Interesting read.
EXPLAINED: What It Takes To Join SEAL Team Six
Read the rest of the article at the link.If you want to send off the best from the U.S. military, you can count on Navy SEALs. But if SEALs need an even more elite team, they send off the SEAL Team Six.
That fact alone should give you the necessary hint to understand how extremely difficult it is to become a part of that much-vaunted group.
First off, you should know that the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG)—abbreviated as DEVGRU and commonly known as SEAL Team Six—is the U.S. Navy component of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). SEAL Team Six is regularly tasked with performing the most complex, classified, and dangerous missions directed by the upper tiers of the U.S. military.
If this is still piquing your interest, then here is a quick rundown on how to attain your dream goal of joining this exclusive squad: you must be male, at least twenty-one years old, already be an active member of a SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) or SEAL Team, have at least five years of experience on a SEAL Team, and have served at least two deployments.
The key to this entire process is that you are currently part of the SDV or SEAL Team, which already takes an incredible amount of mental and physical strength to achieve.
Be aware, though, that out of roughly a thousand candidates who start the SEAL training program each year, only about 25 percent succeed. And know that all roads to becoming a Navy SEAL end at BUD/S—Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training. There are several avenues to reach that point, but you must finish BUD/S before you can proudly call yourself a SEAL.