Thinking of Becoming a S.E.A.L :(

[CaptainBubba]

My dad was a Navy Seal for 20 years and my whole life everyone and their mom has been like "omg so you're going to be one too right?" so thats probably partly why I feel an urge to do it. About once every 2 months I get approached by a recruiter of some sort and they are like "hey dude join the army/navy you will love it". Thing is I am now a junior in a good university and getting va double major in math and comp sci and I would like to at least get my degree that ive been working so hard for and not waste my parent's sizeable investment in my education.

I feel like my girlfriend is gonna wanna break up soon bc she is all sad and bored and I only have a couple friends here since most of my friends are in another state and I'll be bored.

I am conflicted inside :/.

[Schimid]

I've been approached too, but I'm not necessarily a big guy. I'm roughly 5'8 and 150 pounds. So I'm about average height, average weight for a seventeen year old kid. I don't look like I've got a muscular background, or like I'm even in shape. At all. You're bigger, visibly in-shape, so they probably approach BILLIONS of guys like you, if they come up to one like me.

In short, can we fuck?

[FartinMowler]

"omg so you're going to be one too right?"

:/ one giant idiot that will drown

[CaptainBubba]

go mow a lawn so you can get those fishsticks for your starving cunt daughters Martin Fowler

[executioneer]

i'm thinking of becoming a H.O.R.S.I.E. guys :x

[DeadKennedys]

If everything goes right, I'll be a pilot in two years. I considered the SEAL program too, unfortunately I'm only 2 inches higher than Schimid so they're probably looking for tougher looking guys. Plus I don't want Viggo kicking my ass in the rain.

I say you should do it. I've known very few people who chose to join the military, especially something like that, and regretted it. And fuck your girlfriend, let Jo'd have her.

[Supafly345]

Don't they approach everyone? I mean it isn't like Abecrombie where they approach you if you meet a certain physical quota.

[CaptainBubba]

Yea they even lowered the IQ requirement to 80 (barely not-retarded) for army reqruitment. Its just that it actually gets me thinking about that kind of thing, not like I'm thinking "oh man they approached me I must be soooo qualified". They are always for army or marines but If I did do it I'd have to be a Seal. The point of doing it in the first place is so that I can both test and prove myself and I've met some soldiers and marines that make me want to srill a hole in my head, but every Seal I've met is intelligent and physically elite. Thats the kind of guy I'd like to be, but at the same time I want to be wealthy and powerful and I need my education to do that because I dont have any highly original ideas, but I am very smart and good at programming.

[Black Flag]

why don't you just do it after you graduate?

[Dr. Boogie]

If the recruiters won't stop buggin you, just act really listless when talking to them, and they'll quickly lose interest. It worked for me.

[WhiteRat]

If you are interested in being a SEAL, it wouldn't hurt to check out Air Force Pararescue. The training these guys go through is pretty intense.

Basic job description:
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/airforceenlistedjobs/a/afjob1t2x1.htm

other stuff:
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/jointservices/a/specialops2.htm

[Jeanette X]

My dad was a Navy Seal for 20 years and my whole life everyone and their mom has been like "omg so you're going to be one too right?" so thats probably partly why I feel an urge to do it.

I am conflicted inside :/.

Choosing a career purely on the basis that your father did it and its expected of you is hardly a wise thing to do.

[Chojin]

figures that jeanette would post in a thread about seals :rolleyes

[Juttin]

I'm looking to become a W. A. L. R. U. S. :/

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[executioneer]

I'm looking to become a W. A. L. R. U. S. :/

that joke was a "funny-once", mycroft

[RaNkeri]

Aren't S.E.A.L.S the ones who are ALWAYS killed first in the movies? :(

[Fathom Zero]

Does Finland even have a military?

[Archduke Tips]

Killing is wrong.

[executioneer]

and bad

[liquidstatik]

and sad :(

[adept_ninja]

The navy seals are the hardest training people in the military. If you are thinking of doing this you have to remember that you have to go through navy basic then do 6 months of B.U.D.S. If you want to do it then go for it but you have to be a tough mother fucker. I trained with some of those guys this summer and did the trident challenge (entrance physical test to go to B.U.D.S) its not hard you have to swim 500m in 12 min, 12 pull ups,do 80 push ups and 72 sit ups in 4 min and run 1 1/2 in 10:30 but after that you got hell week and all that shit.

