Military training is no joke.
It all starts with boot camp, which is designed to drill in the military mindset from the get-go.
By applying various degrees of physical and mental stress, the six to 12 weeks of "hell" weeds out the weak and makes sure you know what to expect in military service.
Boot camp isn't even the end of the difficulties. It's only a warm-up. More than 40% of soldiers who enlist never make it through the first four years.
Training programs are designed to destroy the civilian attitude and put together an obedient, loyal, and disciplined member of the armed forces.
The Department of Defense recently released their top 2013 photos from military training. We've collected the best ones here.
Air Assault training is a 10-day training course that teaches you how to prepare helicopters for assault. Many consider it to be the most physically demanding 10 days in the army.
Air Assault school consists of three phases — combat assault, slingload operations (learning how to attach vehicles, weapons, and supplies to the helicopter) and rappelling. During rappelling, soldiers learn how to rappel from helicopters as well as buildings and cliffs.
Navy Search and Rescue swimmers train to be able to function at a high level for 30 minutes in heavy seas.
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