Posted on 02/21/2017 12:51:43 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
Video of Navy SEAL Training From Start To Finish
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I thought the male dropout rates are at least 80%.
Of course not.
Not even on my best day and with help.
I’m exhausted from watching it. LOL!
Me too. At the 2:20 mark it says they only get 4 hours sleep in 5.5 days.
Twinkie was born a Seal. It has been downhill all the way
ever since. In 70 years, Twinkie has now become a Walrus.
Don’t nobody smart off on Twinkie!
I wouldn’t even be given the chance. Too small. Wouldn’t even try. A man’s got to know his limitations.
I'm 80 years old, the video wore me out.
I went into the Air Force when I was 19, and I was in good shape (I have always been athletic), so the physical aspect of Air Force Basic Training was nothing at all to me (in fact, I thought it was kind of lame). The mental aspect was a bit tougher, but by no means difficult (really, I just thought it was annoying).
So, when I was 19, could I have completed SEALS training? It never would have crossed my mind to even try. I have the greatest respect for those guys.
Thank You for your service!
A man that grew up here worked hard from the time he was a little kid on his family farm. He played all sports at the little High School, really fit kid when he finished High School. He joined the Marines and said their training wasn’t that hard- for him of course, he was in that kind of shape. He worked with SEALs in Afghanistan a couple years later and when he got home someone asked him why he didn’t try to become a SEAL. He said the same thing you did; the thought didn’t cross his mind to try. He said “those guys” were beyond human.
I don’t know where they find SEALs and other Special Ops guys but I am sure glad they do. For that matter I am happy we have people willing to serve no matter their job to keep our freedoms safe.
He swam in Coronado Bay also.
I went to my sons graduation of his usmc basic force recon course at Coronado. I asked one of the instructors (a SEAL)if they compare what this he had done in BUDS? He told me it was as tough.
But, I have never, ever, functioned well without plenty of sleep. That may be a genetic disqualifier. My upper body strength approaching 70 is far better than when I was a teen.
Thrown in a pool with hands tied behind the back. No chance.
SEALs rock! :-)
“Thank You for your service!”
It was an honor to serve my country (even though when I served — during Vietnam — we were despised by a significant portion of the American public).
As a former boat guy I have some knowledge of the training at BUD/S.
Two things are paramount - team work and mental toughness and the first depends on the second. A team can’t be successful unless all the members have the mental fortitude to succeed no matter what. Each man has to be able to trust that his team mate will not give up.
Normal people let their brain tell them to stop doing something that is painful or dangerous. Those who can be successful SEALs are capable of shutting off that response and continuing regardless. The goal - the success of the team’s mission - is more important to them than anything else including their own pain.
Now - the reality is that your body - anyone’s body - is capable of performing at a level twenty times higher than most people are aware. For instance - try to plank (body in the push-up position on your palms and toes) for five minutes. Most people won’t last past the first minute because the pain makes their brain tell them they *have* to stop - and they listen. But the reality is that if they could shut off their brain, they could do it. It would hurt, but they could do it. And if they did it every day, they would get stronger mentally and physically.
Think of BUD/S as twenty-six weeks of planking...in freezing water, sand, and mud...in the dark...with your team mates on your back...
If you can do that - you can be a SEAL.
Not ashamed to say that I couldn’t - but I am proud to have worked with those who could.
Damn few.
Vietnam Veterans were never despised by me! A brother, a cousin, and my husband all served in Vietnam, another of my brothers served during Vietnam but was not sent there. I know what you mean though, so many were not supportive to say the least.
Sleep deprivation is my weakest link. I could never be a SEAL, at any age.
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