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00:00In war, there are no time-outs, no contrived popularity contests to decide life and death.
00:17This program is about the 83 young men of Class 234 and their six months long struggle to become U.S. Navy SEALs
00:26in a training course called Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL Training, or BUGS.
00:33BUGS is far more than another reality television survivor contest.
00:38There is only one rule to remember. It pays to be a winner.
00:56In the pre-dawn chill of Monday morning, week two of Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL training begins.
01:11Fifty students remain in Class 234, down from the 83 men who began first phase.
01:17We're not feeling sorry for you because you had just about half this class quit last week.
01:27We don't care.
01:29Looks like we're down to 50.
01:31We lost a few people on the swim last Friday.
01:35Just didn't have what it takes to tolerate the temperature.
01:39We are losing more people because they quit than we are because of medical reasons, which is what I want to see.
01:45I don't want to see a training program that's just beating somebody down.
01:50Anybody can make anybody run until they break, and that's not what this is all about.
01:54This is about giving them the same training that I went through and showing people,
01:59hey, I want to be here, I don't want to be here, and letting them make that decision based on a choice,
02:04not because they're injured.
02:05I'm just thankful that we'd survive and make it through the week.
02:09A lot of our classmates didn't. We're thankful to be here.
02:12I'm thankful to be here.
02:14Good weekend to rest.
02:15It was good just to get the extra sleep, extra sleep with the body to recover.
02:20I feel good today.
02:23It's pain. A lot of pain, but it's just pain, you know, so whatever.
02:31This week, and then we got Hill Week, and then that's the big obstacle.
02:34They had a week last week where they lost nearly half of their class.
02:38They're broken down.
02:39We don't want to just say, here we are, we're the SEAL instructors, you can't keep up with us.
02:43Once we know you can't keep up with us, what we want to do is we want to make you strong.
02:47We're looking for more perfection.
02:50We want these guys to strive to do each thing perfect.
02:53If they're trying to do everything perfect, then they're going to get more out of it, so that's where we're at.
02:57It's not too bad.
02:59Pretty mellow, huh?
03:00Yeah. It's nice compared to last week.
03:02Last week was a kick in the nuts.
03:03Last week was a kick in the butt, to say the least.
03:08It was a nice introduction of the first phase.
03:12Lost a lot of people.
03:15Jeffrey broke down by the end of the week, but the weekend was a nice rest.
03:19As Geddes takes roll call, morale is up after a weekend off to rest.
03:24Despite the cold, the student's main concern is getting healthy before healthy.
03:31This is Corman.
03:32A little chilly. I'm all right, though.
03:34Feeling good.
03:36Lost.
03:37I got severe, severe chafings in my leg.
03:40Looks like a hamburger.
03:43Just want to get rid of it before next week.
03:48We're not normally like this.
03:49It's a beautiful thing.
03:50It's a real normal thing.
03:52The objective of week two is to prepare class 234 for Hell Week.
04:00The instructors know that surviving two weeks and a long day is a major milestone.
04:06Instructors understand that no student learns from constant fault finding,
04:11so now they subtly alter their methods.
04:14Who they are?
04:15Along with the predictability of the stick,
04:17class 234 now has the possibility of the carrot.
04:22Make sure we've got the Hell Week schedule covered.
04:24We have an inspection.
04:25Ferrick's in the PI for a silent inspection.
04:28So they're going to inspect their rooms,
04:31inspect their uniforms,
04:33pretty much everything in between.
04:35I can give them 10 minutes to get down there.
04:36I can give them 20 minutes to get down there,
04:38but if they're not ready to roll when they get there,
04:40it's probably because they goofed off on the weekend.
04:42That's how it is.
04:44It's pay or play, you know?
04:46We just went through this a week ago.
04:49Dirty seat.
04:50You feel.
04:51Three hits.
04:52Another failure?
04:54What's wrong with you guys?
04:56Their first two inspections are the hardest ones to pass.
04:59They get their attention and let them know we're looking for the tiniest of things.
05:03And they have all weekend, if they wish, to prep for it.
05:06Okay, that salt water destroys that life vest.
05:09And what is that?
05:12Life saving device.
05:13That's it.
05:14Take care of your gear, gear, take care of you, right?
05:17Yeah.
05:17Okay.
05:18Everything's got to be squared away.
05:19And we're looking for perfection.
05:21Good job.
05:22Yeah.
05:22By the time these, they're out of phase,
05:25typically you come in for inspections and everything is really tight.
05:28You're bored as an instructor because they're locked on.
05:31They know what you're looking for.
05:33They know how to snap, too, and they're squared away at that point.
05:36All right, that's a single hit.
05:37You guys passed your room inspection.
05:38Good job.
05:39Yeah.
05:40Thanks, Bulls.
05:41Two things we want to have accomplished in first phase.
