and the UDTs. In 1966, United States Navy SEALs established Pakistan's Special Service Group (Navy) based on a mutual security understanding and the training provided under the IMET program until the 1970s. US Navy SEALs provided initial training to the Indian Marine Special Force, which later became known as the MARCOS. Due to their reputation as being one of America's premier special operations forces, SEALs (particularly operators from DEVGRU) will often do exchanges with allied SOFs. National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum and memorial The National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, in Fort Pierce, Florida, was founded in 1985 and was recognized as a National Museum by an act of Congress. The museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the Navy SEALs and their predecessors. The SEAL Museum stands on the training site of the first Navy frogmen. There through World War II, thousands of service members were trained as members of Naval Combat Demolition Units and Underwater Demolition Teams. The Museum houses rare historical artifacts from the founding of the UDT to present day, including weapons, vehicles, equipment, and most recently added, the lifeboat aboard which Somali pirates held Captain Richard Phillips hostage. Navy SEAL Memorial According to the Navy SEAL Museum, 298 UDT and SEALs were killed in action and died during training accidents as of March 2018: World War II and Korean War (1941–1953): 96 personnel Vietnam and Cold War (1954–1989): 104 personnel Desert Storm and War on Terror (1990 – March 2018): 98 personnel Gallery See also References Bibliography Besel, Jennifer M. The Navy SEALs. Mankato, Minn: Capstone Press, 2011. Bosiljevac, T.L. SEALs: UDT/SEAL Operations in Vietnam. Ballantine Books, 1990. . Bosiljevac, T.L. SEAL Team Roll-Back. New York: Avon Books, 1999. . Bahmanyar, Mir. US Navy SEALs. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2005. . Bahmanyar, Mir with Chris Osman. SEALs: The US Navy's Elite Fighting Force. Osprey Publishing, 2008. . Couch, Dick. May the Seals: Their untold history (2014) Couch, Dick. The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2003. . Couch, Dick. The Finishing School: Earning the Navy SEAL Trident. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2004. . Couch, Dick. Down Range: Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005. . Cummings, Dennis J. The Men Behind the Trident: SEAL Team One in Viet Nam. New York: Bantam Books, 1998. Denver, Rorke, and Ellis Henican. Damn Few: Making the Modern