Fleet Week Feature: Special Warfare -- UT San Diego
Special warfare crewmen have come of age.
What’s the Navy’s best-kept secret? It might be the special warfare combatant-craft crewman, the lesser-known brother of the Navy SEAL in Coronado.
Ian Cunningham was already in the Navy when he first heard about the specialty, which involves driving 36-foot combat boats at high speeds to insert SEALs into a fight. They also do stand-alone missions, such as teaching foreign forces to secure their coastlines.
To an action junkie, the description appealed.
“Fast boats, big guns -- I was pretty much sold,” said Cunninghan, now a 34-year- old chief petty officer who trains incoming crews at Coronado Naval Amphibious Base.
The 31-week course on the Silver Strand is where all combatant-craft crewmen are forged.
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My Comment: This is probably one of the Navy's best kept secrets.
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