It’s been a while since I looked at that so my memory must be faulty. Ranger training is basically just more intense light infantry work. Being able to apply for that early isn’t a surprise.
SEAL shit can get super specialized because naval action is a very strange and unique theater covering everything from sneaking a tactical nuclear device into a hostile harbor, frogman operations to sabotage shipping, seizing a ship at sea, oil platform shenanigans, etc. It’s special and unique and that tends to attract egos. The frat culture doesn’t help with that, and putting teenagers into it doesn’t help a hell of a lot either.
Aussie special forces recently had to do a purge of the NCO’s of an entire fucking regiment because there was a group of them encouraging warcrimes and rewarding soldiers who did it and covering up their actions, which included planting guns on corpses, mutilation, executing prisoners, and other general dickbaggery. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see similar stuff with the SEALs sometime soon. Gallagher getting a pardon with the shit he pulled was an absolute disgrace.