What It Takes To Serve In The Navy's Elite Warfare Boat Crew

Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) operators drive well-armed, fast boats in support of special ops missions including stealthy insertion and extraction of SEALs, clandestine reconnaissance, and combat gunfire support.

The Navy's high-risk water mission experts, SWCCs must be physically fit, mentally tough, focused, and responsive in high stress situations - and getting to that point requires brutal mental and physical training.

The Discovery Channel's "Surviving the Cut" shows what SWCCs undergo at a 35-day basic course in Coronado, Calif.