I want a straight out plan for being a navy seal officer.?

Question

No bullcrap I want straight facts, I have no clue, and I don't won't to be screwed the hell over before I start, it had to be said and that is the honest truth.

Answer 1

K heres whats up.

To be an officer you have two choices:
1) enlist, and spend about 5-6 years working your way up to officer. Youll be promoted and have the chance to attend OCS (officer candidate school). If you pass, youll be commissioned as an officer.

2) go to college. You have two options here:
a) military academies are free, but very difficult to get into (especially the Navy's anapolis academy). If you graduate, youll be an officer. During the summers, youll attend bootcamp and OCS and a summer deployment.

b) go to a school and do ROTC for the navy. Again, if you graduate youll be commissioned, but during the summers youll go to bootcamp, OCS, and a summer deployment.


Thing is, Navy Seal training is some of the most difficult training in the world. The vast majority of recruits dont make it through. It requires unbelievable physical stamina. From either the enlisted or officer ranks you can elect to go to Seal training school.

Note that theres no real "advantage" to being a navy seal. No pay advantage whatsoever. You just get to play with better toys, and you get sent into dangerous areas--meaning that if you plan on being a seal, dont plan on having a family until you retire. Also, if you plan on being a navy seal, dont expect to get a short contract. There is no pay advantage to being a seal (besides the danger pay that all deployed soldiers and seamen recieve).

In sum--if you want to be an officer, you're looking at 4 years of difficult physical and mental training that 80% of people fail.

Here's what they don't tell you in the recruitment room.

Say you sign up to be a seal, and you drop out--well guess what: now the navy can stick you wherever the hell they please, which is wherever needs the most help. You can instantly go from a seal in training to an officer running a warehouse. So be careful--don't aim too high, but try your best.

Also note that, if you specifically want to be a SEAL team leader (officer), the best route is probably to enlist, become a seal, and work your way up the seal ranks (known as a Mustang)... because when you go to an academy or go through OCS, you write down your top 5 choices. There is no guarantee at all that any of your choices will be what you're enlisted for.

Answer 2

don't listen to anyone else. I served in a Marine Corps Spec. Ops. unit for 4 years and am currently in Army ROTC. I have done several missions with seals, and i will tell you the honest to gods best route. If you want to be an officer it is completely stupid to enlist first. Start by getting your degree. I wont go in depth about Rotc program here however email me and i will discuss. After you recieve a degree (doesn't matter in what field) you will then enlist in to the navy. You will attend OCS, after which you will go to SEVERAL other schools pertaining to being an officer. Upon completion you will be able to try out for BUDS. you will have to go into a training plattoon or a pre buds plattoon. I am sorry but you will not be good enough yet to become a seal. After you are qualified, you can enter in to the BUDS program. There are other ways to go but i have given you the best option from someone that one; has been there two; is still doing the same thing, and three; ACTUALLY knows what the hell he is talking about. If you have any other questions i will be more than happy to correspond through emails. i highly suggest this because i will explain in depth why this is the best route and why other routes aren't as smart.

Answer 3

You can become an officer in one of four ways: USNA - and they stopped looking at grades as the major criterion after that resulted in a higher-than-expected BUD/S wash out rate; NROTC; OCS-BUD/S; and the program within the SEALs that permits the selection of enlisted men for OCS. USNA accounts for the largest portion of Officers in BUD/S but NROTC and OCS-BUD/S account for about half. I know someone who is a SEAL Officer. He did it through OCS-BUD/S. I think he scored around 670 or so on his PST and did well on the military aptitude tests. He was also a Collegiate All-American athlete in two sports and had played 9 varsity High School seasons in various sports. He was an honors graduate from a well-known University. He had been a sports team Captain and had a reputation for trying very hard to be the best athletic performer. He competed with others but also with himself in that regard. He was a Magna *** Laude college graduate (engineering) and decided that if he didn't make it into OCS-BUD/S, he'd enlist. At his SQT graduation, there were Es and Os who graduated from a range of college majors as well as some guys who had no college. All SEAL Officers must have at least a 4-year college degree.

Answer 4

Good luck. That's one of the toughest officer slots to get. Your best bet is through the Naval Academy.

One thing to keep in mind though, Army's expanding the Green Berets. They're looking for good officers, and if you think you can take 2 years out of your life for all the training you're gonna need (Q-Course, Selections, Foreign Language training, SERE, Airborne, Air Assault, HALO, SCUBA, just to name a few), it might be a path worth pursuing. Oh, and they also make you an E-6 when you graduate. They also pay you quite a bit more than they will anywhere else in the military.

But good luck to you, whatever you wind up doing.

Answer 5

To become an officer, you must have a Bachelor's degree from college, I would recommend a college with a NROTC program.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

After Tadpoles (pre-trainees) attend either Navy Boot Camp (for enlistees) or an Officer Selection Program such as Officer Candidate School, the Naval Academy or Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), they must volunteer to undergo the initial screening for acceptance into BUD/S training LINK.

The initial requirements are as follows:

* Pass a diving physical exam
* Have eye-sight no worse than 20/40 in one eye and 20/70 in the other and correctable to 20/20 with no color blindness (strict on this one)
* Minimum ASVAB score: VE + AR = 104, MC = 50 (for enlistees)
* 28 years old or less (strict on this also, although there have been guys who persuaded the powers that be to ignore the cut-off)
* Only men are eligible
* Pass the physical fitness test (remember it is maximum effort they are looking for - not the minimums!)
o 500 yd swim using breast/side stroke in 12:30 - ten minute rest
o Minimum of 42 pushups in 2 minutes - two minutes rest
o Minimum of 50 sit-ups in 2 minutes - two minute rest
o Minimum of 8 pull-ups - no time limit - ten minute rest
o Run: 1.5 miles wearing boots & fatigues in 11:30

Congratulations! At this point, if you’ve passed everything with flying colors, then you wait for a billet to open up - at which time you can report to Coronado, Ca. for BUD/S training (if your Commanding Officer lets you transfer - so you don't want to make yourself too indispensable at your first command or they may keep you. You want out and fast because the only place for you now is in your newfound hell called Fourth Phase)!

Answer 6

1. Get degree.
2. Enlist in the Navy under the SEAL Challenge program.
3. Get through BUD/S.
4. Apply for OCS.

I put 3 and 4 in that order because I've read that it's easier to get accepted to both of them in that specific order, and very difficult to get into BUD/S as an officer.

Answer 7

You may never have the chance, pchycologically you may not be able to take the stresses placed on you in the intense training. Not only do you have to be the best of the physically, mentally youve got to be able to handle the stresses placed on you. And you have to stand out amongst thousands of well trained marines all great soldiers looking to have the same chance as you. AH, sorry man but try hard, it would be like being the qb on a nfl team, your chances are slim.

Answer 8

Enlist in the NAVY first.
Then I guess you have to work your way up to being a NAVY Seal Officer or something. Hell I don't know!

Answer 9

Well, all you have to do is want to kill people that have oil and enjoy trespassing other people's lands and blowing up small cities shock and awe style. Then if you don't mind having a leg or two blown off, your brain scrambled and getting some mysterious disease from the depleted uranium bullets you pump into people, you'll do fine. You already admit to not having a clue, so you're perfect. Be sure to pick out a casket before you start taking orders from Bush and Cheney..