posted on February 8, 2017 by Sharon Hamilton

Navy SEAL Museum and History of Navy SEALs

by Sharon Hamilton

Do you know the history of the Navy SEALs? If you’re ever in Florida, you’ll want to visit the Navy SEAL/UDT Museum in Ft. Pierce.  You will see the real life boat from the Maersk Alabama made famous in the movie, Captain Phillips, a mockup of the compound where BinLaden was killed, a history of the breed of men who were part of this elite special force. I am a plank member, and a percentage of all my book sales benefit this group, which is run by the SEAL community and does not take any federal funding.

I’ve had a quilt sale donation made to this museum for the past 3 years. This year we raised over $400.

John F. Kennedy wrote a message to Congress on 25 May 1961 informing them he had directed the formation of the Navy SEALs, and in January of 1962 the first two Teams were created. We remember Kennedy for his famous speech about sending a “Man to the Moon” but few people realize he also paved the way for our SEALs of today, who have expanded and become one of the most elite fighting units ever created.

We love our SEAL heroes, and they make for wonderful fantasy. Often quiet men, unlike how they are sometimes portrayed in books and film, common men who do the uncommon, the things others cannot or will not do. As the mother of a former SEAL, I love writing about these brave warriors as well. But it is their dedication and unwillingness to quit that in my mind makes them true heroes.

Sharon Hamilton

Sharon Hamilton

NYT and USA/Today Bestselling Author Sharon Hamilton's SEAL Brotherhood series have earned her author rankings of #1 in Romantic Suspense, Military Romance and Contemporary Romance. Her other Brotherhood stand-alone series are: Bad Boys of SEAL Team 3, Band of Bachelors, True Blue SEALs, Nashville SEALs, Bone Frog Brotherhood, Sunset SEALs, Bone Frog Bachelor Series and SEAL Brotherhood Legacy Series. She is a contributing author to the very popular Shadow SEALs multi-author series. Her SEALs and former SEALs have invested in two wineries, a lavender farm and a brewery in Sonoma County, which have become part of the new stories. They also have expanded to include Veteran-benefit projects on the Florida Gulf Coast, as well as projects in Africa and the Maldives. One of the SEAL wives has even launched her own women's fiction series. But old characters, as well as children of these SEAL heroes keep returning to all the newer books. Sharon also writes sexy paranormals in two series: Golden Vampires of Tuscany and The Guardians. A lifelong organic vegetable and flower gardener, Sharon and her husband lived for fifty years in the Wine Country of Northern California, where many of her stories take place. Recently, they have moved to the beautiful Gulf Coast of Florida, with stories of shipwrecks, the white sugar-sand beaches of Sunset, Treasure Island and Indian Rocks Beaches. She loves hearing from fans through her website: authorsharonhamilton.com.

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