Inside US Navy Seal's notorious 'Hell Week' training camp that left one soldier dead
dailystar.co.ukrunning hundreds of miles on little sleep or water, doing sit-ups while holding heavy logs, and lying down in shallow seawater as the salt stings their eyes.Arguably the toughest test candidates face is the notorious Hell Week, which is known to force 75 per cent of prospective soldiers to drop out.The brutal gauntlet, traditionally held during the third week of the first phase of the training regime, is designed to weed out those who aren't cut out to be a SEAL.However, the controversial regime has come under fire for an alleged lack of oversight, after Yale grad Kyle Mullen, 24, died mere days after completing Hell Week.
His death is currently under investigation.The official Navy SEALs website describes Hell Week as "five 1/2 days of cold, wet, brutally difficult operational training on fewer than four hours sleep" and is supposed to test "pain and cold tolerance, teamwork, attitude, and your ability to perform work under high physical and mental stress, and sleep deprivation.""Above all, it tests determination and desire," the website adds.Students are expected to run over 200 miles during the course of Hell Week, often with boats on their heads, and are also expected to swim, perform hours of exercise with logs - all while constantly being wet and cold.Candidates are fed regularly and are said to consume over 8,000 calories a day but still lose weight.
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