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An SH-60F Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-submarine Warfare Squadron One Four conducts flight operations from the USS Kitty Hawk, Aug. 8, 2006, over the Pacific Ocean. The Seahawk is a twin-engine helicopter used for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, anti-ship warfare, cargo lift and special operations. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Wayne LeGrand. (Released)
U.S. Navy special warfare combatant-craft crewmen from Special Boat Team 12 prepare to patrol a beach during a casualty assistance and evacuation scenario at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, Calif., on Dec. 10, 2008. The scenario covered basic first aid and advanced life-saving skills commonly used to treat combat-related injuries as part of unit-level training. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michelle Kapica, U.S. Navy. (Released)
Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen assigned to Special Boat Team 22 (SBT-22) conduct live-fire immediate action drills at the riverine training range at Ft. Knox (Aug. 11, 2008) . SBT-22 operates the special operations craft-riverine and is the only U.S. special operations command dedicated to operating in the riverine environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Kathryn Whittenberger. (Released)
U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) assigned to Special Boat Teams 12 and 20 rig their rigid-hull inflatable boat to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to the 159th Aviation Regiment during a maritime external air transportation system (MEATS) training exercise in the Virginia Capes near Fort Eustis, Va., 16 July 2008. MEATS trains members of SWCC on extending their operational reach by attaching special operations crafts to helicopters for transport to remote locations for further training. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robyn Gerstenslager, U.S. Navy.(Released)
A Special Warfare Combatant-craft crewmember assigned to Special Boat Team 22 fires an M-240N 7.62-mm machine gun during an exercise at the new riverine live-fire training range at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on June 17, 2008. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad Runge, U.S. Navy. (Released)
Central Command Area of Responsibility (March 17, 2003) -- Members of a Naval Special Warfare team conduct a fast rope insertion training operation from an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter at a forward operating location. Official U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. (Released)
A Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) mans his GAU-17 minigun during live-fire patrol training along the Salt River in northern Kentucky. SWCCs attached to Special Boat Team 22 (SBT-22) from Stennis, Miss., employ the Special Operations Craft Riverine (SOC-R), which is specifically designed for the clandestine insertion and extraction of U.S. Navy SEALs and other special operations forces along shallow waterways and open water environments. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jayme Pastoric. (Released)
U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen assigned to Special Boat Team 20 jump from an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft during a static-line parachute jump over Key West Fla., on March 3, 2008. DoD photo by Shane Hollar, U.S. Navy. (Released)
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"Pure military skill is not enough. A full spectrum of military, para-military, and civil action must be blended to produce success. The enemy uses economic and political warfare, propaganda and naked military aggression in an endless combination to oppose a free choice of government, and suppress the rights of the individual by terror, by subversion and by force of arms. To win this struggle, our officers and men must understand and combine the political, economic and civil actions with skilled military efforts in the execution of this mission."
-- President John F. Kennedy in a 1962 address to the U.S. Army Special Forces on the topic of what was then referred to as “Special Warfare.”
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Adm. Eric Olson, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, discusses the role special forces can play in waging the military component in the global struggle against terrorism.
"Contending with Transnational Threats: The Role of Special Operations," Adm. Eric Olson, Commander of USSOCOM, Prepared Remarks (PDF).
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