Applicants must be physically qualified for aviation duty and have successfully completed aviation physiology and water survival training. This exposes selected midshipmen to Special Warfare training. The training lasts three weeks, with a fourth week spent with a SEAL team. Under special circumstances midshipmen may opt to take their first class cruises during semester break. Information about these cruises will be promulgated by the cruise coordinator.
Quotas are extremely limited and normally have a very limited underway time.
Requests for academic year cruises will be considered on an individual basis. Selections are made on an individual basis by the Chief of Naval Education and Training. Detailed instructions for the various training periods are promulgated to each individual through summer cruise manuals and cruise memoranda. Detailed briefings are provided to each class by the class advisor, administrative officer, and by midshipmen who have previously participated in specific cruises. Appropriate inoculations must be obtained prior to departure for summer cruise.