I am thinking of becoming a Navy SeAL. Should I do it?

Question

Is the training really that hard? What are your thoughts?

Why not? Were you a SEAL?

Answer 1

No.

The militray trains you to follow orders without questioning them. Wouldnt you rather choose a path in life that encourages you to think?

Answer 2

If you can make it, go for it. Yes the training is really that hard. I would suggest checking out the discovery channel documentary. You have to be extremely dedicated, even more so than "normal" jobs in the military. Being a SEAL is not a job, it is a way of life. One thing they point out in the DVD, you are not just a SEAL from 9-5, it is a lifestyle. You live it.

If you decide its what you really want to do then you should go for it. But right now you kind of sound like "well it seems cool maybe I should try it". That is a ticket to failure. You have to want it more than anything or you will quit and get stuck on a ship for the next 4 years.

Answer 3

I was in the Navy & I would have given anything to have been a SEAL. Unfortunately, I didn't have what it took to make the grade. I was flight crew only. It is incredibly difficult and amazingly rewarding. I have no higher confidence than in Navy Seals. They are the best of the best & in the advanced training I did complete for flight crew, I was tended carefully and professionally by the Seals.

They are the upper echelon & they hold my utmost respect & admiration. If you are physicall, mentally, and emotionally capable, then by all means...try to make The Team. The training is difficult, but the rewards far outweigh the hell that becomes your life throughout the training.

A Navy Seal not only protects our country, they make sure that a man is never left behind. Not by air, sea, or land. They are passionate individuals, and that pasion spills out into all aspects of their lives. I only wish I'd have had the constitution to make the hard calls and to do the right thing, no matter the cost.

Answer 4

If you really want to do it, yes you should. Yes the training is that hard.

Becoming a Navy SEAL is becoming one of VERY few. It's no decision to make overnight. You have to be physically conditioned and mentally conditioned to make it through the training. Go speak to a recruiter, they can give you the pre-requirements on what it takes and more information about becoming a SEAL.

There is nothing wrong with the military, yes they teach you to follow orders, but following orders in situations like the Navy SEALS go into... Saves Lives.

Good luck on your decision. The SEALs also have a website you might want to check out. I believe it's navyseals navy.mil

Answer 5

GOOD LUCK!!! My husband and I watched a 6 episode "mini series" hour long each thing on seal training. The first hour long episode showed all this huge log lifting and carying, exercising, swimming, manuvering boats, over and over again. Then, the second episode came on and the narrator said "it's only the third day of training and already the soldiers haven't slept but four hours total"! It's crazy! they said that like 20% of the volunteers who sign up make it through, and we saw that more than half of the volunteers drop out by the third week. The first 6 weeks are the toughest. once you graduate from the first phase (I don't know how many phases there are because after the miniseries of all the tough physicall training is top secret) I say go for it and GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 6

The SEAL program consists of more than 12 months — followed by an additional 18 months — of intensive training designed to push you to your physical and mental limits — again and again.

Take a look at the link below and determine for yourself if you think it's hard. I can't remember where I read it or what the stats were, but the wash out rate is pretty high during the initial phases of the program.

Answer 7

Is that hard? Hell yes!!

Ever watch the movie "Gi Jane?" With Demi More as a SEAL.
Now picture yourself lifting logs, swimming in cold water, and sleping 2 hrs?? Only 4 times as worse as the film version......

The drop out rate is like 70%. Many try, few make it past 1 week. I meet some Seals while at basic in San Diego. They ran the Night PT course. Trust me they are the badest SOB's on earth. They would PT us till guys puked or passed out. Then did some more.............

So want to be a SEAL?

Answer 8

My old man was an original Frogman, 1942, and the Seals began in 1952. He was part of the UDT, retired in 1953. Lots of stories, lots of danger. One of his ships was blown out of the water, and after 3 days of floating in the ocean, he was rescued. Most of his shipmates were killed from the original torpedo blast, and about 600 were eaten by sharks. And he said he would do it all over again. I know the Seals are doing different things now, and it is still dangerous. If you have the huevos, do it.

Answer 9

I think you have to be in the Navy or Marines first, and then they will ask you, if you do something they notice.

When I was in Vietnam as a Seabee (Builder), we had a bridge crew that came under attack (always did) and this one guy I knew took a bullet in the arm. He was awarded a Purple Heart and then the Seals invited him to join. He said see ya, and he joined, but to do so, he had to reinlist for another 6 years.

Answer 10

My son is an Army Ranger - the special op comparable to the Navy Seal. Training was tough & few passed - only 13 out of 137
got out on 1st try in his class. You get one recycled part (3 parts). My son made it with no recycle, but I am confident that if this training did not kill him - Afghanistan should be a piece of cake. I worried everyday. They had guys get broken legs, ankles, several became dehydrated (this was an immediate out - you body never recovers- they said). Punch day was when Drill Sgts punched you until you subdued them with hitting or taking them down. 3 got knocked out & 2 went to hospital for concussions, several had great black eyes. My son took a good chin jab before he realized you had to stepped too close to be hit & pin Sgt's arms. 8 mile runs with 40 lb packs at leaders pleasure.
If you want to try - good luck but expect tough training - it is for only the most elite. It does help after a military career - my uncle was a Green Beret & he got several great job offers before becoming a Military History professor. Good luck in whatever your choice!

Answer 11

Before you do it, consider one thing: how's this going to help me when I get out of the Navy? Unless you plan on being a "lifer" (making a career out of it), I wouldn't reccomend it. Take the ASVAB (unless you all ready have), talk to your Navy Recruiter, and choose something you'd most likely use when you get out. Even though I went in as a lowly E-1, I got out as a Personelman/E-3, on the 2nd ship I was stationed on. It was kind of difficult at the time, being that the test was based on stuff the Navy didn't use any more, and I was having to use typewriters than a computer.