I have nothing against instructors using the name of a military unit to sell either their own hand-to-hand combat system or one that is used effectively by that unit. Not at all. For the most part, I see this as a marketing thing and each instructor/author has to make decisions on that front.
If you want to connect a USB device to an HDMI device then you must use a converter box. This is a set of electronics that change the protocols and signals. The only adaptor which works is the DVI-HDMI ones.
SuperSpeed USB cables and connectors contain 5 additional wires compared to USB 2.0. If you have a SuperSpeed USB plug and a Hi-Speed USB receptacle, the device will work, at Hi-Speed USB rates. If you have a Hi-Speed USB receptacle and a SuperSpeed USB plug, the device will work, at Hi-Speed USB rates.