Joe Rogan Experience #2543 - MrBallen · Aired Aug 20, 2026
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Hell Week in Navy SEAL training requires trainees to remain awake for five and a half days.
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Hell Week does run five and a half days, and sleep is close to nonexistent, but it is not zero. The Navy's own description puts candidates at roughly four total hours of sleep across the whole week, taken in short broken stretches, while training more than 20 hours a day.
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Is it true that Hell Week in Navy SEAL training requires trainees to remain awake for five and a half days?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Hell Week does run five and a half days, and sleep is close to nonexistent, but it is not zero. The Navy's own description puts candidates at roughly four total hours of sleep across the whole week, taken in short broken stretches, while training more than 20 hours a day. MrBallen said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2543 - MrBallen, aired Aug 20, 2026, at 31:41. The supporting source is navyseals.com, linked below.
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