Navy SEALs

Razorsharp244 said:
That is true Taks Force K. I still consider some of the guys I served with to be good friends even if I have not even seen them for 13 years.

I also found laughing (quietly of course) to be the best way to stay awake. Watching someone fall asleep walking could keep me awake for hours.

Personally I never had any (major) mental blanks but I experienced as all other that "tired" means very different things to different people.

Best days of my life!
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Absolutely. I was in the best shape of my life doing a job with meaning and one that I loved with guys I really enjoyed being with and trusted.

One guy who was my roommate for over two years wound up being one of my ushers at my wedding several years after I got out of the service. I still consider him to be one of my best freinds.

Same thing, its been 27 years since I have been out and I still consider those guys to be some of my best friends even though I haven't seen many of them for a very long time.

KR
 
When I was in the US in '87 I shared a house for a month in San Diego with a couple of guys who were in the Seal teams. They were super fit of course, but back then so was I, just having finished my football career and dabbling in triathlons at the time.

The point is I could out-run and out-swim them both easily. Not trying to impress anyone but just make the point that these guys are not intimidating athletes and I wouldn't let average athletic ability stand in your way if you wanted to join - most of their strength is between the ears. The level of fitness they attain is not out of reach of the average joe with the right amount of determination and disciplne.

I noticed the same phenomenon here in Western Australia - we'd get plenty of the SAS regiment guys entering triathlons and finishing in the middle of the pack, so they weren't that fast.

....but then if I tried 'hell week' I'd be curled up in the feotal position and sucking my thumb inside 48 hours I'm pretty sure - so it's all relative (and task specific)
 
...and then comes the hard part. Try to relax after you retire. You know, always sitting in a restaurant facing the door, etc. A toll will be taken.
 
severtecher said:
...and then comes the hard part. Try to relax after you retire. You know, always sitting in a restaurant facing the door, etc. A toll will be taken.
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Yep. It took me about 6 months to get used to the "slow pace of civilian life". I found the first 6 months after my service to be utterly boring and slow. But after some adjustment time I am now a semi-productive civilian instead of a devoted fast paced soldier:D .
 
I think the one piece of advice that everyone missed is that you have to be willing to be treated like dirt and accept being yelled at. You dare not talk back or show an attitude that is in any way confrontational or your heart will be ripped out through your fingers. Basically you should get married first to get use to that kind of treatment before you try out for the buds :thumbup:
 
I'm not a SEAL but I have seen the training films on Discovery channel. Like Cobalt said when one tries out for the SEALS the instructors job is to break you
physicaly and mentally and about 90 percent of the time they do.Few make it
to graduation. You shouldn't be discoursed to try but you should know what to expect if you are to have the chance of succeeding.
 
"When I was in the US in '87 I shared a house for a month in San Diego with a couple of guys who were in the Seal teams. They were super fit of course, but back then so was I, just having finished my football career and dabbling in triathlons at the time. "





LOL when I lived in Coronado and was a back door man to a few SEALs girlfriends, I had to keep on top of where a fight would go.

At that time I had already been out of the Army for a few years and was approaching thirty, my take on the situation was that they were so fit that my five or seven year age difference was going to be a challenge for me if it hit the fan.

In other words I had been them , but it is troubling to look at 22 and 25 year olds that are as tough as you were at their age but that the standard is so high, that just a few years difference is a potential serious problem.

Normally a 28 year old hard case in a bar, is not so evenly matched that he feels old when facing a 23 year old.
 
I trained with SEALS in the Army, most of my stick at jump school were SEALS fresh out of their training. Some things I remember about them (having never heard of them before) were that they were very intelligent. Spoke many languages, all could have been medics, and all were close to degrees in chemistry (and other things). They were also very fit and strong. I was 20, in very good shape, and couldn't keep up. They didn't just max the PT test, they blew it away. We did the 2 mile run in fatigues and combat boots (this was in 1980) in a nice warm July afternoon in the Georgia sun. I crossed the line under 11 minutes, closer to 10. The slowest SEAL beat me by half a minute.

No hotheads. There was lots of good-natured ribbing due to interservice rivalry - even the black hats got a kick out of it, but when the training was over for the day, just calm self confidence which comes from really knowing how good you are. Good guys, got lots of interesting stories from them. I got to meet them later in my military service and we had the chance to catch up.
 
If I remember you needed a 120 on the GT score in order to qualify for SF. That is the militaries equivalant of the IQ score. Not genius but considerably higher than average. Most of these guys are cross trained in different specialties out of neccesity. The groups are small and if someone is killed or injured someone else in the team needs to be able to fill in. We had several guys in my battalion who were SF qualified and every one of them were very interesting and very professional. Pleasures to talk to and as a young PFC had lots of things to teach. Someone mentioned the size. That was one of the surprises for me also. I'm not a big guy. 5/6 or 5/7 at 155 and a lot of these guys were the about the same size. All in very good shape, very fit but again, they are much more than machines. They are able to think on their feet and adapt very quickly.

KR
 
You know, always sitting in a restaurant facing the door, etc. A toll will be taken.
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Shoot, every third "vet" I meet was a SEAL or Delta. They didn't seem to have any ill effects.:rolleyes:
 
"If I remember you needed a 120 on the GT score in order to qualify for SF."




My memory is that in 1971 the GT score was 110 for OCS and 115 for Special Forces.

On another forum the SF guys said that 110 is the number, but a couple of the older guys said that the 115 sounded familiar.

I am pretty confident of my memory on this.
 
I remember 110 too, but that was in 1985. Things may have changed or my brain may be failing.
 
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