Behind the death of Osama Bin Laden is hiding a group of soldiers trained to kill Americans. The Navy Seal, the special operations more efficient in the world have met the most anticipated mission of the U.S. population, killing the enemy number one in the country.
Men who have killed the leader of Al Qaida, Osama bin Laden belongs to what is considered the best special operations forces in the world, the Navy Seal, belonging to the United States Navy. The Seal (Sea, Air, Land Sea Air and Land), as indicated by their initials are specialized to undertake missions in the three media anywhere in the world. The nearly 2,500 men in the unit come almost entirely from the Navy and Coast Guard and fall within the Special Operations Command United States including other elite forces of the Army, as the Rangers or Delta Force, the Air Force, or Marines.
Created between 1961 and 1962 by order of President Kennedy, his base were the underwater demolition specialists of the Navy and since then have been present in all the conflicts in which United States participated in clandestine operations against terrorism, drug trafficking and arms trafficking. From Vietnam have fought in the invasions of Grenada, Panama or the wars in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Panama and Somalia are bad memory for this unit, which were lower than those provided by coordination failures of the mission. The last time his name came to light was the rescue operation that took place was the release of the captain of an American merchant ship, hijacked by Somali pirates in Indian waters during which killed three of his captors and arrested to a room.
The training given to aspiring Seal before admission to the unit is very hard, as reflected in numerous films. When a member resigns future should ring a bell in the middle of the base that confirms that it will continue to lead. One of the phrases "seal" "The only easy day was yesterday" gives an idea of \u200b\u200bthe extreme conditions in which they work or are trained the "frogs" or "green side", as they are called in their own slang. Since entering the unit and is able to make a first rotation spend 30 months, during which they receive training in diving, demolitions, parachuting, communications, special operations ... and even a course of 26 weeks of combat medicine.
fighting equipment this unit is divided into two groups, but also have support units and development of special equipment and tactics. The first group NSWG-1 is composed of teams 1, 3, 5 and 17 and is based in Coronado. The second, NSWG-2, with the teams 2, 4, 8 and 10 locates its headquarters in Little Creek, Virginia. However, much of the strength of both groups are deployed on operations anywhere in the world or on board ships or submarines dela U.S. Navy.
Each team is composed of about three hundred men, although most dealt with issues related to the control unit and the logistics and support to the combat sections, consisting of between 18 and 20 men. Normally, the seal operating in teams of fewer, between six and eight soldiers, each specializing in a function, communications, weapons, first aid in combat, snipers, explosives experts, etc. However, according to initial reports, those responsible for the operation that ended the life of Ben Laden have chosen to use the section of 20 men to ensure the success of the mission. Manuel
Abizanda. 05-2011 Madrid02-
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