Should Navy SEAL 'Hell Week' practices be reconsidered after the recent tragedy?

This is a very necessary risk. These men are thoroughly instructed in what to expect before, during, and after training. They are constantly treated and monitored the entire time of their training. The training they endure is absolutely necessary, because the enemies they will have to face in combat will do far worse if they are captured. These men simply Must be prepared for any and all possible scenarios at all times. Though this loss was tragic, and I pray for his family. This brave warrior knew Exactly what he signed up for, and gave his life to defend this nation. He may not have finished the course, but he still said Yes, when countless others said No. Rest well Brave Warrior, your brothers will man the Wall in your honor.

A .002% casualty rate is no reason to abandon a training program.

Necessary risk. You don't want someone out there that can't take the heat.

Keep training hard it is needed. Yes it us tragic that he died but when was the last time someone died in training.

The brutal truth is military training is designed to be hard. Accidents and overstress on a body with an unknown condition leads to a number of deaths per year. It's considered a cost of doing business. Back in the day, everybody at Boot got 200M IU Bicillin in butt/hip area. I have personal knowledge of Great Lakes killing 2-3 recruits a year due to allergic reaction. They were typically from the hill country and never had penicillin before. The cost and time of doing allergy tests precluded that option. Why did everyone get that jab? Lab tests to see who had the Clap cost time and money too. So everyone got it so the system could move on.

I don't think we have evidence to support changing Hell Week at the moment. We still don't know what illness caused the two candidates to be hospitalized. If there is an issue related to the instructors or class schedule it could be debated but it is way too early to start shifting the course around. SEAL training is hard because SEAL life in general is hard. Combat isn't easy and watering down training shouldn't be the knee jerk reaction right out the gate when there is most likely alot more to the situation.

No, not reconsidered yes, necessary

Even though this was unfortunate and my prayers to the family, todays military is getting too damned soft Those in SOF have to train as hard and miserable as training can get so when the shit hits the fan and you are in middle of nowhere your exposure to hardships in training will and can save your life and lives of others in your team As Maj Thornton comments "Should we stop flight operations at sea because an F-35 crashed? Risk is inherent to the military life style." And that is 100% correct

Necessary risk. You don't want someone out there that can't take the heat

No!