Editing United States Navy SEALs (section)

===SEAL Teams===
The original SEAL Teams were separated between West Coast (Team One) and East Coast (Team Two) SEALs. Likewise current SEAL Teams are organized into two groups: Naval Special Warfare Group One (West Coast) and Naval Special Warfare Group Two (East Coast), both of which come under the command of [[Naval Special Warfare Command]] at [[NAB Coronado]], California. {{As of|2006}}, there are eight confirmed Navy SEAL Teams. The current SEAL Team deployments include Teams 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10. The most recent active-duty teams are SEAL Team 7 and SEAL Team 10, which were formed in March and April 2002, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://duniakemilauemas.blogspot.com/2011/10/us-navy-seals.html |title=US Navy SEALs |website=Duniakemilauemas.blogspot.com |date=4 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=33851 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516185736/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=33851 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 May 2013 |first=Tommy |last=Crosby |title=SEAL Team 7 Holds Change of Command |website=U.S. Navy |date=12 December 2007}}</ref> However, two [[United States Navy Reserve|reservist]] support teams were reorganized into SEAL teams in 2008.<ref name="Menzie"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/NavalSpecialWarfare/posts/havent-heard-of-seal-team-18-they-are-one-of-our-two-incredible-reserve-teams-wh/179732352072953/ |title=Archived copy |website=[[Facebook]] |access-date=23 May 2019 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308035820/https://www.facebook.com/NavalSpecialWarfare/posts/havent-heard-of-seal-team-18-they-are-one-of-our-two-incredible-reserve-teams-wh/179732352072953/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=September 2020}}

[[File:Combat Rubber Raiding Craft manned by SEAL-Team 5.jpg|thumb|left|upright|SEAL Team 5 conducts an exercise in a [[Combat rubber raiding craft|Combat Rubber Raiding Craft]] in 2000.]]

The Teams deploy as Naval Special Warfare Squadrons or Special Operations Task Forces and can deploy anywhere in the world. Squadrons will normally be deployed and fall under a Joint Task Force (JTF) or a Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) as a Special Operations Task Force (SOTF).

Each SEAL Team (or "squadron") is commanded by a Navy [[Commander (United States)|commander]] (O-5), and has eight operational SEAL platoons and a headquarters element. Operationally, the "Team" is divided into two to four 40-man "task units" (or "troops"). Each task unit consists of a headquarters element consisting of a task unit commander, typically a [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|lieutenant commander]] (O-4), a task unit senior enlisted (E-8), a targeting/operations officer (O-2/3) and a targeting/operations leading/chief petty officer (E-6/7). Under the HQ element are two to four SEAL platoons of 16 men (two officers and 14 enlisted SEALs, and sometimes assigned non-NSW support personnel); a company-sized combat service support (CSS) and/or combat support (CS) consisting of [[Staff (military)|staff]] N-codes (the Army and Marine Corps use S-codes); N1 Administrative support, N2 Intelligence, N3 Operations, N4 Logistics, N5 Plans and Targeting, N6 Communications, N7 Training, and N8 Air/Medical.

Each 16-man platoon can be task organized for operational purposes into two eight-man squads, four four-man fire teams, or eight two-man sniper/reconnaissance teams. The size of each SEAL "Team", or "squadron", with two to four task units (containing a total of eight platoons) and support staff is approximately 300 personnel. The typical SEAL platoon has an OIC (officer in charge), usually a lieutenant (O-3), a platoon chief (E-7/E-8), and two squads commanded by a LTJG (O-2) and a squad leader (E-6). The remaining members of the squad are operators (E-4 to E-6) with their specialty skills in ordnance, communications, diving, and medical. The core leadership in the troop and platoon are the commander/OIC and the senior enlisted NCO (Senior Chief/chief).

Platoon core skills consist of: Sniper, Breacher, Communicator, Maritime/Engineering, Close Air Support, Corpsman, Point-man/Navigator, Primary Driver/Navigator (Rural/Urban/Protective Security), Heavy Weapons Operator, Sensitive Site Exploitation, Air Operations Master, Lead Climber, Lead Diver/Navigator, Interrogator, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Technical Surveillance, and Advanced Special Operations.

