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Warning! The following contains spoilers for the Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Season 3 episode "Panic And Trust." Stream it with a Hulu subscription, and read at your own risk!Special Forces: World's Toughest Test said goodbye to many competitors the previous week,

In episode 5, “recruits must unlock a safe in a gas-filled room, perform a helicopter insertion into the blistering cold seas and select recruits are forced to bury their teammates into coffins after cheating in a previous challenge.”

Within two episodes of season 3 of “ Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, ” which premiered on Wednesday, Jan. 8, half of the recruits had gone home. Keep scrolling to see which season 3 “Special Forces” contestants are still toughing it out in the barracks:

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) operators carried out a raid and destroyed Russian positions on one of the hottest fronts. Source: Ukrainian Special Operations Forces Details: The operators of the 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment,

Like Jones, Donovan injured his ribs during hand-to-hand combat. While Jones and Adrian were sent home at the scene of the mission, Donovan returned to the barracks before going to see the medic. The former soccer player was then told he had to leave the course due to the high possibility that he’d fractured his ribs.

After competing as a professional motocross racer for more than 20 years, Carey Hart has been hit with his fair share of injuries. Although he’s been retired for 12 years, the athlete still has to get surgeries for complications from his past broken bones and more.

Two weeks into the Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test season, and a number of famous faces have already tapped out. The third season began with 16 recruits who ventured to Wales, the home of British Special Forces Selection for the ultimate challenge of mental and physical toughness.

There's a potential role for special operations forces in combating cartels, but getting this wrong could up create more problems.

Retired U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant Jeremy Brown remains in jail while his attorney advocates for his release under President Donald Trump’s pardon for Jan. 6 crimes.

The DJ and reality star took on a new challenge with the “brutal” Fox competition series, realizing it might be the most challenging thing he’s done: “That is how you just grow as a human being.”

The recruits face new challenges including escaping a boat crash in a new episode of "Special Forces: World's Toughest Test" airing on Wednesday, Jan 15.