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Mind-blowing. In 2000, the documentary mini-series Navy SEALS: BUD/S Class 234 was released, and truly, every episode is like utter torture. In it, we meet two ‘class 234’ candidates and follow them through training, which in this case, is a grueling 6 month intense course. Candidates rounding up will go through the most horrific training imaginable. Image Entertainment has released a compilation of the training, revealing the excruciating life of a Navy S.E.A.L. corpsman. Even while solely observing the Basic Underwater Demolition/ S.E.A.L. training course, we experience excessive pain. A testament to my point is the fact that the BUD/S Superior Underwater Demolition instructor training course is even more horrifying than a girl scout lunch. Navy SEALS: BUD/S Class 234 shatters any illusions of military training, giving us a clear depiction of the mental and physical strength it takes to endure such exercises.
Originally established during World War II, the United States Navy SEALs are now active combat solider who engage in secret military operations around the world and specialize in various types of fighting as well as underwater activities. Most of the time, SEALS are the first American infantry to set foot in a foreign land before the official army forces move in. Though most of their actions are still classified, these men are the only ones America can deploy when a task is too adverse or sensitive for ordinary Armed Forces. But how does the U.S. Navy locate and train these incredible men? In this country, we tend to watch too many movies and we automatically think that a hero like that is naturally there, that somebody like Central Casting has called them and put them on the morning call sheet.
The answer is quite an obvious one. The Navy does not need to search for these soldiers since every one of them enlists willingly. Whenever I have seen BUD/S Class 234 of the Navy SEALS training, I appreciate the fact that there is an undertone that there will be people who would want to join the Navy and even prosper at the best of their abilities. There will always be some soldiers, no matter how competitively they perform while serving in the military, that will desire to exceed their limits and say I am the best. The best of the best. In a society that is constantly looking at people who have achieved things to celebrate them at a distance, for instance, school districts discontinuing desirable medallions because of how it makes other students response, it is quite encouraging to know that there still exists establishments that expect hard work beyond mediocre level.
Now Navy Seal training goes beyond endurance training, it is what I would consider controlled insanity. Never in my life have I encountered such a thing in any other footage.
These candidates undergo greatly stressful experiences, unlike what you or I have to go through in life, especially in the first 24 hours of the training. I heard that the instructors do not let the candidates sleep for a week during hell week, which is around the third week of training. The purpose is to have both a physical and mental breakdown. But, there still remains the question: how on earth do the instructors expect me to survive the first 24 hours of the BUD/S course. These initial hours are so horrid that the instructors can seem believable when they claim that the average failure rate of a class is 70 percent.
To some, it may appear unjust, however, it does serve a purpose. The major objective of the exercises is to eliminate subpar performers and transform promising individuals into competent SEAL operatives. One of the most masculine sayings that these drill instructors understand is, “It pays to be a winner.” In essence, someone that excels or comes out first in any challenge is rewarded with rest inferring no work is done after. A phrase often overheard is “second place is first loser,” but the truth is many people are punished. The core objective of punishment, especially “Log PT,” where candidates are thereby forced to rotate 70 kilograms of weighing logs, is to exhaust every candidate who does not have sufficient “X” factors within them. While size surely does matter, it is inconceivable to a point where one is to affectionate and determined enough to withstand the harsh lessons taught by the instructors.
I also liked another aspect of the BUD/S SEAL class 234 the inflexible attitudes of the drill instructors. There are no “good excuses” when a task is not completed, even when one has sustained minor injuries. The drill instructors do not want to hear about it, and if they do, it is time for the candidate to “get wet and sandy.” Bluntly put, this involves jumping into the ocean and rolling around in the sand until the candidate is buried. Certainly not the most comfortable way to perform P.T. exercises. Just cut the bull and do it. The philosophy is simple, get it done, do it right, or D.O.R. (drop on request). As one of the chief drill instructors declares, “You screw off, I ‘ll catch you every time: and I’ll make you pay.” One of the problems with a team this elite is that only the best will be allowed to progress and everyone else tough luck. It is the most powerful illustration of effort and accomplishment I have ever witnessed. When you win, you earn the right to take a breather, and when you lose, you face the consequences.
The image quality of the video for Navy SEALS: BUD/S Class 234 is 1.33:1, and although it has its fair share of compression issues, it’s bearable because this is not supposed to be Dr Zhivago. The color contrasts suffer because of the filming techniques that ignore lighting/career, but the rougher edges of the video do not lessen the quality of the program in the slightest.
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