United States Naval Special Warfare Command

US Naval Special Warfare Command emblem

The United States Naval Special Warfare Command ( NAVSPECWARCOM , NAVSOC or NSW ; German Naval Command for Special Warfare of the United States ) is the command command for the special forces of the US Navy . The command is subordinate to the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and was set up on April 16, 1987 at the Coronado naval base near San Diego in the US state of California . As a maritime part of the US Special Operations Command, it ensures the constant readiness, training and availability of the subordinate units for operations around the world. According to official information (as of 2010), the workforce amounts to 5,400 men, of which 2,450 are Navy SEALs and 600 are Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC).

The Naval Special Warfare Center ( NSW or The Center ), the training and further education facility for Navy SEALs and support units at the Coronado naval base, also belongs to the NAVSOC .

Subordinate units

The following units are under the command: For the transport of the Navy SEALs, the respective logistics units of the task forces have patrol boats, special boats and small submarines (“SEAL Delivery Vehicle”).

• Naval Special Warfare Group 1 Home Base : Naval Amphibious Base Coronado (near San Diego , California )
  • Logistics and Support Unit 1 (LOGSU-1) , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • SEAL Team 1 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • SEAL Team 3 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • SEAL Team 5 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • SEAL Team 7 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • NSW Unit 1 (NSWU-1) , home base: Guam
  • NSW Unit 3 (NSWU-3) , home base: Bahrain

• Naval Special Warfare Group 2 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia Beach , Virginia
  • Logistics and Support Unit 2 (LOGSU-2) , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
  • SEAL Team 2 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
  • SEAL Team 4 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
  • SEAL Team 8 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
  • SEAL Team 10 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
  • NSW Unit 2 (NSWU-2) , home base: Stuttgart , Germany and NSW Unit 2 Detachment South at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek

• Naval Special Warfare Group 3 , Home Base: Pearl City, Hawaii
  • SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Team 1 , Home Base: Pearl City, Hawaii
  • SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Team 2 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek

• Naval Special Warfare Group 4 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
  • Special Boat Team 12 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • Special Boat Team 20 , home base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
  • Special Boat Team 22 , Home Base: John C. Stennis Space Center , Mississippi

• Naval Special Warfare Group 10 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • NSW Support Activity One , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • NSW Support Activity Two , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
  • Mission Support Center , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek

• Naval Special Warfare Group 11 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • SEAL Team 17 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • SEAL Team 18 , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek

• Naval Special Warfare Center , Home Base: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
  • Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS), John C. Stennis Space Center. Mississippi
  • Naval Special Warfare Center Advanced Training (NSWC ADV TRNG), Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach, California

• The US Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG) ( DEVGRU ) is a specialty . Although administratively and technically a team of the NAVSOC , it is operationally subordinate to the US Joint Special Operations Command ( JSOC ).

organization chart

guide

The NAVSOC is currently commanded by Rear Admiral Tim Szymanski .

Web links

Commons : United States Naval Special Warfare Command  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Official website of the NAVSOC (English)
• About the NAVSOC at GlobalSecurity.org (English)
• About DEVGRU at GlobalSecurity.org (English)
• NAVSOC at delta-green.com ( Memento from April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Structure of NAVSOC ( PDF ), accessed on December 18, 2017
2. ^ Naval Special Warfare Command - Leadership. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .