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Pair Died Fighting Taliban in Afghanistan
By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 14, 2006; A12

Wounded and locked in a harrowing gunfight deep in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains, Navy SEAL Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew G. Axelson laid down covering fire so a teammate could escape -- an act of heroism for which Axelson was yesterday posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, the service's second-highest medal.

By Steve Liewer

Comforted by her friend with a caress on the shoulder, a red-haired woman wiped away tears as a bell tolled 11 times: once for each of the Navy SEALs who died a year ago.

More than 300 sailors, veterans and family members gathered yesterday at the Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado to dedicate a memorial plaque and a tree to the 11 SEALs killed June 28, 2005, on a combat mission in Afghanistan. Eight Army special forces helicopter crew members also died in the incident.

Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman taking the fight to the enemy

By W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Contributing Editor
NavySEALs.com

A special school for Navy SEAL hopefuls is preparing candidates for the rigors of BUD/SEAL training

By W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Contributing Editor
NavySEALs.com


More than 2,500 years ago, Athenian General Thucydides said, “We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.”

By W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Contributing Editor, NavySEALs.com


On March 31, 2004, terrorists and a frenzied mob in the city of Fallujah ambushed a group of American civilian contractors: dragging them from their SUVs, killing them, mutilating their bodies, hanging two men on a bridge over the Euphrates River, and chaining one to a car before dragging him through the city’s streets.

By KATE WILTROUT, The Virginian-Pilot
© July 7, 2005
Last updated: 12:13 PM

Danny P. Dietz

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VIRGINIA BEACH — Less than three years after joining the military as a teenager, Danny Dietz reported for duty at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base as a Navy SEAL.

Interview with Mark Divine, Navy SEAL and NavySEALs.com founder:

Hi Mark - thanks for answering these questions for my high school project on the SEALs. I apprciate it very much!
Ryan

1. How did you become interested in this job?

Waging the war on terrorism has resulted in the heaviest combat use of special operations forces since the Vietnam War. The Navy's small band of elite warriors is playing a major role. While engaged in dozens of customary maritime settings, such as the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, and the littoral waters of the Philippines, the Navy SEALs (SEa, Air, Land) and Special Warfare Combatantcraft Crewmen (SWCCs) saw their most intensive service

KIHEI -- Although the mission at Kamaole was top secret, no one thought the news would stay put for so long.

``Even when we got back home, 95 percent of the people had never heard of us,'' said Jack Rhodes, 74, who flew in from Alabama for this occasion to remember.

M (Mark Divine): When did you first hear about the SEAL Teams?