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Becoming a SEAL
If you want to become a SEAL, the U.S. Navy Special Warfare Community has a challenge for you. The SEAL program consists of more than 12 months of initial training - followed by an additional 18 months of pre-deployment training - and intensive specialized training designed to push you to your physical and mental limits - again and again. If you succeed, you'll be part of a SEAL Team and conduct missions and operations that most people can only dream about.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
By law, only men are eligible to apply for the SEAL program. After joining the Navy, you must:
* Meet specific eyesight requirements.
* Meet minimum Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) score.
* Be 28 years old or younger.
* Be a U.S. citizen.
* Pass a diving physical examination.
* Complete the Physical Screening Test Requirements. The program is as follows:
o Swim 500 Yards within 12:30
o Rest 10:00
o 42 push-ups within 2:00
o Rest 2:00
o 50 sit-ups within 2:00
o Rest 2:00
o 6 pull-ups (no time limit)
o Rest 10:00
o 1.5 mile run within 11:00
* Pass a Basic Underwater Demolition/SEALS (BUD/S) physical fitness screening test in Boot Camp and in the Delayed Entry Program (DEP) in order to qualify for a SEAL contract.
* If you want to join the Navy and take the SEAL Challenge, Locate a Recruiter.
STEP 1: CHOOSE THE SEAL RATING (SO)
STEP 2: TRAINING
* BUD/S Indoctrination: (5 weeks - Coronado, CA)
* BUD/S Phase I: Physical conditioning (2 months - Coronado, CA)
* BUD/S Phase II: Diving (2 months - Coronado, CA)
* BUD/S Phase III: Weapons, demolitions and small unit tactics (2 months - Coronado, CA)
* Parachute Jump School: (1 month - Ft. Benning, GA)
* Advanced Sea, Air and Land Training: (5 months - Coronado, CA)
STEP 3: ADVANCED TRAINING/PLACEMENT
* Graduation and Receive Naval Special Warfare SEAL Classification - (NEC) Opportunities for Advanced Training.
* Report to First SEAL Team or SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Team (Virginia Beach, VA; Pearl Harbor, HI; or Coronado, CA).
* Individual Specialty Training (6 months) while assigned to a SEAL Platoon or SDV Task Unit.
* Unit Level Training while assigned to a SEAL platoon or SDV task unit (6 months).
* Task Group Level Training (6 months) while assigned to a SEAL Platoon or SDV Task Unit.
STEP 4: DEPLOYMENT AND COMBAT OPERATIONS
A typical SEAL mission could involve insertion into an objective by parachute, submarine, helicopter, high-speed boat, foot patrol or by a combat swimmer insertion. SEALs are also capable of operating a variety of high-tech, specialized equipment. Most deployments last 6 to 8 months.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 15y agoit takes a little over 55 weeks which is a little over 1 year * 1-8 weeks Naval Special Warfare Preparatory School (new recruits) [11] * 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 * 5 weeks parachute training (1 week of static-line, 3 and a half of military free-fall) at the U.S. Navy Tactical Air Operations School in San Diego, CA * 4 weeks Cold Weather Survival Training at Kodiak, Alaska * 15 weeks SEAL Qualification Training (SQT)[
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You can sign up and get a contract to go to Bud/s where you can attempt to become a Navy Seal.
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Women cannot apply to become a US Navy SEAL.
Can Air Force personnel become a Navy SEAL?
If they leave the Air Force and join the Navy it is possible.
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