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Want to be special? okay, prove it. >> reporter: proving it means surviving a training program so long and so tough that most don't make it. they call it b.u.d.s. >> basic underwater demolition s.e.a.l. school. it all starts there. my class started i think around 126, 130 and we graduated around 22 to 25. [ chanting ] >> reporter: every day begins with physical training, miles of swimming, running, hundreds of sit-ups, push-ups, all before the day's real work begins. and even more important than preparing the body is preparing the mind. case in point, an exercise called "drown proofing."

>> reporter: provinging it means survivinging a training program so long and so tough that most don't make it. they call it b.u.d.s. >> basic underwater demolition s.e.a.l. school. it all starts there. my class started i think around 126, 130 and we graduated around 22 to 25. [ chanting ] >> reporter: every day begins with physical training, miles of swimming, runninging, hundreds of sit-ups, push-ups, all before the day's real work begins. and even more important than preparing the body is preparing the mind. case in point, an exercise called "drown proofing". >> candidates' hands are tied be...

And even more important than preparing the body is preparing the mind. case in point, an exercise called "drown proofing". >> candidates' hands are tied behind their back, their feet are tied together. then they are thrown into the pool. you better not panic. better remain calm. control your breathing. control your heart rate. they tell you day one at b.u.d.s., mental toughness. not physical toughness. it's what's between the ears that keeps the body going. >> reporter: and then comes hell week. six days, little sleep, submerged in frigid water or running hundreds of miles. >> now, the importa...

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long night's sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "you've got the green light." let's go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military's best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. >> report...

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. vi . >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long night's sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "you've got the green light." let's go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military's best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. >> r...