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Navy SEALs featured on the Today Show

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 Posted in Navy SEALS - BUD/S training, Navy in Coronado | Comments Off

Today was the fourth and last installment of the Navy SEALs series featured on the Today Show this week. Watch them all here: http://bit.ly/duDihN

BUD/S Training – Class 279

Sunday, October 4th, 2009 Posted in Navy SEALS - BUD/S training, Navy in Coronado | Comments Off

CORONADO, Calif. (Sep. 10, 2009) Students in Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) class 279 participate in a surf passage exercise during the first phase of training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Surf passage is one of many physically strenuous exercises that ...

A Day in Coronado

Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in City of Coronado, Coronado Lifestyle, Navy SEALS - BUD/S training, Navy in Coronado | Comments Off

Our little city always has something interesting to gaze at. Here are a couple of sights captured today. Someone put bubbles in the fountain down at the Coronado Community Center. BUD/s students were on a morning run through the dunes ...

Naval Special Warfare

Sunday, July 19th, 2009 Posted in Navy SEALS - BUD/S training, Navy in Coronado | Comments Off

Just a fact: Naval Special Warfare forces are currently deployed in more than 40 countries around the world.

Superfrog Triathlon – March 29

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Navy SEALS - BUD/S training, Special Events in Coronado, coronado beaches | Comments Off

Race with the U.S. Navy SEALs! Silver Strand State Beach 7:00 AM SUPERFROG SUPERFROG XXXI: A long distance circuit-style triathlon (1.2 mile swim / 56 mile bike / 13.1 mile run). 9:00 AM SUPERSEAL SUPERSEAL 2: An International distance race (1.5km swim / 40km bike ...

Rain, Rain, Rain!

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Coronado News, Navy SEALS - BUD/S training, Navy in Coronado, coronado beaches | Comments Off

 Lindbergh Field is reporting 2.51 inches of rain since Monday!   Most of us were fortunate to be inside during the rain but BUD/S trainees had to do a run on the beach this morning.  The next few days should start drying out, but the ...

Superfrog Triathlon

Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Navy SEALS - BUD/S training, Special Events in Coronado | Comments Off

Tomorrow is the 30th annual Superfrog Triathlon.  Designed by Navy SEALS, the SUPERFROG is the first and longest running half-IRONMAN distance triathlon.  Presented by Naval Special Warfare, the SUPERFROG is still considered one of the toughest medium-distance triathlons around.   This event ...

Coronado Resident Moki Martin receives the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a combat “V” for valor

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in Coronado News, Navy SEALS - BUD/S training, Navy in Coronado | Comments Off

Philip "Moki" Martin   photo by JOHN GIBBINS / Union-Tribune Retired Navy SEAL and Coronado resident, Philip "Moki" Martin received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a Combat "V" for Valor yesterday at the Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado.  As family, friends, and ...

Coronado-based Navy SEAL to be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Navy SEALS - BUD/S training, Navy in Coronado | Comments Off

 UNION-TRIBUNE - March 18, 2008 Coronado-based Navy SEAL Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.   Petty Officer Monsoor was a 25 year old Navy SEAL from Garden Grove, CA.  He was part of a sniper ...

Navy Leap Frogs parachute in the night sky

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Coronado News, Navy SEALS - BUD/S training, Navy in Coronado | Comments Off

The Navy's elite parachute team, the Navy Leap Frogs, stationed at Naval Station Coronado,  practiced jumping routines over the base on Wednesday night.  Parachuting from a C-130 plane, the practice started in the late afternoon and continued into the evening.  ...