Navy Seals Buds Class 234 Discovery Channel

I loved this DVD set and am in awe of the young men who volunteer for the arduous SEAL training program.This five hour DVD set gives us a snapshot of life in BUD/S training, the first hurdle sailors must clear to become Navy SEALs (BUD/S graduation is followed by SEAL Qualification Training [SQT]). There are three mentally and physically challenging phases in BUD/S training. The first two disks (four episodes) in this set focus on First Phase - physical training and teamwork development - which includes the infamous Hell Week. The third disk (two episodes) shows highlights from Second Phase diving instruction and Third Phase weapons training, underwater demolition, and land warfare tactics. Footage includes interviews with instructors and trainees during and between training evolutions.I discovered this series after reading Dick Couch's The Warrior Elite: the Forging of SEAL Class 228. Couch is a former SEAL who served in Vietnam. He was given unprecedented access to instructors and trainees as he followed Class 228 through BUD/S. And many of the instructors seen in the DVD are also featured prominently in Couch's book. The result is a far more in-depth look at BUD/S training than you get from the video, but the DVD definitely gives you a sense of the agony these guys must go through; you can see the pain on their faces during the more tortuous evolutions. For those interested in the next round of SEAL training, check out Couch's follow-up book, The Finishing School: Earning the Navy SEAL Trident, which chronicles SEAL Qualification Training or SQT.If you really want to know what it takes to be a Navy SEAL and what these young men must endure to achieve their goal, I would highly recommend you watch this DVD set (and read the two Dick Couch books as companions).

This show on BUD/S training is outstanding! Well worth picking up if you are into learning about what it takes to be part of our elite military. The show is presented in a fairly unbiased way, and you can't help but root for all the guys. The instuctors are sometimes comical in their interactions with their trainees. I really enjoyed watching this program, and wouldn't mind at all watching more! Another great show that can and should be watched along with this one is "Surviving the Cut" from Discovery Channel. There is a Navy SEAL episode on that one too, and is much like this show, only each highlighted elite military branch is only 1 hour long episode.Comes in a regular DVD case with 3 discs, six episodes total. Highly recommended to anyone who is interested in what it takes to be a U.S. Navy SEAL. GREAT SHOW!!!

I saw this documentary series when it originally aired on the Discovery Channel many years ago and only recently purchased a copy. SEAL training is probably the toughest of any military unit in the world. This documentary gives the viewer a very good flavor of what it takes to get through the initial training phases. There can be no doubt that the training is brutally tough, and the instructors are very intense and demanding, With that being said, I was consistently impressed with the care that the instructors took in monitoring the health of the trainees. Yes, the trainees are being pushed beyond their limits, but the instructors are watching closely for any signs of a health crises. Highly professional in my view.So while this documentary is not going to show everything required to get your Trident, it does provide a very real feel of how mentally and physically tough you need to be. I thank the SEALS for all they do!

The advertisement shows a 3 did set. I receive a single dvd with part 5&6 will be returned . Bought for a birthday gift as my son is interested in becoming a seal. Now I have to scramble to get another gift in 1 day.

I absolutely love this DVD set! I bought a second set off Amazon because I lost one disc to the first set I bought from the Discovery Channel store. Having watched the documentary numerous times, there are slight differences between this boxed set and the Discovery Channel set. This one has a little more to it in terms of split screens during interviews and extra footage.The DVD follows BUDs class 234 on their quest to become Navy Seals. There's nothing more intriguing than watching this group of men go through complete physical hell in order to become America's most elite soldiers. The attrition rate in BUDs is extremely high and, as stated in the video, the ones the make it through are the ones that would rather die than quit. The most amazing thing to watch in the DVD is who makes it through BUDs and who doesn't. Although the training is very rigorous, the challenge to BUDs seems more mental than anything.The three-disc set follows the BUDs trainees from their first day in training, through hell week, and onto dive training and underwater testing, and finally to land warfare training. While the DVD does a good job showing how rough the first 8 weeks of training are, it spends little time on the underwater and land warfare training. I would've liked to have seen more footage from these last two parts of BUDs and the DVD barely spends an hour on each topic.I would love to see a follow up on this documentary that focused on Seal Qualification Training, but I doubt the Navy wants our nations enemies to see how our Seals are trained. Overall, this DVD is great for anyone who wants a better idea of what these men go through on the first stage of their journey to becoming Navy Seals!