Navy SEAL candidate dies and another is hospitalized during grueling ‘Hell Week’ training
A NAVY SEAL candidate has died and another was hospitalized after taking part in the notoriously grueling Hell Week training in San Diego.
The trainee died on Friday after completing the initial phase of the training to become a SEAL, one of the nation's most elite military units.
The trainee has not yet been identified, as his family has not been notified, reports.
According to an official statement by Naval Special Warfare, the two trainees were taken to the hospital “several hours after their Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) class successfully completed Hell Week, part of the first phase of the Navy SEAL assessment and selection pathway.
"One candidate died at Sharp Coronado Hospital in Coronado, California, on Feb. 4. The other candidate is in stable condition at Naval Medical Center San Diego.”
The statement adds that the sailors were not in training when they reported symptoms.
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However, no official cause of death has been released.
Hell Week is known for testing SEAL candidates' limits, physically and mentally.
Trainees are expected to complete the high-intensity training while getting very little sleep.
The Navy has said only about one in five make it through the training.
There are no official numbers on how many have died in SEAL training.
Back in 2016 trainee Derek Lovelace drowned during a an exercise in what was ruled an accident by the Navy.
According to records, Lovelace was the fifth trainee to lose consciousness in the pool in four months.
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