEALs 1983-2003

after The United States' Failures In Special Operations Missions During The Late 1970s And 1980, A Decision Was Made To Revamp Its Unconventional Military Capabilities. The Subsequent Reorganization And Redesignation In 1983 Created The Seals As They Are Known Today, And Later The All-encompassing Command For Us Special Operations Forces Under Which They Operate. Since Then, These Navy Special Warfare (nsw) Forces Have Operated In Grenada, The Persian Gulf, Panama, Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, And Liberia. Nsw Units Have Also Participated In The Ongoing Missions Of Operation Enduring Freedom In Afghanistan And Operation Iraqi Freedom In Iraq. This Book Looks At The History, Organization, Training, Uniforms, Equipment And Missions Of The Us Navy Seals Since Their Redesignation Until The Recent Conflict In The Gulf. COVER......Page 1 TITLE PAGE......Page 2 INTRODUCTION......Page 3 NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND 1987–2004......Page 4 ORGANIZATION OF US NAVAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES......Page 9 NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE WEAPONS SYSTEMS......Page 16 NAVY SEALS AT WAR: OPERATION URGENT FURY......Page 26 OPERATION JUST CAUSE......Page 30 OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM......Page 32 NAVY SEALS KILLED IN ACTION 1983–2003......Page 53 OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM......Page 54 SEAL TERMINOLOGY......Page 57 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 59 THE PLATES......Page 60 INDEX......Page 64 RELATED TITLES......Page 65 IMPRINT......Page 66 The Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM), commissioned on April 16, 1987, at the Naval Amphibious Base at Coronado, San Diego, California, is the naval component to the United States Special Operations Command.