OT: Any Navy Seals out there? Options

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I was just wondering if there are any Navy Seals in our club. I am watching a biography on Navy Seal training. The stuff they have to go through and the drop rate. Are any of you Navy Seals???

I just want to offer my respect.

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Let me first say,I am not a SEAL, however my last 3 years in the Navy I did SEAL team insertion and extraction from the aircraft I was a flight engineer.

Joe R is very right, and no wonder one has'nt responded. The guys I knew were very quite. They mostly stayed in their group, the only time you got "let in" is if you risked life and limb to assist the team. I have met many supposed SEALS and the odds that they worked on an actual team and performed ops is very unlikely. Many times it's a UDT diver that wanted to become a seal, but could'nt get passed the Psych stuff, not the right temperament.
BUDS is the first step, but after that, the training really sorts out the proper canidates. What you see on the Discovery channel is just the tip of the iceberg.

Many of the guys you would never know were seals. They just look like guys in really good endurance type shape. Never like Charlie Sheens Character in NAVY SEALS. Never would you SEE them out of control acting up, talking crap, just did'nt happen. "Run silent run deep, run deadly." This huge guy stereotype was not the norm. Shooting M60 with one hand, for the movies only, and BTW not the weapon of choice, although it does get used. Only real experience in civilian combat was with a guy named Rico.

We were going into a chinese place and four guys came out as we were going in. One guy tells Rico to get the F___ out of his way, Rico said something about respect and by the time I knew what was happening Rico had one guy on his knees and crying like a little beotch. All the rest just backed up. After we got our take out they were still in the parking lot. But did'nt say a word when we left. They got the point quickly

I have never had a team member discuss a mission unless it was coordinates for insertion or the like. But actual details, no way no how. And It's not a security clearance thing, cause I had that, it simply a need to know. And I did'nt.

Some people think we should'nt have covert ops, but I can tell you from personal experience that Americans have been saved countless times by these actions. I thank God, those men are there to do that job.

Erik Madsen