Probe finds major faults with SEAL training

By Agence France-Presse

May 27, 2023 12:36 am

WASHINGTON: A US Navy investigation released Thursday (Friday in Manila) identified major concerns with the brutally difficult training that produces members of the elite SEALs special forces.

The probe — which was launched following the February 2022 death of Seaman Kyle Mullen during training — found 'failures across multiple systems that led to a number of candidates being at a high risk of serious injury.'

QUESTIONABLE PROGRAM This file photo shows the US nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington at a naval port in the southeastern port city of Busan, South Korea on July 11, 2014. A US Navy investigation released Thursday, May 25, 2023, identified major concerns with the brutally difficult training that produces members of the elite SEALs special forces. XINHUA PHOTO

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