- Ready?
- All: Ready! - Get down!
- All: One! Capone:<i>
In a selection process</i> <i>when you have
a group of 30,</i> you can't pick
who's gonna be there
at the end. My five guys are right here.
I want perfection. Okay?
You are who you are <i>and everybody
has a weakness.</i> Number 2 has plenty
of life experience. I mean,
the guy's a firefighter. He works in
a special operations
rescue house. Tyler Grey:<i>
I don't know if his reason
for being there</i> is strong enough
to get him through. <i>You showed up at this
with your fiancée.</i> 2:<i>
I don't think any of
those other guys</i> are thinking about leaving,
and I am. Ray Care:<i>
Number 19.</i> Very reserved.
Very analytical. He's got 170 IQ,
a 12-pound brain, <i>but he's just not very good
at stress right now.</i> - Try and hold the pole!
- Calm down. Capone:<i> Number 11.
He's a strong leader.</i> We saw that
right from the start. Guys like 11
are the ones that are gonna
finish this thing. <i>The guy that's always
asking to help.</i> That's good. That's good.
Deep breaths. Capone:<i>
He's the oldest
in the class.</i> <i>He's 45 years old,
and my only concern for him was</i> - is he going to break?
- Ugh. Bert Kuntz:<i>
roster number 17.</i> <i>He's always giving 100%...</i> - ( indistinct yelling )
- That was good. ...but he makes mistakes
and has some failures. - Someone didn't do
the full amount.
- It's bullshit! I feel like I should
take my own patch off and give it to you
right now. Donnie Bowen:<i> Number 12.
Physical specimen.</i> Winner. <i>But we'll see how
he's able to handle</i> - the mental stresses.
- Come on, man. Whatever is eating away at him,
could take him down. Care:<i> Stop dwelling
on what you've accomplished
in the past.</i> It means nothing. You guys need to understand
that this is not over. All:
Yes, Instructor! Instructor's voice echoing:<i>
Hurry up! Hurry up!</i> - Don't be last.
- All: Don't be last. 17:<i>
If it wasn't for everything
I've been through,</i> <i>I would've given up
a long time ago.</i> <i>( sniffles )</i> 11:<i> What the hell
am I doing out here</i> <i>in the desert, dying?</i> Grey:<i>
Listen to me very carefully.</i> <i>The easiest part
is over.</i> 17:<i>
Every step just feels like
you're walking on hot coals.</i> <i>Oh, my feet hurt so bad.</i> <i>( crickets chirping )</i> Sean Haggerty:<i>
In every selection program</i> <i>you start off
with some kind of basic lesson</i> and then there's
another lesson and another lesson
and another lesson and another lesson,
and eventually it leads to a field training exercise
commonly called FTX. At this point,
I don't want to tip our hand and let them know
that, they got through this, they were done. <i>All right, listen up.</i> <i>What the situation is
is you guys are doing</i> a training mission. <i>Everything that you've
learned here</i> we're gonna put together, and we want you to use
on this mission. We don't have a lot of information
for you right now. The situation's
changing rapidly, but you guys are gonna
insert via helo. <i>Special instructions.</i> If something happens while you guys
are on the mission and you get captured
by the enemy, <i>make sure you guys
try to escape</i> <i>at every chance
you have.</i> - You guys got that?
- All: Yes, Instructor. You guys,
let's go. <i>During the FTX,</i> we're constantly
changing up the mission. <i>This is forcing
the students</i> <i>to adjust on the fly.</i> Ray Care:<i>
It doesn't matter what
we throw at 'em.</i> They will do it
or they will be dropped. Capone:<i>
Throughout training,</i> <i>you're always
being tested,</i> and, you know,
this was just another test. Care:<i>
You might be scared
of heights,</i> <i>but you have to harness
that fear, that doubt,</i> and turn it into
something positive. ( all cheering ) Care:<i>
Jumping out of a helicopter...</i> it is exhilarating. Go! <i>They were yelling-- Yeah!
