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..:: SEAL Challenge Contract Instructions ::..
http://www.sealchallenge.navy.mil/seal/contractinstructions.aspx
Here’s a quick guide to the process of becoming a SEAL:
STEP 1: CHOOSE YOUR SEAL RATING (SO)
STEP 2: TRAINING
SEAL Prep Course (8 weeks – Chicago, IL): Gives candidates an introduction to required BUD/S techniques and performances, beginning and ending with Physical Screening Tests
BUD/S Orientation (3 weeks – Coronado, CA): Introduces those who’ve passed the SEAL Prep Course to the BUD/S training program, training facilities and instructors
BUD/S Phase I: Physical Conditioning (7 weeks – Coronado, CA): Includes continuous physical conditioning; students also study small boat seamanship and hydrographic surveys and charts
BUD/S Phase II: Combat Diving (7 weeks – Coronado, CA): Covers SCUBA skills; students learn open- and closed-circuit combat diving, learn how to complete long-distance underwater transit dives, and receive basic dive medicine and medical skills training
BUD/S Phase III: Land Warfare (7 weeks – Coronado, CA): Includes land navigation, small-unit tactics, rappelling, military land and underwater explosives and weapons training
Parachute Jump School: (3 weeks – San Diego, CA): SEAL candidates receive both static line and free-fall training at Tactical Air Operations; students must complete and pass basic, accelerated free fall, combat equipment and night descents training
SEAL Qualification Training (SQT): Advanced Sea, Air and Land Training (26 weeks – Coronado, CA): Includes cold water survival, marine operations, advanced combat swimmer, close-quarter combat and land warfare training
Graduation and Naval Special Warfare SEAL Classification - Opportunities for Advanced Training
STEP 3: ADVANCED TRAINING/PLACEMENT
Report to First SEAL Team or SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Team (Virginia Beach, VA; Pearl Harbor, HI; or Coronado, CA)
Those Enlisted SEALs with a medical rating will first attend Advanced Medical Training Course 18D to become a SEAL Medic (6 months – Ft. Bragg, NC)
Those pursuing Officer positions first attend Junior Officer Training Course to learn about operations planning and how to perform team briefings
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
Your typical mission as a Navy SEAL may involve insertion into a combat objective by any number of means: parachute, submarine, helicopter, high-speed boat, foot patrol or by a combat swimmer insertion. Your training will make you capable of operating a wide range of high-tech, specialized equipment. Most of your deployments will last 6 to 8 months. |