Why do we have to know all the details about how our Navy SEALs are trained? Keep the enemy GUESSING!!
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I have completed some fairly rigorous training events in the Army, but no.
I went to Coronado on vacation years ago, put my feet in the water and I knew then and there that, if for some strange reason I applied for, and was selected for BUDS, I would not be able to pass the demands of water training.
Don’t forget the creative writing course:
http://www.duffelblog.com/2014/05/us-navy-seal-training-writing-course/
Took several attempts, and a bathroom break, but I finally made it through the video.
I’ve heard that SEAL training is the most rigorous and difficult training program known to man. It makes a regular military boot camp look like a walk in the park.
I’ve heard that many experienced navy men, experienced officers, who are proficient at what they do, fail and drop out of SEAL training. It’s supposed to be so tough that far less than half make it through.
I saw an hour long show about Ranger School. They showed parts from 3 phases, I think part was in Georgia mountains, it seems like part was in North Carolina and the last was at Eglin AFB.
I was an excellent athlete in college but after seeing that, I would not even try. Also would not try Seal training or Air Force Para Rescue. I would not even volunteer for Marine training for that matter.
If I had gone to SEAL training I would break records that would be talked about for years: fastest to ring the bell to get out and only trainee to injure himself ringing the bell.
The British SAS used to be pretty tough too.
99.9% of us wouldn’t make it past breakfast.
Of course not.
Not even on my best day and with help.
I’m exhausted from watching it. LOL!
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.
Thrown in a pool with hands tied behind the back. No chance.
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.