Week 1 – Naval Special Warfare (NSW)

I. History

A. LCDR Kauffman – creates USN Scouts and Raiders in May ‘42

1. Mission: Clear obstacles from beaches for amphibious forces

B. WWII – Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU); Underwater Demolition Team (UDT; decommissioned and transferred to SEALs in ‘83)

C. Kennedy – commissions SEAL Teams 1, 2 in ’62 to be guerilla war experts

D. Deployments: Cuban Missile Crisis ’62 … Dominican Republic ’65 … Vietnam (kill ratio 50:1; most decorated unit)

1. Awards in Vietnam: 2 Navy Crosses, 42 Silver Stars, 402 Bronze Stars, 3 MOH (LT Norris, LTJG Kerry, PO Thornton)

2. Grenada (Urgent Fury) … Panama ’89 (Just Cause) … Middle East (Ernest Will, Prime Chance, Desert Shield / Storm)

II. Units

A. SEAL Teams (Sea, Air, Land) – unconventional warfare, low intensity conflict

B. SEAL Delivery Vehicle Teams (SDVT)

1. SDVT-1,2 at NAVSTA Ford Island, HI and NAB Little Creek, VA

2. Use Mk 8 SDV for insertion, extraction, 10wk post BUDs

3. Special Boat Units

a. Crew: JOs with 1 tour as Division Officer and Enlisted SWCCs

b. Mission: Insert, Extract, Coastal and Riverine Patrol

c. Platforms: Mk V, 11m Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB); work with PCs

III. Missions

A. Direct Action – ambush, search and rescue, close quarters combat (CQC), VBSS (Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure)

B. Special Reconnaissance – covert beach survey, hydrostatic reconnaissance, observation posts

C. Unconventional Warfare – training foreign guerillas

D. Counter-Terrorism – prevent, deter, and respond to terrorists; were at ’96 Olympics; primarily conducted by NSW Dev Group

E. Foreign Internal Defense – training other governments internal peacekeeping, law enforcement, border defense, and military tactics

IV. BUD/S – Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL Training – lasts 30 weeks (inc. indoc)

A. Indoctrination (“4^th phase”) – 5wks – intense PT, swimming, cold-water acclimation

B. 1^st Phase: PT – 8 wks – calisthenics, run, swim, cold-water acclimation; timed: 4mi beach run, O-course, 2mi ocean swim

1. 3^rd week (“Hell Week”) – 5.5 days, max 4 hours sleep; continuous training

2. Remaining weeks: hydrographic surveys / charts; maritime operations instruction

C. 2^nd Phase: Combat Diving – 7 wks – open-circuit SCUBA (self-contained breathing apparatus), closed-circuit (LAR 5 Dueger à 100% O₂ à less bubbles and decontamination sickness)

D. 3^rd Phase: Land Warfare – 10 wks – small unit tactics, demolition, weapons proficiency; pass times lowered

1. Final 4 wks – San Clemente Island – apply knowledge in a practical environment

E. Post BUD/S – not SEALs yet … officers go to JOTC

1. All attend Fort Benning, GA Army Airborne School (3 wks)

2. Corpsman go to 18-D – Spec Op Medical Course – 30 wk – focus on trauma, burns, gunshot wounds

3. All back to Coronado for SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) (3-4 months)

a. Taught advanced skills for their first SEAL team assignments à Trident awarded

V. Groups

A. NSW Group 1

1. SEAL Teams 1, 3, 5, 7 – NAB Coronado, CA

2. SDV Team 1 – Ford Island, HI

3. NSWU-1, 3 – Guam, Bahrain

4. Reserve Special Warfare Detachments

B. NSW Group 2

1. SEAL Teams 2, 4, 8, 10; SDV Team 2 – NAB Little Creek, VA

2. NSWU-2, 4,8,10 – Germany, Puerto Rico, Panama, Spain

3. Reserve Special Warfare Detachments

C. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGROUP) – FCTC Dam Neck, VA

