thinkin about goin to the military..

[JITB]

could u explain 2, and 3 for me, im alil slow...

[Glides]

could u explain 2, and 3 for me, im alil slow...

Sure man.

When I say don't overshoot yourself I mean, Don't think like a Formula one driver if you just got your license. Don't go in thinking you can be a Nuclear tech of you dropped out of High School and got your Good Enough Diploma. Because if you do, you will fail out of your A-school and then you are ****ed.

If you decide that Seals is the way for you to go, you will be required to sign a 6 year term. So you get ready to go, get to BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition School) and start on. Now in the old days when you jut couldn't take it anymore you did "The walk" meaning you walked up to a large brass bell in the middle of the grounds and you rang it. The instructers encouraged you to drop out. Nobody wants a man who can't hack it watching their back. That is why the attrition rate in the Seals is staggering. Usually out of 110 people, 10 or less make it to the end of BUBS. 90%+ wash out.

Now, when you wash out you fall back on your rate. Because even as a Seal, you still have a rate. Such as Operations Specialist (my rate), Hull Technician and many more fun and exciting jobs in the US Navy. So when you wash out, and lets just say you are a Hull Technician, they will take you and say "Hmmm, where do we need a Hull Technician.....why we need one aboard the U.S.S. Monterey (my old ship). So they pack you off to the Monterey.

The Monterey is a cool and amazing looking ship that has one interesting flaw. In high seas, when the ship is a-rocking and a-rolling, the CHT tanks like to overflow into the Operations berthing compartments. Meaning CHT (Sh!t for the common man) bubbles up out of the drains and sloshes from side to side in the ship. When you get out of your bunk on a high side wave and then the boat goes the other way, a tidal wave of turds and piss comes at you like a Tsunami. Have a turd slosh up over your flip flop at 11:30 at night when you are half asleep one night and you will get the picture. Now on to the finale.

The great and rewarding job of fixing this, crawling into the poo tanks and cleaning up this mess usually falls onto the shoulders of...you guessed it, the Hull Techincians. So you earn your much rewarded nickname of all Hull Technicians, Turd Chasers. So you get to chase turds for tthe next 6 years.

Thats what I mean.

[SL65AMG]

Sure man.

When I say don't overshoot yourself I mean, Don't think like a Formula one driver if you just got your license. Don't go in thinking you can be a Nuclear tech of you dropped out of High School and got your Good Enough Diploma. Because if you do, you will fail out of your A-school and then you are ****ed.

If you decide that Seals is the way for you to go, you will be required to sign a 6 year term. So you get ready to go, get to BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition School) and start on. Now in the old days when you jut couldn't take it anymore you did "The walk" meaning you walked up to a large brass bell in the middle of the grounds and you rang it. The instructers encouraged you to drop out. Nobody wants a man who can't hack it watching their back. That is why the attrition rate in the Seals is staggering. Usually out of 110 people, 10 or less make it to the end of BUBS. 90%+ wash out.

Now, when you wash out you fall back on your rate. Because even as a Seal, you still have a rate. Such as Operations Specialist (my rate), Hull Technician and many more fun and exciting jobs in the US Navy. So when you wash out, and lets just say you are a Hull Technician, they will take you and say "Hmmm, where do we need a Hull Technician.....why we need one aboard the U.S.S. Monterey (my old ship). So they pack you off to the Monterey.

The Monterey is a cool and amazing looking ship that has one interesting flaw. In high seas, when the ship is a-rocking and a-rolling, the CHT tanks like to overflow into the Operations berthing compartments. Meaning CHT (Sh!t for the common man) bubbles up out of the drains and sloshes from side to side in the ship. When you get out of your bunk on a high side wave and then the boat goes the other way, a tidal wave of turds and piss comes at you like a Tsunami. Have a turd slosh up over your flip flop at 11:30 at night when you are half asleep one night and you will get the picture. Now on to the finale.

The great and rewarding job of fixing this, crawling into the poo tanks and cleaning up this mess usually falls onto the shoulders of...you guessed it, the Hull Techincians. So you earn your much rewarded nickname of all Hull Technicians, Turd Chasers. So you get to chase turds for tthe next 6 years.

Thats what I mean.

im still in the process of deciding whether i want to go into the navy after i graduate college. SEAL team of course. but I dont wanna be on **** duty IF i were to wash out.....

seals is 80% mental and 20% physical (hell week that is)

[bernard]

I just got out bro sometime ago, i was in the Army in a Armour unit. My unit was always deployed, if not down to kosovo, or Iraq we were always in the field. It depends on what you want to do man. Everytime i had plans on doing something to my car, we ended up going to Bosnia or something. And if your single, i would say go ahead. I was in Germany man, and i loved it. The people, the cars were pretty cool, and the food. As long as you stay outta trouble, and keep your nose clean, you will be ok. Now on recruiters. Yes some will lie to you, and if you want something, just make sure you get it in your contract. And your set. And if your a car freak, go into the Air force. Or the navy. Your guarnetted Japan then. But the Marines too, i lived in Japan for 9yrs. Loved it. All in all, if your single. Do it bro, good life expirence, well worth it. Traveling too. And meeting new woman. Dam, i married a german. LOL!! But yeah, if you need more info just pm me man.

