DATE: 08/11/2011 02:01:19 / MOOD: annoyed

...The blogs were people actually saying something useful, or asking for help, or reminding us of the sacrifices of our soldiers, or speaking their mind on a subject... not people telling me where to find deals on shoes.

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DATE: 08/31/2009 20:40:07 / MOOD: none, or other

This blog is just to inform people about a new show on Spike called "Surviving Disaster" with Navy SEAL Cade Courtley as the host. It's basically about real life scenarios just as a plane hijacking, atom bomb, or other natural or man made disasters. Cade Courtley takes you through it and shows you how to survive in situations where most people would panick. I think that it looks interesting but I didn't know if maybe somebody knows him and would like to see him on TV or just likes these types of shows. Once again it's called "Surviving Disaster" with Cade Courtley.

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DATE: 07/31/2009 19:34:01 / MOOD: embarrassed

            &nb sp;  (DONT READ IF PUKE GROSSES YOU OUT)             ;    Ok so I was just on vacation in California and the flight that I was taking back to my home state was today. I had been feeling sick the last couple of days but I thought that I would be fine on the plane ride because I almost never get car sick or feel sick on planes. I had been doing fine until about the last 10 minutes of the plane ride until we hit some turbulence. My stomach felt a little uneasy but I thought that I would be fine. Within the next 30 seconds I was reaching for the bag that they supply you with to throw up in, but it was too late. I had literally just puked all over my pants and onto the ground and all over my carry on bag. The worst part, there were still 5min left in the plane ride, so I had to sit covered in my own puke for 15min before they let us get off of the plane. I went to the bathroom to clean up. I get all of the puke off of my pants, but it still looked like I pissed all over my pants and shirt, so I had to buy some clothes to change into. I was originally wearing a pair of khaki shorts and a basketball camp T-Shirt, and I went onto my next flight with a Harley Davidson shirt and a cheap pair of black jeans that were 3 sizes to big. The worst part though was that I really liked the khaki shorts and shirt that I had puked on so I put them in a plastic bag and took them with me. I smelled like complete crap. I just got home and felt like I needed to tell somebody this, but it's better that I tell somebody who can't laugh at me. Lol, but I was laughing the whole time because I thought it was funny until I changed and realized how embarrassing what just happened was. This is  all 100% true.

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DATE: 07/30/2009 21:10:12 / MOOD: anxious

I want to go to the Naval Academy for college and I think that I can make that happen because I'm very smart (I'm in a class for smarter students that less than 4% of the 1,300 kids at my school are in) and I'm very athletic. I'm not saying that I'll get into it for sure, but I really hope to and will try hard to get into it. But when you graduate from the Naval Academy you graduate as an Officer, so I'm wondering, How much different is it in BUD/s if you are an officer vs. an ensign? Are you put in charge of your team at BUD/s and expected to be a leader or are you treated normally? Any answers would be great, but don't leave an answer if you don't know.

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DATE: 05/25/1509 12:42:52 / MOOD: none, or other

   Michael Monsoon and his fellow Navy SEALs were in Iraq. They were in the middle of their mission with SEAL snipers watching them, when an insurgent threw a grenade down onto the TEAM. It hit off of Michael Monsoon's chest. He was about four feet away from a brick wall, and he could have easily saved his own life, but his fellow SEALs were too far from the wall to make it in time before the grenade went off. He had half of a second to make his decision, and he dove onto the grenade and smothered it with his body to save his teammates. All of them survived except for Michael. He gave the ultimate sacrifice, and God bless him for that. His sister and one of his fellow SEALs were on the Huckabee show just a few minutes ago, and they talked about how brave he was. Once again, God bless Michael Monsoon and every other person in the U.S. Military who have given the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

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DATE: 05/25/6886 12:39:41 / MOOD: angry

I'm sure that many of you have heard of Marcus Lutrell, author of "Lone Survivor." He recently was at his home when he heard a gunshot. He reacted by sweeping through his home, making sure that everyone in his family was fine. He then went outside to see his dog DASY shot dead. She was a gift to him to get through what happened to him in Afghanistan and her name was an acronym for his fallen SEALs who fought with him there. He chased after them, crawled under and fence and then pulled out his 9mm pistol. He had one of them in his sights and he could of easily killed that man, but he didn't. He then chased the four men who murdered his dog through several counties at speeds of over 100 mph. He stayed on line with the police the whole time, and they eventually caught the men when they stopped by a police station. He could've killed those men but he didn't. God bless Marcus Lutrell and Rest In Peace DASY.

 BruinsRock24

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DATE: 03/11/2009 22:49:00 / MOOD: curious

Well, I'm writing this blog to speak my mind. I'm 13 years old and I have wanted to be a SEAL for almost a year now. It's what I want to do and it's not some thing like when you ask a four year old what he wants to be and he says an astronaut or a firefighter, becoming a SEAL is the only thing that I can see in my future. I realize that to become a SEAL, you have to be in shape so I just do some light workouts (keep in mind I'm 13) like the Perfect Pushup which is great, and then I just do wall sits and leg levers and other simple things every other day. I occasionally run and right now I am doing track in school. Another thing that I want to do is go to the Naval Academy so I keep my grades up. But the reason for my posting is I have a lot of things on my mind about BUD/S. I have 20/400 vision which is worse than they allow but many people including some administrators have said don't worry about your vision, that you can just get lasic eye surgery, yet I still worry that the rules might change and that there might be stricter rules. Recently there was a forum about someone who got a SEAL contract and took a color vision test, and failed it. He was able to pass the civilian test, but the military test was just a little bit more dificult. He got a waiver and went to BUD/S, but they ended up removing the waiver and he was disqualified. I am just wondering if I should be worrying so much about such a little thing and just should let it go, or should I take this more seriously even though I am taking it seriously now. I'm 13 years old so the rules might change in 10 years. I just would like some answers from PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. I don't want any "maybes" or any "Well I don't know for sure, but maybe..." I don't want any of that, I would just like an answer so I can stop worrying. Any help would be appreciated.

BruinsRock24

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DATE: 01/27/2009 21:14:03 / MOOD: impressed

I'm 13 years old, and I want to be a SEAL very badly, and I was on this site one time and my friend asked me if that was some face book thing and I said that it kind of was. When he said that it made me think of how safe I feel on this site. I feel like I could just give out my address and that nobody would do anything because this site is just filled with great people. Just pointing this out and just wanted to say great job to all of the people who put in hard work and time into this site.

 

BruinsRock24 

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DATE: 12/31/2008 19:15:10 / MOOD: none, or other

My vision is a little worse than 20/200 and you can't* have any worse vision than that to be a SEAL. By saying can't I mean your not supposed to, but in some of the sections it said non-waiverable, but in the vision area it didn't have the non-waiverable part so I think that it means that maybe for some reasons like lasic eye surgeory that you might be allowed to have worse vision. I would like to know if I am right about you being allowed to have worse vision in some cases, or if you just plain can't have worse vision than 20/200. Don't leave information unless you truly know.

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