US SEAL special forces training program 0
Members of the US Navy SEAL team.
Navy soldier James Derek Lovelace, 21 years old, drowned while participating in a training course for the Joint Marines (SEAL) in California in May. The investigation agency concluded that Lovelace’s death was partly due to
The instructor who caused the death during the first week of training of Lovelace, an aspiring Navy SEAL, is accused of murder.
The Underwater Demolition (BUD) program is a six-month SEAL training course that only an average of 25% of participants complete.
Before officially joining BUD, students must undergo a 5-week preparation and `familiarization` training program.
The first is physical training.
The climax of phase one is `Hell Week`.
`Physical pain and discomfort cause many people to give up,` the SEAL website reads.
This is followed by an 8-week diving training period.
The final phase is an advanced version of the basic military training that many cadets undergo.
`Training activities shift from testing trainees’ ability to react in high-stress environments to ensuring the proficiency of special forces in carrying out strategic missions,` a description on the agency’s website reads.
Activities in this final phase include explosives research, training in the use of weapons and accurate aiming, learning small squad combat tactics, rope techniques and team assembly.
SEAL special forces frogmen train to land on shore.
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