Some people do more than hike ...
Sandbaggers Gobi Challenge
Posted on 05/08/2011 5:20:44 AM PDT by stevie_d_64
Interesting. My pop did the opposite.
My late father worked for the OSI. On one of his trips to a South American country he took photos of them offloading Whirlpool washing machine boxes from a C47. WTH? Dad later told me they contained weapons and ammo.
IMHO, $54,000 dollars a year for what these brave men do is absolutely disgraceful. I understand that they train and do this sort of high risk job for more than money but WOW! This is definitely one of those “If I was the President...” type moments.
The Houston Chronicle article said as a prerequisite to BUD’S, you had to be able to do 42 push-ups within 2 minutes, 50 sit-ups within 2 minutes, 6 pull-ups, and then a 500-yard swim within 12½ minutes, and a mile and half run within 11 minutes, all in quick succession.
And then, only 14 out of 205 of his class made it through. This is men who could do the aforementioned prerequisite. That means around 90% of those who could do those things above couldn’t handle it.
Sheesh. No wonder they say their’s is the toughest in the military, probably in the world.
Back in the day, I worked with a guy who had been a UDT guy during WW2. He told me that he was one of those original SEALS who hiked across the Gobi Desert and set up a radio/radar station in China’s war against Jap.
They certainly are a different breed. Can you imagine hiking across the Gobi Desert? I guess their level of fear is less than most?
That’s Olympics-level physical conditioning. Amazing!
Back when I was a LOT younger I might have given it a shot. Today, at age 68, not so much.
“Back when I was a LOT younger I might have given it a shot. Today, at age 68, not so much.”
Same here. These days, I think about it before I hike across the room to get a beer. :^)
No, UDT (Underwater Demolition Teams) were the WWII precursors of the SEALs. The SEALs were trained in all facets of special forces warfare, along with the underwater specialty.
80% drop out rate.
80% divorce rate.
They are not family friendly. At all.
BLAST FROM THE PAST.....
3 NAVY SEALS TO GO ON TRIAL FOR SLAPPING AND OFFENDING A TERRORIST....OBAMA SAYS AND DOES NOTHING.....
No prob...I figured you’d like to see the story...
That’s a keeper!!!
Wow... remind me never to mess with you! :)
Thank you for your service!
That physical screening test you mention is not difficult, any decent swimmer can go over twice that speed without any real difficulty. I’m not surprised that the actual training program is far more demanding. I would be concerned if that were NOT the case actually.
USA Swimming Navy Seal Challenge results
http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/62cbd095-ebb5-4b88-a98a-b24e32976581/master_seal.pdf
17 year-old Mr. Gabriel Rooker from Oregon finished first by points with a 500 yard swim of 4:58 (see, 12:30 is WAY easy for decent swimmers), ran 1.5 miles in 8:21, did 70 push-ups, 102 curl-ups, 24 pull-ups.
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