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op:Here, yes he did.
op:Here, yes he did.
Here, yes he did.
I'm mistaken on the piece about pro athletes. That ridiculous statement was made by Seymour. I'm sorry.
Here, yes he did.
Navy Seal Screening
Assignment to BUD/S is conditional on passing the Diver/SEAL Physical Screening Test (PST). The minimum requirements of the PST are:
* 500 yd (460 m) swim using breast or side stroke in under 12:30
* At least 42 push-ups in 2 minutes
* At least 50 sit-ups in 2 minutes
* At least 6 pull-ups from a dead hang (no time limit)
* Run 1.5 mi (2.4 km) in boots and trousers in under 11:30
Prospective trainees are expected to exceed the minimums. "Competitive" scores are:
* 500-yard swim using breast or combat side stroke in under 10:30[9][10]
* 79 push-ups in 2 minutes[9][10]
* 79 sit-ups in 2 minutes[9][10]
* 11 pull-ups from a dead hang (no time limit)[9][10]
* Run 1.5 miles in boots and trousers in under 10:20[9][10]
The most competitive candidates for selection to attend BUD/S as officers have a combined run and swim time under 18 minutes, as well as scores far exceeding the minimum on the other events.
:LMAOThat dude looks like he could be Rail's lover
actually....I think MASS is the first place where they let them marryI thought all the queers live in Cali? isn't that where the queers go to tie the knot?
Be willing to wager though...their "best" seal today would be lucky to rank in top 20 as Worlds toughest one-on-one fighter !
Meaning.... "they" are not the "Baddest" dudes on the planet !
Looking good and being in top shape doesn't do much for you if you met that fellow I saw on the forum the other day[name sounded Danish or German ?],unless,of course, he pauses too long in admiring your physique ?:+textinb3
You guys are a trip....no seal is going to jump in the ring with Chuck Liddel or an MMA fighter and expect to win...
But I would rather have a seal come to the rescue if I have a problem in a foreign land....hardcore third world killers could careless about theme music...they understand the seals thou...
As for pulling those pirates closer with a tow rope sounds like a great idea to me...easier the better...still a great shot in rough water....I would like to see them kill them all [the pirates] like fish in barrel which is basically what they are!!:cheers
How the Navy SEALs Work by Lee Ann Obringer
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- BUD/S Training: Hell Week
- BUD/S Training: SCUBA and Land Warfare
- Advanced Navy SEAL Training
- Navy SEAL Counterterrorism Missions
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BUD/S Training: Basic Conditioning
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[SIZE=-1]BUD/S obstacle course[/SIZE]</center>[/FONT] </td></tr></tbody></table> Basic Conditioning is when the going gets rough. This is the phase where most Drops on Request (DOR) happen. For eight weeks, trainees' days are filled with running, swimming, calisthenics, and learning small-boat operations. One-to-2 mile ocean swims and running the mother of all obstacle courses are daily, and timed, events. A trainee's time for these exercises must continuously improve. Another important part of basic conditioning is drown-proofing. In this evolution, trainees must learn to swim with both their hands and their feet bound. To pass drown-proofing, trainees enter a 9-foot-deep pool and complete the following steps with their hands and feet tied:
- bob for 5 minutes
- float for 5 minutes
- swim 100 meters
- bob for 2 minutes
- do some forward and backward flips
- swim to the bottom of the pool and retrieve an object with their teeth
- return to the surface and bob five more times
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[SIZE=-1]Drown-proofing[/SIZE]</center>[/FONT] </td></tr></tbody></table> Another evolution is surf torture, also called "cold water conditioning." The water temperatures usually hover around 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18 C), and never go above 68 degrees F (20 C). From there, trainees may be ordered to do some calisthenics or run a mile and a half down the beach in their wet clothes and boots. Then, they're ordered back into the surf. Many drills also require that teams carry their rubber boats over their heads as they run from one task to another.
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[SIZE=-1]BUD/S surf torture[/SIZE]</center>[/FONT]
ARCHIE....IT'S JUST CRAZY...SOME PEOPLE JUST HAVE NO CLUE..:+textinb3
BUD/S Training: Hell Week
<!-- dtl_id=39599 //--> The fourth week of Basic Conditioning is known as Hell Week. This is when students train for five days and five nights solid with a maximum total of four hours of sleep. Hell Week begins at sundown on Sunday and ends at the end of Friday. During this time, trainees face continuous training evolutions. During Hell Week, trainees get four meals a day -- sometimes MREs, but usually hot meals of unlimited quantities. Eating hot food is a substitute for being warm and dry. It gives a needed psychological boost to tired trainees, many of whom are nearly sleeping while they eat.
