The Navy SEALs Turn 50: Elite Frogmen Muster In Virginia To Celebrate

Kate Wiltrout at the Virginian-Pilot reports on the muster of U.S. Navy frogmen in Virginia to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Navy SEALs.

You can read the story via the below link:

http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/elite-frogmen-muster-va-beach-seals-turns-50

I've covered the Navy SEALs for a good number of years and below are two of my Counterterrorism magazine pieces on the Navy's Special Operations warriors.

The first piece offers a Q&A with Dick Couch, a retired Navy SEAL who served in the Vietnam War and wrote an interesting book on the SEALs in the Iraq War.

You can read the interview via the below links:

http://home.comcast.net/~pauldavisoncrime/pwpimages/DickCouchInterview1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~pauldavisoncrime/pwpimages/DickCouchInterview2.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~pauldavisoncrime/pwpimages/DickCouchInterview3.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~pauldavisoncrime/pwpimages/DickCouchInterview4.jpg

My second linked magazine piece offers a history of how the SEALs developed from the World War II Navy UDT frogmen. 

You can read the piece via the below links:

http://home.comcast.net/~pauldavisoncrime/pwpimages/WWIIFrogmenJPG1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~pauldavisoncrime/pwpimages/WWIIFrogmenJPG2.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~pauldavisoncrime/pwpimages/WWIIFrogmenJPG3.jpg

The above U.S. Navy photo was taken by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Meranda Keller.