Oct 16, 2025 | NSW Historical Perspectives
Navy SEAL FROGMEN By By CDR (SEAL) Tom Hawkins, USN (Ret.) This story was written in 2011 in collaboration with Captain (SEAL) Norm Olson, USN (Ret.), who was the founding director of the Navy SEAL Museum. The story has been condensed and updated with revisions. In...
Sep 18, 2025 | NSW Historical Perspectives
Saving Jessica Lynch Operation Iraqi Freedom By By CDR (SEAL) Tom Hawkins, USN (Ret.) U.S. Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch deployed to Iraq in 2003 as part of the Army’s 507th Maintenance Company. Their primary mission was to provide logistical support to field...
Aug 11, 2025 | NSW Historical Perspectives
Korean War – August 1950 UDT’s First Combat Action By By CDR (SEAL) Tom Hawkins, USN (Ret.) On 23 June 1950, U.N. observers inspecting the border area between North and South Korea saw nothing amiss. In a stunning surprise just two days later on the 25th of June, the...
Aug 4, 2025 | NSW Historical Perspectives
Navy SEALs and Extortion 17 The Largest Single-Day Loss of Life During the War in Afghanistan By By CDR (SEAL) Tom Hawkins, USN (Ret.) On 6 August 2011, the shooting down of a U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter, call sign “Extortion 17” (pronounced “One Seven”),...
Aug 1, 2025 | NSW Historical Perspectives
Navy SEALs and the 1990 Gulf War By By CDR (SEAL) Tom Hawkins, USN (Ret.) On 2 August 1990, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s military forces invaded Kuwait, resulting in the deployment of a 33-nation coalition to stem Iraq’s aggression. Operation DESERT SHIELD...
Mar 9, 2023 | NSW Historical Perspectives
The Teams Korea and Early 1960s By By CDR (SEAL) Tom Hawkins, USN (Ret.) Although they survived doctrinally, the Navy’s post-World War II manpower reductions resulted in cutting the Underwater Demolition Teams by almost 95 percent. Austere budgets also hindered...
