Navy SEAL

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Navy SEAL - A member of the special forces unit for the US Navy who is trained for unconventional warfare on sea, air, and land.

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Navy SEAL - a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare; "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land"

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Naval Special Warfare, NSW - the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy, sailor - a serviceman in the navy

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