I'm a soccer player and I'm in relatively good condition. I can shoot a gun pretty well and I'm rather perceptive about my surroundings. I'm a little impatient and I have a slight problem with authority. I work well with others and I'm a pretty good follower or leader.
2006-10-23 11:49:54 · 9 answers · asked by Nathan 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
That shouldn't be a problem because my cousin is in the navy i could ask her when she comes home for Christmas this year.
2006-10-23 11:59:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
About 80% of people don't make it. And the guy above who says "You don't select Navy SEALs, they select you" is wrong. You can go into the Navy with the SEAL Challenge contract with a guaranteed shot at BUD/S as long as you pass the PFT.
You have to be a team player. A problem with authority will not work well in any profession, especially when its life or death. You will also need to be patient. All the training just to get into the SEAL Teams takes about 15 months.
Physically you have to be the best. You run at least 6 miles a day just from your runs to and from meals. You also swim A LOT. You need to be used to swimming with fins and running on sand in boots and long pants. You should be able to run 4 miles in 28 minutes, 100 push ups in 2 minutes, 100 sit ups and 2 minutes, and 15-20 pull ups. If you can do that you can you will have a shot physically. But there is still a lot to put up with mentally..
You are constantly wet and sandy. During Hell Week you will be wet, sandy, cold and tired. You'll spend about 15 minutes at a time in water around 60 degrees. You only get about 4 hours of sleep in 5 days. You have to want it.
2006-10-23 13:28:33 · answer #2 · answered by Curt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aaaggghhhh! My favorite past time in years gone by...standing on my terrace watching the Seals move telephone poles down the beach running...each Seal with a telephone pole. The reality of any of that setting in? How about sitting in water for long periods of time waiting? The best of the best don't always make it through that training. Physical endurance is only part of the game. You have to pass the psychological battery and if you are in the like 1% that gets picked to go to SEAL Training, well 1/3 of those actually make it.
I'm not trying to dash your dreams. The Navy is always looking for good sailors. The reality is your mind will fail you long before your body ever will. As evidenced by the number of people that never even make it out of boot camp.
Here's the straight and skinny. Say you get to SEAL training and don't make it. Will you love the Navy (Navy/ Marine Corp -- all Under The Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corp) enough to be successful at another career of probably the Navy's choosing? Plan to succeed and have a plan B if you don't! Just remember after 180 your contract is locked in and you'll have to get through the rest of your enlistment if you don't get your 1st choice.
Check out the sight below and if you think you can that ADD in check and you still want to do it. GO FOR IT!
2006-10-23 12:39:02 · answer #3 · answered by Marcy S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't select the navy Seals, they select you.
You haven't been through boot camp yet, what makes you think that you are the ideal candidate?
The authority and impatience issues would disqualify you before you even got started.
That's good that you can shoot, but could you de-bone a raghead with your K-bar?
I believe you need to rethink this whole Seal idea, at least until you've made it through boot camp. My suggestion is the Marine Corps, it would come the closest to preparing you for Recon or Seals. The Seals take in Marines and navy, so either will work for you, that is if they select you!
2006-10-23 12:22:27 · answer #4 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you better be able to have a perfect PFT score: 80-100pushups, 1.5 mile run in 9:00 minutes, and 100 crunches. either way, i wouldn't recommend the SEAL's from the start, since joining the Navy for the sole purpose of BUD/S training might end up wasting your time if you can't hack the training. You ought to join the Marines if you're interested in combat. Make it through basic there, try for Force Recon after a few years in, and then after a tour with them try out for MARSOC Detachment I, which is shaping up to be just like the SEAL's anyways. Don't just go SEAL right out of Navy boot; you won't make it and you'll earn more respect if you spend a few years in the military first to find out if you really belong.
2006-10-23 12:50:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off...lets dispell a few myths of those who answered before. The Navy doesn't have 'boot camp'. They have 'basic training'. The USMC is the only branch of the military that still has 'boot camp'. Secondly...you cannot chose to become a Navy Seal, you are selected...you can put in a request but it must be granted. Thirdly, Force Recon is every bit the same training as BUD's. I have been a force recon marine for several years. We train as hard if not harder than SEAL's. You must also be selected to force recon as well. Only .01% of all those who enter the military are ever asked/accepted to special forces training.
2006-10-24 06:12:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was NOT a navy seal. During the 22 years I served in the navy I did spend about 6 months stationed at NAB Coronado.
Every guy there is in superb physical condition. IMHO the physical training is not what causes the vast majority of guys to drop out.
I'd recommend Tom Clancy's non-fiction book...
http://www.amazon.com/Special-Forces-Guided-Tour-U-S/dp/0425172686
2006-10-23 14:29:40 · answer #7 · answered by Yak Rider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You better have guts, nerve, ambition, and can train yourself to focus on mundane things.
Go to a VFW and talk with some of the vets there.
2006-10-23 11:59:45 · answer #8 · answered by northernbornsoutherner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
40% chance of making it. What is in your heart? Can you endure or are you a quitter?
2006-10-23 11:58:59 · answer #9 · answered by DW 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