Candidates must pass three-days of
physical and psychological testing that includes a Physical Screening Test
(PST) where candidates must exceed the minimum requirements and perform at
their highest level possible. Candidates are then interviewed by an oral review
board to deem whether the candidate is suitable to undertake the selection
phase. Those who pass the stringent recruitment and selection process
will be selected to attend a six- to eight-month Operators Training Course.
Candidates will screen with the unit's
training wing known as "Green Team". The training course attrition
rate is high, usually around 50 percent; during one selection course, out of
the original 20 candidates, 12 completed the course. All candidates are watched closely by
DEVGRU instructors and evaluated on whether they are suitable to join the
individual squadrons. 
Howard E. Wasdin, a former member of SEAL Team Six said in a
recent interview that 16 applied for SEAL Team Six selection course and two
were accepted. Those who
do not pass the selection phase are returned to their previous assignments and
are able to try again in the future.
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