Black Squadron Naval Special Warfare DEVGRU SEAL Team 6 Navy Challenge Coin 1.75
Black Squadron
Naval Special Warfare Development Group
DEVGRU
Special Mission Unit
Tier 1
SEAL Team 6 / Six
Navy Challenge Coin
Condition: Used, and in good shape. Please see pictures.
This coin is approximately 1 3/4 inches in diameter. There is some surface wear from handling/age.
NOTE: The pictures images are altered to deter fakes being made.
The United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG), commonly known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six[3][4] is the U.S. Navy component of Joint Special Operations Command. It is often referred to within JSOC as Task Force Blue.[4] DEVGRU is administratively supported by Naval Special Warfare Command and operationally commanded by the Joint Special Operations Command. Most information concerning DEVGRU is classified, and details of its activities are not usually commented on by either the White House or the Department of Defense.[5] Despite the official name changes, "SEAL Team Six" remains the unit's widely recognized moniker. It is sometimes referred to in the U.S. media as a Special Mission Unit.[6]
DEVGRU and its Army counterpart Delta Force, are the United States military's primary counterterrorism units. Although DEVGRU was created as a maritime counterterrorism unit targeting high-value targets, it has become a multifunctional special operations unit with several roles that include: Hostage rescue, special reconnaissance, personal security, and other specialized missions.
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Special Mission Units
United States
Special mission units are commanded and controlled by Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). In addition to performing highly classified activities the special mission units are also tasked with "special missions", sometimes referring to unconventional warfare, counter-terrorist activities, direct action, Special reconnaissance, and/or black operations.[2][3][4][5] So far, only four SMUs have been publicly disclosed:
- The Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment – Delta
- The Army's 75th Ranger Regiment: Regimental Reconnaissance Company
- The Navy's Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU)
- The Air Force's 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24 STS)[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Units from the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (160th SOAR), and are controlled by JSOC when deployed as part of JSOC Task Forces such as Task Force 121 and Task Force 145.[13][14][15][16]
The Intelligence Support Activity (ISA) is also under JSOC and has been referred to as a special mission unit.[17][7][9][10] The ISA collects specific target intelligence prior to SMU missions, and provides signals support, etc. during those mission.[7][9][10] The Army once maintained the ISA, but after the September 11 attacks, the Pentagon shifted direct control to Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, NC.[18]
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