Hey all. I was just wondering if anyone here is in the Navy or knows any SEALs. I’ve wanted to become a SEAL for a while now. I’ve been going to the gym and doing some pretty intense running and calisthenics to get in shape. I’m only 15 now, but the early I start training, the better 
So is anyone here thinking of joining any armed service? Navy, Army, Marines, Airforce, etc.?
It is a last choice for me. I respect anybody that joins the military, but I do not 100% agree with what our country does so I might consider moving.
Read everything you can about Richard Marcinko and The Rogue Warrior. Good luck, and when you make it, I’d love to meet you.
Oh I’ve read about him in another book about SEALs. Thanks, I’ll check it out 
Keep some perspective my boy. If the difference between loving and despising your country is based on whether there is a Republican or Democrat in the White House then you really need to catch some perspective.
There honestly is not that much of a difference between Republicans and Democrats in the big picture. On the political spectrum they are very close and overlap. If your reality is so partisan that you’re considering moving to a different country just because of who is in the White House then you really need to take a step (or two or three or four) back and learn about the US and the government without the partisan flavor.
The people who join the military in branches where they could see combat don’t do so because because they are extremely partisan and really love the President. If you join the military based on a purely partisan view then you’re going to do well in the military. The people who volunteer and join the military do so for more comprehensive reasons. The reasons that they believe in the military and choose to join are varied but it shouldn’t be based on who is in the White House.
Here’s a little hypothetical for you. Let’s say you did something heroic and got national attention. Let’s say the President invites you to the White House for a ceremony because of that. Is your partisan view so vain that you would decline the invitation, or refuse to shake his hand? If your views are such that you wouldn’t shake is hand then you really need to get some perspective. Believing in what the US stands for and how the government works is not based on who is in the White House.
I still believe in the US and what it stands for even when my party is out of office and even when my party does things I don’t agree with. I would never consider not flying a flag or moving out of the country just because my party is not in the White House.
mostly i agree with you. but some things our government does makes it hard to remember what our country stands for.
im joining the r.a.f to be a pilot when im 22. im already on the r.a.f fitness course which im finding easy
Are you talking about the Royal Air Force or Red Army Faction?
Here’s what your flight helmet is going to look like. 
Becoming a SEAL is kind of like making it into professional sports. You probably need more than just the extreme desire to work toward the goal, there are probably some genetic “gifts” you will need to make the cut. I remember watching a TV special about SEAL training. Brutal! The guys who make it through are not only tough of body, but they have to be extremely tough mentally. They can’t be giver-uppers. If you can ride a unicycle you have at least some of that!
I don’t know any SEALS personally, but I do know a woman whose husband joined the Navy and became a SEAL, then recently came back from service in Iraq/Afghanistan and was a changed person. Unsuitable as a father to their small child. She had to leave him.
Yeah, seal training is crazy. They has to hold a 900pound log over their head as a team.
That’s FLUCKing awesome.
$139,000,000.00 USD each? Holy crap!
It’s okay, Money doesn’t really mean anything anymore.
I think they got their £’s and $'s mixed up in that article. The Wikipedia article on the joint strike fighter says the plane will be around $63m (USD) each, not £63m (GBP) each. That’s a big difference.
The royal air force is what im joining upto.
That helmet looks well cool lol.
Oh, ok. I’d feel MUCH more comfortable spending $63,000,000.00 (USD) on them.
With the difference, I could buy just over 2,111,111 cases of beer. Bud Light, not the swill Brian MacKenzie drinks.
Here’s that Navy SEAL bud/s training special.
The Land Warfare Phase hasn’t been added on Youtube yet.
my cousin is a navy seal, he came in second in the nation durring his testing, i to hope to be one someday, i am not quite sure that i can handle the mental aspect of it though.
who’s number 1?