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2022-09-29 -Land of the Free

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'

[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

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#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|| 2022-09-29 11:06|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-09-29 14:49|| Front Page Top

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