05:43One is that teamwork, and two is that attention to detail.
05:47You get wet and sandy before you come in,
05:49and you get sand everywhere in your room.
05:51Good history.
05:52I realize that you guys come in here, and you're wet and sandy, right?
05:55So how is sand not going to get in here, right?
05:57Yeah.
05:58But you're not going through your drawers, are you?
06:02You did those the night before, right?
06:04Yeah.
06:05Okay.
06:07Is this an inspection vest?
06:08Negative.
06:09I wear that every time we go for a swim or anything.
06:11Okay.
06:12Good job, Fox.
06:14Yeah.
06:15Check their haircuts.
06:16Take a look at them.
06:18You're responsible for them.
06:20As class LPO, you're really the driving force.
06:24On the LPO first phase.
06:26That's my show.
06:27That's the show I run.
06:32Every SEAL knows that mistakes can be as deadly as an enemy bullet.
06:37When class leaders Geddes and Rivera fail to notice a posted schedule change,
06:41instructors use 62-degree water to reinforce the importance of attention to detail.
06:48We had a schedule change between yesterday and today,
06:51and they didn't update themselves this morning by looking on the board.
06:54So the class leader misled his class, went to the wrong evolution, and now they're paying.
07:01I'm here to train you guys to be SEALs.
07:05Small little schedule change, right?
07:10Easy to follow.
07:12Easy to track.
07:13Pay attention.
07:15I'm looking for guys who are tough.
07:17Now, you've shown me to some degree you can withstand some pain.
07:20So we're lacking on the attention to detail.
07:23Do it right the first time.
07:25Have some honor.
07:26Have some integrity.
07:28I don't like to beat you down.
07:30I want to lift you up.
07:32Make you strong.
07:33Make you men.
07:33Send you to war.
07:34We're going to do some log PT.
07:40Keep your heads in the ballgame.
07:42Focus.
07:43Attention to detail.
07:44Hoo-yah!
07:46Gentlemen, what do you think this log is?
07:48Why do you think I'm standing on your log blocking you from training?
07:51Any questions?
07:52Any ideas?
07:54Rivera, drop.
07:58Rivera, why are you the only one dropped?
08:00I know what this log is.
08:01Because you've been here before, and you know this is the smallest log out here.
08:06Instructors and students alike respect Rivera,
08:09but two consecutive mistakes in two consecutive evolutions is a red flag that cannot be ignored.
08:14How short are we?
08:16Three feet.
08:18Take that log, put it back, go get another log, get it down here.
08:21While the instructors are privately pleased to see Rivera looking after his boat crew,
08:26they remain irritated with his earlier lack of attention to detail regarding the schedule change.
08:32That is a short log.
08:33It is a simple message.
08:35He is the highest ranking enlisted man in the class.
08:38This is his third try at BUDS.
08:40He has ten years in the Navy.
08:42With Hell Week approaching, instructors want to see Rivera take charge.
08:47As far as instructors being on my case, I don't really have a problem with that.
08:50They see something wrong with me, I just feel it's helping me out.
08:53Navy SEALs are a community of overachievers who seek a challenge and success in everything they do.
09:02This is a profession that demands intelligence and aptitude, as well as dedication.
09:09BUDS graduates continually score higher entry test scores than required for admission into officer commissioning programs,
09:16and even the Navy's nuclear power program.
09:2025% of the SEAL teams have college degrees.
09:23Yet years of study have failed to uncover why some men make it through BUDS, and most do not.
09:29Are you getting any better from the first day, Anson McGeehan?
09:32Oh yeah, it's such a bad stone.
09:33You were a suit first day.
09:34I know why this boat just went in, they got fox in it.
09:36You're just a big, really late puff.
09:38Oh yeah.
09:39You were the big, fat officer shaking on the deck at my feet, right?
09:41Oh yeah, it's such a rough.
09:42Is that body tightening up yet?
09:45Three eyes are rough.
09:46I hope so.
09:48McGeehan's boat crew wins the log races, and instructors single him out for remarks that clearly are meant as praise.
09:54Instead of the stick, McGeehan and his boat crew get the carrot, a lesson that Instructor R intends for the entire class to share in.
10:03See, it pays to be a winner.
10:05You guys were kicking butt most of the way through this PT.
10:09About one of the only crews that I saw that stood out in my mind that was really putting out.
10:14So here's what I want you to do.
10:16Okay, once every minute, I'm going to raise my hand and you're going to go, first time, every time.
10:21Right?
10:22You're going to chant that nice and loud so the rest of them can hear it.
10:26Okay?
10:27I know it's hard.
10:29I hope you guys don't mess this up.
10:33First time, every time!
10:42First time, every time!
10:50First time, every time!
10:55Hi, Mom.
10:56First time, every time!
11:04By midweek, nothing is funny.
11:07Not even George Washington boat races.
