Hell Week: The Making of a SEAL

The authors plunge boatswain’s mate Jeremy White and his classmates into the trials of BUD/S Class 78. This chronicle captures the staggering exhaustion of nonstop PT on the grinder, where trainees endure freezing surf and endless flutter kicks under merciless instructors.

All the pain, punishment, endurance and commitment needed to survive the hell week of bootcamp training is chronicled in this riveting tale of determination and intrigue.

Six-man boat crews haul heavy inflatable craft through ocean paddles and the suffocating muck of the Tijuana River mud flats. The narrative follows these sailors across sleep-deprived days of whistle drills, demo pit blasts, and the constant temptation of the brass bell.

Go deep into SEAL territory with this intense, thrilling and detailed book written by Command Master Chief Dennis Chalker and military historian Kevin Dockery. No pain, no gain...

• Spec Ops: Class 78 transitions from conditioning to live-fire combat patrols and underwater demolitions on San Clemente Island, mastering CAR-15 rifles and heavy ordnance.
• Survival: Trainees face brutal drown-proofing evolutions in the base pool, forced to float with bound wrists and dive ten feet to retrieve face masks using only their teeth.
• Found Family: Detroit recruit Washington Sledge and rural Louisiana native Travis Rappaport set aside deep-seated friction, forging an unbreakable bond as swim buddies in the icy surf.
• Race Against Time: Exhausted boat crews battle the clock across grueling obstacle courses, scaling forty-foot cargo nets and hoisting the brutal extra-heavy telephone pole known as Old Misery.
• Also by This Author: The Home Team: Hostile Borders, The Home Team: Undeclared War and The Home Team: Weapons Grade.