[[Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek]], a [[naval base]] in [[Virginia Beach, Virginia]], is home to SEAL Teams 2, 4, 8, 10, and 18. [[Naval Amphibious Base Coronado]], a naval base in [[Coronado, California]], is home to SEAL Teams 1, 3, 5, 7, and 17. There are also two [[SEAL Delivery Vehicle]] (SDV) units, SDVT-1 and SDVT-2, located in [[Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]] and [[Little Creek, Virginia]], respectively.<ref name=Faram>{{cite news |last1=Faram |first1=Mark D. |title=SEALs revive stealthy submarine delivery team in Virginia |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/02/26/seals-revive-stealthy-submarine-delivery-team-in-virginia/|work=Navy Times |date=25 February 2019}}</ref> SDV Teams are SEAL teams with an added underwater delivery capability. An SDV [[platoon]] consists of 12–15 SEALs.
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! Insignia!!Team!!Deployment !!Number of platoons!!HQ!!Notes
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|[[File:SEAL-TEAM1.jpg|70px]]||'''SEAL Team 1'''||Worldwide||8 platoons||Coronado, California||
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|[[File:SEAL-TEAM2.jpg|70px]]||'''SEAL Team 2'''||Worldwide||8 platoons||Virginia Beach, Virginia||
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|[[File:SEAL-TEAM3.jpg|70px]]||'''SEAL Team 3'''||Middle East||8 platoons||Coronado, California||
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|[[File:SEAL-TEAM4.jpg|70px]]||'''SEAL Team 4'''||Worldwide||8 platoons||Virginia Beach, Virginia||
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|[[File:SEAL-TEAM5.jpg|70px]]||'''SEAL Team 5'''||Worldwide||8 platoons||Coronado, California||
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|[[File:Logo Naval Special Warfare Development Group.svg|alt=|70x70px]]||'''[[SEAL Team Six|Naval Special Warfare Development Group]]'''<br />{{small|(SEAL Team 6)}}||Worldwide||Classified||Virginia Beach, Virginia||SEAL Team 6 was dissolved in 1987.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} The Navy then established the [[Naval Special Warfare Development Group]], also known as DEVGRU. While DEVGRU is administratively supported by [[United States Naval Special Warfare Command|Naval Special Warfare Command]], they are operationally under the command of the [[Joint Special Operations Command]].
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|[[File:SEAL-TEAM7.jpg|50px|SEAL Team 7]]||'''SEAL Team 7'''||Worldwide||8 platoons||Coronado, California||
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|[[File:Logo for Seal Team 8.svg|70px]]||'''SEAL Team 8'''||Worldwide||8 platoons||Virginia Beach, Virginia||
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|[[File:SEAL-TEAM10.jpg|70px]]||'''SEAL Team 10'''||Middle East||8 platoons||Virginia Beach, Virginia||
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|||'''SEAL Team 17'''||Worldwide<br />[[United States Navy Reserve|Reserve]]||2 platoons||Coronado, California||Formerly Operational Support Team 1
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|||'''SEAL Team 18'''||Worldwide<br />[[United States Navy Reserve|Reserve]]||2 platoons||Virginia Beach, Virginia||Formerly Operational Support Team 2
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|[[File:Sealdeliveryvehicleteamonepatchsmall.jpg|70px]]||'''SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1'''|||Indian and Pacific Oceans, Middle East<ref name=CGSC>{{cite book |title=SOF Reference Manual |date=1999 |publisher=[[Army Command and General Staff College]] |location=[[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas]] |chapter-url=https://fas.org/irp/agency/dod/socom/sof-ref-2-1/index.html |chapter=US NAVAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES}}</ref> ||4 platoons||Pearl Harbor, Hawaii<ref name=CGSC/>||
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|[[File:SDV Team Two.jpg|70px]]||'''SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2'''|||Atlantic Ocean, Europe and the Americas<ref name=CGSC/>||4 platoons||Virginia Beach, Virginia<ref name=CGSC/>||
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