2020 Florida family trip – part 3: Atlantic Coast’s Houses of Refuge
The Atlantic Coast of Florida has an amazing history, and a highlight of this history are the 20 Houses of Refuge where keepers would be on the lookout along the...
2020 Florida family trip – part 4: birthplace of the Navy SEALs – WWII to Vietnam
As mentioned in the post about Florida’s Houses of Refuge, the U.S. Navy Seals were “born” along the Atlantic Coast just north of Stuart in Fort Pierce. WWII was underway,...
2020 Florida family trip – part 5: birthplace of the Navy SEALs – Vietnam to 9/11
The start of the conflict in Vietnam started in the mid-1950s, but the Marines first waded ashore in March 1965. The SEALs were probably first sent there in 1965 too....
2020 Florida family trip – part 6: birthplace of the Navy SEALs – 9/11 to now
In the previous posts we learned about the birth of the Navy SEALs during and after WWII and their missions through the second half of the 20th century on land,...
2020 Florida family trip – part 7: birthplace of the Navy SEALs – training and heroes
Now that we’ve looked at the history of the SEALs and some of their well known missions, in this post we’ll be looking at what it takes to become a...