As part of the Navy's Sea, Air and Land Forces, the Navy SEALs are expertly trained to deliver highly specialized, intensely challenging warfare capabilities that are beyond the means of standard military forces. To qualify as a SEAL, one must first go through what is widely considered to be the most physically and mentally demanding military training in existence.

The U.S. special forces that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2nd 2011 consisted of members from the Navy SEALs.