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* The Royal Navy's Submarine Command School is also known as "Perisher" for its 30% dropout rate. If you fail, the submarine immediately surfaces and a helicopter takes you back to shore and you are never allowed to serve on another submarine, ever.
* Air Force Pararescue is two straight years of Training From Hell, going through every course on diver training, parachuting, recovery training and survival training. The school has a drop-out rate of approximately ''90%'', this is out of a class as large as 100 Airmen. Their Motto "That Others May Live" is exemplified in that, of the 22 Air Force Cross' that have been awarded since the inception of the Air Force, 12 of them have gone to PJs. Note that this team actually rescues other special forces units occasionally and often acts as [[Combat Medic|medics for those teams]].
* The SEALs. Two words. Hell Week: 132 hours of continuous physical activity. No, that is not an exaggeration. During Week 4 of SEAL training, applicants get only 3 to 4 hours of sleep. No, not 3 to 4 hours a day, but in that whole 132 hour period. In addition, they are beaten by their instructors and undergo surf torture (a full body workout after being forced to lie in 65 degree water). Still, these are the guys who managed to take out Osama Bin Laden. You can't argue with success.
* 1st SFOD-D, SAS, JTF2, DEVGRU, KSK and many more legendary strike teams not only endure a selection process that eliminates around 20% of the applicants, they go through training that often has only 5-10% pass. And then, they constantly train every single day for that one mission where they will be needed. No rest for the best.
** The top classified German GSG 9 inspired [[Ghost in the Shell|a certain SpecOps team]].
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