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The punishing selection course for the Navy’s most elite force is under new scrutiny after a sailor’s death exposed physical abuse and other problems.

Outgoing vice chief of naval operations, Adm. William K Lescher, ordered an investigation into the selection course for Navy SEALS on August 31 following the death of Kyle Mullen, 24, left.

The punishing selection course for the Navy’s most elite force has come under new scrutiny after a sailor’s death exposed illicit drug use and other problems.

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The death of Seaman Kyle Mullins in BUD/S training to become a navy SEAL has the New York Times claiming the training program harbors a culture of brutality, cheating and drugs. SOFREP looks at the evidence of these claims and draws a very different conclusion.

The SEAL teams have faced criticism for decades, both from outsiders and their own Navy leadership, that BUD/S is too difficult and too brutal.

Some Navy SEAL candidates are taking Viagra, among other banned drugs, during training to combat a dangerous lung condition developed by the intense process

Leadership "contributed" to Brandon Caserta's decision to take his own life, an investigation found.

The elite force’s selection course is so punishing that few make it through, and many of those who do resort to illicit tactics.

Kyle Mullen, 24, tested positive for steroid use after he died completing the grueling, 20-hour-a-day hell week Navy SEAL training course in February, where drug use has become the norm.