11:09Class 234 is recovering from a 500 sit-up, 500 push-up penalty earned yesterday for arriving late to a formation.
11:18Hell Week is less than five days away.
11:20We weren't putting out as much as they'd like, and we were running late to evolutions, and there was an evolution on the schedule, and we went to that evolution, but apparently it had been canceled, and we weren't notified.
11:33I don't know, I think it was just part of a mind game that they played.
11:38We can't put the blame on one person. One person's not going to make a whole class late. That was just our mix-up, and something we won't be doing anymore.
11:48The class is weary, but unbroken.
11:51Get together, be motivated, stay positive, and try to stay warm if you can.
11:57Do you guys understand where we're coming from?
11:59Yeah, everybody.
12:00If we put out and we kick ass, they're more likely to give us an easier conditioning run.
12:06Still not going to be easy, but if we drag ass the whole day, it's going to be about eight miles running around the dunes.
12:11We got IBS for a couple hours, then we got elephant walk for a couple hours, and then we got log PT, and I don't know how long that is, then we got a conditioning run, and I think the day's finally over after that.
12:28Long evolutions, they all suck. Plus it's cold. Bad day.
12:36This will be the last hard training day before Hell Week starts. Training will taper off to give the class some time to rest before the Sunday night breakout.
12:47The boat races are more elaborate, but the boat crew leaders listen carefully. Despite the cold, the class is motivated.
12:54Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
13:03morning
13:22You
13:26Let's go.
13:56Let's go.
14:26Let's go.
14:56about it all. Just keep moving. Don't even notice it.
14:59Feels good. Get used to the pain after a while. Between the chafing, the cold, muscle tension,
15:08you know.
15:09Booker, this is much better. We realigned things last night. We discussed a few strategies
15:13before we came out today. Things are working pretty good. We still got a few things to
15:16work out, but there's no reason we won't be having an easy day here.
15:18We're not the biggest crew. We're not the strongest crew, but we've been coming together
15:22as a team really well, and it's paying off.
15:2646 assigned, 40 present. We had a Schaefer DOR this morning.
15:43I woke up this morning out of bed and I just had a lack of motivation. I was tired and broken
15:49down. I'm 29 years old, and I just didn't have that fire, that energy to go on.
15:55anymore with the training.
16:01Five more students quit. The boat crews reorganize themselves again by height.
16:06Students are eager to finalize boat crews before the long day begins.
16:11Suddenly, Legg's boat crew is disrupted. Walker and Prow nearly come to blows.
16:22As instructors separate the boat crew, Hoffman is down.
16:26That was a four-mile time run. Five o'clock in the morning or something, right?
16:30Yeah.
16:31I remember that. And you went to the ER, you spent all day in the ER, and you came out of
16:38there. What did they say you had?
16:39They just said...
16:40Push him out!
16:41I don't know exactly what it was. They took me to the orthopedics when they took x-rays,
16:44and they said it looked like I may have refracted a little bit of it where I had the surgery, but
16:49they didn't know. And no one went in and did any operation on it. I just recuperated and
16:55trained through it.
16:56Okay.
16:57As he questions Hoffman about the accident and the extent of the injury, Instructor M must
17:03decide if the injury is serious enough for Hoffman to be evacuated.
17:07And basically the guy in front of him, the guy behind him, tripped and fell, and he's
17:13complaining of... No, actually this is back pain, but here's the history on this thing.
17:18This guy, Hoff, he's got history of... Is it L4, L5 fracture before he came into the Navy?
17:24And they said when I... I took him into the ER at the last time that he may have possibly
17:29refractured the same L4, L5 area. Now he's complaining of back pain in the same spot.
17:35It wasn't a sharp pain as much as a dull throbbing pain. When it came down on me, I was just
17:40more concerned, as well as the corpsman being more concerned with the history. I've had a
17:45surgery in the past on my back, so that's where their concern came from. You know, I don't
17:50want to get rolled. I don't want to get dropped. Because a lot of people weren't
17:53so hard to get here. And have been working real hard water here. And it's just such a
17:59mental barrier to have to start all over. Or get dropped completely. And I know a lot
18:06of guys don't want that. When I got pulled in the ambulance, I told them I don't want
18:10to be rolled and I don't want to be dropped.
18:12Prow, I want you to fall out and grab those paddles and then boat crew behind you.
18:16With Hoffman safely evacuated, the instructors quickly separate Prow and Shoemaker from Legg's
18:22boat crew. Shoemaker and Prow tripped, causing Hoffman to fall. The instructor's anger is genuine.
18:29For every SEAL operator, there is nothing worse than causing another teammate's injury. Better
18:35to hurt oneself than a swim buddy. It is a core issue at the heart of SEAL Team Unity.
18:42What are you going to do? Whack one of these guys in the head with the paddles now, Prow?
