Navy Seals: Special Operations for the U.S. Navy

The famous Navy SEALs unit is a special operations group trained to carry out missions on land and in the air, but SEALs are best known for their underwater work. Payment explains their history, their missions--which often involve scuba diving and underwater demolitions--and what it takes to become a SEAL. Readers get a sense of the intense and exhausting work involved in being a SEAL, as well as the resources and methods used to successfully complete dangerous missions.