Tell me a little about the Navy Seal's?

**The attrition rate for SEALS is extremely high. Only 1 out of 5 actually make it to BUDS.

Entering training to become a Navy SEAL is voluntary; and officers and enlisted men train side by side. To volunteer, SEAL candidates must meet the following criteria:
-Male in the United States Navy or Coast Guard
-Age 18-28 (waivers for 29- and 30-year-olds are possible)
-Uncorrected vision no worse than 20/200 in both eyes, correctable to 20/20 through contacts or glasses (corrective surgery through PRK is also possible)
-U.S. citizen

-A composite score of VE+MK+MC+CS=220 or GS+MC+EI=165 on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
No prior drug abuse, and good moral character (waivers are required for criminal offenses and traffic tickets and if the offense category exceeds limit, no waiver is allowed)

-1A memorandum of understanding was signed with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Special Operations Command that will allow Coast Guard Personnel to train and serve in the Naval Special Warfare Community. The memorandum will allow selected Coast Guard personnel to be assigned to the SEAL training pipeline and possible duty as a Navy SEAL. The program is intended to give Coast Guard personnel the opportunity to gain experience in the execution of special operations.

Screening
Assignment to BUD/S is conditional on passing the Diver/SEAL Physical Screening Test (PST). Prospective trainees are expected to exceed the minimums. The minimum requirements of the PST are:

-500 yd (460 m) swim using breast or side stroke in under 12:30 with a competitive time of under 10:30

-At least 42 push-ups in 2 minutes with a competitive count of 79 or more

-At least 50 sit-ups in 2 minutes with a competitive count of 79 or more

-At least 6 pull-ups from a dead hang (no time limit) with a competitive count of 11 or more

-Run 1.5 mi (2.4 km) in boots and trousers in under 11:30 with a competitive time of 10:20 or less

SEAL training consists of the following:
Assessment and Selection:
-1â€“8 weeks Naval Special Warfare Preparatory School (new recruits)
-3 weeks Indoctrination Course at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
-24 weeks Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training at the Naval Special Warfare Center, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado

SEAL Qualification Training:
-5 weeks parachute training (1 week of static-line, 3 and a half of military free-fall) at the U.S. Navy Tactical Air Operations School in San Diego, CA
-4 weeks Cold Weather Survival Training at Naval Special Warfare Cold Weather Detachment Kodiak, Alaska.
-2 weeks of SERE
-1 week of Tactical Communications
-1 week of Tactical Medicine and Combat Casualty Care
-1 week of classroom instruction in US Special Operations and -Advanced Special Operations (Tactical injects throughout course)
-2 weeks of Maritime Operations
-2 weeks of Tactical Combat Swimmer
-1 week in Armed Combatives
-1 week in Close Combat Weapons
-3 weeks in Close Quarters Combat
-1 week in long range combat weapons
-3 weeks in Small Unit Tactics (SUT) or Land Warfare

Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL (BUD/S)
Upon arrival at Naval Special Warfare Command, check-ins for BUD/S are immediately placed into a pre-indoctrination phase of training known as 'PTRR', or Physical Training Rehabilitation and Remediation. PTRR is also where all of the 'roll-backs' are placed while waiting to be put into a class. Once additional medical screening is given, and after enough BUD/S candidates arrive for the same class, organized physical training begins.

BUD/S consists of a three-week 'Indoctrination Course', known as INDOC, followed by three phases, covering physical conditioning (seven weeks), diving (eight weeks), and land warfare (nine weeks) respectively. Officer and enlisted personnel go through the same training program. It is designed to develop and test their stamina, leadership, and ability to work as a team.

In the first phase, BUD/S students are divided into 'Boat Crews' which can consist of six to eight men. Although some exercises will be undertaken as boat crews (such as 'log PT', which requires boats crews to exercise with logs that weigh 150 lb (68 kg) each, and 'Surf Passage', where boat crews must navigate the Pacific surf in inflatable boats), the first phase of BUD/S also consists of a series of demanding individual physical tests including frequent sets of push-ups and sit-ups, ocean swims and timed 4 mi (6.4 km) runs in boots and long trousers, in soft sand (to be completed in 32 minutes). The first phase is most well known for 'Hell Week', 132 hours of continuous physical activity, which usually occurs during week four. A student may drop on request (DOR) from the course at any time. The tradition of DOR consists of dropping one's helmet liner next to a pole with a brass shipâ€™s bell attached to it and ringing the bell three times (the bell was taken away for a few years in the 1990s, then later brought back)

Benji

You don't join the SEALs, you join the Navy and try to qualify for SEAL training. You can take the test at boot camp. When I was in, we opened the pool on Thursday nights for any recruit who wanted to take the test.
You'll have to have what is called a source rating.SEALs are heavy on gunners mates, boatswains mates and the like. Be wary of recruiters who say you can go in on one rating and easily switch to another - it doesn't happen very often.
Yup, they'll push you, try to get you to ring the bell. The most important thing you bring to Coronado is your brain. If there's any quit in you, they'll find it.

spdrmnky

You can start by loosening your sleep pattern. The first few days of training they make sure you sleep little if any. Don't go gung-ho Navy while you're there, because there are people from all branches at the training facility. I taught there in 2000 due to a joint training task force. Keep your muscles guessing. If you have a training regimine, getr rid of it! You will to every exercise and muscle stimulator known to man, in a few short weeks.

EazyE

I don't know much, im more a fan of the Army Ranger Wing, (Ireland's Navy Seals) but try Wikipedia

ArmyChemo

The average person has almost a better chance of being an NFL or NBA player than being a SEAL...think on that one...

Pollywog!

Do you have any knee of leg problems? If you're dedicated to it that would be the only thing to hold you back. It's tough. A LOT of people don't make it through that program. Good luck.

Andrew

Be prepared to be unprepared. BUDS will challenge you and only 1 in 5 people will make it through the training. Good luck with it! You will need it.

mikecoma

work on your grammar skills first

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