It was awesome.</i> They were on cloud 9. Whoo! - Yeah!
- Whoo! - Yeah! Yeah!
- It was a morale booster. We got all the candidates
in the boats. We're starting
to come in. <i>They needed
that boost...</i> for the hell
that was coming. Haggerty:<i>
At this point,</i> <i>they've been
going through</i> <i>an ungodly amount
of exercises</i> <i>and evolutions.</i> - There you go.
- Keep going. Keep going.
Let's go. - Let's go.
- Right. And we're
just pushing them
to that limit more and more
and more. All right,
stand at attention. You guys need
to cache your boat now. You also need
to make a hide site. <i>You guys only have
three hours to do this.</i> You guys need to move
with a purpose. -<i> Make sense?</i>
- All:<i> Yes, instructor.</i> - Bust 'em.
- All: Bust 'em. - Bust 'em.
- All: Up. Haggerty:<i>
You've gotta make a hide site.
Difference is...</i> they're not on
the side of a mountain.
They're on a beach. <i>Hey, guys, if you don't make
the three hour timeline,</i> <i>you're ( bleep ),
plain and simple.</i> -<i> Got it?</i>
- All: Yes, instructor. Haggerty:<i>
They need to build up
some kind of wall...</i> - Ugh!
-<i> ...so that way</i> <i>they can lay their boat
on top of it</i> <i>and conceal themselves.</i> We're getting there, guys,
we're getting there. All right,
I think we're
sandbagged up. So let's go ahead
and lay the Zodiac up and see what
it looks like. Haggerty:<i>
They've been up for days,</i> <i>but it doesn't matter</i> <i>how much more effort
you have to put into it.</i> Yeah, I know.
Ah! Haggerty:<i>
It doesn't matter how
exhausted you are</i> you've gotta get
the job done. <i>( laughing )</i> Capone:<i>
For the next phase
of the mission,</i> <i>we had already built
a relationship</i> with these candidates
and so we wanted -<i> to change up the faces.</i>
- Let's move. What we did
was to bring in a outsider. Get your people
and let's move. We've gotta move
and move now. Okay.
Ugh! Capone:<i>
You know, we're trying
to continue</i> <i>to make these candidates
uneasy, uncomfortable...</i> - Let's move, gentlemen.
- Let's go. Let's go. You need to get
your gear off. I need you to hood up,
I need you to goggle up. Grab hood.
Grab goggles. Capone:<i>
Getting a hood throw over
your head...</i> <i>The anticipation
now changes from,</i> <i>you know, them seeing
what gonna happen next</i> to them guessing
what's going to happen next. Heads down. Capone:<i>
During their final
training exercise,</i> we had another
resistance portion <i>that was designed
to simulate</i> <i>getting captured
by the enemy.</i> <i>They go in a box.</i> <i>They're tired,
they're hungry.</i> Capone:<i>
They had to survive</i> until there was an opportunity
for them to escape. When Instructor Bowen and I
linked up with the last five <i>participants left,
they were in boxes</i> <i>and had been there
all night long.</i> <i>Like a SERE course--</i> <i>survival, evasion,
resistance, and escape--</i> <i>they've been captive,</i> <i>and the next phase
would be escape</i> <i>where you're making
every attempt to get out
of enemy territory.</i> Come on, this way. No, that way. No, this is it.
This is it. Hey, stop. - Come back.
- Come back? Come back. Come back. Congratulations on
finishing this portion
of your training. Good job
trying to get out of there. That's what you guys
should've been doing. So at this point,
you guys would now <i>move into the next phase
of this which would be</i> escape and evasion. <i>Your goal</i> is to get out
of bad guy country <i>as fast as you can.</i> It's not gonna be easy. <i>Once they had finished
that ristance and escape,</i> <i>the next phase for them
was a long distance ruck march.</i> - Got your gear ready?
