NA - SAN DIEGO (Feb. 3, 2022) Lt. Cmdr. Joe Kaleiohi, center, the deputy senior medical officer at Naval Special Warfare Group (NSWG) 1, provides feedback to a West-coast based special warfare operator during a tactical combat casualty care scenario. Kaleiohi was selected as the 2021 Navy Medicine’s Physician Assistant of the Year for his contributions at NSWG-1 in Coronado, Calif. NSWG-1 mans, trains, equips, deploys and sustains NSW forces throughout the world to support combatant commanders and U.S. national interests.

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Viet Nam era SEAL recieves Purple Heart - CORONADO (Oct. 7, 2021) Ray Chauncey Smith Jr., former Navy SEAL wounded in action in Vietnam on June 12th, 1970, receives his purple heart from Captain Brad Geary, commanding officer of Naval Special Warfare Center (NSWCEN) Basic Training Command during a ceremony on Naval Amphibious Base Coronado Oct. 7. NSWCEN provides initial assessment and selection and subsequent advanced training to the Sailors who make up the Navy’s SEAL and Special Boat Teams. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin K. Kittleson)

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailor and a U.S. Naval Special Warfare operator conduct a simulated visit, board, search, and seizure aboard USS Frank Cable (AS-40) as part of MALABAR 2021. MALABAR 2021 is an example of the enduring partnership between Australian, Indian, Japanese and American maritime forces, who routinely operate together in the Indo-Pacific, fostering a cooperative approach toward regional security and stability. Naval Special Warfare is the nation’s premiere maritime special operations force and is uniquely positioned to extend the Fleet’s reach and deliver all-domain options for naval and joint force commanders. - A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailor and a U.S. Naval Special Warfare operator conduct a simulated visit, board, search, and seizure aboard USS Frank Cable (AS-40) as part of MALABAR 2021. MALABAR 2021 is an example of the enduring partnership between Australian, Indian, Japanese and American maritime forces, who routinely operate together in the Indo-Pacific, fostering a cooperative approach toward regional security and stability. Naval Special Warfare is the nation’s premiere maritime special operations force and is uniquely positioned to extend the Fleet’s reach and deliver all-domain options for naval and joint force commanders.

U.S. Naval special warfare operators and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailors train aboard USS Frank Cable (AS-40) during MALABAR 2021. - SANTA RITA, Guam (Aug. 27, 2021) U.S. Naval special warfare operators and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailors conduct a simulated visit, board, search, and seizure aboard the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS-40) during MALABAR 2021. MALABAR 2021 is an example of the enduring partnership between Australian, Indian, Japanese and American maritime forces, who routinely operate together in the Indo-Pacific, fostering a cooperative approach toward regional security and stability. Naval Special Warfare is the nation’s premiere maritime special operations force and is uniquely positioned to extend the Fleet’s reach and deliver all-domain options for naval and joint force commanders. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Amara Timberlake)

NSW Center Change of Command - CORONADO, Calif. (July 23, 2021) Capt. Bart Randall, former commanding officer, Naval Special Warfare Center (NSWCEN), pins his Command Ashore pin onto Capt. Brian Drechsler during the NSWCEN change of command ceremony onboard Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Jul. 23, during which Randall was relieved by Drechsler. NSWCEN provides initial assessment and selection and subsequent advanced training to the Sailors who make up the Navy’s SEAL and Special Boat Teams. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anthony W. Walker)

USS New Mexico; SOCEUR - Maj. Gen. David H. Tabor, commander, Special Operations Command Europe, visits the Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Mexico (SSN 779), June 5, 2021. New Mexico embarked members of the Navy Special Warfare community for scheduled interoperability exercises. U.S. Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.

Medal of Honor recipient retired Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward C. Byers Jr., guest speaker during SEAL Qualification Training Class 342’s graduation, pins a Trident on a graduate. - CORONADO, Calif. (April 30, 2021) Medal of Honor recipient retired Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward C. Byers Jr., guest speaker during SEAL Qualification Training Class 342’s graduation, pins a Trident on a graduate, April 30, 2020. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center provides initial assessment and selection and subsequent advanced training to the Sailors who make up the Navy’s SEAL and Special Boat communities. These communities support the NSW mission, providing maritime special operations forces to conduct full-spectrum operations, unilaterally or with partners, to support national objectives. For more information on the NSW pipeline, visit https://www.sealswcc.com/. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anthony W. Walker)

MCPON Smith visits NSW community - SAN DIEGO (Mar. 31, 2021) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith speaks with members of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, during a visit to various NSW commands in the San Diego area. Smith visited NSW to see firsthand how the command is assessing and developing character, cognitive, and leadership traits throughout the Force as an asymmetric advantage in strategic competition. NSW is the nation’s premiere maritime special operations force that extends the Fleet and Joint Force's reach for collection and lethality, delivers all domain options to undermine our enemies’ confidence, and strengthens diplomatic leverage. The command’s diverse Sailors and their leadership, character, and cognitive traits form the core of its creative problem solving and asymmetric approaches to solving the Nation’s hardest problems. The command continues to accelerate its orientation to the distinctive capabilities that only NSW can deliver while emphasizing humility, urgency to evolve and pursue excellence, and the obligation to be stewards of the incredible trust the Nation places in its Naval Commandos. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sean Furey)

200504-N-QC706-0007.jpg - 200504-N-QC706-0007 CORONADO, Calif. (May 4, 2020) SEAL candidates do push-ups on the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) grinder during training at Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, Calif., May 4, 2020. NSW Center restarted paused portions of its SEAL and Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) selection-and-assessment training following careful planning that included implementing COVID-19 mitigation efforts based on CDC recommendations and Department of Defense medical guidance. The health, safety and well-being of students remains NSW Center’s top priority. Any student showing signs of illness will be removed from training and evaluated by medical professionals before returning to training. NSW Center provides initial and advanced training to the Sailors who make up the Navy’s SEAL and Special Boat Teams. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anthony Walker/Released)

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NA - SAN DIEGO (Jan. 26, 2019) Former members of SEAL Team Three join the ship's crew to bring the Navy's newest Zumwalt-class destroyer, USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), to life during its commissioning ceremony. DDG 1001 is the second Zumwalt destroyer ship to enter the fleet. It is the first Navy combat ship named for fallen Master-at-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael Monsoor, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions while serving in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Devin M. Monroe)

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