Run the Guantlet of Navy SEAL Hazing
by Brandon Webb 2 days ago
Hazing is alive and well in the dark corners of the military bunkers.
Probably the most memorable “training” I received during the entire 18 months of our platoon’s workup was not an official training at all, and I sure never got a certificate for it. But it made a lasting impression.
Not long after we met, Gabriele and I had a date set for our wedding. My family had spent good money on the preparations. For whatever crazy reasons kids do crazy things, though, around the second week of MAROPS, we decided we couldn’t wait any longer. We quietly eloped — snuck off to Vegas and hit a chapel.
When we got back I said, “Look, my mom will kill me if I tell her what we did. She’s planned this whole big thing. She’ll be devastated.” I swore Gabriele to secrecy. I couldn’t let my mother find out, and since my sister, Rhiannon, was living right in the area and going to San Diego State, we couldn’t let her find out either.
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