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SEAL Team One

Naval Special Warfare Community Mourns Loss of SEAL Team One Commander

By SOFREP | January 15, 2023 Navy, News, SOF

SEAL Team 1 commanding officer Robert “Bobby” Ramirez was found dead in his San Diego area home on December nineteenth at the age of forty-seven. He is survived by his wife, Anne, and their four children. Naval Special Warfare Command officials have announced in a statement that there is no suspicion of foul play in More »

Michael E. Thornton, SEAL, MOH Oct. 31, 1972

By Steve Balestrieri | October 31, 2018 Coalition SOF, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, Navy, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM

Michael Thornton was a Navy SEAL and was awarded the U.S. military’s highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the war in Vietnam. He was decorated for saving the life of his senior officer, Lieutenant Thomas R. Norris, who also a recipient of the Medal of Honor in another combat action in More »

Bob Kerrey, SEAL, Awarded the MOH For Actions on 14 March 1969

By Steve Balestrieri | March 14, 2018 Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, Navy, Sea Power, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM

Joseph Robert (Bob) Kerrey was a U.S. Navy SEAL in Vietnam during the 1960s and was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in the White House in May of 1970 for actions he conducted where he lost the lower part of his leg in Vietnam during an action on March 14, 1969. More »