[WastingMyTime89]

> The nature of special operations units is demanding and grueling, and the selection processes should always endeavor to mirror that intensity.

Then again, there are plenty of way to achieve that. The issue with the so called “hell week” is the amount of swimming in frigid water. You don’t need that much swimming to produce the desired effect. You could replace say a quarter of it with gruelling runs in the jungle and reach the same results without all the pulmonary edemas. I mean the issue is so common that applicants know how to self medicate. It clearly means there is an issue there.

But it’s an hopeless fight. BUD/S has been criticised for decades even by high ranking navy officers and nothing changes. The SEALs all went through it and refuse to face that the thing is absurd out of pride. I fully expect people to keep dying until politicians put their foot down.