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Course Description
I. First Phase (Basic Conditioning) First Phase is eight weeks in length. Continued physical conditioning in the areas of running, swimming, and calisthenics grow harder and harder as the weeks progress. Students will participate in weekly four mile timed runs in boots, timed obstacle courses, swim distances up to two miles wearing fins in the ocean and learn small boat seamanship. The first four weeks of First Phase prepare you for the fifth week, better known as “HELL WEEK.” During this week, students participate in five and one half days of continuous training, with a maximum of four hours of sleep. This week is designed as the ultimate test of one’s physical and mental motivation while in First Phase. HELL WEEK provides to those who make it that the human body can do ten times the amount of work the average man thinks possible. During HELL WEEK you will learn the value of the mainstay of the SEAL Teams; TEAMWORK! The remaining three weeks are devoted to teaching various methods of conducting hydrographic surveys and how to prepare a hydrographic chart. II. Second Phase (Diving) After you have completed First Phase, you have proven to the instructor staff that you are motivated to continue more in-depth training. The diving phase is seven weeks in length. During this period, physical training continues , but the times are lowered for the four mile runs, two mile swims, and obstacle course. Second Phase concentrates on combat SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus). Students are taught two types of SCUBA: open circuit (compressed air) and closed circuit (100% oxygen). Emphasis is placed on a progressive dive schedule which emphasizes basic combat swimmer skills that will qualify you as a combat diver. These skills will enable you to tactically insert and complete your combat objective. This is a skill that separates SEALs from all other Special Operations forces. III. Third Phase (Land Warfare) The demolitions, reconnaissance, weapons, and tactics phase is ten weeks in length. Physical training continues to become more strenuous as the run distances increase and the minimum passing times are lowered for the runs, swims, and obstacle courses. Third phase concentrates on teaching land navigation, small-unit tactics, rappelling, military land and underwater explosives and weapon training. The final four weeks of Third Phase are spent on San Clemente island, where students apply techniques acquired throughout training in a particular environment. IV. Pre-BUD/S School The Naval Special Warfare BUD/S selection course is designed to provide an overview of SEAL training and the Naval Special Warfare Community. The five day course, held at the Naval Training Command, Great Lakes, is offered to all active duty Navy enlisted personnel from the Fleet, Service School, and Boot Camp. Applicants will be temporarily assigned (TAD) from their parent command to the Selection Course. TAD funds are provided by Naval Special Warfare Center, more specifically outlined in NAVADMIN 062/96 (151801ZMAR96). Requirements for the course are the same as those for attending BUD/S training. For future information contact the Physical Training Rehabilitation (PTRR) office at 619-437-0861 (DSL 577-0861). For quota contact student control at 619-437-2578 (DSN 577-2578). V. Post-BUD/S School BUD/S graduates receive three weeks basic parachute training at the Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia, prior to reporting to their first Naval Special Warfare Command. Navy corpsman who complete BUD/S and Basic Airborne Training also attend two weeks of Special Operations Technicians Training at the Naval Special Warfare Center, Coronado. They also participate in an intense course of instruction in diving medicine and medical skills called 18-D (Special Operations Medical Course). This is a 30-week course where students receive training in bums, gunshot wounds and trauma. After assignment to a Team and successfully completing a six-month probationary period, qualified personnel are awarded a SEAL Naval Enlisted Classification (NEC) Code and Naval Special Warfare Insignia. New combat swimmers serve the remainder of their first enlistment (2 1/2-3 years) in either an SDV or SEAL Team. Upon reenlistment, members may be ordered to additional training and another SDV or SEAL Command, where they will complete the remainder of a five-year sea tour. Advanced courses include Sniper, Diving Supervisor, language training and SEAL Tactical communications. Shore duty opportunities are available in research and development, instructor duty and overseas assignments. In addition to normal pay and allowances, Naval Special Warfare personnel currently receive $170/month dive pay, $300/month SDV pay, $225/month HALO (jump pay), $110/month special duty assignment pay, and $50 to $100/month language proficiency pay for speaking a second language. ^
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