The Mark V SOC was a marine security, patrol and special forces insertion boat used by the United States Navy and manufactured by VT Halter Marine Inc. It was introduced into service with the US Navy SEALs in 1995. It was removed from service in 2013.
A Mark V Special Operations Craft at Key West, Florida in 2009
A Mark V SOC launching a ScanEagle UAV
Transportable by C-5, 2011
MK V during a helicopter insertion
The Special Warfare Combat Crewmen (SWCC ) are United States Naval Special Warfare Command personnel who operate and maintain small craft for special operations missions, particularly those of U.S. Navy SEALs. Their rating is Special Warfare Boat Operator (SB).
Rating insignia (SB)
PT-105 underway
A fast patrol craft on Cai Ngay canal during the Vietnam War in 1970
Students crawl through the surf: this intense physical and mental conditioning is used often to break down students