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Special Warfare

USN Seals

Naval Special Warfare provides qualified officers the opportunity to lead members of one of the world's most elite special operations forces. Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, and Land operators) have the unique ability to fight any type of enemy (conventional or non-conventional) in any type of environment. Officers in this community will lead small teams in missions to include:

  • Conducting insertions and extractions by sea, air or land to accomplish covert, Special Warfare/Special Operations missions
  • Capturing high-value enemy personnel and terrorists around the world
  • Collecting information and intelligence through special reconnaissance missions
  • Carrying out small-unit, direct-action missions against military targets
  • Performing underwater reconnaissance and the demolition of natural or man-made obstacles prior to amphibious landing

Selection

Selection for the Naval Special Warfare community is highly competitive. Navy ROTC midshipmen desiring to be selected as a SEAL Officer should be in peak physical condition, be strong academically, and be known as a leader amongst their peers. The selection process is comprised of taking the Physical Screening Test (PST), attending the first class SEAL Officer Accession and Selection (SOAS) Cruise, submitting an application package, and being interviewed by a panel of SEAL officers. Approximately 25 NROTC midshipmen are selected for this community each year.

Pipeline

The newly commissioned officer from the NROTC program will complete the following training:

  • Junior Officer Training Course
  • Basic Underwater Demolition School (BUD/s): BUD/s is a grueling 6-month course that challenges candidates both mentally and physically, only the best will make it through.
  • SEAL Qualification Training (SQT): SQT is where SEAL candidates will become proficient in a variety of warfare skills to include: weapons handling and shooting, demolitions training, small unit leadership, land warfare, and maritime warfare.  
  • Basic Airborne School and Military Freefall training
  • Language training
  • Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE training)

Once all training requirements are met SEAL Officers will report to their first platoon as the Assistant Officer in Charge.

Please refer to the SEALs Website for more information.

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