A look at the grueling Navy SEALs training program
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The training death of an aspiring Navy SEAL, 21-year-old Seaman James Derek Lovelace, has been ruled a homicide by the San Diego County Medical Examiner — a highly unusual move.
Sheer fatigue and sleep deprivation will cause every candidate to question his core values, motivations, limits, and everything he's made of and stands for.
The trainees do both compressed-air and 100 percent oxygen SCUBA diving, long distance underwater dives and mission-focused swimming and diving techniques.
"[...] training shifts from testing how the men react in a high-stress "gut check" environment, to making sure the trainees are competent in their core tasks," the SEALS site says.