The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday (BUD/S Class 89)

L.C. Fowler — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

"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."

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