The training program for Navy SEALs is plagued by widespread failures in medical care, poor oversight and the use of performance-enhancing drugs, which have increased the risk of injury and death ...

Ernst enlisted in the Navy in 2009 and attended SEAL training a year later. After completing the training, he spent much of the last decade assigned to an East Coast Special Warfare Unit.

Then, candidates go on to Phase 1 of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training for seven weeks where they are pushed to their mental and physical limits. Hell Week occurs at the end of Phase 1.

Navy SEAL candidates participate in "surf immersion" during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training at the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, Calif., on May 4, 2020.

Seaman Kyle Mullen, 24, died Feb. 4 after completing “Hell Week,” a strenuous 5½-day training session that ends the first phase of the notoriously rigorous Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL ...

Training to become a Navy SEAL is known for being arduous, difficult and designed to find the best of the best - but for one member, a particular assignment sticks out as the worst.

Navy SEALS candidates who make it through the first two phases of BUD/S are not out of the woods yet since they still have to complete the third and final phase: the Land Warfare Phase Now that ...

If you recently signed a contract with the U.S. Navy for a shot at Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, better known as BUD/S, there are a few things you need to know in order to pass the ...