[Fathom Zero]

What about Special Forces?

[CaptainBubba]

I laughed when I read the Trident Challenge. :(

Again, my dad was a Seal, I know all bout the training. I started doing training with him when I was 12 and I already know how to live for 12 hours tied up in deep water. The only part of Hell Week that scares me is 4 hours of sleep. I have sleep issues.

Navy Seals are like the premiere Special Ops Fathom.

[Chojin]

how do you live for 12 hours tied up in deep water.

[CaptainBubba]

Its really easy :(

The key thing is if the water is shallow enough at one point you find it and force air out of your body then use your toes to kick up when you hit bottom. If its so deep theres no point where you can you have to do basically the opposite and its much harder but still nothing I should have brought up fuck you chojin I am having a quarterlife crisis ok :(

[Mockery]

how do you live for 12 hours tied up in deep water.
You wear these:
http://www.johnlewis.com/jl_assets/Product/000000804.jpg

[Juttin]

You grow gills, like Kevin Costner

Duh!

[CaptainBubba]

Just change my title to 12 Hour Survivor now pls. :(


This reminds me of something that would happen to Captain Robo. :(

[Chojin]

that doesn't make any sense to me at all.

[CaptainBubba]

Try making all the air from your chest exit your mouth while in a pool. You will be able to walk on the bottom since what keeps you afloat is the lightness of the air in you. When you hit bottom it only takes the force of your toes kicking a little to basically rocket you up to the surface where you can take a good breath because of the force of your head exiting the water. Besides that fact the main benifit is the lack of actual energy you are spedning. Staying afloat while tied up would be very strenuous and would tire you out quickly. Doing it this way is actually relaxing and fun. :(

But seriously I should not have said it and it was an internet noob thing to say. Its not special, I am not special for knowing it, and it is a generally obnoxious thing to talk about. Much like "I am skilled in the art of melee combat" it is something which any sentient creature worthy of taking his fair share of oxygen should cringe upon hearing.

[adept_ninja]

the trident challenge isnt meant to be hard its just the physical standards. Im just saying that its somthing you need to really want regaurdless of how good of shape you are in or how much knowledge your dad has given you about the training. If you dont want it more then anything else at one point you will just say fuck it and give up.

[DeadKennedys]

I've been going through the various branches of the military these past two years.

First, I almost got suckered in by an Army Recruiter because I did great on their test which means i'm SPECIAL :lol

Then I was big on the air force, wanted to fly jets... 1) they're all nerds 2) they're sloppy 3) if you hate it, tough, you got ten more years ahead of you

Next was the marines, still an option

My first priority now is LAWL a Navy SEAL. The trident challenge sounds easy, hell week might suck cause of the sleep, but I figure I'll give it a shot. I like swimming and diving, I like demolitions and shooting stuff, and I like being challenged

[Crimson Ghost]

Graduate first, then you have the opportunity to go into officer training school. If you want to be the best you can be join the foreign legion. You will see combat and you just might die while training.

[McClain]

There's a reason everyone is a naysayer when people spout, "I'm gonna' be a SEAL!" It's because most people can't muster the psychological fortitude to complete the training. I spent a lot of time working with SEALs, SWIFT boat crew, EOD and UDT.
I even completed level-C SEREs, and that was the most painful time of my life.

I dare you to join just to become a SEAL. And then when it doesn't happen, I'll LMAO because you're stuck on a ship scraping paint and ironing the Old Man's uniform. Just like 99.9% of the other guys who wanted to be a SEAL.

A preemptive "HAHA" just for panache.

[executioneer]

but is it hard to join the S.T.A.R.S. :(

[RaNkeri]

not to mention RTSS :(

[Crimson Ghost]

Why don't you train with a SEAL, doing SEAL-like training, before you join the Navy. That way you won’t have to worry about not becoming a SEAL when and if you join. SEAL

[executioneer]

make sure to listen to a bunch of SEAL too

[Fathom Zero]

If you want to be a SEAL, you should watch Down Periscope for reference.

[Crimson Ghost]

Just play SOCOM.