PLEASE FOLLOW OUR E BAY STORE. SALE SEE OUR STORE. PLEASE READ WHOLE ADD. United States Navy SEALs. For other uses, see. Known as the “SEAL Trident”. 1 January 1962 – present (62 years, 3 months). Naval Special Warfare Command. Joint Special Operations Command. Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Joint Expeditionary Base-Little Creek. “Frogmen”, “The Teams”, “Team Guys”, “The Men with Green Faces”. “The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday”. “It Pays To Be A Winner”. “Never Out Of The Fight”. Multinational Force in Lebanon. 1999 East Timorese crisis. War in North-West Pakistan. 2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen. United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land. Teams, commonly known as. Navy SEALs, are the. And a component of the. Among the SEALs’ main functions are conducting small-unit special operation missions in maritime, jungle, urban, arctic, mountainous, and desert environments. SEALs are typically ordered to capture or kill high-level targets, or to gather intelligence behind enemy lines. SEAL team personnel are hand selected, highly trained, and possess a high degree of proficiency in direct action (DA), and special reconnaissance (SR), among other tasks like sabotage, demolition, intelligence gathering, and hydro-graphic reconnaissance, training, and advising friendly militaries or other forces. Depending on the availability of platforms, threat level, and environment, different methods can be used for the insertion and extraction of SEALs into a target location. This could include nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines equipped with. SDV submarines, surface vessels, surface swimming, or other vehicles. All active SEALs are members of the U. S highly secretive and elite. Special Operations Group (SOG). Recruits operators from SEAL Teams. With joint operations going back to the. This cooperation still exists today, as evidenced by. “Being wounded or killed in any action against an enemy of the United States or as a result of an act of any such enemy or opposing armed forces”. United States Department of the Army. United States Department of the Navy. United States Department of the Air Force. United States Department of Homeland Security. Approximately 1,910,162 (as of 5 June 2010). Over 2,000,000 (including eligible casualties in World War I who may not have been awarded the Purple Heart). Defense Meritorious Service Medal. United States military decoration. Awarded in the name of the. To those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the. With its forerunner, the. Badge of Military Merit. Which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest. Still given to U. National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. New Windsor, New York. Extraordinary heroism in combat. Marines and naval sailors of the United States. Act of Congress Public Law 65-253. , approved on February 4, 1919. 5,400 (as of December 2017). Air and Space Forces. Defense Distinguished Service Medal. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal. United States Naval Service. Awarded for Sailors and Marines who distinguish themselves for extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. The medal is equivalent to the Army’s. The Air and Space Forces. The Navy Cross is bestowed by the. Secretary of the Navy. And may also be awarded to members of the other armed services, and to foreign military personnel while serving with the U. The Navy Cross was established by Act of Congress Public Law 65-253. And approved on February 4, 1919.