List of United States Navy SEALs

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This is a list of notable current and former United States Navy SEALs

List

• Kristin Beck – Former DEVGRU member. After retiring Beck came out as a transgender woman in 2013, changed her name to Kristin and authored Warrior Princess.
• Roy Boehm – WWII veteran of Coral Sea, Bougainville, Truk, Green Island, Emeru, Saipan, Tinian and Guam. First commanding officer of SEAL Team 2 (1962), considered godfather of all SEALs. Class 13 EC.
• Rudy Boesch – Founding member of SEAL Team 2 in 1962 & Vietnam veteran. He was a competitor in the TV reality shows Survivor and Survivor: All-Stars, and host of the reality series Combat Missions. Former "Bullfrog" or longest-serving active-duty SEAL member. BUD/S Class 6 EC.
• Thomas L. Brown II – Former commander of Special Operations Command South and former commander of Naval Special Warfare Group 1.
• Phil H. Bucklew – First commanding officer, Naval Operations Support Group 1 (later renamed Naval Special Warfare Group 1), twice awarded the Navy Cross and considered the "Father of Modern SPECWAR."
• Edward C. Byers Jr – Medal of Honor recipient; distinguished himself by heroic gallantry as an Assault Team Member attached to a Joint Task Force in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on 8 December 2012 when he rescued an American hostage (Dr. Dilip Joseph) in a remote area beside a mountain in the Qarghah’i District of Laghman Province, Afghanistan. BUD/S Class 242.
• James F. Cahill – First person to scuba dive in New England waters, founder of first retail scuba diving chain, one of the first UDT members.
• Albert Calland – Retired Vice Admiral, commanding officer of SEAL Team 1 (1992–1995); Naval Special Warfare Development Group (1997–99); Naval Special Warfare Command (2002–04) and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graduate of the US Naval Academy (Class of 1974) and BUD/S Class 82 in 1975.
• Christopher Cassidy – NASA Astronaut, SEAL Platoon Commander at SEAL Team 3 & SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. Graduate of the US Naval Academy (Class of 1993). BUD/S class 192.
• Dennis Chalker – Retired Master Chief & founding member of SEAL Team 6 and Red Cell. BUD/S Class 101.
• Dick Couch – Author of several books on SEALs including The Warrior Elite: Forging of SEAL Class 228, The Finishing School, and Down Range: Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism. Couch is a graduate of the US Naval Academy (Class of 1967) and BUD/S class 45 (1969).
• Cade Courtley – Actor, contestant on the reality series Combat Missions, and host of Spike's Surviving Disaster. BUD/S class 202.
• Dan Crenshaw – Politician, member of SEAL Team 3. Currently serving in the House of Representatives for Texas's 2nd congressional district.
• Mike Day – Author of Perfectly Wounded. Navy Cross. Neutralized four enemy combatants at close range after sustaining 27 gunshot wounds along with grenade shrapnel.
• Rorke Denver – BUD/S Class 223. SEAL Team 3. Former BUD/S first phase instructor. Starred in Act of Valor.
• Danny Dietz – Killed during Operation Red Wings in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. BUD/S class 232. Navy Cross.
• Mark L. Donald – Navy Cross recipient during Operation Enduring Freedom
• Eddie Gallagher – Chief Petty Officer. Notable for a controversial war crime case.
• David Goggins – BUD/S Class 235, Top Honor Man, served on SEAL Team 5. Goggins is the only member in the U.S. Armed Forces to complete SEAL training, Ranger School and Air Force Tactical Air Controller training. Also an ultra-marathon runner, motivational speaker, and world record holder.
• Eric Greitens – Governor of Missouri, Founder and Chairman of The Mission Continues, Rhodes Scholar. BUD/S class 237.
• Robert Harward – Former commanding officer, SEAL Team 3 and Naval Special Warfare Group ONE. DEVGRU assault team leader and graduate of the US Naval Academy (Class of 1979). Graduated BUD/S class 128 in 1984.
• Scott Helvenston – Youngest SEAL in history to complete BUD/S; worked as private military contractor in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was killed during an ambush in Fallujah, Iraq in March 2004. BUD/S class 122.
• Carl Higbie – Former member of SEAL Team Ten Echo Platoon who led the raid capturing the Butcher of Fallujah. Author of Enemies, Foreign & Domestic: A SEAL's Story and Battle on the Home Front. BUD/S class 253.
• Frank Hoagland – Ohio State Senate, Senator representing 30th District. Served with SEAL Team 4 and DEVGRU.
• P. Gardner Howe, III – Former commander of Special Operations Command Pacific, Naval Special Warfare Group 3 and Naval Special Warfare Unit 3.
• Harry Humphries – Silver Star recipient, Vietnam veteran, Hollywood actor and technical advisor for films. Class 29 EC.
