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SEAL Training Center Gets New CO Early as Navy Continues Inquiry Following 2022 Trainee Death

Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUDs) students participate in Surf Passage at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. US Navy Photo

Command of the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, Calif., changed hands Tuesday as Capt. Brian Drechsler handed over the reins a few months earlier than planned to Capt. Mark “Clint” Burke, Navy officials told USNI News.

Drechsler, who took command of the training center in July 2021, would have rotated from what’s typically a two-year tour as commodore sometime...

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/02/seal-training-center-gets-new-co-early-as-navy-continues-inquiry-following-2022-trainee-death

Defense Primer: U.S. Special Operation Forces

The following is the Nov. 21, 2022, Congressional Research Service, Defense Primer: Special Operation Forces.

From the report

Special Operations Forces (SOF) are those active duty and reserve component forces of the military services designated by the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) and specifically selected, organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations. Special operations frequently require unique modes of employment, tactics, techniques, procedures, and equipment....

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/22/defense-primer-u-s-special-operation-forces

Investigation Finds SEAL Trainee Kyle Mullen Died In the Line of Duty

SEAL candidates participate in “surf immersion” during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training at Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, Calif., May 4, 2020. US Navy Photo

SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen died of acute pneumonia, compounded by an enlarged heart, according to a Navy investigation into his death after completing Hell Week reviewed by USNI News.

Mullen’s Feb. 4 death was determined to be in the line of duty and not due to his own misconduct, according to the...

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/12/investigation-finds-seal-trainee-kyle-mullen-died-in-the-line-of-duty

Navy IDs SEAL Candidate Who Died After Hell Week

SEAL candidates perform physical training on the beach during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training at Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, Calif., May 4, 2020. NSW Center restarted paused portions of its SEAL and Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) selection-and-assessment training following careful planning that included implementing COVID-19 mitigation efforts based on CDC recommendations and Department of Defense medical guidance. US Navy photo.

Seaman Kyle...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/06/navy-ids-seal-candidate-who-died-after-hell-week

First Female Navy Special Operations Sailor Graduates from Training

U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCC) approach the HS Kanaris during Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) training in Souda Bay, Greece in early 2021. US Navy Photo

The first female member of the Navy’s special operations forces graduated from training on Thursday, the service said.

Included in the 17 graduates of Crewman Qualification Training (CQT) Class 115 is the first female Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC), according to Naval Special Warfare Command.

Less...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/15/first-female-navy-special-operations-sailor-graduates-from-training

SEALs Resume Training Under Extreme COVID-19 Isolation Measures

SEAL candidates participate in “surf immersion” during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training at Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, Calif., May 4, 2020. NSW Center restarted paused portions of its SEAL and Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) selection-and-assessment training following careful planning that included implementing COVID-19 mitigation efforts based on CDC recommendations and Department of Defense medical guidance. The health, safety and well-being...

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/05/seals-resume-training-under-extreme-covid-19-isolation-measures