As anyone who's ever donned a military uniform can tell you, the "lowest bidder" joke wears off after you've ripped a hole in the crotch of your seventeenth pair of trousers. The SEALs were constantly on the move through rough and unforgiving terrain to complete their mission. SR would determine if a given beach is suitable for any landing. Beach and shallow water reconnaissance, immediately before an amphibious landing is considered direct support to the invasion, not SR. This meant that they would infiltrate deep behind enemy lines and directly engage the enemy when they thought they were safe. Beach measurements are often assigned to naval SR units like the United States Navy SEALs or UK Special Boat Service. Less than a year later, they were participating in the covert, CIA-sponsored Phoenix Program.ĭetails of the Phoenix Program are blurry (as covert CIA stuff tends to be), but what is known is that it involved the SEALs doing what they do best: Capturing and assassinating high-value targets.
At the beginning of 1962, SEALs were mobilized into South Vietnam to take on an advisory role. These men were experts in hand-to-hand combat, high-altitude parachuting, demolitions, and foreign languages - all skills that would prove useful in Vietnam. Navy SEALs are truly masters of both hiding and seeking.
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