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I can hardly wait until ENS G.I. Jane meets SEAL Phase one, commonly called BUD/S [Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL]. The Usual class is slightly over 100 applicants (we'll use 120 for our mythic co-ed class). Applicants are supposed to be in tip top physical condition before starting BUD/S because the physical stuff gets VERY physical on the first day.

BUD/S Phases

Phase 1 – Physical Conditioning (8 weeks)
•Running in the sand
•Swimming – up to 2 miles w/fins in the ocean
•Calisthenics
•Timed Obstacle Course
•Four-mile timed runs in boots
•Small boat seamanship
•Hydrographic surveys and creating charts
•Hell Week – Week 4 of Phase 1
•5 ½ days of continuous training
•Four hours sleep, total
•Swimming
•Running
•Enduring cold, wet, and exhaustion
•Rock Portage in Rubber Raiding Craft
•Doing 10 times what you thought possible
•TEAMWORK!

Phase 2 – Diving (8 weeks)
•Step up intensity of the physical training
•Focus on Combat Diving
•Open-Circuit (compressed air) SCUBA
•Closed-Circuit (100% oxygen) SCUBA
•Long-distance underwater dives
•Mission-focused combat swimming and diving techniques

Phase 3 – Land Warfare (9 weeks)
•Increasingly strenuous physical training
•Weapons training
•Demolitions (military explosives)
•Small unit tactics
•Patrolling techniques
•Rappelling and fast rope operations
•Marksmanship

Applicants can drop out of their own volition (Drop on Request — DOR), be setback in training due to a physical injury, be dropped due to inability to complete a training phase, or be dropped for academic reasons. Of our mythical class of 120 applicants, 35 or less will complete all three phases (25 weeks) of BUD/S and get their trident [SEAL[ badge.

Ranger training typically runs 61 days, so if 2nd LT Suzie Cupcake didn't make it through that selection, can anyone guess about SEAL training?