US Navy/PO1 Abe McNatt
Naval Special Warfare Command is making strategic shift from counterterrorism operations to great-power competition.
To take on new more capable foes namely Russia and China the command is retooling its forces to apply old skills to new challenges.
Recently, Rear Adm. H. Wyman Howard III, the top SEAL officer and a former commander of SEAL Team 6, testified in Congress and highlighted Naval Special Warfare Command s strategic shift from counterterrorism operations to great-power competition against near-peer competitors, such as Russia and China.
A sea change SEAL Qualification Training Class 336 at their graduation ceremony, April 15, 2020. US Navy/MCS 1st Class Anthony W. Walker
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Navy SEAL candidates during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training in Coronado, California, January 23, 2018. US (Photo by Abe McNatt, U.S. Navy)
Recently, Rear Adm. H. Wyman Howard III, the top SEAL officer and a former commander of SEAL Team Six, testified in Congress and highlighted Naval Special Warfare Command’s strategic shift from counterterrorism operations to great-power competition against near-peer competitors, such as Russia and China.
A Sea Change
SEAL Qualification Training Class 336 at their graduation ceremony, April 15, 2020. (Photo by MCS 1st Class Anthony W. Walker/U.S. Navy)
Following his testimony, Howard told the Associated Press that Naval Special Warfare Command is looking to slash 30 percent of its SEAL platoons but increase the number of operators in each of the remaining platoons.