Like all Special Operations Forces
units that have an extremely intensive and high-risk training schedule, there
can be serious injuries and deaths. SEAL Team Six/DEVGRU has lost several
operators during training, including parachute accidents and close-quarters
battle training accidents. It is presumed that the unit's assessment process
for potential new recruits is different from what a SEAL operator experienced
in his previous career, and much of the training tests the candidate's mental
capacity rather than his physical condition, as he will have already completed
Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL or the Navy EOD training pipeline.
Candidates are put through a
variety of advanced training courses led by civilian or military instructors.
These can include free-climbing, land warfare, communications, advanced unarmed
combat techniques, defensive and offensive driving, advanced diving, and
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training. All candidates must
perform at the top level during selection, and the unit instructors evaluate
the candidate during the training process. Selected candidates are assigned to
one of the Tactical Development and Evaluation Squadrons; the others are
returned to their previous units. Unlike the other regular SEAL Teams, SEAL
Team Six operators were able to go to almost any of the best schools anywhere
and train in whatever they wanted depending on the unit's requirements.
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