- All:<i> Yes, instructor.</i> Kuntz:<i>
They don't know what
the time standard is</i> <i>or what the distance is</i> but we knew that it was
16-and-a-half miles, <i>a thousand feet
of elevation gain for them.</i> There is five points
you guys have to hit. You guys can hit
those points as a team or you can do this
entire escape and invasion corridor on your own. Because we are not
too late in the game here to be dropped
for performance. <i>To complete
this mission,</i> you have to move as quickly
as you physically can. Is that understood? All:
Yes, instructor. One minute
to be out on the road, rucks on, standing by. Does everyone understand
what they must do? All:
Yes, instructor. Time starts now.
Move. Kuntz:<i>
Their ruck sacks</i> were about
55 to 65 pounds, <i>and they're
coming off of about</i> <i>27 hours of no sleep.</i> <i>It was 90-plus degrees</i> <i>when they took off,</i> <i>and it wasn't getting
any cooler.</i> - Even the breeze is hot.
- I know. Kuntz:<i>
They have to make it
to the last point by sundown</i> <i>or they will go home.</i> They will be dropped
from this program. Just keep pumping
those legs, guys. Keep pumping the legs. Just keep the aggression.
We can't slow down, you know. - Up this trail.
- Yep. What's the first
checkpoint? Most likely,
it's gonna be at the top
of this peak. Let's go. Kuntz:<i>
At each checkpoint</i> -<i> we put an ammo can...</i>
- It's here. Everybody's got
a note card with their
roster number. Kuntz:<i>
We put coded numbers
in there</i> so that
every single person went to every single point. Everybody get a sip, catch their breath
for a second. I know that
one thing we wanna do
is rest but we can't. We gotta keep movin'. Nice work, guys. Let's go, guys.
Come on. Kuntz:<i>
For the first few miles
they looked</i> <i>pretty strong
as a group.</i> - I see
the ammo can, guys.
- Yep. Kuntz:<i>
They stayed as a team,
moved to point two.</i> Gotta walk
with purpose, guys. You guys good to try to do
a slight jog down this? I'll do my best, man. <i>But you're only as fast
as your slowest person</i> <i>if you stay together
as a team.</i> What if it
comes to a point where the other guys
are just lagging behind? You feeling like
we should go? Or do we stick this out
as a team and we fail as a team? We can't get too far
separated. However, if nobody
gets extracted, nobody gets rescued. ( bleep ), it's so hot. I gotta rest, dude.
( bleep ). You're good. These guys
trying to be ( bleep )
track stars. They gotta keep
grinding, man, or they're
gonna get pulled. Pretend you're in
a race, brother. Go to that place
of suffering. I've been in that place
this whole time. Cover you number. Dude, they just keep on going
without us, man. Kuntz:<i>
When you go through</i> <i>Special Forces
Assessment Selection,</i> at its basic root form
it's gonna be an individual event,
'cause you have to pass. <i>What we wanted to see</i> <i>was roster number 12
just take off,</i> because he was at
a much stronger level for a long walk
or a ruck march than any of
the other four. Come on, brother. - I'm trying.
- Try harder. <i>19, you better catch me
on this little downhill.</i> <i>You just keep
workin', dude.</i> <i>You've worked really hard
up to this point.</i> Don't let it go
to waste. <i>I have to go,
all right?</i> I understand. Let's go, 19! Hold tight, 12.
Stop. No bullshit.
How are you feeling?
You good? I'm good.
I'm just saving a little
bit of energy -<i> for this point four.</i>
-<i> You have plenty of water?</i> -<i> Yeah.</i>
- Okay. You got your map? That's where you're going. - Yes, instructor.
- Move out. <i>Point number 4,
it was at the top</i> <i>of a really large hill,</i> <i>a huge elevation gain
for them.</i> <i>They're now
at this point
going on</i> <i>well over a day
of no sleep,</i> <i>and they've been doing
physical exertion</i> <i>for hours and hours.</i> <i>Even roster number 12,</i> <i>he started his way up
point four</i> and kinda did the... "Man, this is gonna suck." ( exhales deeply ) ( panting ) Kuntz:<i>
On this ruck route,
point number four,</i> <i>it was about 900 feet
of elevation gain</i> <i>in a quarter mile.</i> It was straight up. 19, come here. - You see that trail?
