Thread by @HaroldWren11

@AUnredacted The SEALs are descended from Navy Underwater Demolition Teams, who were formed to act as combat swimmers performing advanced reconnaissance of beaches & demolition of obstacles to aid US Marine amphibious operations in the Pacific.

navysealmuseum.org/naval-special-…

@AUnredacted Later in their service, they began to develop an over the beach commando capability that would lead to creation of the SEALs- UDT remained focused as combat swimmers as did SEALs but the SEALs took on the added land mission set.

@AUnredacted The UDT specialized in hydrographic surveys of beaches & underwater structures, demolition of them, & reconnaissance of foreign/hostile shores. Their mission set overlapped the SEAL teams created from UDT men that they were rolled into the SEALs.

defensemedianetwork.com/stories/origin…

@AUnredacted To this day, swimmer/diver ops & demolition training are what make SEALs unique among Special Operations community although the Green Berets also have a combat diver capability.

@AUnredacted The Nordstream sabotage operation is a CLASSIC SEAL job. Its a virtual certainty they performed the task as outlined in @KimDotcom thread shared yesterday. While the UK Royal Marines Special Boat Squadron has a similar mission set & capability the SEAL teams are the most..

@AUnredacted @KimDotcom …capable Naval combat swimmers/divers in the world: the nordstream demolition is the type of op they’ve been perfecting & performing for decades.

@AUnredacted @KimDotcom @threadreaderapp please unroll