Navy overhauls SEAL training after investigation finds inadequate medical care and oversight led to candidate's death

An investigation into the death of Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen found major failures in the medical support and oversight of the grueling selection course known as Hell Week.
The Navy has implemented changes to expand medical testing, bolster oversight of instructors, and curb the use of performance-enhancing drugs in response to the findings.
Three Navy officers received administrative reprimands for the "unrecognized accumulation of risk" that led to Mullen's death from pneumonia and the hospitalization of three other candidates.
The report found that instructors focused on weeding out candidates rather than properly training them, and the medical staff lacked the experience and preparation to properly monitor candidates' health.
Mullen's death was deemed "not unforeseeable" given the state of the training program, despite the inherent challenges of the Hell Week course designed to push candidates to their physical and mental limits.