Retired Navy SEAL reacts to ‘Hell Week’ training death



Capt. John Havlik, a retired Navy SEAL, gives his take on the death of Kyle Mullen, a trainee who died after completing the force’s “Hell Week.”

Original source (ABC/Youtube)

38 comments

  1. Shits the closest thing we have to Becoming a spartan or Witcher.

  2. If those seal training documentaries they had on the Discovery Channel are anything to go on…4 hours of sleep in one week with that kind of training? Yeah my heart would burst…

  3. This lady should’ve done her homework. Smh 🤦🏽‍♂️

  4. modern journalism, where the answers never really match the questions 🙄

  5. My neighbor is a retired seal he said it takes a person who has no limits isn't scared of dying but will Fight like hell to live

  6. More like 90 percent doesn’t make it.

  7. You weren’t strong enough.

  8. Its preexisting conditions, for sure. I heard that people who run a lot, can't just stop suddenly, because their heart WILL quit.

  9. The only easy day was yesterday.

  10. Marines have died in bootcamp, which despite what a marine might tell you, unless they go into the Marine's version of special forces afterwards isn't more than 10% of what the SEALS endure. It's strange that two people got sick though. The dumb vaccine maybe?

  11. My prayers go out to the family :/

  12. Before the SEALs became popular they had a higher dropout rate

  13. Fair Winds and Following Seas, Kyle Mullen.

  14. People will be replaced with robots and clones soon, so why push people to the point of death?

  15. I wonder if these guys dropping is from heart inflammation from a certain shot.

  16. I went through Hell Week. I thanked my instructor for letting me stay at the Four Seasons for 5 days and asked when the real training starts.

  17. They would have a lot more deaths in the SEAL ranks if they lowered the standards like the rest of the military has. The additional deaths would be accompanied by failed missions.

  18. It’s very sad… but I know this man wouldn’t want us to be sadden rather us honor him for knowing that he was willing to die just to become a SEAL and protect this country… rest in paradise young warrior 🖤 you get to wear gods armor now

  19. A year from now, Don Shipley will be looking up and calling out on his channel a fake Navy SEAL that supposedly new the guy that died because they were in the same BUDS class.

  20. 1 hospitalized? Maybe. 2 hospitalized and 1 dies?

  21. Horrible intro to buds, it’s disappointing 🤦🏻‍♂️

  22. Training has to be tough…Don't want anyone who will break under enemy interrogation in the first 5mins🤷🏼‍♂️

  23. Deepest condolences to the family and maximum respect to Kyle.

  24. These guys to do this for us all ,so we don't half too. They are men of honor and courage. Super tuff guys, if you pull this off, you can do anything in life. Never quit and die trying

  25. They still didn’t say how he passed

  26. The couple of hours of sleep they are forced to have is what kills these warriors… Save the no sleep for the actual mission dumbasses. Stop killing our soldiers!

  27. The nature of the jobs all Special Operation Groups do requiresers a higher level of risk in training. If we start dumbing it down like we're doing in the regular ranks we're going to see a lot more deaths.

  28. I’m joining the Navy. If anybody here is an ex or current seal, how hard is seal training? I’ve heard a lot of different opinions and can I get through it if I put my mind through it.

  29. As a child of immigrant parents that escaped a genocide to the U.S., thank you for your service, Kyle. I am always grateful for amazing human beings like you that give your lives for our country so we don't have to suffer. Rest easy in heaven, my friend.

  30. I hate that people are actually trying to be like "wow what a brave man!" or "He knows what he was doing for and the risks." No. He should not have died. That is not okay at all. I understand the training needs to be rough and hard because it needs to prepare them for these situations, and yes, they are know there is potential they will die out there, but they should not potentially die in training. That is not okay at all.

  31. I remember a BUD/S instructor saying “if people aren’t dying, then we aren’t training hard enough”. That’s the kind of mindset you gotta have, more SOF members are killed in training accidents than they are in combat

  32. This is basically survival of the fittest situation

  33. While the Army goes limp the Navy Seals rage on!

  34. Jocko says is nothing you get wet tired and cold

  35. We too often take our freedom for granted and forget the sacrifices that our military personnel and their families make to ensure that we can peacefully lay our heads down each night. This young man should not be considered a SEAL candidate…he should absolutely be branded a legitimate SEAL; he gave everything for his country. My heart goes out to his family.

  36. would you rather do Hell week? or 1 week in solitary confinement