India, April 5 -- In the early hours of Sunday morning, in the rugged folds of the Zagros Mountains in southwest Iran, a small team of American commandos fought their way to a wounded US Air Force colonel - and brought him home. The operation was reportedly carried out by Navy SEAL Team 6, with US attack aircraft dropping bombs and opening fire on Iranian convoys to keep enemy forces away.

The location, Iran, may have been coincidental, but it was seminal in this SEAL team's history.

SEAL Team Six was built almost five decades ago because of a catastrophe in Iran. On Sunday, it closed that chapter for now, as per accounts shared by US officials.

In between, it has had some defining moments, resulting in Hollywood hits such as 'Zero Dar...