Special Warfare Combat Crewmen

Um, but, uh, Two women finished SEAL officer screening, neither got a SEAL contract.

July 2021, first woman finished SWCC, the Navy Special Boat Crews.

Nine have tried, two graduated.

The Army, first two women passed Ranger School in 2015, 100 by 2022.

We worked with them once.

I was a Navy SWCC.

It was a training thing, and we were doing a simulated medevac at sea underway in, in rough seas, like real heavy sea states while we were moving.

And we were on an 11-meter rib.

And being the guy that sits in the back with no control over it, uh, can be a little sketchy at times.

Uh, but [chuckles] it's the best.

And the SWCC guys, we worked with you guys a decent amount, uh, from another organization, and I really respect all the work you guys do.

It's not a-- It's not an easy job, man.

The report also reviewed 634 exposure forms submitted by 144 service members from 2020 through 2026.

Investigators found no documented Military Acute Concussion Evaluation 2 assessments for personnel at Special Boat Teams 12 and 20 after those forms recorded symptoms.

They also found none of the reviewed forms documented the required follow-up within two weeks.

In practical terms, reporting a symptom did not reliably trigger the clinical pathway that policy required, leaving commanders without assurance that injured personnel received timely evaluation and care.

No, I didn't.

On the Navy side, they've had one female make it through SWCC training to be a special boat driver, but they haven't had any go-through buds.

I didn't know that they have had women.

There's a

Look, there's some hard women out there.

The question is, did they change the standards for them or not? And I can't speak to that.

I don't – I get all kind of feedback from dudes that I know who worked at, you know, SWCC, the Army SWCC, the SF schoolhouse.

So I get a lot of different answers on that.

I didn't know what I was getting into at the time, but I wound up on a special operations support role.

I eventually became an SWCC operator, running logistical and tactical support for SEAL teams one, three, four, and five.

I trained in jungles, deserts, cold climates, and I've had more than my share of situations where fight or flight hit hard.

Even with all that military experience, nothing ever hit me quite like the day I saw a Bigfoot.