D. SEAL Team 6 – CDR Marcinko formed it as CT unit in ’81 – disbanded in the ‘90s due to incidents with it

VI. Deployment – teams used to deploy around the world with a support unit for each team (like Army Spec Ops)

A. Admiral Olson (highest ranking SEAL; NSW CDR) – reformed system

1. 18 month workup for a team then its platoons are distributed around the world

2. NSWG handles all doctrine and training and support issues

3. Eight teams à 6 platoons each à 3 officers (OIC, AOIC, “Third-O”) + 13 enlisted SEALs each

Week 1 – Naval Special Operations

I. History – officially formed in 1978

A. Mine Disposal School – ’41 May and Bomb Disposal School – ’42 Jan à closed at the end of WWII

B. EOD commands commissioned in ‘53

II. Organization (sub-communities)

A. EOD – Explosive Ordnance Disposal – safely remove, disarm, or blow in place any explosives

1. Mission: safely handle bombs on aircraft wing, improvised explosive devices (IEDs, ie pipebombs, etc), nuclear bombs

2. Trained in small unit tactics; can operate with SEALs if needed

3. Groups: COMEODGRU ONE (EODMU [mobile unit] 3, 5, 11 in San Diego; Guam; Whidbey Island, WA) and COMEOPDGRU TWO (EODMU 2, 6, 8 in Little Creek, VA; Charleston, SC; Sigonella, Italy)

· One group has three MUs; One MU has an officer and 6-8 enlisted EOD technicians

4. Marine Mammals use (MU 3, 6)

a. Mk4 MOD 0 – Dolphins detect and mark moored or buoyed mines

b. Mk5 MOD 1 – Sea Lions attach pinging element to mines, torpedo duds

c. Mk 6 MOD 1 – Dolphins provide security against any combat swimmers

· Effective in Bahrain and Vietnam

d. Mk 7 MOD 0 – Dolphins to detect and mark bottom mines (even if buried)

B. MCM – Mine Countermeasures – Made of EOD personnel, surface units, and air units

1. Surface Units – MHC-51 Osprey, MCM-1 Avenger à hulls non-metal (foam, plastic, …) to reduce magnetic signature

2. Air Units – Helos (usually MH-53E Dragon)

3. Both employ Mine Neutralization System (MNS) – uses video camera, sonar, cable cutters, and charges to disarm mines

C. D&S – Diving and Salvage – recover downed planes, emergency ship repair, long-endurance open ocean towing of ships, subs

1. Uses ARS-50 Safeguard Class ship and charges to safely detonate mines

2. Active in TWA Flight 800, USS Monitor, JFK Jr’s plane crash and with the Navy Experimental Dive Unit

D. EOM – Expendable Ordnance Management – in charge of five coastal WPNSTA (naval weapon stations)

III. Officer Training / Career Pipeline

A. Basic Dive Officer School – NDSTC Panama City, FL – 6 to 7 months

B. Tour as Division Officer on ARS, MCM, or MHC / Surface Warfare School (Newport, RI) for 18 months

C. EOD School – Fort Eglin, FL – 13 months (inc. 3 months of dive school)

D. EODMU Tour – 18 months

Week 1 – Globalization (outlined by paragraph) (authors Professors Arthur Rachwald, Ellie Malone – the outline below quotes much of their material)

1^st – As a result of 9/11, globalization’s pace will increase

2^nd – Driven by an “explosion in international productive and financial transactions” à implies massive global transition to capitalism

· Globalization creates a system of winners and losers

o US is the “primary winner” à this is why Americanization is synonymous with globalization

3^rd – Downside: Globalization may require the sacrifice of sacred values

· Is the idea of freedom by the Founding Father’s still applicable?

o The “western world may find it necessary to accept restrictions of their freedom of speech, assembly, and privacy to ensure protection from violence and fear.”

4^th – 2^nd Downside: Globalization may require higher levels of military mobilization

· Future may require global capabilities to suppress nontraditional threats by nontraditional forces with unorthodox tactics which conflict with our sense of justice and fair play.

5^th – Economist Schumpeter termed “capitalism’s tendency to generate poverty as well as wealth” as “creative destruction”

· Root of “creative destruction” – some groups’ values incompatible with globalization who “retreat to a form of ultra orthodoxy and desperate fundamentalism” à terror groups

o Loathe secular, consumer values and declining traditional power due to globalization which is “epitomized by the US”

6^th – Globalization’s driving force are multinational corporations

· WTC attack symbolic attempt to bring down capitalism’s nerve center

· Stopping globalization’s progression is impossible

· Corporations be threatened until a “safer and gentler path” to a world economy is developed

o Perhaps adapt a culturally sensitive, economically inclusive approach to bridge the gap between winners and losers

§ “Sharing is an ancient world value”

o To be better than colonization, it must make participants feel like partners, not subjects

Abbreviations

ARS = Auxiliary Rescue / Salvage Ship FCTC = Fleet Combat Training Center JOTC = Junior Officer Training Course

MCM = Mine Countermeasures MHC = Mine Hunter, Coastal NAB = Naval Air/Amphibious Base