• Joseph D. Kernan – Former commanding officer, SEAL Team 2, United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group and Naval Special Warfare Command. Graduate of the US Naval Academy (Class of 1977), BUD/S Class 117.
• Bob Kerrey – Medal of Honor recipient; Democratic U.S. Senator from Nebraska (1989–2001); and president of The New School from 2001 to 2010. BUD/S class 42.
• Jonny Kim – BUD/S Class 247, SEAL Team 3 Sniper; Graduate of Harvard Medical School (M.D.); NASA Astronaut; Silver Star and Bronze Star with Combat "V" device.
• Erik S. Kristensen – Graduate of the US Naval Academy (Class of 1995), killed during rescue mission as part of Operation Red Wings. BUD/S class 233.
• Chris Kyle – "Deadliest marksman in American military history". Claimed 255 sniper kills with 160 confirmed. Formerly with SEAL Team 3. Graduated from BUD/S Class 233 in 2001.
• Kevin Lacz – Former SEAL Team 3 sniper, New York Times Bestselling author of "The Last Punisher" and actor and technical advisor in Oscar winning Chris Kyle biopic 'American Sniper'. BUD/s Class 246.
• Frank J. Larkin – Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate and retired United States Secret Service agent
• Kaj Larsen – Former SEAL lieutenant and journalist formerly of CNN, CurrentTV, and Current's Emmy-winning investigative journalism series Vanguard. BUD/S Class 237.
• Marc Alan Lee – Lee was the first SEAL killed in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Bronze Star with Valor, Purple Heart. BUD/S Class 251. SEAL Team 3.
• Brian L. Losey – Former commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, former commander of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, former commander of DEVGRU from 2005 to 2007.
• Michael D. Lumpkin – BUD/S class 162, retired SEAL commander. Appointed by the President as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict In April 2011. Previously he served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Marcus Luttrell – Navy Cross recipient for heroism, sole survivor of Operation Red Wings. BUD/S class 228.
• Richard "Dick" Lyon – First Bullfrog (longest serving active duty member of the U.S. Navy SEALs), also stated as BULLFROG 1. First SEAL to achieve the rank of Admiral in US Navy history.
• Richard Machowicz, a.k.a. "Mack" – Former SEAL and founder of Bukido training system. Host of Discovery Channel's Futureweapons and is a co-host on Spike's Deadliest Warrior. BUD/S class 136.
• Joseph Maguire – Former commanding officer, SEAL Team 2 and commanding officer at Naval Special Warfare Center. Served in UDT 21, SEAL Team 2, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2 & United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group. BUD/S class 93
• Richard Marcinko – Served two combat tours in Vietnam before serving as commanding officer of SEAL Team TWO (1974–1976). First commanding officer of United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group from Oct 1980 to July 1983 and Red Cell from 1984 to 1986; and co-author of New York Times bestseller Rogue Warrior. BUD/S class 26.
• Donald L. McFaul – Killed in action during Operation Just Cause and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism. BUD/S class 95.
• William H. McRaven – Former commanding officer of SEAL Team 3 and commander of the Joint Special Operations Command. Former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.
• Michael A. Monsoor – Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient for jumping on an enemy hand grenade during a firefight in Iraq to save fellow SEALs. BUD/S class 250 in 2004.
• Scott P. Moore – Former commanding officer of SEAL Team 2 and United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group from 2007 to 2009. Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (Class of 1983). Graduated from BUD/S Class 126 in January 1984.
• Faauuga Muagututia – A competitor for American Samoa at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the bobsleigh.
• Michael P. Murphy – Medal of Honor recipient, exposed himself to fire while calling in support during Operation Red Wings in Operation Enduring Freedom. BUD/S class 236.
• Thomas R. Norris – Vietnam veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and retired FBI agent. BUD/S class 45. Founding member of FBI Hostage Rescue Team in 1983.
• Eric T. Olson – Veteran of The First Battle of Mogadishu, Silver Star recipient, commanding officer of United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group from 1994 to 1997. Former commander, Naval Special Warfare Command. First SEAL to achieve the rank of vice admiral and four-star admiral; the first Navy officer to command U.S. Special Operations Command. Graduate of the US Naval Academy (Class of 1973). BUD/S class 76.
• Robert J. O'Neill – Allegedly fired the fatal shots into Osama bin Laden during Operation Neptune Spear in 2011 with DEVGRU. Also participated in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips during the Maersk Alabama hijacking as well as the rescue of Marcus Luttrell during Operation Red Wings. Later a motivational speaker and author of 'The Operator'. BUD/S Class 208.