18:45You must be roommates and Shoemaker.
18:47Gentlemen, you lost your weak link. There's no excuse now. No excuse now. You should be crushing this now.
18:54With Hell Weeks so close, instructors fear the accident might fracture the unity inside Legg's
19:00boat crew. Instructor Register pushes the students hard in the hopes they will not dwell on the incident.
19:06How come you're carrying these paddles? You can't hang on to that boat. That's the same as not keeping
19:11up with your boat crew. They're carrying that big old boat, you're just carrying a few paddles.
19:15You can't keep up with them on the boat. Hey, at least he's beating Mr. Shoemaker.
19:20You know what stays with you until your career as a SEAL that starts here in Buds? Your reputation.
19:27You're supposed to be their boat crew leader, aren't you? How can you lead them when you're
19:34carrying the paddles back here and you're not even putting out? Either put out, get up there
19:38with your boat, or quit right now. Pull this in Hell Week right here, sir. Guess what happens?
19:44Bye-bye. Performance drop.
19:50This really sucks. You lost a really good guy on the stretcher. When you got one weak guy,
19:54somebody else, unfortunately, can't pay the price, and that looks like that's what happened.
19:58One guy didn't carry this load, and Hoffman has a suspect back as it is. Now you lose the
20:04scallion. Somebody in my boat crew is not putting out, and they hurt somebody else in my boat crew.
20:09Somebody wasn't pulling their weight. Need to go away. They don't want to be here. End up hurting
20:14everybody else. Is he all right? I'm awesome. What happened to him then?
20:17I fell into him, and then he fell down, and they put him on.
20:20I mean, medically, it was just broken neck, or what?
20:23No, they just put him on the floor and hurt him away.
20:26Legg's boat crew is summoned by the SEAL Proctor for Class 234.
20:31I'm supposed to be the liaison between the staff and the students, but it's more like that big brother aspect,
20:38and this whole time I've been talking to them about accountability and how they're accountable to each other,
20:43and obviously if a person's not putting out if he's being a liability to the boat crew,
20:48That's not putting out!
20:49Then it stands to reason that he probably shouldn't be here.
20:51I just sift through it, and I see what's just, you know, petty animosity, and what's really realistic,
20:57and the fact that Hoffman, I know, is a put-out guy, and he got hurt.
21:00Shoemaker, go back with your class.
21:02The Proctor sends the officers away and questions the enlisted members about the incident.
21:06So that you can leave, too.
21:07Oh, I'm hoping that the course will take care of itself, and the guy will just quit.
21:12What's the deal with Shoemaker?
21:14He just hurt.
21:15I don't. Shut up. Shut up.
21:18I'm not here to get this blind loyalty. Is he put out?
21:23He does when he can, Instructor Boa.
21:25Why can't he put out?
21:26He's been sick.
21:27Then why is he with your boat crew?
21:30Is he just going to go through medical?
21:32He had a follow-up this morning, Instructor Boa, and they sent him back out there.
21:35So he's going to go through Hell Week with you guys?
21:37That's up to the dock, yeah, Instructor Boa.
21:41All right, you shut up.
21:44The Shoemaker put out.
21:47Be honest, Carr. Don't give me...
21:49Be honest.
21:50Don't see your eyes going left to front.
21:51He done.
21:52He didn't seem like you put out today, Instructor Boa.
21:54He killed my back on the run down there, the elephant run.
21:57I want honesty.
21:58I'm being honest, Instructor Boa.
22:00You can carry Mr. Shoemaker through this evolution, and one of you guys is going to get hurt.
22:11That's what statistics show, okay?
22:13And I appreciate your loyalty, Walker.
22:15You're a good guy.
22:16But I don't want him to go into Hell Week with you guys.
22:19And if you guys can't be man enough or men enough to tell me, hey, he's a liability...
22:24This is not a group vote against Shoemaker.
22:27Bud's training is the only military training where officers and enlisted are trained together.
22:32Trust in leadership is essential for unit cohesion.
22:36I hope he's okay.
22:38In the meantime, stand by for log PT.
22:43Dude, I got news for you, man.
22:45We always win.
22:46We're not stopping now.
22:48We're just bringing you guys.
22:49We're trying to invite you guys in on the party.
22:51I always win on logs.
22:52I haven't had one day of logs.
22:53I haven't been on a one day.
22:54There you go.
22:55Then don't break a street pin.
22:57You know what I'm saying?
22:58I don't know.
22:59We were just running and some of the people gave out and the boat came down on me.
23:04My back had this pain for a while.
23:07I couldn't get up.
23:08So they took me in, took x-rays, came back negative.
23:12They looked at everything.
23:15It seemed all right, just real tight and real sore.
23:18It may have strained the muscles in my lower back.
23:21So they did some therapy on it.
23:24I stretched it for about an hour and then told them I wanted to get back with my class.
