Santa Clarita, CA | 2017 The Navy SEALs are one of the most elite fighting forces in the world, with the group's formation dating back to 1962 and its predecessor group going as far back as World War II. This docuseries traces the history of the SEALs from their formation through the decades to the Sept. 11 attacks and the subsequent war on terror, which increased the SEALs' workload from occasional missions to near-daily raids in Afghanistan and Iraq.