Need help from a few military members

[TMF]

While there aren't as many officers in special operations units it's generally a lot easier to get a slot as an officer, and as a general rule you're a lot less likely to fail out of training...

I know it's not fair, but the reality is for some odd reason instructors tend not to fail officers as often as enlisted.

This is not true. It is quite the opposite.


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[buck1032]

If they go Navy they really need to talk to someone active. I retired in 05 as an AD (Aviation Machinists Mate) and at that time the Navy was going through a lot of changes. SEAL's were sourced from several ratings (Navy version of MOS). They have since done away with that and the are now their own rate SO. http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjob1/a/seal.htm I do not know how they are recruited these days. It used to be one picked a rate then volunteered for BUD/S. If they failed to earn their Trident they were sent back to the Fleet to their original rating. I am not in anyway shape fashion or form putting down the SEAL/S but there are other areas to look into, such as EOD. I got lucky on one shore duty and snagged a billet at SERE. That was fun and I worked with, trained with and trained a lot of SpecWar folks. My Master Chief at SERE was a SEAL, an awesome Master Chief and all around great dude. With that said he was in his early 40's with all sort of bad joints, knees, ankles, etc. He loved his "craft" but saw the end benefits were not as good as other rates such as EOD and the SWCC community. If they are wanting to go Naval SpecWar they need to start working out like their life depends on it.

[Guest theconstitutionrocks]

 If they are wanting to go Naval SpecWar they need to start working out like their life depends on it.

Because it does  :up:

[Guest Bolt_Overide]

One of my bro's is a retired SEAL, hes good people, and I'm sure he would take the time to talk to these two young men.