23:30Up, down, up, down.
23:34Predictability causes expectation.
23:36Expectation can create a lack of attention to detail.
23:41Take your boat crew.
23:42Go around the beach marker and get back here on your log.
23:45And I said, but don't do anything more or anything less than what I tell you to do.
23:51Yeah.
23:52Right shoulder position.
23:53Right shoulder position.
23:54Tax.
23:55Don't say.
23:56When Kolorov's tired boat crew begins a race without their log, the instructors wait for
24:01the class to return to punish them for a failure in concentration.
24:05Get this log up in the center arm.
24:06Get it up.
24:07Get it up.
24:08Oh.
24:09Why did you not take that log around the marker?
24:10He didn't say take the log.
24:12He said—
24:13What do you mean he didn't say take the log?
24:14He said go down around the marker.
24:15Are you sure?
24:16Yeah.
24:17Are you paying attention?
24:18Yeah, whenever I said positive.
24:20Attention to detail.
24:21What was?
24:22Right hand shoulder position move.
24:23Right hand shoulder position move.
24:24Right hand shoulder position move.
24:25What were the details of your information?
24:26What were the details of your information?
24:27He said.
24:28Feet.
24:29Get your crew.
24:30Feet.
24:31Go down around the beach marker.
24:33Come back.
24:34And there's people who start down here.
24:36Like the one guy needs to—we'll enter the six and two and five vice versa because we're
24:41starting behind them.
24:42But yeah.
24:43That was all I said.
24:44I never missed the log.
24:45So you're thinking you're right and everyone else is wrong?
24:47Honestly.
24:48Yeah.
24:49I never said it was the log, Mr. Director.
24:50Well, I only got to say this.
24:53You are right.
24:54Good job.
24:55Right here?
24:56Yes.
24:57Northland?
24:58Yes.
24:59Hey, Colorado, you guys are in position.
25:00Yeah.
25:01Down long.
25:02Down long.
25:03No, you guys are in position.
25:04I know.
25:05That's the last one right there.
25:06That's the last one right there.
25:07That's the last one right there.
25:09Well—
25:10I just said take your boat crew, go around the beach marker, nothing else, and switch those
25:15spots, correct?
25:16I know.
25:17You made the assumption that you should take the logs.
25:21However, there was one boat crew out of you who was paying attention to detail.
25:26Don't let little things slip past you.
25:28You will learn.
25:29Attention to detail while you're here.
25:31You will learn it.
25:32I promise you, you will learn it.
25:35You will learn it.
25:36Move out!
25:37If I got to do so, move your hands, your feet will follow.
25:42Get it out of your hands.
25:43Let's go.
25:44That's right.
25:45It is the final evolution of the day.
25:46A four-mile conditioning run.
25:48Class 234 is tired.
25:51Without being told, Rivera is patrolling the back of the pack, forcefully pushing slower
25:57students forward.
25:58This is a welcome sign for the instructors, who have been watching and waiting for Rivera to
26:03respond to their challenge.
26:05Rivera is rising to the occasion and taking charge, pushing others to perform at a higher
26:10level.
26:11After eight days of training, Rivera has crossed a hurdle and is asserting himself as a leader.
26:22Despite Rivera's efforts, the conditioning run will coldly expose the injured, the slow,
26:28and anyone suspected of not putting out.
26:31Are you in the truck?
26:34Are you putting out?
26:35Do ya?
26:36You're hurt, right?
26:38You're hurt, but are you putting out?
26:41I'm putting out.
26:42Look where your class is.
26:43Yeah.
26:44Look where you need to be.
26:54Mr. Gray, you have something new going on?
26:57I can't catch my breath.
26:58You can't.
26:59Green has been to medical for lung problems, although instructors suspect that he may be overstating
27:04his symptoms.
27:06Get over here.
27:07You have eight seconds to be right in front of me.
27:19Five.
27:20Four.
27:21Three.
27:22What's your problem?
27:23I don't have no breath at all.
27:24Mr. Gray, get over here.
27:25Go see the corner.
27:26Get your hands out of your head.
27:27Go see the corner.
27:28Give me your finger.
27:29Let me see if you can continue this run.
27:31Let me consult my machine of knowledge.
27:32You can't stand up.
27:33You're incapable of standing up.
27:34Is that what you're telling me?
27:35If I lay it on the door like that?
27:36No.
27:37No.
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28:00No.
28:01No.
28:02No.
28:03No.
28:04No.
28:05No.
28:06No.
28:07No.
28:08No.
28:09No.
28:10No.
28:11No.
28:12No.
28:13No.
28:14No.
28:15No.
28:16No.
28:17No.
28:18No.
28:19No.
28:20No.
28:21No.
28:22No.
28:23No.
28:24No.
28:25No.
28:26No.
28:27No.
28:28No.
