Ved had served in the Navy SEALs and had been a platoon leader.
The Navy SEALs, a background setting that has been overused in countless films, novels, and other forms of creative work, always seem to be mentioned whenever a formidable soldier character appears, as an endorsement of his extraordinary abilities.
Despite such frequent appearances making the Navy SEALs seem clichéd in various stories, causing people to think that scriptwriters really can't come up with anything new, this also precisely proves the excellence of the unit—to the extent that if another unit were substituted, the protagonist's strength could not be explained as convincingly, thus necessitating repeatedly bringing them back into the narrative.
The unit, along with the Army's Delta Force, is considered to be one of the Ugly Country's most powerful trump card forces and one of the most mysterious and intimidating special operation forces in the world, often ranking first in various charts.