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Boot Camp-BUD/S |
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Boot Camp- After enlisting into the Navy it is required you go to Boot Camp. For men there are NTC (Naval Training Center) in Orlando,FL, Great Lakes,IL and San Diego,CA. You don't want to bring anything to boot camp except: legal papers, medication, and social security card. They will also allow you to bring religious medal, engagment/wedding ring and basic watch. All other needed items may be purchased at a navy exchange. To pay for expenses they will give a coupon book, also know as the chit book. It's worth about $100 and you will be paid for unused coupons. Boot camp is about eight weeks long.You will have to pass qualifications, like the swim qualification where you tread water for five minutes then swim fifty yards. |
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Indoctrination- After you have finished boot camp and passed the SEAL challenge you will be sent to a five week course called Indoc. Here you will learn the expectations of being a Navy SEAL. And prepare not only physically but mentally for the BUD/S training that lies ahead. |
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Basic Underwater Demolitions Training- Basic Underwater Demolitions Training, also known as BUD/S is a big milestone in the SEAL training. SEAL training is different because enlisted men and officers go through the same training. BUD/S is broken into three stages. First stage is basic conditionin, the second stage is SCUBA training, and the third stage is land-warfare training. Basic Condition is eight weeks long, during basic condition there will be a lot of running, swimming, and calisthenics. You will also have giant obstical courses and swim one-to-two miles daily. Many of the exercises are timed, SEAL trainiee's times are expected to get better the deeper into training they get. For example one evolution that SEALS preform often during basic conditioning is surf torture. Surf toture is when you lay on the beach close enough for the 65 degree water to come up and around you. Then run around the beach in you wet freezing wet clothes.Basic conditioning is also when most of the drop on requests happen, also known as DOR. A DOR is when a SEAL trainee quits, trainees quit by ringing a bell three times and placing there helmet on the ground. 10% of those who enter BUD/S are not physically prepared to handle it; the other 75 through 80% are up for grabs. Many SEALS try two to three times before passing. Many quit during basic conditioning because of hell week. Hell week is five days and five nights of working with the team and at most having only four hours of sleep during the week. The next phase in BUD/S is SCUBA training. SCUBA stands for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. SEALS have many missions that involve combat swimming and that's why eight weeks is spent on diving alone. After this phase the SEAL trainees are considered proffesional divers. The third and final phase in BUD/S is land-warfare. SEALS practice shooting close-quarters, sniper attacks, explosives, intteligence gathering, proper handling of a prisoner, and how to drive any vehicle and be skilled at high speeds. SEALS are also experts on hand-to-hand combat along with using bladed weapons. |
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This is a picture of BUD/S students after hell week. You can tell by the color of their shirts. After hell week SEAL trainees will then wear brown shirts |
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Trainees going through some harsh surf torture at BUD/S |
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