The SEAL training course is rife with overzealous instructors, spotty medical care and students who were so determined to pass that they would either lie to doctors or turn to doping, according to a new report.
An investigation triggered by the death of a sailor last year dug deep into the longstanding problem of sailors using steroids and similar banned drugs as they try to pass the SEAL qualification course.
A scathing US Navy report was released on Thursday identifying ten officers for what it called “a near perfect storm” of failures that led to the death of seaman Kyle Mullen last year on the SEALs training course.
Navy lawyers are reviewing an investigation to determine potential punishments for sailors who may bear responsibility for the death of a SEAL candidate in 2022, USNI News has learned. In his endorsement of the command investigation into the death of 24-year-old Seaman Kyle Mullen, Naval Education Command commander Rear Adm. Peter Garvin recommended that sailors […]