SEAL Team 5
Dod photo by : TSGT BRIAN SNYDER, USAF
A member of SEAL Team 5 covers his team mates as they are extracted by members of Navy Special Boat Unit 22.
There are 8 regular SEAL Teams within Naval Special Warfare Command plus SEAL Team 6, aka DEVGRU.
Each standard SEAL Team includes 3 Task Units, themselves including 2 SEAL Platoons each.
The SEALs are an elite special operations force of the United States Navy.
SEALs specialize in direct action, special reconnaissance, hostage resuce and counter terrorism.
They have played, and continue to play a key role in the global war on terror.
SEAL Team 5 are based at Coronado, California
