Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) spearheaded a recent letter to the Secretary of the Navy, John C. Phelan, urging that the UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, be included as part of the reauthorized U.S. Navy Museum System.
The U.S. Navy Museum System was authorized in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which allows designated museums to receive federal funding toward educational outreach and expansion of public access.
The UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce was originally the site of the U.S. Naval Amphibious Training Base, which trained the first frogmen (professional or military scuba divers) during the Second World War, thus preserving the history of the modern Navy SEALs and their predecessors…