NDSTC = Naval Diving & Salvage Training Center SWCC = Special Warfare Combatant Crewman

Week 1 Platforms

Name	PC-1 Cyclone (see right)
Mission	coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance fully supports Naval Spec War / Ops missions
Weapons	Mk38 25mm Cannon Mk52 Decoy Rocket Launchers Mk2 Twin .50 Caliber Machine Guns Mk247 .62mm Machine Guns Mk96 25mm Gun 40mm Grenade Launcher combo
Crew	30 + 9 passengers
Speed (Cruise/Max)	25 / 35 knots

Name	Mk V Special Operations Craft (see below)
Mission	Med range insertion / extraction in medium threat zones
Weapons	5 mounting positions for machine guns (7.62, 12.7, 40mm), STINGERs
Crew (Offcr / Enlistd)	1 / 4 + 13 SEALs
Speed (Cruise/Max)	35 / 55+ knots

Name	A-10 Thunderbolt II (see right)
Mission	Used by USAF for CAS and FAC (forward air controller)
Weapons	30mm Gattling Gun AIM-9 Mk82, 84 (500/2000lb bomb) GBU-10,12 AGM-65 Maverick
Crew	1
Speed	420mph

Name	Advanced Seal Delivery Vehichle /System (see right)
Mission	Supports search-and-rescue, intelligence collection, sabotage and diversion, direct air strikes, and other SEAL missions. Supports operation in shallow water.
Weapons	None
Crew (Offcr / Enlistd)	2 crew 1 SEAL team
Speed (Cruise)	8 knots

All info from

www.fas.org

BILLETS

--Brigade Staff--

Midn CAPT RINEHART CDR

Midn CDR SCHERRER XO

Midn CDR OPEL CHIEF OF STAFF

Midn CDR CRONIN OPS

Midn LCDR TAN 1ST LT / ADMIN

Midn LCDR VONKRUEGER TRAINING

Midn LCDR CHIGWIDA ADJUTANT

Midn LCDR FLETCHER CONDUCT, APT.

Midn LCDR SMITH PMO

Midn LCDR GRAUKE SEA TRIALS CDR

-- 1st Reg --

Midn CDR ODDMAN CDR

Midn LCDR KANE XO

Midn LCDR MACCUMBEE OPS

-- 2nd Reg --

Midn CDR JIN CDR

Midn LCDR FLEISCHMANN XO

Midn LCDR GOW OPS

-- Honor Staff --

Midn CDR MARTIN CHAIRMAN

Midn LCDR KARNAZES VICE CHMN

Midn LCDR PEREZ VC EDUCATION

Midn LCDR SHOVLIN VC INVESTIGATIONS

Midn LT OBERMEYER COORDINATOR

Midn LT SULLIVAN SEC

-- Batt CDRs (LCDRs) --

LUTKE 1^st Batt

SEIDEL 2^nd Batt

SPECKMANN 3^rd Batt

IVES 4^th Batt

COOPER 5^th Batt

PINKSTON 6^th Batt

-- 3rd Batt --

Midn LT ROBERTS Batt XO

Midn LT FORSYTH Batt OPS

Midn LT STEHLIN Batt Training

Code of Conduct

I. I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.

II. I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.

III. If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.

IV. If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. I f I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.

V. When question, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.

VI. I will never forget that I am an American, fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.

Sentry Orders

1. To take charge of this post and all government property in view.

2. To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

3. To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.

4. To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse than my own.

5. To quit my post only when properly relieved.

6. To receive, obey, and pass on to the sentry who relieves me all orders from the CO, OOD, and officers and noncom officers of the guard only.

7. To talk to no one except in line of duty.

8. To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.

9. To call the commander of the relief in any case not covered by instructions.

10. To salute all officers, and all colors and standards not cased.

11. To be especially watchful at night and, during the time of challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.

Qualifications of a Naval Officer (1^st paragraph)

It is by no means enough that an officer of the Navy should be a capable mariner. He must be that, of course, but also a great deal more. He should be as well a gentleman of liberal education, refined manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Myers, USAF V. Chair Pace, USMC

Of Staff CNO Clark Army CoS Schoolmaker

CoS = Chief of Staff Commandant Hagee Air Force CoS Jumper

Officer Chain of Cmd: LT Fox, CDR Proano, CAPT Leidig, VADM Rempt, CNO ADM Clark, Sec Nav England, Sec Def Rumsfield, Pres Bus

Mission: To develop midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor, and loyalty in order to provide graduates who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship, and government.