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With extraordinary, unprecedented access, Surviving the Cut takes viewers into the intense world of military elite forces training. From divers and snipers to para-rescue men and bomb specialists, the elite and how they earn a place in the coveted units are the focus in this compelling all new series.

The U.S. Army Special Forces Green Berets are America's elite warfare specialists. Who are they and what does it take to become one?

For the first time, the special operations training course known as Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP) is documented in Hell and Back: Special Ops Ranger.

Elite special ops soldiers challenge themselves to become the most highly trained combat divers on the planet. For six weeks, they are tested in the most severe underwater conditions, pushing the limits of the human body to prove they have what it takes.

Marines are pushed to unconsciousness in the pool, wrestle 90-pound packs in the pounding surf of the Pacific Ocean. It's a man-breaking, all-out endurance test that forges top soldiers with unparalleled skills. One in three don't survive the cut.

Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians or EOD are the only explosives and bomb specialists qualified for special operations. Before a Navy EOD team can go to war with Special Forces, they must go through one final test. Like the job itself, it's all-or-nothing training: A five-day, non-stop series of high stress missions. Make the wrong move, allow fatigue or distraction to take over and the entire team will fail. The team that survives the cut stays together as a certified special ops team.

Students must survive one notoriously difficult milestone called Extended Training Day nothing else in any special operations training course rivals the torment of this single day. Only 10 percent survive the cut.

For sixty-one days and nights, this extreme training replicates the nonstop stress of warfare. Soldiers sleep an average of three hours a night and receive just one meal per day. They train continuously, running missions 20 hours straight in mountains, swamps and dense woodlands. Most lose 20 or more pounds before it's over, and many quit or fail the course along the way. Only one in three make it though.

Marine Snipers are legendary in the sniper world for being the best, waiting hours in the worst possible conditions but only have seconds to make the shot.Units will only send their best men to this course, but on average 1 in the 3 will fail.

A five week course designed to weed out the weak with pool confidence events, punishing beach runs, obstacle courses and a non-stop 50 hour pain session in chilling waters. 75 percent will not survive the cut.

The best soldiers learn the craft of shooting from extreme distances and are put to the test to see if they can make the critical kill shot. Miss by an inch and they're shipped home. 50% will not survive the cut.

Students are pushed to the limit as they struggle to learn the art of staying calm in adverse underwater conditions. 1 in 3 will not survive the cut.

Naval Special Warfare Class 68 Tac 1 begin their journey to becoming official Navy Special Warfare Combatant Crewman in this first phase of SWCC training. Known as the navys best kept secret, sailors must pass a brutal 5 week course to advance to the next and final phase of training - SWCC Advanced.

To earn the sapper tab, solidiers suffer through weeks of demolitions testing and physical torment, then fight through a week of non-stop missions with less than 10 minutes of sleep a night. Half will not survive the cut.

For six weeks, students are pushed through a barrage of mental and physical stress testing: escape and evasion, long-distance land navigation, hand-to-hand combat, special weapons, and emergency medical response skills. 1 in 3 will not survive the cut.

These students face hostile water rescue tests, brutal team building events, and small boat operations in extreme conditions, with hopes of becoming Special Boat Operators combating maritime terrorism and piracy.