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Masters of Sea, Air and Land - Navy Seals


The types of stresses they endure during BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) are the same stresses they will endure as SEALs " (Obringer). Phase one training consists of: "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!" (BUD/S). The second Phase involves: "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" (BUD/S). The final phase forces them to: "Increasingly strenuous physical training, weapons, training, demolitions (military explosives), small unit tactics, patrolling techniques, rappelling and fast rope operations, Marksmanship (BUD/S).
             However, in order to enter the Navy SEAL training, they must meet certain requirements. Anyone can volunteer to be a Navy SEAL and those who decide to enter the program, either officer or enlisted men will train together. "Those wishing to volunteer for SEAL training have to:.
             be an active-duty member of the U.S. Navy, be a man (women aren't allowed to be Navy SEAL's),.
             be 28 or younger (although waivers for 29- and 30-year-olds are possible), have good vision -- at least 20/40 in one eye and 20/70 in the other (corrective surgery is also possible)be a U.S. citizen.
             pass the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The man must also pass a stringent physical screening test that includes the following procedure: swim 500 yards in 12.5 minutes or less, followed by a 10-minute rest; do 42 push-ups in under two minutes, followed by a two-minute rest; do 50 sit-ups in under two minutes, followed by a two-minute rest; do six pull-ups, followed by a 10-minute rest; run 1.


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