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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.
Basic Training Command at the Naval Special Warfare Center is also known as "Pre-BUDs" and screens applicants for suitability for further training as Navy SEALs and for the Special Warfare Combatant Crewman(SWCC) programs. It now has female instructors as part of the cadre.
MOUNT CLEMENS — Over 50 years have passed since Ray Smith Jr. served his country, but that doesn’t mean the recognition stops.