Answers: The Navy SEALs

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1. What year were the Navy SEALs officially established?

C. 1962

2. What does SEAL stand for?

A. Sea, Air, and Land

3. Approximately how many members of the Navy are SEALs?

B. 2,500

4. Which of these mottos is often associated with the Navy SEALs?

D. "The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday"

5. True or false: A college degree is a requirement to become a Navy SEAL.

False

6. What is the approximate dropout rate for Navy SEAL training?

C. 75 percent

7. True or false: In order to become a Navy SEAL, one must be male and a United States citizen.

True

8. What is the common name of the team that captured Osama bin Laden?

D. SEAL Team Six

9. What was the name of the operation that resulted in the death of bin Laden?

A. Operation Neptune Spear

10. In which state is the SEAL team that captured bin Laden based?

D. Virginia

Corrected on 05/19/11: An earlier version of this article misstated the name of the operation that led to the death of Bin Laden.

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Quote from Wiki:

"Initial press reports[135][66] claimed that "Geronimo" was used in the raid to refer to bin Laden himself, but this was later contradicted by official sources.[136] The official mission code name was Operation Neptune Spear,[61][137] with Jackpot as the code name for bin Laden as an individual and Geronimo as the code word for bin Laden's capture or death.[138] Neptune's spear is the trident, which appears on Navy Special Warfare insignia, with the three prongs of the trident representing the operational capacity of SEALs on sea, air and land."

(found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Osama_bin_Laden#Code_name )

David J. of NM 11:27PM May 10, 2011

Actually, the codeword for the operation was TRIDENT'S SPEAR. The term 'Geronimo' was code for Osama Bin Laden and I believe 'Jackpot' was used to signify that the deed had been completed.

Jack Fact of CO 1:21PM May 10, 2011

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