NSW

The trident is a symbol of

Honor and Heritage

NCDU

Navy Combat Demolition Units

UDTs

Underwater Demolitions Teams

The father of Naval combat demolition

LT Commander Draper L Kauffman

What did Kauffman do?

Established NCDU training school on June 1943 in Fort Pierce FL to train personnel specifically for European operations in WW2

People in a NCDU team

6, acquired from volunteers of the Navy Construction Battalion (Seabee)

Operation Overload

april 1944, invasion of France in Normandy, NCDU destroyed barriers and underwater obstacles

What do UDTs do

Nov 1943 Provide hydrographic reconnaissance and underwater demolition of obstacles prior to an amphibious landing

Who established SEAL teams

John F Kennedy, 1962

SEAL Team 1 and 2 were

Personnel transferred from UDTs

SOF

Special Operations Forces

USSOCOM

United States Special Operations Command

Who is in charge of NAVSPECWARCOM

A two star rear admiral headquartered

NAVSPECWARCOM location

Coronado CA

NAVSPECWARCOM command

Echelon II

NSW GROUP 1

Coronado CA, with SEAL Team 1,3,5,7

NSW GROUP 2

In Little Creek VA, teams 2,4,6,8,10

NSW GROUP 3

Pearl Harbor HI, undersea special operations

GROUP 4

Little Creek VA, organize personnel to deploy combat ready forces

NSW GROUP 10

Little Creek, VA intellegence, surveillance, reconnaissance, perpetration of environment

NSW GROUP 11

NSW Reserve components and personnel support of NSW and joint special operations

SPECWAR Core Tasks

Direct action, special reconnaissance, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, security force assistance, foreign internal defense

SPECWAR Secondary Tasks

Information operations, unconventional warfare, preparation of environment

SPECWAR limitations

Conservation of forces, sustained engagement, timing support

Purpose of Navy EOD

To protect personnel and property

SEAL Teams # of troops

3

SEAL Team # of platoons

2 per troop (6 per team)

Categories for platoon

Command and Control Element

The SEALS officer first leadership assignment

Squad Leader (LTJG/LT) to SEAL Platoon to Platoon Commander (LT) to Troop Commander (LCDR) of 3 Seal Platoons

The size of each SEAL Team with three troops and support staff

300 personnel

NSW personnel size

9250 personnel

NSW # of SEALS

2,700

SWCC

Special Warfare Combatant Crewmen (SWCC), 700

CS

Combat Support

CSS

Combat Service Support

NSW constitutes __ of USSOF and _ percent of Navy’s forces

11, 2

A standard troop is organized

Operational purposes into 3 platoons, each with 16 personnel