Inside the Team Room: Former Navy SEAL Mike Ritland Discusses How He Unsuccessfully Tried to Avoid Initiation Hazing

In the gritty echo of the Team Room, Mike Ritland’s evasion tactics and Shane Hiatt’s hose fiasco mingle with Drago’s boisterous chuckles, painting a vivid, unapologetic portrait of SEAL life far from the unseeing eyes of the world.

Ah…the good old days. Former Navy SEAL Mike Ritland talks about how he was away at a military school when the rest of the SEALs he was training with received their initiation hazing. For two weeks after returning, he tried to avoid the inevitable, sleeping under Humvees and trying to blend into the crowd. In the end, he still received his “hurricane in the mouth,” saying that the anticipation of it was the worst part.

Former SEAL Shane Hiatt explains why, as a new guy, you should never spray one of your instructors in the face with a hose.

Drago keeps double-fisting the drinks and laughing as they tell their stories.

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