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[SIZE=-1]BUD/S training[/SIZE]</center>[/FONT] </td></tr></tbody></table> Pretty much every evolution during Hell Week involves the team (or boat crew) carrying their boat -- inflatable rubber Zodiacs -- over their heads. Timed exercises, runs, and crawling through mud flats are interspersed throughout the five-and-a-half days. The largest number of trainees drops out during Hell Week. This extreme training is critical, though. SEALs on missions must be able to operate efficiently, oblivious to sub-zero temperatures and their own physical comfort. Their lives, as well as the lives of others, may depend on it.
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[SIZE=-1]BUD/S seamanship training[/SIZE]</center>[/FONT] </td></tr></tbody></table> Listening closely to orders is another critical element of training during BUD/S, particularly during Hell Week when brains are getting fuzzy from lack of sleep. The instructor may purposely leave out part of an order to see who is really listening. For example, during a series of orders requiring trainee teams to do exercises using a 300-pound (136-kg) log, he may leave out mention of the log for one order. Team leaders who are paying attention will catch this, and their team gets a small break in the difficulty of the task by performing it without having to carry the log. The instructor might reward the team by allowing it to stand by the fire and rest, or sit and sleep for a few minutes.
BUD/S Training: SCUBA and Land Warfare
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Since much of a SEAL's work is done underwater, SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) and combat swimming are top priorities for training.
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[SIZE=-1]SEAL SCUBA training[/SIZE]</center>[/FONT] </td></tr></tbody></table> SEALs train extensively for eight weeks in closed-circuit SCUBA systems and underwater navigation.
[SIZE=+1]Land Warfare[/SIZE]
During land-warfare training, SEALs train for nine weeks in intelligence-gathering and structure penetration, long-range reconnaissance and patrolling, and close-quarters battle. They are also trained to react to sniper attacks and to use "edged" weapons such as knives and other blades. SEALs must be able to drive any vehicle and be skilled in high-speed and evasive driving techniques. Hand-to-hand combat is also taught during this phase of training.
To be prepared for anything, they are taught the tactics small units must use, including handling explosives, infiltrating enemy lines, recovery (snatch-and-grab) techniques, and proper handling of prisoners. SEALs must also be able to survive in extreme environments and provide medical treatment (field medicine).
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Advanced Navy SEAL Training
<!-- dtl_id=39603 //--> When BUD/S training is over, those remaining move on to basic parachute training at the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning, GA.
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[SIZE=-1]SEAL parachuting[/SIZE]</center>[/FONT] </td></tr></tbody></table> This training lasts for three weeks and is followed by SEAL Qualification Training (SQT). SQT is 15 more weeks of training to continue to improve basic skills and to learn new tactics and techniques required for assignment to a SEAL platoon.
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[SIZE=-1]SEAL Trident pin[/SIZE] </center></td></tr></tbody></table> It is after successful completion of the SQT that trainees are given their Naval Enlisted Code and awarded the SEAL Trident pin. They are now officially Navy SEALs. Hospital corpsmen require another 30 weeks of training at this stage.
Further training is provided in Special Reconnaissance and Direct Action, where SEALs learn more about completing tasks such as:
- tactical ambushes
- sniper assaults
- close-quarters combat
- underwater demolition
- combat-swimming attacks
- close air support
- naval gunfire support
- raids
- hydrographic reconnaissance
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[SIZE=-1]Naval Special Warfare operators inspect a shipping container at Iraq's Mina Al Bakar Oil Terminal during an operation to secure the oil platform from being destroyed by Iraqi military.[/SIZE]</center>[/FONT] </td></tr></tbody></table> [SIZE=+1]SEAL Assignments and Deployment[/SIZE]
New SEALs report immediately to their operational units and begin 12 to 18 months of extensive individual-, platoon-, and squadron-level training in preparation for deployment with their SEAL platoon. This training/deployment cycle is repeated to make sure SEALs are constantly improving and learning new skills that can save lives and help missions succeed.
In the following sections, we'll take at look at some examples of SEAL missions.
Navy SEAL Counterterrorism Missions
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</td></tr></tbody></table> While we may hear about some amazing SEAL missions, most of what they do is off the radar. The few missions that do make the evening news, however, show us just how hard -- and how important -- the SEALs' jobs are. [SIZE=+1]Counterterrorism[/SIZE]
On January 6, 2002, during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001-2003), SEALs were sent to the landlocked country of Afghanistan in search of Osama Bin Laden and other terrorists hiding in the caves of Zawar Kili. What was supposed to be a 12-hour mission turned into an eight-day mission.
SEALs and other SOCOM (Special Operations Command) operators searched more than 70 caves over a 3-mile-long ravine near the Pakistani border. Their search turned up caches of weapons, ammunition, supplies, and a wealth of intelligence information. They survived the unexpectedly extended mission on supplies they found in the al-Qaeda camps.
