"Every Navy SEAL on this planet has one thing in common:
They first graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training in Coronado, CA.
During the six months of SEAL training, they're called tadpoles
because their forefathers were the famed Navy Frogmen.
To be a tadpole means you haven't rung out, and you hope
to be one of the few to graduate BUD/S training.
To survive as a tadpole, you have to be physically robust,
mentally tenacious, and prepared to die if necessary."