Joe Rogan Experience #2543 - MrBallen · Aired Aug 20, 2026
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A standard SEAL training class consists of approximately 100 enlisted candidates and 8 to 10 officer candidates.
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The shape is right, the split is not. An average BUD/S class starts with about 148 candidates, roughly 15% of them officers, so more like 22 officers and 126 enlisted. Across a year the Navy takes about 70 to 80 officers against 700 to 800 enlisted.
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Is it true that a standard SEAL training class consists of approximately 100 enlisted candidates and 8 to 10 officer candidates?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The shape is right, the split is not. An average BUD/S class starts with about 148 candidates, roughly 15% of them officers, so more like 22 officers and 126 enlisted. MrBallen said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2543 - MrBallen, aired Aug 20, 2026, at 36:40. The supporting source is sandboxx.us, linked below.
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