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Why Do the Navy’s Frogmen Fight on Land?

The Art of Manliness

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Why Didn't the Navy Create a Commando Unit?

The navy created a special forces unit capable of operating on land, sea and air. The army and the marine corps always had this very sort of haphazard relationship with commando type operations. They they'd want them at one point they were trying to fill some sort of need. And then they would commit them to action. Usually that action would lead to some sort of disaster. So it's a totally unexpected or the wis wa, how did a navy unit come to be relied upon by the us? Military as such a go anywhere command of force?"

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