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Originally Posted by ambrafoxtrot
Probably our GM (a crazy man) was counting on the expertise of COMSUBIN to train the other naval special forces in new and secret methodologies to covertly destroy enemy ships in port. If you are are expert of military things as it sounds you are, you probably know that X MAS and COMSUBIN trained the first American Combat Swimmers and created the Israeli Naval Special Forces from scratch (I have primary sources to prove both points on your request)
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I'm not an expert on military things and its quite possible that COMSUBIN played a major role in training Shayetet 13, but how did they train the first American combat swimmers? I'm sure there where was some post-war NATO liasons and joint training with Italian navy frogmen, but the foundation of the US Navy UDT and SEAL teams has its origins in the Navy Scouts and Raiders which were formed in 1942 when Italy was at war with America, and the navy used them in Allied operations in North Africa, Normandy, Opeartion Dragoon, Angaur, Balikpapan, Brunei Bay, Eniwetok, Guam, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, Labuan, Okinawa, Peleliu, Saipan, Tarawa, Ulithi and Zambales.