BUD/S

     Demolition/SEALs Bootcamp

      So, you wanna be a SEAL huh?

    First you have to go through BUD/S, the

     toughest Special Forces bootcamp

     in the United States, if not the

     world. It last roughly 6 months.

    It is a "6-month kick in the balls".

    Passing BUD/S is a must if you are

     planning on being a SEAL. Getting to BUD/S

is not as easy as some

   think either. You have to pass numerous physical

   First Phase (Basic Conditioning)

   First Phase is nine 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 five weeks of First Phase prepare you for the sixth 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

   proves 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 coolheadedness

 perseverance

The remaining three weeks are devoted to training various

   methods of emotional one up man ship.

For example conflicts between men are confronted by putting them Nose to Nose.

If they loose skin contact they have to touch tongues.

   Second Phase 

   After you have completed First Phase, you have proven to the

   instructor staff that you are motivated to continue more in-depth

   training. During this

   period, physical training continues, but the times are lowered for the

   four mile runs, two mile swims, and obstacle course. Second Phase

   Emphasis is placed

   on long distance underwater dives with the goal of training students

   to increase their long capacity.

   Third Phase (Land Warfare)

   The demolitions, reconnaissance, and land warfare phase is nine 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 course.

Physical Fitness Standards

Physical Evolution                                      Required Time

(First Phase)

50 meter underwater swim                                PASS/FAIL

Drownproofing test                                      PASS/FAIL

Basic lifesaving test                                   PASS/FAIL

1/2 mile pool swim w/o fins                             Completion

3/4 mile pool swim w/o fins                             Completion

1 mile pool swim w/o fins                               60 min

1 mile bay swim w/o fins                                70 min

1 mile bay swim with fins                               50 min

1 1/2 mile ocean swim with fins                         75 min

2 mile ocean swim with fins                             95 min

4 mile timed run                                        32 min

Obstacle Course                                         15 min

(Second Phase)

2 mile ocean swim with fins                             75 min

4 mile timed run                                        29:20 min

Obstacle Course                                         11 min

5 1/2 mile ocean swim with fins                         Completion

(Third Phase)

Obstacle Course                                         10:30 min

4 mile timed run                                        28 min

14 mile run                                             Completion

2 mile ocean swim with fins                             70 min

Academic standards required on written tests before graduation

from BUD/S are:

80% or above for officers               70% or above for enlisted