Three deaths in six months linked to basic Navy SEAL training
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Source: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot and NBC
Three deaths in six months linked to basic Navy SEAL training
By Ken Dilanian, NBC News
and Mike Hixenbaugh, The Virginian-Pilot
Mike Hixenbaugh, 757-446-2949, mike.hixenbaugh@pilotonline.com
55 min ago
This story was prepared in partnership with the NBC News Investigative Unit.
Daniel DelBianco had wanted to be a Navy SEAL since he was a young boy, and after months of punishing training, he was closing in on his goal. But in April, during a period of sleep deprivation known as “Hell Week,” the 23-year-old former college rugby player couldn’t take it anymore, and he "rang the bell" to signal he was quitting.
Seven hours later, the Navy seaman took an elevator to the top of a San Diego hotel and threw himself off the building, ending his life.
He is among three SEAL aspirants in the last four training classes who have died, a track record that raises questions about whether the Navy has been properly looking out for the young men who submit themselves to what is reputed to be among the world’s most grueling training programs. ... DelBianco’s father, Steve DelBianco, said he hopes his son’s death will lead the Navy to overhaul how it cares for the young men who don’t make it through training.
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The Virginian-Pilot and NBC News first reported earlier this week that SEAL trainee Seaman Derek Lovelace died last week in Coronado, Calif., during what is formally called basic underwater demolition/SEAL training, better known as BUD/S. He was just at the beginning of what is a grueling six-month regimen. ... DelBianco hadn’t made it much further. A third Navy man, Petty Officer 2nd Caplen Weare, 24, died in November in a motor vehicle accident, 60 hours after washing out of training, his mother told NBC News and The Pilot.
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Clockwise from the top: Derek Lovelace, Caplen Weare and Daniel DelBianco.
News
May 12 2016, 3:45 pm ET
by Ken Dilanian and Mike Hixenbaugh
This story was prepared in partnership with The Virginian-Pilot.
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Adam Goldman and Dan Lamothe
@Tmgneff
@adamgoldmanwp
@danlamothe
May 12
A sailor has died in three out of the last four Navy SEAL training classes, with one drowning days ago during a pool exercise and another committing suicide in April after failing to complete one of the U.S. military’s most demanding training programs.
A third sailor, who had been drinking heavily, died in November after his pickup truck rolled off the side of the road, less than three days after learning he had just barely missed the cut to continue training.
All three men were trying to complete a grueling six-month course that serves as a gateway into the storied community of Navy SEALs. The training includes a seven-day stretch of little sleep, self-induced hypothermia and brutal physical conditioning known as “Hell Week.” It is here the majority of SEAL hopefuls quit, also known as “ringing the bell.”
The rash of deaths raises questions about the safety of trainees and whether the Navy is providing adequate supervision for the approximately 80 percent of trainees who drop out, leaving many of them despondent after years of hope and preparation and months of intense training.
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Some will make it and some will not !
Ring out, suicide and death by health issues.
Nothing new here, happens everywhere.
