Navy Seal Evolution

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Navy Seals are the most elite unit that the US military has to offer. The Navy Seals conduct high target operations. A commonly known operation was operation Neptune Spear where 25 Navy Seals captured and killed Osama Bin Laden. Because Navy Seals have a “failure is not an option” attitude the seals have to be extremely fit to conduct these operations. This is why US Navy Seal training is considered to be the hardest military training in the world. Every person who wants to become a Navy Seal must go through Bud/s. Bud/s is stands for Basic Underwater Demolition Seal Training. In order to qualify for Bud/s you have to be a US citizen, male, and at least 28 years old(Johnson para. 4). There are three phases in Bud/s: First phase, Second …show more content…
One of these exercises is surf torture. Surf torture is when trainees lay in water that is 50 degrees fahrenheit(Greitens 150J). Some people get this evolution mixed up with surf passage. Surf passage is when boat crews race their inflatable boats out to certain distances and then come back(Johnson para. 5). Another extremely painful evolution is Log pt. This evolution doesn't only test a recruit's physical strength but it also tests the boat crews teamwork(Greitens 150J). Other simple exercises that wear down recruits are rope climbing and running with a 175-200 pound boat on their heads(Johnson para. 8 and 19). If any of these evolutions are not done to the instructors liking, then they make the trainees go get completely soaked in the 50 degree water and then roll around in the sand until they are covered from head to toe(Greitens 148). Finally there is the “grinder”. The “grinder” is a slab of concrete where trainees crank out hundreds and thousands of pushups and situps every day. The only time recruits don't have to go to the grinder is the week after “Hell week”(Greitens 150H). This is one reason why people think that Navy Seal training is the hardest military training in the …show more content…
“Hell Week” is the sixth week of first phase(“Bud/s Warning” para. 9). During this five and a half day week candidates are active over 20 hours a day and only get four hours of sleep the entire week(“Bud/s Warning” para. 9). Not only are trainees active all of the time but they run over 200 miles in that time(“Bud/s” Navy para. 14)! Because of the intense training and the lack of sleep, two thirds of the class will DOR or drop on request during the week(“Bud/s Basic” para. 3). “Hell Week” is meant to test ones perseverance and most of all, teamwork(“Bud/s Warning” para. 9). At the beginning of “Hell Week” the instructors try to create as much chaos as possible to simulate what things are like at war(Greitens 150L). One of the reasons why there are so many people that DOR during “Hell Week” is because the trainees are always wet and cold(Johnson para. 3). The last evolution of “Hell Week” is a combat scenario-driven field training exercise(Johnson para. 16). After “Hell Week”, the class learns to conduct hydrographic survey operations(“Bud/s” Navy para. 11). Although the weeks leading up to “Hell Week” are hard, there is nothing that can compare the relentless toll that “Hell Week” takes on the body mentally and
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