What Does It Take To Become A Navy Seal?
The Seals - over air, land, and sea with no man left behind.
These elite troops are the ghost forces that get the job done right the first time.
The entry requirements for the Navy Seals are rigorous, and the training is even more difficult.
An applicant must be male, and an active-duty member of the Navy with adequate preparatory training.
(Chaplains and clerks need not apply.
)The applicant must be twenty-eight years old or younger, and must have vision that no worse than at least 20/40 in one eye and 20/70, and is correctable to 20/20 without any color blindness.
After the paper testing, applicants are subjected to a rigorous physical test, which includes: oSwim 500 yards in 12.
5 minutes or less, followed by a 10-minute rest oDo 42 push-ups in under two minutes, followed by a two-minute rest oDo 50 sit-ups in under two minutes, followed by a two-minute rest oDo six pull-ups, followed by a 10-minute rest oRun 1.
5 miles in boots and long pants in less than 11.
5 minutes While the Navy Seals cover every possible angle of attack, their specialty is water.
During training, the new recruits will learn and be required to complete: oa fifty meter swim underwater otie a knot underwater otake a drown proofing test otake a basic lifesaving test oswim twelve hundred meters in a pool with fins in forty-five minutes oswim one mile in a bay with fins in fifty minutes oswim one mile in the ocean with fins in fifty minutes oswim one and a half miles in the ocean with fins in seventy minutes oswim two miles in the ocean with fins in ninety-five minutes This is all during the first phase of training.
By the end of hell week they are supposed to be able to swim two thousand meters in the condition pool without fins.
They will swim one and half miles in a bay at night, and will have to drop their two-mile ocean swim to eighty-five minutes.
During the second phase of training, the Navy Seals must shave another five minutes off of their two-mile ocean swim, bringing it to eighty minutes.
They will also swim three and a half miles in the ocean, and then five and a half miles, both with fins.
By the third phase of training, the Navy Seals can swim the two-mile ocean swim in seventy-five minutes.
They will be able to run fourteen miles, complete the obstacle course in ten minutes, and run four miles in boots in a half an hour.
If you still think that you want to be a Navy Seal, head to your recruitment office and have a chat with a few Naval Officers.
There are only 2,280 active-duty Navy Seals - are you ready to make one more?
These elite troops are the ghost forces that get the job done right the first time.
The entry requirements for the Navy Seals are rigorous, and the training is even more difficult.
An applicant must be male, and an active-duty member of the Navy with adequate preparatory training.
(Chaplains and clerks need not apply.
)The applicant must be twenty-eight years old or younger, and must have vision that no worse than at least 20/40 in one eye and 20/70, and is correctable to 20/20 without any color blindness.
After the paper testing, applicants are subjected to a rigorous physical test, which includes: oSwim 500 yards in 12.
5 minutes or less, followed by a 10-minute rest oDo 42 push-ups in under two minutes, followed by a two-minute rest oDo 50 sit-ups in under two minutes, followed by a two-minute rest oDo six pull-ups, followed by a 10-minute rest oRun 1.
5 miles in boots and long pants in less than 11.
5 minutes While the Navy Seals cover every possible angle of attack, their specialty is water.
During training, the new recruits will learn and be required to complete: oa fifty meter swim underwater otie a knot underwater otake a drown proofing test otake a basic lifesaving test oswim twelve hundred meters in a pool with fins in forty-five minutes oswim one mile in a bay with fins in fifty minutes oswim one mile in the ocean with fins in fifty minutes oswim one and a half miles in the ocean with fins in seventy minutes oswim two miles in the ocean with fins in ninety-five minutes This is all during the first phase of training.
By the end of hell week they are supposed to be able to swim two thousand meters in the condition pool without fins.
They will swim one and half miles in a bay at night, and will have to drop their two-mile ocean swim to eighty-five minutes.
During the second phase of training, the Navy Seals must shave another five minutes off of their two-mile ocean swim, bringing it to eighty minutes.
They will also swim three and a half miles in the ocean, and then five and a half miles, both with fins.
By the third phase of training, the Navy Seals can swim the two-mile ocean swim in seventy-five minutes.
They will be able to run fourteen miles, complete the obstacle course in ten minutes, and run four miles in boots in a half an hour.
If you still think that you want to be a Navy Seal, head to your recruitment office and have a chat with a few Naval Officers.
There are only 2,280 active-duty Navy Seals - are you ready to make one more?