• William Owens – SEAL operator. Graduated BUD/S Class 239. Killed in action during the Yakla raid in Yemen.
• William H. Payne – New Mexico State Senator, SEAL Team 1 – Deputy Commander Naval Special Warfare Command, Coronado, Calif. and Deputy/Director of Operations, Center for Special Operations, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Drafted the SEAL Cold Weather Operations Manual – Rear Adm. – BUD/S Class 89
• Charles "Chuck" Pfarrer – SEAL Team 4 and DEVGRU operator from 1984 to 1987; screenwriter with credits including The Jackal, Darkman, Red Planet, Virus, Hard Target, Navy SEALs; author of the New York Times bestseller SEAL Target Geronimo: Inside The Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden, Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL and the reality-thriller Killing Che. BUD/S class 114 in 1981.
• Erik Prince – Founder, former CEO, and current Chairman of the Board of Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, a private military contractor. BUD/S class 188.
• Sean A. Pybus – Retired Vice Admiral and commanding officer, Naval Special Warfare Command from 2011–2013. Served as commander, Special Operations Command Pacific from 2009–2011. Graduated from BUD/S training Class 105 in 1979.
• Theodore Roosevelt IV – Vietnam-era UDT and great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, BUD/s class 36.
• Craig Sawyer, a.k.a. "Sawman" – Grew up near Houston, TX and served in the United States Marine Corps. He transitioned to the Navy to pursue special operations career as a SEAL. He served at SEAL Team 1 and sniper at DEVGRU. BUD/S class 149.
• William M. Shepherd – First SEAL in Space, first American commander of the International Space Station. BUD/S class 64.
• Don Shipley – Former SEAL, retired in 2003. Served in SEAL Teams 1 and 2. Former BUD/S and NSW Demolitions instructor. Graduated BUD/S class 131 in 1984.
• Britt K. Slabinski – Medal of Honor recipient for actions in Afghanistan (upgraded in 2018 from previous Navy Cross award). Former member of DEVGRU from 1994 to 2008 and former command master chief of Naval Special Warfare Group 2. Navy Cross recipient for heroism during Operation Anaconda in 2002. BUD/S class 164 in 1990.
• Raymond Smith – Former Rear Admiral, retired in 2001. Served as Deputy Commander of United States Special Operations Command. Former commanding officer of CO SEAL Delivery Team 1 and director of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training from 1981–83. Graduate of the US Naval Academy (Class of 1967). Graduated BUD/S in 1970 and served as a Platoon commander during Vietnam War.
• Tim Szymanski – Former commanding officer of SEAL Team 2 and Naval Special Warfare Group 2. Former troop, squadron commander, operations officer and deputy commanding officer of DEVGRU. Graduate of the US Naval Academy (Class of 1985). BUD/S Class 161 in 1989. Former Commanding Officer, Naval Special Warfare Command (2016-2018).
• Scott Taylor – U.S. Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district.
• Michael E. Thornton – Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War, founding member of DEVGRU.
• Mike Troy – Two-time Olympic gold medalist and former world record-holder. Received Silver Star in Vietnam.
• Jesse Ventura – Original name is Jim Janos; BUD/S class 58, served on UDT-12 and Reserve SEAL Team 1. Former pro wrestler, governor of Minnesota.
• Howard E. Wasdin – Author of SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy Sniper and former member of DEVGRU. BUD/S Class 143.
• Brandon Webb – Former Navy SEAL, member of Team 3 and SEAL Sniper Head Instructor. BUD/S class 215.
• Jocko Willink – Received the Silver Star and Bronze Star for his actions in the Iraq War. Willink was commander of SEAL Team 3's Task Unit Bruiser during the 2006 Battle of Ramadi. Author of the book Extreme Ownership along with fellow SEAL, Leif Babin. Hosts a weekly podcast, The Jocko Podcast, with friend and fellow Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, Echo Charles. Founded the leadership consulting company, Echelon Front, with Babin. BUD/S Class 177.
• Edward G. Winters, III – Retired Rear Admiral and former commanding officer of United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (2003–2005) and Naval Special Warfare Command (2008–2011). Graduated BUD/S Class 112 in May 1981.
• Brandon Wolff – Former American mixed martial artist. Graduated BUD/S Class 222.
• Ryan Zinke – Retired Navy Commander and former team member of DEVGRU, elected to at-large U.S. House seat from Montana. Nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve as Secretary of the Interior. Graduated BUD/S class 136 in 1986.

See also

• List of Delta Force members – Notable members of the US Army Delta Force