Seaman Kyle Mullen’s death a few hours after completing the brutal Hell Week portion of the SEALs’ selection course raised broad concerns about how the course is run.
Readers discuss whether it is, in one writer’s words, “time to wind up the affairs of ‘the firm.’” Also: Rudy Giuliani; Navy SEALs; the nursing shortage.
The punishing selection course for the Navy’s most elite force has come under new scrutiny after a sailor’s death exposed illicit drug use and other problems.