[Glides]

im still in the process of deciding whether i want to go into the navy after i graduate college. SEAL team of course. but I dont wanna be on **** duty IF i were to wash out.....

seals is 80% mental and 20% physical (hell week that is)

You are absolutely correct. If you got the mental part down, the physical will come. All you have to do is not quit.

Few years ago, they changed the BUDS program. From what I know about it now, you no longer have to ring the bell once and you are out. I think you can ring it, then get counseled and make sure thats what you want to do and then go back to training. Someone told me up to 3 times, but I dunno.

If you want to go into the Seals make sure you get the training sheet from the recruiter. They have a piece of paper they will give you so you can start excersising ahead of time to get ready. Make sure you can do that, and more.

Also, if you are not dead set on Seals there are others that are cool. A buddy of mine was a Combat Controller in the Air Force. Those and Pararescue. There are a couple more special operations groups in the air force but I don't know them. S.E.R.E. is a pretty cool school to go too, which you will in the Seals training and if you are lucky, on a regular ship too. Our ship got 4 ballots to go. Rare but they are there. But anyway, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school. Good stuff. Some Classroom stuffs then you are out in the field to try and not get caught. Once you do, you are basically tortured (as far as they can, don't think physical contact is allowed now but in the early 90s, ouch) to see if you will crack. Don't.

Combat Controllers are basically Air Traffic Controllers that parachute into a hostile area first before most others and clear runways so that stuff can start happening. Cool ass Job, my friend now works for FATS (Firearm Training Systems) and loves it.

Pararescue is the **** far as im concerned. They are highly trained to fight and are medics in the field. Awesome thing to hit in my opinion. Plus you get medical training out of it too.

Then Force Recon of course for the Marines. Airborne and Green Berets for the Army. Lots of special forces to hit. Of course the Seals are considered to be the best, no offense to anyone.

So whatever you choose, just don't quit.

[SL65AMG]

You are absolutely correct. If you got the mental part down, the physical will come. All you have to do is not quit.

Few years ago, they changed the BUDS program. From what I know about it now, you no longer have to ring the bell once and you are out. I think you can ring it, then get counseled and make sure thats what you want to do and then go back to training. Someone told me up to 3 times, but I dunno.

If you want to go into the Seals make sure you get the training sheet from the recruiter. They have a piece of paper they will give you so you can start excersising ahead of time to get ready. Make sure you can do that, and more.

Also, if you are not dead set on Seals there are others that are cool. A buddy of mine was a Combat Controller in the Air Force. Those and Pararescue. There are a couple more special operations groups in the air force but I don't know them. S.E.R.E. is a pretty cool school to go too, which you will in the Seals training and if you are lucky, on a regular ship too. Our ship got 4 ballots to go. Rare but they are there. But anyway, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school. Good stuff. Some Classroom stuffs then you are out in the field to try and not get caught. Once you do, you are basically tortured (as far as they can, don't think physical contact is allowed now but in the early 90s, ouch) to see if you will crack. Don't.

Combat Controllers are basically Air Traffic Controllers that parachute into a hostile area first before most others and clear runways so that stuff can start happening. Cool ass Job, my friend now works for FATS (Firearm Training Systems) and loves it.

Pararescue is the **** far as im concerned. They are highly trained to fight and are medics in the field. Awesome thing to hit in my opinion. Plus you get medical training out of it too.

Then Force Recon of course for the Marines. Airborne and Green Berets for the Army. Lots of special forces to hit. Of course the Seals are considered to be the best, no offense to anyone.

So whatever you choose, just don't quit.

thanks for the info man. and as far as the S.E.R.E. thing goes, i know that in the SAS they have a similar training program. you run in the woods, and if you last x amount of hours or days (whichever it is) you pass. if you get caught they make your life living hell.... i didnt know the seals did that the SEAL's did that as well.... i mean it only makes sense but i just didnt know.

i know that theres about 18mo's to 2 years of training before you get assigned a team and see some real time action. i know that you are sent to the alaskan ________(some ****) for cold weather training. (personally i think that would be harder for me to deal with than hell week. the cold kicks my ass). and you go to the amazon jungle and the desert and other places.

all my life ive wanted to be a seal sniper..... or a sniper of some sort, because i can shoot pretty damn well. but idk if I would actually have the patience for it, sometimes i feel kinda ADD.


i mean you can spend HOURS upon HOURS just crawling to a spot to set up a shot. sometimes only move a couple feet in 4-5 hours. i dont know if i could do that....