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SEAL Team Six Selection Has 80 Percent Attrition Rate Former Operator Reveals
Mike Drop
From SEAL Team 10 to DEVGRU - Cole Fackler Speaks Out
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"It is so mentally stressful. Like, it is BUD/S times 100. It's physically, mentally exhausting and takes you to a whole nother level that you never thought you would reach. They put you into these situations where all eyes are on you, and they'll just mentally fuck with you. You never knew where you sat, at what status. Some of your all-stars, best friends, like, you're leaving? You're way better than I am."
A former SEAL Team Six operator reveals that approximately 80 percent of candidates fail the unit's selection course, known as Green Team. He describes the psychological pressure as exponentially more intense than BUD/S training, with instructors deliberately creating ambiguity about performance and eliminating even top performers. The mental stress is designed to test decision-making under extreme pressure, with some elite operators being cut for personality issues like arrogance rather than performance failures.
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- From SEAL Team 10 to DEVGRU - Cole Fackler Speaks Out
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