Mar 9, 2023 | NSW Historical Perspectives
NSW Historical Perspectives The Teams Korea and Early 1960s By Tom Hawkins 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...
Mar 7, 2023 | NSW Historical Perspectives
NSW Historical Perspectives U.S. Navy “Seawolves” South Vietnam 1966-1972 Most Decorated Navy Squadron of the Vietnam War By Tom Hawkins The Navy SEAL Museum has undertaken a project to refurbish a Bell UH-1B “Seawolves” helicopter for display on the grounds of the...
Mar 7, 2023 | NSW Historical Perspectives
NSW Historical Perspectives SEAL Delivery Vehicle Teams Operations and Innovations By Tom Hawkins In a Navy Training Plan (NTP) developed the 1970s in parallel with major Naval Special Warfare development programs, it was envisioned that each UDT and SEAL Team would...
Mar 7, 2023 | NSW Historical Perspectives
NSW Historical Perspectives Combatant Submersibles – Part II A Photographic History: 1947 – 1960 By Tom Hawkins The Winter 2022 edition of Fire in the Hole outlined the World War II period surrounding development and employment of combatant submersibles for maritime...
Mar 7, 2023 | NSW Historical Perspectives
NSW Historical Perspectives USS Burrfish – UDT Special-Mission Group By Tom Hawkins Several years ago, Bill Perkins, son of the late Rear Admiral William B. Perkins provided me with a priceless collection of documents which are now at the Navy UDT- SEAL Museum on...
Mar 5, 2023 | NSW Historical Perspectives
NSW Historical Perspectives The First Deployed Naval Combat Demolition Unit The Aleutian Islands Campaign By Tom Hawkins During early World War II, the Aleutian Islands were part of the United States Territory of Alaska. They were invaded by the Japanese Navy as part...
