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Unit · Afghanistan · 1983–present

SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1

Pearl Harbor-based SEAL unit that specializes in undersea delivery and also served in Afghanistan.

History

SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 (SDVT-1) is a Navy SEAL unit based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, trained to reach targets by mini-submarine (the SEAL Delivery Vehicle) as well as by land. Members of the team also deployed to Afghanistan; Lt. Michael Murphy, killed in Operation Red Wings in June 2005, was the first Medal of Honor recipient of the war there from the Navy.

Source: Wikipedia: SEAL Delivery Vehicle; Operation Red Wings.

Timeline

  1. 1983
    Underwater Demolition Teams are redesignated as SEAL and SEAL Delivery Vehicle teams; SDV Team 1 is based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
    Wikipedia: SEAL Delivery Vehicle
  2. 28 June 2005
    Operation Red Wings, Kunar Province, Afghanistan: Lt. Michael P. Murphy and teammates are ambushed; Murphy is awarded the Medal of Honor in 2007.
    Wikipedia: Operation Red Wings

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