phil svalya is an attorney and former navy seal. >> we went a total of five days with four hours sleep. and most of that you were freezing cold. >> reporter: there are an estimated 2,500 navy seals who syvalya says often operate on teams throughout the world and are on stand by for the worse missions. >> that's the black ops when people go in on particular occasion to kill someone, body snatch them or blow things up. >> reporter: navy seals in team six are the elite of the elite. they completed the mission in just 40 minutes, even though one helicopter malfunctioned and had to be destroyed. an team that reports directly to the president. >>> when somali pirates took control of a ship, americans cheered when navy seals rescued the crew. >> reporter: pirates approached in skifs like these carrying automatic weapon, seized the ship and took the crew hostage. the ship's second in command made a quick cell phone call to his wife. >> i said, have they tortured you or hurt you, he said they hadn 't had any water to drink. they had been kept in a room and they weren't safe yet. >> reporter: th