28:29No.
28:30So why don't you just keep running?
28:33And sir, if you feel that you need to fall down,
28:37fall down directly on your face.
28:39All right, go.
28:43Instructors have lost confidence in Green.
28:46It will be difficult to escape their attention
28:49unless he improves his performance.
28:52Hurry up.
28:55Hurry up.
28:59Hurry up.
29:01Catch up with the pack, Mr. Green.
29:04Hurry up.
29:05Don't fall back.
29:06What's on the Green Hill?
29:08To ski.
29:12Nice pun.
29:14That's a running song.
29:16Come on.
29:17Let's go.
29:19Let's go.
29:19Get ready.
29:20ì±…
29:21Go.
29:22Let's go.
29:22Get ready.
29:23You're ready.
29:23You're ready.
29:24You're ready.
29:24Mucho.
29:24Don't fall back.
29:25You're ready.
29:26You're ready.
29:26Let's go.
29:26He's 27 years old, his max heart rate was around 197, 198, 196, something like that, max.
29:56So you take 80% of that, drama, more drama than Shakespeare.
30:03As the class prepares for an ocean swim, the Smurf crew has regrouped after Hoffman's accident.
30:09234 is ready for whatever comes next, including Hell Week.
30:14Excellent, excellent, little horse, a lot of yelling, but no worries.
30:19Back's a little stiff too, my fox.
30:24Are you and Walker's boat crew for Hell Week right now?
30:27Yes, I am.
30:28And what's the name of that boat crew?
30:29Smurf crew.
30:30Can you tell me why that's called like that?
30:32Because we're the shortest ones, but we're the hardest ones.
30:35Please.
30:36You're too tall for the Smurf?
30:37Too tall, too proud.
30:39Who's your coxswain?
30:41Instant leg right here.
30:43Papa Smurf.
30:44Papa Smurf.
30:45Well, I was in class 233.
30:47Then Saturday morning before Hell Week started, I had to go into the hospital.
30:51And I just kept thinking the whole time, God, I better get out of here before Hell Week
30:55starts.
30:56And when I did it, I was like, oh, damn it.
30:58Now I'm going to get rolled.
30:59I don't want to be rolled.
31:00But it was pretty tough, but I mean, it was a good time going through it with all these
31:03guys.
31:04You know, there's a lot of fun in it.
31:05And surf passage is a lot more fun this time with all the big waves and stuff.
31:08So I had a good time with it at least.
31:10And now I guess we get to go through a colder Hell Week than I would have wanted to, but
31:17oh well.
31:18It happened.
31:22Basically what happens with these guys for the worst days, they've got times to meet
31:26and they'll struggle with their swimming for a while.
31:29Some of them will pick it up quicker than others.
31:31The ones who do will make those time restraints and move on.
31:35The ones who don't will eventually, if they get enough failures under their belt, they'll
31:39be sent in front of a phase board and then on to an academic review board where their
31:48fate will be decided.
31:52Quitting training can be difficult, but it's a decision.
31:56Injuries, however, leave no choice.
31:59To be injured can be heartbreaking for the man left behind.
32:03I got rolled for double stress fractures in my right shin.
32:07It just sucks not being able to go through it now.
32:09I'll have to watch them go through Hell Week and not be there and graduate and not be
32:14there.
32:15The guys are out there right now and I'm stuck here, walking on crutches.
32:20BUDS has its own procedures for dropping a student based on poor performance.
32:29The phase board is the first step for a student to be sent to an academic review board, which
32:34then has the authority to performance drop him from training.
32:37We give everybody an opportunity to show us what they have in the first week.
32:42Now we start taking a look and we know where guys are standing and all the phase board is
32:46is to let them know if they're having problems they need to pick it up in these certain areas.
32:50There's plenty of guys who have that potential to get phase boarded.
32:53But again, that's not the end of BUDS.
32:56It's a wake up call for them.
32:58McPherson, you know why you're here?
32:59Yes, sir.
33:00Okay, this is a phase board and we're reviewing your record and we're looking at your performance.
33:05You're not having a problem with the obstacle course and you're swimming fine,
33:08but your run times are unsatisfactory.
33:11Yes, sir.
33:12Under perfect conditions, you ran a 36-32.
33:14Yes, sir.
33:15Usually I'm in the middle of the pack and I'm doing fine.
33:18I passed the run before.
33:20Go ahead and step out of the room real quick.
33:22Yes, sir.
33:25What are you doing?
33:28I said, keeping.
33:29Okay.
33:30Yeah, you can come back in.
33:34Yes, sir.
33:35Just pop back in.
33:40McPherson, I want to take you to an ARB.
33:43You know what that is?
33:44No, sir.
33:45That's an academic review board.
33:46But Senior Chief Lenke and Chief Taylor talked me into keeping you in training.
33:51Thank you, sir.
