For anybody interested in the Navy Seals and how it started, Michael has come up with a very informative book. The U.S. Navy SEALs of San Diego Country trace their origins to the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) of WW II and the Korean War. Following these wars, the Frogmen, as they became known, were located first at the Amphibious Training Base in Oceanside, California, and then relocated to U.S. Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) in Coronado, California. In 1962, John F. Kennedy initiated the formation of Sea Air and Land (SEAL) Teams also assigned to NAB Coronado.
This history follows the UDT and SEAL teams role through the Vietnam and the Gulf Wars as well as many other exploits, including interaction with the communities in which they live. The author, CDR Michael P. Wood, a former award-winning photojournalist, examines the beginnings, training and operations of the UDT and SEAL teams in the San Diego area through photographs provided by individual Frogs and SEALs and the archives of Naval Special Warfare Command Historian and UDT/SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida. He served as part of of the UDT/SEAL, and SEAL Delivery Vehicle teams since 1969 both as enlisted and as an officer, retiring in 2003 as a U.S. Navy Commander after 34 years of service.