title: Seals, UDT, Frogmen: Men Under Pressure
author:  Darryl Young 
description: ue stories from men who have served in the U.S. Navy's toughest combat and reconnaissance units.
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  Every Navy SEAL on this planet has one thing in common: they first graduated
  from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training in Coronado,
  California. During the six months of SEAL training, they’re called tadpoles
  because their forefathers were the famed Navy Frogmen.
  
  
  To be a tadpole means you haven’t rung out, and you hope to be one of the few
  to graduate BUD/S training. To survive as a tadpole, you have to be physically
  robust, mentally tenacious, and prepared to die if necessary.
  
  
  
  
  
  # ![Contents](Image00000.gif)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Preface](text00003.html)
  
  
    
  
  
  [Introduction](text00004.html)
  
  
    
  
  
  [1\. Uncommon Man](text00005.html)
  
  
    
  
  
  [2\. Finding Purpose](text00006.html)
  
  
    
  
  
  [3\. Dare to Burn Your Ships](text00007.html)
  
  
    
  
  
  [4\. The Heart of a Navy SEAL](text00008.html)
  
  
    
  
  
  [5\. My Mastermind Team](text00009.html)
  
  
    
  
  
  [6\. Gentlemen, It’s Going to Be a Long, Cold, Wet Night](text00010.html)
  
  
    
  
  
  [7\. Phase-Three Tadpoles](text00011.html