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re: Does anyone have any BUDS stories?
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:04 pm to MattA
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:04 pm to MattA
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Marine sure, but I highly doubt any unit guy ever gave going to buds a thought. When you’ve already made it to the show, why go back to triple A ball?
There were 3 or 4 guys on there that knew him and the story. Apparently he had to get special approval because he was too old.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:05 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Sorry.
The Q course, Special Forces Qualification Course is the real deal.
Green berets don't hold a press conference every time they do something.
Army green berets weren't pulled out of conflicts because of poor training and performance.
The Q course, Special Forces Qualification Course is the real deal.
Green berets don't hold a press conference every time they do something.
Army green berets weren't pulled out of conflicts because of poor training and performance.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:09 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Once witnessed most of a seal team having their faces drug across non-skid. Seals were relocated to a different ship after that. Semper fricking fi.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:16 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Got sucked off by a seal one time at BUDS.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:16 pm to MattA
I figure I’d never make it as a seal. I hate the surf. It’s a personality thing as some people are built in different ways. I love the woods and can land nav well. The rangers would have been my path if I had developed my natural nav skills (pilot) back then. I’m not saying I’d make it, but I’d be better than in the surf - I get sea sick.
I’m also not a fan of not breathing when I want. Phase two would have sucked.
I’m also not a fan of not breathing when I want. Phase two would have sucked.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:18 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yes, I trained my arse off before boot camp, went in as a Nuke, was told I could go to BUDS, destroyed the quals, was told I couldn't go because I was in a critically manned rate. Long story short, recruiters suck.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:23 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Watch the BUDS Class 234 documentary. It’s 4 hours long and covers every single phase from Indoc through Phase 3. One thing that’s super common among students is SIPE (swimming induced pulmonary edema). Since the students are in cold water for prolonged periods of time, their blood pressure gets so high that the alveoli in their lungs rupture which causes internal bleeding.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:24 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Wanted to be a SEAL bad when I was a teenager, even went to the recruiters office to talk to them, and they ending up giving me a bubble chart test. I thought it was a joke, I couldn’t see a number in there to save my life. Turns out I am red-green colorblind.which apparently ain’t good when it’s time to cut wires and disarm bombs. Told me after that I had no shot at being a SEAL or a navy pilot. That was the end of my military aspirations. Probably saved my life.
This post was edited on 3/4/24 at 10:25 pm
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:33 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I once planted rose bushes with multiple buds.
Seriously though all those schools are more mental then physical. If you are a committed person you can do it.
Seriously though all those schools are more mental then physical. If you are a committed person you can do it.
This post was edited on 3/4/24 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:33 pm to dietcoke7
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The Q course, Special Forces Qualification Course is the real deal.
That is why I mentioned seething Long Tabbers. Before you even get into SFQC you have to go through SOPC and SFAS. SFQC alone lasts at least twice as long (up to 4 times as long depending on MOS and language) as BUD/S and includes SERE, ASOT, and Robin Sage.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:38 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I got to go to my brother's BUDS graduation in Coronado back in the early nineties. Got to tour the base and hang around a couple of days. Watching the other classes was crazy. Those poor bastards just looked destroyed running up and down that beach with a boat or a log.
The indoor dive tank was very cool.
The indoor dive tank was very cool.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:44 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My cousin got a pinched nerve about 2/3rds through and couldn't use his right arm. Eventually the DI figured out he was hurt and he got washed out. Was allowed to restart after he healed but he decided that while his mind could get through that his body couldn't so he opted out. I know he spoke to several people before making that decision.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:48 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:They do far more than the BUDS I went through (sarcasm), so I'm not knocking it, but I've got a family member who was a tier 1 PJ and those are some bad arse mfers. dude racked up a couple purple hearts and a silver star.
the most intense military training in the world
dude is a fricking nut, always has been, but in the kind of way those guys are. I think they have one of the highest attrition rates of any of the training regimens in the world.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:56 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Demi Moore did it so it can’t be that hard.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 11:08 pm to Obtuse1
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The D Boys have a long road just to get a chance to flame out. Almost all their candidates come from the 75th RR
One thing people fail to understand is that attrition rates are really only meaningful relative to the candidate pool.
The initial assessment courses (BUDs, RIP/RASP, SFAS) consist of JAGs/dudes.
The candidate pool for later phases or for other units (SMUs) consists of guys who are already the small % who previously made it through other wickets.
Example: BUDs candidate pool consists of a bunch of generic Navy guys who passed a set of basic PT standards/quals and were approved to try out.
Candidates taking the long walk have very likely already been through the selection courses for Regiment and/or Group. So they're the small % of the small % of the small %, etc....and most still don't make it.
Then there are places where THOSE guys later go, and not all of them make it through that selection/assessment.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 11:13 pm to killedbyindians
A friend went through it with a few of his classmates from the naval academy.
All of their overseas missions were "training" missions. So they said. Tough guys, and smart as hell. All of them are out of the service and in the corporate world making bank.
Met an old guy who was retired special forces. I asked what he did, and he said that they flew around the world with briefcases full of cash and "solved problems."
All of their overseas missions were "training" missions. So they said. Tough guys, and smart as hell. All of them are out of the service and in the corporate world making bank.
Met an old guy who was retired special forces. I asked what he did, and he said that they flew around the world with briefcases full of cash and "solved problems."
Posted on 3/4/24 at 11:46 pm to SaintlyTiger88
One of my childhood friends was a Green Beret for several years. Later, he went to Delta selection and passed. He was a Delta operator for about a decade and saw action in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries.
Never had any interaction with SEALs. A family member of mine works with a former SEAL and said he's a cool guy.
Never had any interaction with SEALs. A family member of mine works with a former SEAL and said he's a cool guy.
Posted on 3/4/24 at 11:47 pm to Bill Parker?
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Met an old guy who...solved problems
I always picture this...
Posted on 3/4/24 at 11:47 pm to GruntbyAssociation
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Seriously though all those schools are more mental then physical. If you are a committed person you can do it.
I only have lowly Ranger and Sapper school on my CV but I don't know if I can agree with that. There are parts that are classroom type mental but a lot of it is using sleep/food deprivation and physical fatigue to test your brains when they are at their lowest level of operation. I didn't see anyone wash out because they couldn't add 2 and 2 together and get 4 twice in the same normal day they washed out because they couldn't add 1 and 1 together after 36 hours of no sleep, constant humping, and constant harassment by both OPFOUR and instructors or they literally got to a point where they couldn't put one foot in front of the other. I am not counting acute injuries because they generally had the chance to recycle.
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