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The skill of the SEALs off Somalia prompted the USNavy to relax its secrecy. NBC's Chris Jansing and CBS' Kimberly Dozier both filed from the usually clandestine Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado Cal, where commando recruits undergo training hell. The fourth week of their 26-week boot camp is nicknamed Hell Week: "Live-fire exercises, obstacle courses, night-vision training and more, pushing the limits of physical fitness and mental sharpness on four hours sleep a night," was how NBC's Jansing put it. CBS' Dozier told us that its rigors produce a dropout rate that is so high that the SEALs have difficulty reaching their 2,500 complement. The navy's solution is to reach out to endurance athletes in high school--rugby, wrestling, swimming and water polo. A couple of free publicity features on the nightly newscasts cannot hurt, either.
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