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Contents 1 Lifted Sources 2 Merge? 3 Time line 4 7102/7103 ? 5 Criticism about the merge 6 Name of the article 7 DEVGRU or SEAL Team 6 KIA?

[edit] Lifted Sources

Most of this wiki entry is plagiarized from. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/nswdg.htm

[edit] Merge?

Should we merge this with DEVGRU? I see no reason for two separate pieces. Bbpen 18:20, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• It should come under DEVGRU

The merge is disputed, see the DEVGRU talk page for further details --Kelvin 09:31, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Yeha doesn't seem right to me either

• I did the merge. Anthony Appleyard 10:55, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Time line

SEAL Team Six also provided security along with Delta Force for the convoy during Blackhawk Down (I cant remember the actual name of the battle).Gundam94 19:15, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, four DEVGRU members were on the convoy (Bowden, Black Hawk Down). They were awarded silver stars some months later. It seems they were about a dozen in Task Force Ranger, but I never found an exact number from a reliable source. Rob1bureau 20:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 7102/7103 ?

Shoudn't that be 7102? Correct me if I'm wrong, but what would being exempt from 7103 do?

[edit] Criticism about the merge

SEAL team Six and Devgru are two totally and completely different things, whose different names represent different periods of operations, objectives and leadership. You made a mistake when you merged the two together. Hopefully it not too late to recover SEAL team Six previous page which discussed their Red Cell activities with Commander Richard Marcinko. Recover it if possible. Otherwise, welcome to stupidville Moderator-Geeks.

I sum up : you agree that it is the same unit at "different periods of operations, objectives and leadership". So we will keep one page for this single unit. This was agreed when the merge of ST6 and DEVGRU pages was suggested. BTW, it's too late to reverse the merge. Welcome to stupidville anonymous insulting guys who believe they are right and all others are wrong and who are over a year too late to participate at the discuss about nerge or not merge. Do you think that we should do a page for the "Allen Dulles era CIA" and one for the "1990s era CIA" just because it is "two totally and completely different things" at "different periods of operations, objectives and leadership" ??? Not best regards for such an insulting guy. Rob1bureau 20:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name of the article

The correct title is United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group. --88.73.211.254 11:50, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree, as said in the article it's Naval, not Navy. It should be renamed as either Naval Special Warfare Development Group or United States Navy Naval Special Warfare Development Group. I don't think that write "United States Navy" before is necessary, i.e. one says "1st SFOD-Delta", not "US Army 1st SFOD-Delta". Rob1bureau 20:09, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DEVGRU or SEAL Team 6 KIA?

I've noticed that if one were to check the lists of those KIA in Afghanistan, David M. Tapper is apparently assigned to SEAL Team 6. See link: http://www.militarycity.com/valor/262922.html. Other websites apparently have noted that the Navy has refused to disclose his unit. See: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/dmtapper.htm The official Navy link is as follows: http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=9130 One could therefore certainly speculate that he is a DEVGRU operator. There are also other persons from units such as NAVSPECWAR Group 2. Im wondering if anyone knows what the official cover is for DEVGRU operators (as CAG is HQ Comp, US Army Special Operations Command) in order to get a rough count of DEVGRU KIAs in Afghanistan. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 148.85.206.80 (talk) 22:23, 26 March 2007 (UTC).