Background
SEAL teams are maritime multipurpose combat forces trained and equipped to perform various special operations missions for the United States. SEAL is an acronym for SEa, Air and Land, which summarize the routes of infiltration available to these U.S. Navy commandos. SEALs are qualified in SCUBA diving, parachuting, navigation and demolitions. Operating in small units called platoons, the SEALs' theater of combat includes maritime environments, the desert, the jungle, and urban surroundings.

Their missions are typically clandestine involving ground and waterborne special reconnaissance and direct action. A SEAL platoon is dedicated to each carrier battle group.