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What do SEALs do during peacetime?
During peacetime, SEALs find themselves with the same rigorous training as during war. Training remains strict to enforce the belief that the more you sweat in peacetime, the less you will bleed in war.
Deployments are almost never 4 years. SEALs typically operate on 18-month cycles, with 6 months deployed. However, some specialties and units (like DEVGRU) have their own op schedules which might include more frequent deployments for shorter periods of time.
Do Navy SEALs get days off?
They usually occur around weekends. They call them 72s (3 days off) and 96s (4 days off), they are like paid holiday time you would get in a civilian job and the days do not count against your leave days as long as you travel within 250 miles.
Normally ships will go to sea for 10 days to 2 weeks each month for training operations in preparation for deployment. Extended operations away from home port can last up to 6 to 9 months, and ships typically deploy once every 18-24 months.
When SEALs are preparing for a mission, their days are filled with physical training. These might include soft sand beach runs, two-mile ocean swims, weight workouts, obstacle course runs, PT, or skills training — which means parachute, dive or weapons training. SEALs do a lot of shooting as part of their training.
How do Navy SEALs plan their missions?
Regardless of the type of mission, you can be sure that SEALs have practiced it many times. When the type of mission has been specified, SEALs discuss and plan the specifics of the target, also known the floor plan, or in most cases, an unknown floor plan.
All SEALs have specialties and every SEAL has the responsibility to keep “his tools sharp”. As a lead climber I would often go climb mountains, ships, oil rigs, or buildings.