33:52I don't know if they're going to be able to do it again.
33:54Yes, sir.
33:55You understand what that means?
33:56Yes, sir.
33:57It means you better get your ass in gear, get over this hurdle and you're going to be gone.
33:59Yes, sir.
34:00All right, get out of here.
34:09That's what I heard.
34:10Yes, sir.
34:11Yes, sir.
34:12Mr. Green, we're here to talk about your run failures.
34:15Yes, sir.
34:16As well as your performance during conditioning runs.
34:19Yes, sir.
34:20Yesterday at the end of the conditioning run, they had a heart monitor on you?
34:22Yes, sir.
34:23A finger monitor.
34:24What was your heart rate?
34:25I don't recall specifically, sir.
34:27102.
34:28102.
34:29You should be probably in the 150 range, completing a conditioning run.
34:34Yeah.
34:35You've been sick?
34:36Correct.
34:37You've been cleared by medical as full duty.
34:40They gave me full duty.
34:42Yet your four-mile time run is 39 minutes.
34:45Correct, sir.
34:46Which is almost a 10-minute mile.
34:48I'm an above-average runner, and I just have not fully recovered from the pulmonary edema
34:54from last week.
34:55You don't have a problem doing the obstacle course.
34:59Do you have to breathe when you do that?
35:00Hoo-yah.
35:01Do you have to breathe when you swim?
35:03Hoo-yah.
35:04So why can you do those, but you can't run?
35:07I don't know why that's the case, sir.
35:09Do you think it's a medical problem?
35:11I do, sir.
35:12Honestly?
35:13Honestly, sir.
35:14Hey, would you step out of the room for a moment?
35:16Yes, sir.
35:20Let's have medical take a look at him before we make a mistake.
35:23What do you think?
35:24He can't control having pneumonia.
35:27That's right.
35:28Let's have him go to medical.
35:29Yeah, let's have him go to medical.
35:33All right, Mr. Green, we're going to have you checked out by medical.
35:36Because the numbers don't jive.
35:38Yes, sir.
35:39You know, if they say there's absolutely nothing wrong with you, I've got to go with what they say.
35:43All right, get out of here for the old course.
35:49We want to make sure that this guy is, you know, okay.
35:53I'm going to step up to the tail of Mr. Shoemaker.
35:56You know why you're here, Mr. Shoemaker?
35:58Yeah.
35:59Tell me.
36:00Performance.
36:01And what?
36:02Runs.
36:03Your run times are horrendous.
36:05The first few times you ran the obstacle course, you couldn't even get over the high wall.
36:09Is that correct?
36:10It was the first time.
36:11The second time, sir, I was at medical.
36:14For what?
36:15I had a pulmonary edema last Thursday.
36:17You had a little chest cold?
36:19Negative.
36:20Blood and stuff coming out of my nose.
36:23Coughing without a lie.
36:25So is that why your run times are so poor?
36:27Yeah, it's Dr. Bernard, that's part of the problem.
36:30Do you have pulmonary edema Monday morning this week?
36:33Some residual effects, Lieutenant Burns.
36:36How about your first obstacle course?
36:38No excuse for that, just forearms burned out on the high wall.
36:42Your forearms were burned out on the high wall.
36:45It's the third obstacle on the obstacle course.
36:47Yes, sir.
36:48The first obstacle is parallel bars, which requires little or no grip, right?
36:52Yes, sir.
36:53The second obstacle is the low wall, which requires little or no grip.
36:58Little or no grip.
36:59Little or no grip.
37:00Yes, sir.
37:01So where did your forearms be burned out?
37:03I couldn't tell you, sir.
37:04What are you doing in your boat crew?
37:07Right now I'm in Mr. Legg's boat crew.
37:09He's a senior man, so I'm just...
37:11Are you one of the strongest guys in your boat crew?
37:13I'd say I help out, but no, I'm negative.
37:16I would not say I'm the strongest man.
37:18Are you the weakest man in your boat crew?
37:21Certain things, yes, sir.
37:23So that'd be a yes.
37:24How does it make you feel?
37:25It's unacceptable.
37:27We've been told by guys in your class that you're a good guy.
37:30We don't doubt that at all.
37:32You're probably a great guy.
37:34But as you probably know already, this is not a popularity contest here.
37:38This is a lifestyle.
37:40Okay, you're not a SEAL from 7 o'clock in the morning to 1600.
37:44You're a SEAL 24 hours a day.
37:47This is a way of life.
37:49This is what you live every day, 24 hours a day.
37:52It takes that kind of commitment.
37:54The heat's getting turned up and you're not getting it done.
37:58So, we're going to take you to academic or union board.
38:01Can I join the class, sir?
38:03Yeah, get out of here.
38:04Yeah.
38:05We've got to get out of the union board.
38:07Roger that.
