Navy orders high-level outside investigation of SEAL course
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.
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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.
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.