- Yep. And you can see
roster number 12 just-- you can
barely see his head
up at the top? - Oh, yes, yes.
- He's halfway up. You're going to the top
of that peak. - Understood.
- Move on, 19. - Oh, God.
My knees are shot.
- Yeah. And the blisters on the bottom
of my feet right now... Not feeling good, huh? Dude, like,
every step just feels like
you're, like, walking on hot coals. Kuntz:<i>
Hold up, 11.</i> I want all three
of you guys to move over there
in the woodline, right under
the shade of that tree. Oh, my feet hurt so bad. Ugh! Uh! Kuntz:<i> Here's the deal.
We're honesty brokers.</i> <i>We're not here
to trick you guys.</i> <i>The easiest part
is over.</i> - Yeah.
- From here on out it is more difficult
all the way to point five. <i>There is a time standard,
and you guys are behind it.</i> And every minute
that you sit here you're still behind it. <i>And I'm not trying
to talk you into</i> making a decision
you don't want to, <i>but if you guys get
halfway up this thing,</i> <i>and you're seeing stars
and you're cramping bad,</i> <i>at some point you gotta go,
"Hey, this is not worth</i> permanently damaging
your body or worse." Yeah. I can't believe
it's come to this. Kuntz:<i>
So then comes that question,
and it's the same question</i> <i>that gets asked
at any kind of event like this</i> when you get
into the last and more
difficult phases is... Do you want to continue? We gotta try, man. There's no ( bleep ) way
you'd stop it now. - Just-- you know?
- Yeah. Just keep going. They drop you,
they drop you. But at least you could say
you didn't quit. You know? Yeah. I'm not gonna risk it. 17, go ahead
and police up your stuff... I'm not risking it. ...and Instructor Bowen
will, uh, will walk you back over. 11, it's a pleasure, man. You too, brother. 17:<i>
I'm just not gonna risk</i> trying to go
all the way up there to cramp and then
possibly fall. Just not worth it. Kuntz:
Hey, 1-7, you should be proud
of how far you've come. You did great.
You should be proud
you've come this far. <i>Roster number 17,</i> <i>outstanding participant,
outstanding kid.</i> Do I think he could've
continued on? Absolutely. <i>But roster number 17 got
to the last day of this thing</i> and he made
the decision to quit. ( panting ) Come on, Ryan.
Come on. Holy ( bleep ),
it's right here. Come on, 19.
There's a shaded bush
up there if you need it. Oh, I'll need it
when I get there. It's about
three-quarters of the way
up that steep section, right on the right
of the trail. - Okay.
- All right? - Yep.
- Good job. You too. -<i> Hey, 12?</i>
- Yes. Move out, drink water,
refill your canteens. Oh, Lordy. Come all this way, and be fighting
the cutoffs on the ruck. -<i> One last shot.</i>
- One last shot. Kuntz:<i>
When you do a long
ruck march like this,</i> <i>you either find
a way to cope with it,</i> <i>or you can very easily
become your own worst enemy.</i> ( groans ) And that's
exactly what happened
to roster number 12. <i>Even he, between point four
and five of the last point,</i> <i>he was questioning himself
every step of the way.</i> ( panting ) Kuntz:<i>
It was the first time
in this program</i> <i>that it went through
my head that we might
have a black class.</i> And what a black class is
is when nobody finishes. Oh. ( exhales ) Come on. <i>( roster 12 groans )</i> Ah, ( bleep ) me. ( grunts ) <i>( groaning )</i> This was an unknown distance,
an unknown time, ruck march for them. ( exhales ) <i>That's much more difficult
than knowing where
the finish line is.</i> Come on. Kuntz:<i>
Every time they have
a resting moment,</i> <i>they're thinking, "Shit,
I don't want to be here.</i> This sucks.
