U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group

Naval Special Warfare Development Group
Active	November 1980 – present
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Special operations force
Role	HVT raids Counter-terrorism Direct action Hostage rescue Special reconnaissance
Size	1,787 personnel authorized: 1,342 military personnel 445 civilian personnel
Part of	United States Special Operations Command Joint Special Operations Command United States Naval Special Warfare Command
Headquarters	Dam Neck Annex NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.
Nickname(s)	"SEAL Team Six", "DEVGRU", "Task Force Blue", "NSWDG"
Engagements	Operation Urgent Fury Operation Neptune Spear TWA Flight 847 Hijacking Achille Lauro hijacking Operation Prime Chance Operation Just Cause Operation Desert Storm Somali Civil War Operation Gothic Serpent Operation Uphold Democracy Yugoslav Wars Manhunt for Serbian War Criminals Global War on Terrorism Operation Enduring Freedom War in Afghanistan Iraq War War in North-West Pakistan Operation Inherent Resolve Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
Unit awards	Presidential Unit Citation

1,787 personnel authorized:

Operation Urgent Fury
Operation Neptune Spear
TWA Flight 847 Hijacking
Achille Lauro hijacking
Operation Prime Chance
Operation Just Cause
Operation Desert Storm
Somali Civil War

Operation Uphold Democracy
Yugoslav Wars

Global War on Terrorism

The United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG), commonly known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six is a U.S. Navy component of Joint Special Operations Command. It is often referred to as SEAL Team Six or within JSOC as Task Force Blue. 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. 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.

DEVGRU and its Army counterpart, Delta Force, are the United States military's premier counterterrorism units. Although DEVGRU was created as a maritime counterterrorism unit, it has become a multifunctional special operations unit with several roles that include high-risk personnel/hostage extractions and other specialized missions.

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