The article provides an inside look at the BUD/S obstacle course experienced by Navy SEAL trainees, highlighting the competitive nature of the training and the physical challenges involved. It features insights from Brandon Webb, who shares his personal experience with the course.
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The BUD/S obstacle course is designed to rank trainees based on their speed, leading to intense competition among the 200 participants.
How the training environment fosters a sense of urgency, as slower trainees are humorously buried at the finish line to motivate others.
Why Brandon Webb's personal anecdote about falling off the Slide-for-Life emphasizes the high stakes and physical demands of SEAL training.
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First-person look at BUD/S obstacle course
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Here’s a look at the BUD/S obstacle course as run through by an actual SEAL wearing a helmet cam.
Here’s a look at the BUD/S obstacle course as run through by an actual SEAL wearing a helmet cam.
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In training, a class will line up by their last recorded time and adjust in rank according to how fast or slow they are. Imagine 200 guys staggered; it gets jammed up really quickly, with guys clawing over each other for a faster time. The good news is that in BUD/S, the class size gets small really fast, too, so the obstacle course becomes less crowded.
We would typically bury the slowest guy (by instruction) at the finish line, leaving only his head showing, so he could watch everyone run over him. You did not want to be “that guy.”
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I talked about my own experience falling off the Slide-for-Life on this o-course in my book, The Red Circle.
Here’s a look at the BUD/S obstacle course as run through by an actual SEAL wearing a helmet cam.
In training, a class will line up by their last recorded time and adjust in rank according to how fast or slow they are. Imagine 200 guys staggered; it gets jammed up really quickly, with guys clawing over each other for a faster time. The good news is that in BUD/S, the class size gets small really fast, too, so the obstacle course becomes less crowded.
We would typically bury the slowest guy (by instruction) at the finish line, leaving only his head showing, so he could watch everyone run over him. You did not want to be “that guy.”
I talked about my own experience falling off the Slide-for-Life on this o-course in my book, The Red Circle.
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