six pull-ups and run 1 1/2 miles in 11 minutes. do you think you could do that? well, if you pass, then you start basic underwater demolition school, or buds as it s called. months of sheer hell. in total, s.e.a.l.s train between 18 and 24 months, with the pinnacle of training coming during what is not surprisingly called hell week. five days in which trainees are constantly cold, hungry, sleep deprived, and, yes, wet. it s designed to push a man past his breaking point and recruits sleep a total of four hours maximum over the entire five days. sounds pretty grueling, doesn t it? most recruits drop out long before this, because they can t take the training, which involves running 15 miles topped with a two-mile open water swim and other intense physical conditioning. the navy said a s.e.a.l. can fire more ammo in one training