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In Febuary of 1974, the US Navy decided to form a reserve Special Warfare unit to augment their active duty counterparts. The group consisted of only about a dozen volunteers. The Volunteers had been Vietnam and Korea Veterans who didn't want to stop training but for whatever reason had been taken off active duty. They were given the name Naval Reserve UDT 119. In 1974 the group held it's weekend meetings at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado.

The Naval Special Warfare Reserve program supports each active SpecWar unit, except DevGru. However, unlike active duty units, the Reserves units are spread thoughout the United States:
NR CINCSOC DET 108                                                                                        Tampa, FL
NR CINCJOINT DET 108                                                                                     Jacksonville, FL
NR NAVSPECWARGRU Two DET 107                                                            Little Creek, VA
NR NAVSPECWARGRU Two DET 309                                                            Columbus, OH
NR SPECWARU Two                                                                                          Kearny, NJ
NR NAVSPECWARU Eight                                                                                Miami, FL
NR SEAL Team Two                                                                                            Providence, RI
NR SEAL Team Four                                                                                            Little Creek, VA
NR SEAL Team Eight                                                                                           Gary, IN
NR SDV Team Two                                                                                              Austin, TX
NR SPECBOATRON Two                                                                                   Little Creek, VA
NR SBU 20 Det 307                                                                                               Richmond, VA
NRF SBU 22                                                                                                           New Orleans, LA
NR PC CART Two                                                                                                Little Creek, VA
NR COMNAVSPECWARCOM                                                                          San Diego, CA
NR NAVSPECWARGRU One DET 113                                                             Springfield, MO
NR NAVSPECWARGRU One DET 119                                                             San Diego, CA
NR NAVSPECWARGRU One DET 122                                                             Seattle, WA
NR NAVSPECWARGRU One DET 219                                                             Port Hueneme, CA
NR NAVSPECWARGRU One                                                                             Sacramento, CA
NR SEAL Team One                                                                                             San Diego, CA
NR SEAL Team Three                                                                                          San Diego, CA
NR SEAL Team Five                                                                                             San Diego, CA
NR SDV Team One                                                                                                Honolulu, HI
NR SPECBOATRON One                                                                                     San Diego, CA
NRF SBU 22 DET 122                                                                                            Sacramento, CA
NR SBU 12                                                                                                              San Diego, CA
NR PC CART One                                                                                                 San Diego, CA

The NRSW units can, and do, augment active duty teams frequently. In 1997, the NRSW teams contributed 17,000 days to active duty assingments. In the last three years the NRSW units have conributed over 49,000 days of support. The NRSW units were called up during Desert Storm and as well as other campaigns. Reserve pwersonnel can be found thruoghout the world being attached to active duty SEAL Teams.

The Reserve SEAL Program is only open to former AD SEALs. The Reserve SBU, MAY be open to civilians(the author is still checking on that). Weekend and 2 week annual training sessions are spent parachuting, scuba diving, shooting, and performing live-fire exercises, among other things. The Reserve SEAL units use the same equipment as AD SEALs.

As a side note in 1998 a Reserve SEAL was selected as NR Sailor of the year.
 

(The above photos of courtesy of NRST One Webpage)

!) A member of NR SEAL Team One waits to be picked via Helicopter
2) A member of NR ST One takes aim with his HK Mk 23 Handgun
3) Another member of NR ST One fires his Mossberg 500 12 gauge shotgun.

This is an unofficial page. All ideas contained within are my own. I would like to thank the Naval Reserve Assc.