I want to quit." Ah, ( bleep ) me. Kuntz:<i>
Until something flips
a switch and they go,</i> "You know what?
I'm not gonna quit." 1-2, stop.
Ground your ruck. It's not here, is it?
It's not here. Thank you. Grab your ruck, 12. - Congratulations.
- Is this point five? You made your exfil. You hit your hard time. Grab your ruck,
move down here. Drink some water, buddy. Grab your ruck. Got your exfil. <i>Hey 12, come here.</i> 12, congrats on making
your exfil time on the ruck. Thank you. Also congrats
on finishing the selection. - You're done.
- No way. - You're done, buddy.
- ( crying ) Way to push through.
Awesome, awesome, awesome. - Strong.
- ( sobbing ) I didn't believe
I'd achieve it. Get in here,
shake everybody's hand. - Good job.
- Thank you. Thank you. Good job, man. - Thank you,
Instructor Bowen.
- I'm very proud of you. Good work. ( murmurs indistinctly ) Kuntz:<i>
Day one to now,</i> roster number 12 made
a remarkable shift. <i>Started off by himself,
kind of stoic.</i> <i>He's a runner,
he's an endurance athlete.</i> <i>Very cocky.</i> But as we progressed with
the events and the stress, he began to break down
a little bit emotionally. If it wasn't for everything
I've been through in this class so far,
I wouldn't have made that. I would have
given up a long time ago. Kuntz:<i>
He came out on
the other side of it</i> <i>a lot less selfish,
and a lot more humble.</i> <i>That's when you start
becoming a team player,</i> <i>and we saw
roster number 12 do that.</i> <i>He made that shift of "Hey,
this isn't just about me.</i> <i>This is about
the other guys here.
I want them to finish,</i> <i>because they're now
my teammates."</i> Anybody know
how 19's doing? I need my heart rate
to return to normal. We're almost to
a little break up here. - Oh, really?
-<i> Yeah.</i> Oh, shit.
Oh, yeah. - Ready?
- Let's do it, man.
Let's finish it up. Bowen:<i>
Selection is
really about you.</i> It's not a competition
against anyone else. <i>You gotta find something
that you're willing
to push for.</i> <i>You can't quit.</i> <i>If you're not gonna do it
for yourself, then who?</i> ( groans ) Kick it into high gear,
number 19. Keep moving, 1-9. - You did it, dude.
- You never gave up. You never gave up, man. Good job, man. - Proud of you.
Proud of you.
- Thank you, 12. What are the orders? 1-9, turn around.
Ground your ruck. Just set your ruck
right there on the ground. Congratulations on making
your exfil time. And congratulations
on passing the selection,
you're done. You're finished. - You're done.
- Congratulations. - Hey, very proud of you.
- Thank you. Good job.
Very good job. - Thank you.
- Tough young man. - Congrats, 1-9.
- Very, very tough. Some other folks who want
to congratulate you as well. Good job, 19.
How do you feel? - Worn out.
- You've looked better. ( laughs ) - I'm sure I have.
- Proud of you. 19, congratulations. Good job, man.
Good job. What was the one "why"
that got you up the hill? Couldn't let 12 down. I knew that 17
gave his heart, as did 15... 3. To give anything less
would just be... be a kick in the face
to everyone who tried as hard
as they could before me. Best "why" I can think of. - Good job.
- Thank you. Capone:<i>
Number 19, I think it gives him
such a boost of confidence</i> to show that he's able
to make it through something that, you know,
others can't. <i>It doesn't matter how big
you are, how fast you are,</i> <i>how many pull-ups
you can do.</i> <i>Number 19 showed that.</i> <i>Small-town kid
and here he is,</i> he crushed 25
other candidates who-- most of them
were bigger and stronger
than he was. So we got two left, huh? - Two left.
