The difference between the two units, however, is that Green Berets use combat diving as an insertion method - a way to the target - whereas Navy SEALs can also conduct direct action or sabotage operations at sea after launching from a submarine. For example, Army Special Forces combat diver teams also train and conduct submarine operations.Ī Marine climbs out of the lock-out trunk on USS Mississippi during a special-operations forces training in Hawaii, November 17, 2015. From the start, SEAL training emphasizes the water element, and all SEALs get advanced underwater training.īut Navy SEALs aren’t the only special-operations unit in the US military that can launch from submarines. Navy SEALs, the maritime component of US Special Operations Command, are the natural choice for such operations. Submarine operations can be used to ferry a special-operations team close to a target without leaving a trace, making them the perfect starting point for a special reconnaissance, direct action, sabotage, hostage rescue, or personnel recovery operations.
Nowadays, submarines don’t have to surface to land special operators, as they did during the Makin Island raid, and can instead deploy commandos while submerged. Since World War II, advances in submarine and combat diving technology have allowed for far more complex submarine operations involving commandos. US Marines aboard USS Argonaut upon their return from the Makin Raid, in Pearl Harbor on August 26, 1942.
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