SEAL Team SIX

SEAL Team SIX, is the U.S. Navy's main counterterrorist unit, where operators are drawn from the current SEAL ranks. The unit was created as part of the Joint Special Operations Command in 1980. The origin of SIX can be traced to the aftermath of the failed 1980 attempt to rescue American hostages at the Iranian Embassy (Operation Eagle Claw). Prior to this, the existing SEAL teams had already begun CT training, including all 12 platoons in SEAL Team One on the West Coast. On the East Coast, however, elements of the SEAL Team Two had taken the issue one step farther. They formed a dedicated two-platoon group known as "MOB Six" (Mobility Six) in anticipation of a maritime scenario requiring a CT response and had begun training to that end.

External links

• US Code Title 5, Section 7103
• Executive Order 12171--Exclusions from the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program
• SEAL Team Areas of Operations