- Two left, we'll see. <i>Two left,
we'll see the time.</i> Maybe they'll make it,
maybe they won't. How you doing, man? Eh. I've seen better days. Yeah. ( clears throat )
You? Yeah.
I've seen better, man. I'm gonna
stick with you, man. - Thanks.
- Just me and you. If we time out,
we time out. Kuntz:<i>
Roster number 2
and roster number 11</i> <i>they don't know what
the time or distance is,
but we do.</i> They have to make it
to the last point by sundown, <i>or they will be dropped
from this program.</i> I've never been so tired
in my entire life. I've given it
everything I have, dude. <i>It's all we can do.</i> <i>I don't know
what to do, man.</i> <i>I don't know what to do.
I'm toast.</i> <i>I don't know
what to do, man.</i> <i>I don't know what to do.
I'm toast.</i> - We have to finish.
-<i> This I know.</i> One, two, three. This whole ten days
is playing through my head
like a movie, you know? - Yeah.
- First, all the people.
All the laughing, push-ups, sit-ups,
screaming at us. People leaving.
My body hurts. - My emotions are shot.
- Yeah. My mental stability is... You all right? You all right? What the hell am I doing
out here, in the desert, dying? I'm gonna lay on that cot
tonight, if we get to. Who knows?
Might be in a box again. But if I'm in another box,
I'm gonna be a box-sleeping
mother( bleep ), I promise you that much. Oh, man. - I really am
losing my marbles.
- I am too. ( gasps ) <i>All right, we got
a hill to climb.</i> Oh, ( bleep ).
Oh, ( bleep ) yes! 12:<i>
Yo, yo, yo, yo!</i> 11:<i>
It's the end.</i> Yee-haw! Haggerty:<i>
Nice work, guys.
Keep pushing it.</i> You did it, man. - You did it.
- ( crying ) Good job, man. ( crying ) - You did it, brother.
- You're a stud. You guys didn't
give up, though, you know? ( laughter ) Oh, man. We did it, dude.
We made it. Kuntz:<i>
Congrats on finishing
the ruck, guys.</i> And congrats on finishing
the selection, you're done. - You guys are done.
Congrats.
- You serious? - This is it.
- ( laughs ) How's that feel, huh?
Feel better? ( both laughing ) - Hey.
- He's a tough man. How you feel, old man? It's really over,
no joke? Seriously.
No more games. - Oh, shit.
- Yeah, good job, buddy. - Good job, man.
- It's unbelievable. - I'm so happy.
- You did it. I'm so happy.
I'm so happy. Kuntz:<i>
Out of this entire group
of people from the original 30,</i> <i>I couldn't have picked
on day one</i> four better people
to finish this event. Our goal was to have you guys
come out of this thing right here as the best version
of yourself possible. All four of you guys,
watching you over
the last 11 days, you came here already
a good group of guys, but you're leaving
a lot better, in my opinion. Capone:<i>
13%.</i> 13% made it through
this course. 30 of you guys started,
there's four of you left. <i>Ryan,</i> <i>Christian,</i> <i>Logan,</i> <i>and Cliff.</i> We tested all of you, and we hope
that you guys are gonna
take what you've learned from these six instructors and apply it
for everything you do
for the rest of your lives. <i>We're proud.</i> Cliff:<i>
Our heart and our will
to survive and finish,</i> <i>it's amazing.</i> <i>We went through
hell and back.</i> <i>I feel like
a different man,
different person.</i> Christian:<i>
Going through that elite
military training,</i> <i>that was the most intense,
dramatic experience I ever had.</i> Logan:<i>
To be able to say, "Hey,</i> <i>I've done similar training
to our finest men and women,</i> <i>that's something I would have
never pictured for my life.</i> Ryan:<i>
To kind of step
into their world</i> <i>for just a small
amount of time,</i> <i>that was the hardest
thing I've ever done,</i> <i>and I'll be forever grateful
for that experience.</i>
