(CNN) A Navy SEAL candidate died Friday and another was hospitalized in San Diego after completing a training phase known as "Hell Week."
Naval Special Warfare Command said in a statement that the cause of the SEAL candidate's death is currently unknown and is under investigation. The injured candidate is in stable condition at Naval Medical Center San Diego.
The sailors, who were not named, were not "actively" training when they began suffering symptoms, according to the statement.
NBC first reported on the incident.
They began suffering symptoms "several hours" after the sailors' Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) class had completed Hell Week and were taken for emergency medical care, according to the statement.
spaceballsrules on February 6th, 2022 at 00:46 UTC »
If you want to get a glimpse of what SEALs training is like, check out the docu-series Navy SEALs: BUDS Class 234 that was produced back in 2000. Hell Week is episode 4 out of 6.
Hussaf on February 6th, 2022 at 00:19 UTC »
His medical condition is going to be a large part of the investigation. He had the equivalent of a flight physical before going to training, so any underlying heart condition exacerbated by the training evolutions should have been caught .
sticks14 on February 6th, 2022 at 00:06 UTC »
I recall of another Navy Seal training death related to water. That was years ago.