Rian Patrick

‘Innovation’ is a word more often ascribed to engineers and inventors and not to military men. The assumption being that military men (and women) follow the guy (or gal) in front of them, not true. Especially not true for Frogmen or SEALs. In fact, throughout much of Naval Special Warfare’s (NSW) history many of the […]

President John F. Kenedy is often attributed the honor of having ‘directed’ the US Navy SEALs to be established in 1962. The truth of the matter is much more complex and interesting. In short though it is understood that SEALs ‘grew’ out of the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) or Frogmen of the Korean war and