9 of the biggest mistakes sailors make while at BUD/S
Tim Kirkpatrick - Yesterday 9:40 AM
Navy SEAL candidates go through what’s considered the hardest military training before earning their precious Trident. That training is called the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, or BUD/S. When young men across the country join the Navy, they head down to the sandy beaches of Coronado, California to test themselves, both mentality and physicality, to see if they have what it takes to become a member of the Special Warfare community.
Since the BUD/S drop-out rate is so high (roughly 75% of candidates fail), many are left wondering what it takes to survive the rigorous program and graduate. Well, former Navy SEAL Jeff Nichols is here to break down a few of the mistakes that contribute to that high rate of failure.
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Speaking with a recruiter before passing the physical screening test
According to Nichols, if you excel well beyond the required standard on physical fitness tests, you’ll have a lot more sway in getting into the Spec Ops community. Your performance speaks volume in telling recruiters that this is what you want and that you’re ready to move forward.
Not everyone is ready to take the plunge — show recruiters you have what it takes.
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@rangerrebew There is more to it than being a gym rat. One of the guys I went through pre-deployment training with before going to VN was a former California Beach Boy/Surfer Dude/Weight lifter. Blonde Hair,blue eyes,chiseled abs.
He was also VERY intelligent and hard-working or he would have never graduated from the SF medics school,which is probably the most physically and intellectually demanding course in the army.
Over 200 of us went to VN on that one levy,and he was the only one that didn't show up for the flight to VN. After all the trash talking he had done,he went AWOL to avoid going to VN.
While there were a lot of guys making fun of his absence,nobody really missed him. The one thing you don't need when deployed to a combat zone and end up being only 1 of 12 Americans in a remote camp with hundreds of locals who look like the enemy and speak like the enemy is someone you can't count on.
And there are no such critters as "do-overs" in special operations. You can quit pretty much any time you want with no one criticizing you,EXCEPT for when you are actually preparing to go on a mission,or are on a mission. This is because generally speaking,there were only 2 or MAYBE 3 Americans on any mission,and the third one was generally there because he had never been on a combat mission before,and needed to face that reality before he was inserted on an actual mission as half of the Americans on a platoon of locals who are also armed with automatic rifles and grenades.
This was normal for the typical SF A-team in VN.
In Special Projects like SOG,we had a couple of platoons like normal SF operations,but most of us were on 6 man recon teams with 3 Americans and 3 locals. Once again,you could quit without any problem right up to the moment you got notified you had a mission laid on. No quitting until you got back. The mission is more important than you are. If you can't accept that,you have no business in special operations.
He could quit once he came back with nobody saying a word,but once you are out there,you are damn sure expected to perform unless you are so wounded you can't move. Even then,your fellow team mate or team mates will come by your position to reload your rifle for you and make sure the bleeding has stopped.
I am ASSUMING the SEALS follow the same practices because when going into combat with so few team members,you need to be able to count on every single one of them. After all,nobody wants to go out on a mission with someone they can't rely on to do their part.
