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When the Navy sends their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six―a secret unit made up of the finest soldiers in the country, if not the world. This book is the dramatic tale of how Howard Wasdin overcame a tough childhood to live his dream and enter the exciting and dangerous world of U.S. Navy SEALS and Special Forces snipers.

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When I looked out on the field where guys from the previous BUD/S class were running around with scuba tanks on their backs, with instructors yelling at them, I thought, This is for me! I’ve arrived. The first two weeks, known in those days as pretraining (it’s changed since), were intense. There were over a hundred men in my class. Most looked fit, but some looked like they’d been spending a lot of time drinking beer and eating pretzels.

Then the instructors handed all of us phase one green helmets and immediately started kicking our butts.

Phase one, which started on June 18, consisted of two months of grueling physical conditioning and training. It included:
Timed runs in the sand
Swimming
Calisthenics

Timed obstacle course

Small-boat seamanship

Hydrographic surveys and creating charts

Rock portage in a rubber raiding craft

We were constantly in motion and ran everywhere, including to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I’m talking roughly six miles a day in boots just to eat, in addition to long daily runs on Coronado Beach.

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United States - Official Navy SEAL + SWCC website of the U.S. government. How to become a SEAL or SWCC. Official application steps, general requirements, SEAL Officer Assessment and Selection, PST calculator, and training forum.