Kyle Mullen: Last News

The mother of a Navy SEAL candidate who died hours after successfully completing the notoriously punishing "Hell Week" said she was "disgusted" to learn that the senior officials involved in the death have so far only received "administrative actions" despite the months that have passed. More than eight months after Seaman Kyle Mullen died, the 24-year-old’s mother is on a mission now more than ever to get justice for her son and push for greater protections for other Navy SEAL candidates going forward.

The U.S. Navy has taken administrative actions against three current or former senior staffers in the sudden February death of SEAL candidate and Seaman Kyle Mullen, officials announced Wednesday.

running 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.

One U.S. Navy SEAL candidate is dead and another has been hospitalized after the pair were part of a group that completed the first phase of Navy SEAL training, known popularly as “Hell Week.”

football star, his former coach has revealed. Kyle Mullen, 24, from Manalapan, New Jersey, passed away hours after participating in “Hell Week” training near San Diego, California on Friday, February 4. Mullen was described as a "great athlete" but an even "better person" by his high school football coach Ed Guerreri from Monmouth County school.“Everybody loved him,” the coach told USA Today.