Updated: Feb 21, 2025 / 06:21 PM EST KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — John Brooks was set to be drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War, but he had his sights set on becoming a Navy Frogman.

Jonny Kim served as a Navy SEAL on over 100 combat missions. He earned a medical degree at Harvard. And earlier this week, Kim went on his first spaceflight to the ISS, floating 250 miles above Earth.

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Kerrey decided he wanted to join the Navy SEALs, then a nascent special operations force. He soon found himself in Vietnam as one of two officers leading 12 enlisted sailors in SEAL Team 1.

SEALs have played key roles in operations from Vietnam to the War on Terror, including the mission that killed Osama bin Laden. Their capabilities make them a cornerstone of U.S. strategic power.

The SEAL in Navy SEALs stands for sea, air, and land, describing all of the different environments their missions around the world take them.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim can add going to space to his incomparable résumé. Kim launched on an expedition to the ISS earlier this week to serve as a flight engineer. Before NASA, he was an emergency ...