Navy SEALs are named after the environment in which ... in maritime and riverine environments. SEAL involvement in Vietnam began immediately and was advisory in nature. SEAL advisers instructed ...

AT A SEAL BASE, Somewhere in Vietnam — The Navy Seals are a slippery bunch of characters who live up to their name by pulling off operations that are really hairy. More than 100 of these daring ...

Thomas Richards a Silver Star this week for rescuing three of his fellow Navy SEAL platoon mates during the Vietnam War — an upgrade from the Bronze Star previously awarded for those actions.

It was a special salute in advance of a special homecoming. As in Navy special warfare operators, mostly retired SEALs. Ninety Vietnam veterans between the ages of 72 and 89 got the festive ...

(WJHL) — John Brooks was set to be drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War, but he had his sights set on becoming a Navy Frogman. A Navy Frogman is commonly known now as a Navy SEAL ...

He’s not only the president of the Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument Fund, he also served 27 years in the navy; three tours were as a navy seal in Vietnam. “Everything I did was very, very ...

GILMER — Members of Navy SEAL Team One had their orders on Aug. 19, 1966: Move into a South Vietnamese jungle and locate two enemy boats in a river. The point man, 27-year-old Petty Officer 2nd ...

Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, was elected in 1988 after serving as a SEAL in Vietnam.) Navy Lt. jg. Joseph R. Kerrey (center) sits with other Navy SEALs during down time in Vietnam. In 1988, he became ...

Before he did all of that, however, he was leading Navy SEALs into combat during the Vietnam War. Like many SEALs, Kerrey was called on to do what might have been otherwise impossible, such as ...