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Time for Reflection

July 8th, 2008

This post is going to pull together some of the facts I have presented about the US Navy SEAls over the last few weeks, and summarise much of the information. But first of all I want to give you a link to a website that I have found to be of immense interest whilst writing [...]

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Hell Week

July 8th, 2008

BUD/S Training, affectionately known as “Hell Week” by US Navy SEAL trainees is an incredibly tough and grueling experience. The training exercise lasts for five days and five nights, in which time the SEAL is only allowed a total of four hours sleep! I would be no good at all for this training, I like [...]

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Under the Sea

July 6th, 2008

OK, I promised previously to bring some information regarding the actual equipment used by the US Navy SEALs for diving purposes. So I have been performing a little research and have discovered that the SEALs use three separate types of diving rig.

Firstly they use a standard open circuit system, this is pretty much the same [...]

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Now This Looks Like Fun!

July 4th, 2008

As a PADI qualified scuba diver, I have more than a passing interest in all things to do with the underwater aspects of the US Navy SEALs, I have wondered for a long time just how extreme their dive training must be. Today, I discovered a civilian diving company that is offering authentic SEAL dive [...]

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Actions Speak Louder Than Words

July 4th, 2008

I just came across an amazing US Navy SEALs video, with an awesome soundtrack and some very cool action footage of the SEALs in real-world situations. Everything from storming up a river on an inflatable boat to sneaking around with sniper rifles. I’ll embed it into this post so that you can all take a [...]