Above anything else, you'll need to be mentally resilient, physically tough and determined. Bosia added that as a SEAL, Henderson would need to work well in teams. Henderson will first go through eight weeks of increasingly difficult physical conditioning. Physical demands are so challenging that on average SEAL trainees burn 10,000 to 15,000 calories a day. Some vomit from fatigue.
Hallucinations are common.
But it's very well-scripted. If Henderson completes these phases, he'll spend three weeks at the Army Airborne School in Ft. Henderson will then have to prove himself during a six-month probationary period in order to be awarded Naval Special Warfare classification. That's why the training is so challenging, Bosia said. I was told, 'You're gonna be miserable.