re: Does anyone have any BUDS stories?

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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

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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.