Western special operations activity is on the rise around a new US partner in a strategic but unstable area of the Mediterranean

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East Coast-based U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) and Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCC) conduct maritime training with Cypriot Underwater Demolition Command (MYK) forces near Limassol, Cyprus on Jan. 25, 2024.
East Coast-based U.S.

Photos show US Navy SEAL operations aboard hidden shelters on submarines

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Guided-missile submarine USS Florida
Guided-missile submarine USS Florida transits the Suez Canal en route to the Red Sea.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elliot Schaudt

The bodies of 2 Navy SEALs will probably never be found after rescuers searched 21,000 square miles without success, experts say

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Cypriot Navy special forces and US Navy SEALs at sea
Cypriot Navy special forces and US Navy SEALs in a joint rescue exercise in the port city of Limassol, Cyprus, on September 10, 2021.

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2 Navy SEALs declared dead after going missing during night mission off the coast of Somalia

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US President Donald Trump salutes as the remains of Scott A. Wirtz, a Defense Intelligence Agency civilian and former Navy Seal, are carried by during a dignified transfer for US personal killed in a suicide bombing in Syria, at Dover Air Force Base January 19, 2019 in Dover, Delaware.
Two Navy SEALs who went missing off the coast of Somalia during a night mission on January 11 have been declared dead following 10 days of exhaustive searching.

Losing Navy SEALs at sea during operations is extremely rare. It's only happened a handful of times.

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A coffer carrying the remains of Scott A. Wirtz, a Defense Intelligence Agency civilian and former Navy SEAL
The remains of Scott A. Wirtz, a Defense Intelligence Agency civilian and former Navy SEAL, at Dover Air Force Base, January 19, 2019, in Dover, Delaware.

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2 Navy SEALs have been lost at sea for a week after a night mission near Somalia. The US hasn't given up hope.

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A file image of Navy SEALs.

U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jayme Pastoric

2 US Navy SEALS lost at sea were part of a long struggle to stop Iran smuggling deadly weapons to its allies

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Vessel carrying Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen's Houthi in the Arabian Sea
An undated photo of the vessel carrying Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen's Houthi in the Arabian Sea shared by the US Central Command.

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The 2 Navy SEALS lost at sea were conducting an operation to find smuggled Iranian weapons: report

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An SH-60R Seahawk, embarked aboard a U.S. Navy ship, hovers overhead, during visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operations in the Arabian Sea.
A US Navy helicopter conducts visit, board, search, and seizure operations in the Arabian Sea.

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