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In college at The College of New Jersey and graduating in May '09. I have been trying to decide between applying for a commission and taking the enlisted route to become a SEAL, one quote on another forum though has pushed me towards SEAL. Basically, someone stated when deciding between commissioning and SEAL you need to decide what you want more... to be an officer or to be a SEAL. First and foremost, I want to be a SEAL, I want to serve my country and become one of the best of the best in the process. There are plenty of obstacles in the way, but I'm young and have always prided myself on doing exactly what I want and especially on doing what others say I can't. Athletic background information- I swam competitively for 14 years or so from the age of 5 until I was in college. I also became a swim coach for my own youth team at 15 and was head coach at 17 (while still a member of the team because it was a 5-18 league). While I may not be the fastest swimmer around I certainly hold my own and am VERY GOOD in terms of form and stamina. I also wrestled for as long as I remember until high school (broke my foot a week before varsity tryouts and chose to swim instead), played soccer on club and HS teams and did track (pole vault)for my HS. Extra- College has not been nice to my body. After graduating HS I was 5'11", maybe 6', and weighed between 165-175 lbs. As of February 08 I was ~6'1 and weighed ~210, I'm now (April 08) down to about 185-190lbs and getting back to a regular training and diet regiment to get my strength and stamina back up.

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