38:09Are you hanging your heads in shame?
38:14Got no pride been whipped?
38:17We done whipped you good.
38:19Get your goddamn heads up.
38:21Look training right in the eye.
38:25Grit your teeth and knock out your push-ups like you're supposed to do.
38:29Head hanging is for girls.
38:35Every tradition at BUDS revolves around winning.
38:38Losing is unacceptable and is punished severely.
38:42Each week is designed to be more difficult than the last.
38:45Of all the weeks in BUDS, Hell Week stands out.
38:48Its sole purpose is to separate the weak from the strong,
38:52in a ritual every SEAL must endure,
38:55and no SEAL ever wants to repeat.
38:58Army, ready!
39:00Hey!
39:01Down!
39:02Mike and Holly, they're doing real well as students.
39:04Both of them are good leaders.
39:06I don't anticipate any problems for either one of these guys.
39:09I plan on seeing both these guys after Hell Week.
39:11Class 234 has endured physical and mental limits they never imagined.
39:18Hell Week will claim almost half of the 39 students that remain.
39:24What the hell?
39:27I don't know.
39:28Just sing songs, play games, screw with the instructors.
39:32Have fun, do whatever.
39:35I really don't have much of a plan.
39:37Right now our mission is to go out there and get our boat,
39:39get rigged up, ready for rock boardage.
39:42So that's what we gotta do.
39:43That's all we're thinking about right now.
39:45Just thinking about keeping with my swim buddy.
39:48Getting down, getting the boats and getting out there on the surf,
39:52start battling, getting ready to do rock boardage.
39:54First of all, you don't have to wake up in the morning.
39:56That's the hardest part of the day.
39:57Second of all, they're feeding me four times a day.
39:59I don't have to stay on room inspection.
40:01And no time to evolutions.
40:04So Hell Week is, to me, Hell Week is one of the easiest things I can do in BUDS.
40:07We're just saying how many instructors we're going to get to DOR.
40:10I'm not sure, but maybe we'll put a couple on IR or something.
40:14Just have fun with it.
40:16We'll try our best to make it through.
40:18To me, this is the first real chopping block.
40:21And if 39 guys are there at the end, that's part of the group that I want to be with.
40:26But if not, that's still the part of the group that I want to be with.
40:28What's your motivation when you're in there freezing your butt off and you're going numb?
40:32You know, what's your thought process?
40:34What's your motivation to stay there?
40:35You have your own thoughts.
40:36You have your own incentives on getting through it.
40:38Everyone has their own reasons on why they want to be here.
40:41They're all legitimate reasons.
40:43You just got to dig down and figure out why those reasons are worth it.
40:48This is the gut check, so to speak.
40:51Stay together.
40:52There's no reason we all can't come out.
40:55We're together, but it's always a competition between boat crews.
40:58The pace will be number one.
41:00And we're going to be number one this whole hell week.
41:02Damn right.
41:03I'm just going to take a moment by moment, enjoy every moment, take it for what it's worth,
41:09and learn from it.
41:11I said if we all make it out in my boat crew, my wife's going to cook a meal for us
41:14and have some beer together, so.
41:17I'm going to put out everything I can.
41:19I've got to admit I'm nervous.
41:21It's the first time ever going through anything like this, but I've waited a long time in
41:25my life to do it, so I'm excited, too.
41:28I'm very nervous.
41:30Well, do you think it could be any harder than the last two weeks?
41:34It'll definitely be harder than the last two weeks.
41:37A lot harder.
41:39I don't know how hard, though.
41:41I've never done it before.
41:43I haven't done a hell week before, but it'll be interesting.
41:46I've never quit anything in my life, so, you know, this is my goal.
41:50As ready as I'm going to be, so I want to get started.
41:54Kids, don't try this at home.
41:57The first evolution of hell week is called Breakout.
42:03It is the beginning of five straight days and nights of mental and physical evolutions
42:08designed to simulate combat stress.
42:11Hell week represents a separation from everything these young men have ever known.
42:17Although SEALs tend to minimize its significance to their overall training,
42:23Hell week is an initiation for those who make it through,
42:26and the end of the road for those who don't.
42:29Yet only time will tell who will fail and who will be left behind
42:50when the winter hell week of class 234 fades into memory six days from now.
42:56Okay, you guys, the paint layers have it done tonight.
43:00Alright, so for this evolution right now, prepare to down the log.
43:04We don't really know how old this log is.
43:06This thing's been around as long as anybody can remember.
43:09286, that's my class number there.
43:12We need to carve that in the log so that somebody can set it to sea,
43:15and it always returns.
43:16It's like a boomerang log.
43:17People have set fire to it.
43:19I think people have hauled it out in the desert and heard it one time,
43:21and it came back.
43:22Some frog man found it and dragged it back.
43:24It's never going to go away.
43:26I'm going to go away.
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