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Navy SEALs recruits face stricter blood tests after steroids scandal where a recruit died after Hell Week: One officer claims 'significant portion of the candidate population is utilizing a wide range of performance enhancing drugs'
2022-09-29
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Seaman Kyle Mullen, 24, of Manalapan, New Jersey, died on February 4, 2022

  • A military autopsy report revealed that the young trainees' cause of death was pneumonia, and indicated he went untreated until it was too late

  • Hours after the seaman's death, steroids were found in his car

  • According to toxicology report, Regina Mullen said her son did not have PEDs in his system, and said her son had told her that other trainees were using them, CNN reported

  • Less than 24 hours after Mullen's death, senior officials ordered the entire SEAL training class to undergo urinalysis testing

  • Of the 1,000 personnel tested, more than 30 tested positive and were eventually removed from training

  • Senior Navy officials have asked the Pentagon to approve blood testing to uncover possible illegal or banned substances used by the elite forces
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Posted by:Skidmark

#2  These guys don't get a short season, Docs and hydration on the sidelines, timeouts, halftimes or million dollar endorsements and super-models.

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Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-29 14:49  

#1  When you train up against the very limits of human capacity guy will always try to look for a way to get better, and just exercise will not do it. We see it in pro athletes, Olympic athletes, and in top tier Military. This issue is not a Seal issue, its a leadership issue. Leaders are ignoring it and need to address it. Drug testing is only a slice. Med screening for their health, training for the instructors to recognize the human limits in the individual and intervene when appropriate without being retaliatory is important.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2022-09-29 11:06  

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