Navy SEALs Basic Underwater Demolition Training

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I used to have a DVD of this documentary series by the Military Channel, but have misplaced it. Therefore, I decided to search around and found all the episodes online, posted by different people under different (and sometimes wrong) names.

I think members of this forum will enjoy these. They may serve as a comparator for SSG/SSGN training, but we should keep in mind that the climates, threats, scenarios etc. that the SSG/SSGN may train for may differ from the Navy SEALs. In any case, it makes for great viewing.

Just some background information:

SEAL Training consists of the following:

* 1-8 weeks Naval Special Warfare Preparatory School (new recruits) [7]
* 3 weeks Indoctrination Course at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
* 24 weeks Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training at the Naval Special Warfare Center, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
* 15 weeks SEAL Qualification Training (SQT)[8]
o including 4 weeks Cold Weather Survival Training at Kodiak, Alaska[9]
* 2 weeks level C SERE School[citation needed]
* 3 week Basic Airborne Static-line jump school at Ft. Benning, GA
* 3 weeks HALO parachute training at the Military Free-Fall Training Center, MCAS Yuma, AZ. [1]
* 12-18 months SEAL Platoon Training

The documentary follows the Navy SEALs recruits of Class 234 through the Basic Underwater Demolition training, which lasts 6 months and consists of some of the toughest physical training in the world.

Part 1 - Welcome to BUD/S
[video=google;1966469482921111282]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1966469482921111282&ei=IYq8SfOREI3m-AHnkpzQAQ&q=navy+seal+training&hl=en[/video]

Part 2 - It pays to be a winner
[video=google;1868164996931353903]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1868164996931353903&hl=en[/video]

Part 3 - Two weeks... And a long day
[video=google;-7086093695878182844]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7086093695878182844&hl=en[/video]

Part 4 - Hellweek [5 days, 5 hours of sleep and a whole lot of pain]
[video=google;8823407731282996257]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8823407731282996257&hl=en[/video]

Part 5 - The only easy day was yesterday
[video=google;9033982264947629972]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9033982264947629972&hl=en[/video]

Part 6 - The home stretch
[video=google;4265566701670335876]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4265566701670335876&hl=en[/video]