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[SIZE=-1]SEALs discovered a large cache of munitions in one of more than 70 caves explored in the Zhawar Kili area of Afghanistan.[/SIZE]</center>[/FONT] </td></tr></tbody></table> According to Naval Special Warfare Command:
In the book Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL, former SEAL Chuck Pfarrer describes how a mission to protect a U.S. Navy amphibious ship (at an undisclosed location) turned into the capture of would be-terrorists. As leader of his SEAL detachment, Pfarrer was responsible for securing the ship in port while its cargo of ammunition was unloaded.
- [SIZE=-1] During Operation Enduring Freedom, Naval Special Warfare (NSW) forces carried out more than 75 special reconnaissance and direct-action missions, destroying more than 500,000 pounds of explosives and weapons; positively identifying enemy personnel and conducting Leadership Interdiction Operations in the search for terrorists trying to escape by sea-going vessels. NSW forces continue to operate in Afghanistan, routing out Taliban and other terrorist forces. [/SIZE]
After searching many fishing boats in the vicinity of the harbor, Pfarrer noticed a fishing boat coming into the area that didn't look like the others. He became suspicious and jumped into a Zodiac boat with two other SEALs, intending to search the slowly approaching boat. Maneuvering to prevent the boat from having access to the ship, they turned to face the boat head-on in order to force it to stop. Confirming their suspicions, the boat began increasing its speed.
The Zodiac was running side by side with the fishing boat, and Pfarrer was yelling "Halt!" -- but the boat's driver wouldn't stop. As the Zodiac got closer, one of the men in the boat began reaching under a fishing net for what looked like an AK-47. The Zodiac driver sharply turned and rammed the Zodiac into the fishing boat. Pfarrer pulled out his gun to fire a warning shot across the hull of the boat, but his gun jammed. He jumped into the fishing boat with the men, followed by the other two SEALs.
After a brief struggle, they tied up the men on the fishing boat. Looking beneath the nets, they found two large bundles of Yugoslavian-made TNT taped together with fuses ready, along with two AK-47s. Explosives of this type are designed to punch holes in a ship's steel hull. The men in the fishing boat were combat swimmers preparing to attach these explosives to the anchored U.S. Navy ship.
Navy SEAL Unconventional Warfare
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As the land explosives went off, the SEALs fired automatic weapons and launched grenades, creating a huge amount of noise that caught the attention of the Iraqis. The noise, combined with the force of Marines seen off the coast, convinced the Iraqis that the attack was coming from the sea. They pulled two divisions from the front line and moved them to the coast, only to find the SEALs and the Marine diversion gone. The ground war began against a much weakened Iraqi force.
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A seal has No FUKKIn chance Whatsoever in a run swim run against a top life guard. Lifeguards are are almost to a man scholarship swimmers. Seals are amature swimmers, they are roidheads with guns who signed up with the navy.
Everybody is looking for a hero, especially the cowards who live in the usa.
Hahaha, this railbird is getting on the 'top ten most retarded posts' list atleast 3 times with this thread alone.:doh1RAILBIRD...YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT...:+textinb3
CARRY ON LIFEGUARD!!!:cheers
A seal has No FUKKIn chance Whatsoever in a run swim run against a top life guard. Lifeguards are are almost to a man scholarship swimmers. Seals are amature swimmers, they are roidheads with guns who signed up with the navy.
Everybody is looking for a hero, especially the cowards who live in the usa.
Come on seymour, not this shit again. This would all depend on size, skill, and heart.Man, Rail you really are a tic
Hey, all I'm saying is that if you put ANY seal against anyone whose decent in MMA and neither has a weapon - the MMA fighter is going to win with eaze 8 days a week
put a knife in both of their hands and the Seal wins 100% of the time.......One's trained to fight and the other is trained to kill.Man, Rail you really are a tic
Hey, all I'm saying is that if you put ANY seal against anyone whose decent in MMA and neither has a weapon - the MMA fighter is going to win with eaze 8 days a week
Uh, no. Once again you are talking about stuff you no nothing about. The military is not begging anyone to come in and all branches are meeting recruiting goals with ease.
Let me ask you this if you think the lifeguard gig is so prestigious. Would you rather tell someone on a city streety you are a Huntingdon Beach lifeguard or a U.S. Navy SEAL? You don't just stumble into being a SEAL. And these dudes want the job so they can get paid to sit in a chair and look at beaver all day. Who wouldn't want that job?
Meet Huntington Beach Lifeguard Dustin McLarty, not 1 navy seal alive will beat him in a run swim run.
I'm in much better shape than this soft, fat fuck.
Meet Huntington Beach Lifeguard Dustin McLarty, not 1 navy seal alive will beat him in a run swim run.
WTF?