The Secrets of The Navy SEALs Hell Week

The crazy facts about the Navy SEALs Hell Week. The US Military’s Toughest Military Training

One of the big events during hell week takes place on the mud flats near the Tijuana River. Here they’ll make you crawl around in the mud and then do physical and stealth exercises all the way through the night. But hilariously these mud flats are right next to the mexico border, so it’s not uncommon for Mexicans sneaking into the US to run into a bunch of mud covered Navy SEALs in the middle of the night.

Over the course of the 5 and a half days hell week lasts for, You’ll run more than 200 miles and do over 110 hours of Physical training. That’s the equivalent of doing more than a marathon and a half everyday. To make matters worse, a lot of this running is done whilst carrying your IBS standing for inflatable boat-small.

The cherry on top of all the running is that on average recruits will get less than 4.5 hours sleep. Thats for the full 5 and a half days btw. But the amount of sleep you get is related to how fast your conduct all the exercises such as paddling, swimming and running races. If you’re group is particularly slow you may end up getting less than 2 hours sleep.

On average only 25% of candidates usually make it to the end. When a recruit quits they are usually given a nice warm blanket, a warm drink like coffee and a tasty jam donut. They are then deliberately sat and paraded in front of the other recruits to tempt them to quit as well.

Lastly and perhaps most frightening, at least 11 people have died during SEALs training since 1953. The most recent was Kyle Mullen who died at the young age of 24 during hell week from bacterial pneumonia.

[miksu]

Parents explaining how hard it was to live back in the days.

[stephensmyth]

Imagine trying to sneak into the US and accidentally joining the navy seals

[RNicknackpaddywhack]

Pretty sure the death rate from training after they become seals is even higher. Thank GOD that we have people willing to do this.

[EricsCoolGames]

Imagine you’re a Mexican escaping the border and then you see a seal team rolling around in the mud then you know you’re cooked💀💀

[Xlbullyuk]

The tempting others to quit is dark af 💀🤣☝️

[fireredgaming]

“Less than 4.5 hours sleep”
Maybe I am a Navy Seal

[Razor_sharp_]

Other countries: Please, join the army to help your country.

America: Go on. Quit. You know you want to.

[Luvyoutyler]

Back in my dad’s day apparently this week was everyday.

[ConnorShirley-imis]

Me a illegal crossing at night seeing people yell get in the mud and yelling commands me I think I should go back

[TEAL-THEREAL]

Not the Canadian soldier getting woken up by artillery 😭

[tsarnicholasiiiofthegreatr]

Yeah the bald patch thing is unironically the scariest thing here

[LadyDeath]

My father went through it once, and his best friend went through it three times just because he “liked” it. Thanks for giving this shoutout to our wonderful Navy SEALs. Much appreciated.

[Saeid_Flys_Fs]

Imagine trying to cross the border for a better life and the first thing you see is a guy yelling at a bunch of people crossing mud 😭😭😭😭

[coconuthead]

Had a few friends in trainig who were BUDS drops. All stellar dudes, in great shape. Even that isnt enough though, you truly have to be built different.

[njfuentesrespecter]

The hardest week I ever had at work was like an average of 20 hours a day working/having to be awake. Stayed up for around 50 hours at once and my brain was mush by the end of the week, seriously unhealthy. I wasn’t doing much physical labor. But a $100, 000+ a day operation was depending on my ability to have my shit tight, dotted every i and crossed every t. The wrong mistake and I could easily end up costing them $50, 000 or more in non-productive time. I cannot fathom how difficult it must be to get through hell week. The sleep deprivation would be the worst part of it.

[Yukari-ks]

Free coffee and donut??? Alright recruiter you got me there 😭

[DakotaAnderson-xh]

That's why we keep all soldiers no matter what branch or sell or group we keep them all close to our hearts

[BVStar-hnus]

The army is the place you’ll get some of the best rest in your life after you’ve had by far the worst days in your life.

[Lord_eBatts]

I guaruntee the jelly donut is totally a Full Metal Jacket reference

[Goblin_deez.]

I recall an interview with solider who got shot several times and ran on stating that it was nothing compared to Hell Week