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BUD/s What to expect-What is a SEAL
02/13/2008 16:35:55 / none, or other
To be a Navy SEAL, you MUST FIRST VOLUNTEER and complete the BUD/s training program that lasts approx 6 months. Prior to starting a class, prospective candidates are given the opportunity to participate in a pre-training program. THIS is a great chance to size yourself up with your prospective classmates. Gauge your running times, performance and physical stamina within this group. When you START your class, that day is the first day of Training. Training follows a schedule (plan of the day) and is followed every week. BUD/s Training is about TEAMWORK, but you will also be tested on YOUR INDIVIDUAL participation as part of this TEAM. Therefore, you must continually strive to excel and exceed yourself in performance at all times. Motivation Week (Hell-week) usually occurs about the 3rd or 4th week of training. It is not a class, but a week-long adventure training evolution that occupies nearly every second of your time for, yes…a WEEK. Trust me, seams like longer! If you want to no longer be a volunteer in this program, you can QUIT any time, usually and symbolically done while ringing a very LARGE bell THREE TIMES! (The BELL, which is brightly polished daily by the junior class, is easily accessible by every student). You will learn to appreciate it’s meaning and it’s purpose.Simply put, once you quit, you will be transferred to the FLEET to serve the remainder of your obligated military service in the Navy. (Often referred to as Haze Grey and Underway). The TEST that you refer to before training is the SEAL PRT (Physical Readiness Test), which tests your minimum physical ability to pass certain exercises designed to gain assignment to BUD/s. In addition, there are academic, personal interview and medical standards that you will also be required to pass prior to gaining access to BUD/s. ONCE, (big word), you pass BUD/s, you will then be required to completed an advance training program which further enhances your abilities to be a SEAL, which takes about another 6 months to complete. Then, you earn the right to wear the Trident and the title as a SEAL. Those are the straight answers to your question. But now that I have your attention, please permit me to share with you some insight about BUD/s and what it means to be a UDT/SEAL. ….Assuming you qualify and are assigned to go to BUS/s training, (which is after completing boot camp of course), you will find yourself in the company of some of the world’s finest warriors. From the prospective of a Teammate, you will be lead by courageous and outstanding operators who have trained and become exceptional in their skills as a SEAL. These SEALs have earned the title of INSTRUCTOR. They are neither supermen nor extreme athletics, but they are SEALs. Men that have learned to persevere through extremes and super conditions thought by many to be insurmountable. But this just one of the aspects that separates these warriors, these men, we call SEALs. Although every SEAL is a Leader, each SEAL that is assigned to be an Instructor, brings to the Training environment an incomparable talent second to none. This duty and assignment is not taken lightly and therefore each BUD/s candidate has on opportunity to benefit from these professionals. Therefore, be studious, absorb and guard what is taught in BUD/s as if your life depends upon it, as it will! The invaluable information and training each BUD/s graduate takes to his future assignments is based on actual real-life experiences that have been passed down from our forefathers in Naval Special Warfare. When and if a candidate earns the right to pin on the covenanted Trident; thus entitling this new warrior to bear the name SEAL, comes the awesome responsibility and accountability to also carry the torch to lead, train, motivate, and perpetuate the SEAL creed and ideals. SEALs are Men that are dedicated to continue to pass the torch of excellence, dedication, loyalty and commitment. SEALs are Men that have an undeniable and unquestioned devotion to the United States, their mission and their teammates. It is a lifetime enriching experience, shrouded and encompassed in a close nit brotherhood of warriors, who volunteered and are willing to make any sacrifice. Are you that Volunteer? Are you willing, to take- the - Challenge?
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