The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steriods and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November.
FILE - Enlisted sailors line up and wait to march on the field at Sun Life Stadium before the NFL football game in Miami, Nov. 13, 2011, between the Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins. The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November, taking a groundbreaking step that military leaders have long resisted. Rear Adm.
The Air Force and the Marine Corps special operations commands said they have not yet requested a similar policy change. Davids requested the policy change to allow the screening, and in January, the Pentagon undersecretary for personnel approved an exemption authorizing random testing within the Naval Special Warfare force. The testing only affects the roughly 9,000 active-duty military personnel and reservists on active-duty orders in the command. Civilians are not included.
Noting that the drugs are illegal, Davids said “we hold firm that any number above zero is unacceptable, whether during training or downrange" when sailors are deployed. And he urged sailors to talk to their teammates and commanders about the drugs and their risks. Between February 2022 and March 2023, the Naval Special Warfare Center conducted more than 2,500 screening tests and detected 74 SEAL or Special Warfare Combat Crewmen with elevated testosterone levels, the command said. It said three candidates ultimately tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The testosterone tests are more common but less precise, and additional screening is needed to identify steroid use.
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