There are two Navy SEAL Groups: Naval Special Warfare Group One, located on the West Coast, and Naval Special Warfare Group Two, on the East Coast. Both groups can be deployed anywhere in the world as Naval Special Warfare Squadrons or Special Operations Task Forces (SOTF).

Each SEAL team consists of a HQ element and three 40-man troops. Each Navy SEAL team is led by a Navy Commander (O-5). Within each team, there is a HQ element that consists of a Troop Commander (O-4), a Targeting/Operations Officer (O-2/3), a Troop Senior Enlisted (E-8), and a Targeting/Operations Leading/Chief Petty Officer (E-6/7). The HQ element consists of two platoons of 2 officers, 14 enlisted men and occasionally 2 enlisted EOD Operators. Each Navy SEAL team, including support staff and troops, consists of approximately 300 personnel.

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The typical SEAL platoon has an Officer in Charge (OIC, usually an O-3), an Assistant Officer in Charge (AOIC, usually an O-2), a platoon chief (E-7), a Leading Petty Officer (LPO, E-6) andOther troops ranging from E-6 to E-4 (most are E-5). Leadership within the platoon is shared between the Commander/OIC and the Senior Enlisted NCO (Senior Chief/Chief).

Navy SEAL Troops are generally organized into eight 4-man fire teams or 4 squads that share specific combinations of skills which may or may not include Sniper, Breacher, Driver, Navigator, Communicator, Maritime/Engineering, Close Air Support, Corpsman, Point-man/Navigator, Heavy Weapons Operator, Sensitive Site Exploitation, Air Operations Master, Climber, Interrogator, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Technical Surveillance, and Advanced Special Operations.

The expertise shared by all Navy SEALS in the areas of physical fitness and team work make even the most impossible tasks achievable.

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