Naval Special Warfare

[Trigger]

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030315-N-5362A-005 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Mar. 15, 2002) -- Naval Special Warfare team members conduct a training operation from a forward operating location. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. (RELEASED)
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HOOYAH!

[iamferdi]

can some1 explain why seals and other us forces wear their blood type on their arm? ;)

[Trigger]

Since they are most likely to be injured in combat it helps speed up the process of restoring bodily fluids when being treated by medics. Some guys have it tattooed on them as well.

[Seraphim]

Whoa, very nice find Trigger

[P220ST]

What's with the blue barrels?

[Chet Mystery]

Blue barrel = simunition paint rounds. Its obviously a training op because of this, and how nice and not-dirty they look :lol:

[oates]

What does NKDA stand for? The guy in the first shot has it on his blood type patch, the guy in the second pic has it written on his sleeve pocket.

[wyrm_142]

NKDA = no known drug allergies

Very helpful in letting a medic know if he shouldn't shoot you up with something should you be out of it.

Like for me, I'm allergic to Cipro - so I make sure I keep up with my Anthrax shots :lol:

[front]

Nice find there trigger...

[Tiger]

Nice pics. They still use HK i see...

[He219]

Nice Pic's, Trigger! :D





Somewhat related, released today:

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030906-N-2383B-023 Newport News, Va. (Sep. 6, 2003) -- A member of the Navy parachute team "The Leapfrogs" sails across the sky to the fascination of spectators. The Leapfrogs are part of a ceremony honoring the keel laying of the George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) aircraft carrier in honor of the nations 41st president. This will be the 10th and final Nimitz-class carrier as it undergoes the first of four ceremonial traditions that will happen throughout the life of the warship. The U.S. Navy Parachute Team is a fifteen-man unit comprised entirely of U.S. Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land) special warfare personnel. Each member comes to the team for a three years tour of duty. The parachute team began in 1969 when Navy Seals and Frogmen volunteered to perform at weekend air shows. The team was officially commissioned as the U.S. Navy Parachute Team "Leap Frogs" in 1974 by the Chief of Naval Operations and assigned the mission of demonstrating Navy special warfare excellence, while assisting in Navy recruiting efforts throughout the United States. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Johnny Bivera. (RELEASED)


These have been posted somewhere else before, but I didn't see them in the Galleries....

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030328-N-5362A-006 Umm Qasr, Iraq (Mar. 28, 2003) -- A U.S. Naval Special Warfare operator provides cover during the boarding an Iraqi vessel to search for weapons and illegal cargo. Naval Special Warfare operators assisted in operations that cleared Iraqi waterways of mines and rogue vessels to make way for the arrival of humanitarian relief shipments to the port of Umm Qsar. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. (RELEASED)


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030328-N-5362A-005 Umm Qasr, Iraq (Mar. 28, 2003) -- U.S. Naval Special Warfare operators search an Iraqi vessel for weapons and illegal cargo. Naval Special Warfare operators assisted in operations that cleared Iraqi waterways of mines and rogue vessels to make way for the arrival of humanitarian relief shipments to the port of Umm Qsar in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. (RELEASED)


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030313-N-5362A-016 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Mar. 13, 2003) -- Naval Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen operate rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIB) and Mark V Special Operations Craft from a forward operating location. The RHIB is equipped with 50 caliber machine guns and primarily supports Naval Special Warfare Operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. (RELEASED)



Always good to get fresh SEAL pic's, Trigger!

p-)