SEAL & EOD USNA

[Don't Give Up the Ship]

DS former roommate, now a 1C MIDN, reports he just finished the SEAL Cruise in San Diego ...he did well and reports that 33 DOR'ed out of 60 that started (about half of the attendees were ROTC). Hardest was the fact that all the activities was done on sand. Training is done by SEALs. SEAL screener at USNA helped. 1C DS attends EOD cruise in Little Creek for Block 2. DS has been training for EOD Screener and now EOD Cruise for over 1 year. Runs 4-6 miles daily (with a 41 lb Sand Baby). Swims 2 miles and lifts weights every 3rd day...and a bunch of different pushups, planks and others...Sounds like fun!

 

[Huursoldaat]

Runs 4-6 miles daily (with a 41 lb Sand Baby). Swims 2 miles and lifts weights every 3rd day...and a bunch of different pushups, planks and others

Is this in addition to a varsity, club or intramural sport or do they let the SEAL candidates do their own stuff?

 

[Don't Give Up the Ship]

Is this in addition to a varsity, club or intramural sport or do they let the SEAL candidates do their own stuff?

All I know is that my DS is doing that physical activity while on leave. Special Ops and Special Forces require much hire physical screening and prep. MIDN would still have a sports requirement.

 

[Huursoldaat]

All I know is that my DS is doing that physical activity while on leave. Special Ops and Special Forces require much hire physical screening and prep. MIDN would still have a sports requirement.

I have the utmost respect for the candidates that can hack those physical screenings. My hat is off to him and I hope he makes it all the way through BUDS.

 

[NavyHoops]

Is this in addition to a varsity, club or intramural sport or do they let the SEAL candidates do their own stuff?

Intramural sports are not the most time consuming or physical events of the year to say the least. Sure you can get a good workout in depending on it, but they are not 5 days a week for hours on end. Even as club and D1 athletes, if you want to compete for a SEAL, EOD or other competitive cruise or service selection, you would have to put work in. As a basketball player I was in great shape, but it was running up and down a court. Swimmers, like dolphins in the water but some struggled on land. Athletes and intramural warriors figure out how to balance it and when they can train around their sport. Some are easier to ‘train around’ than others, but you learn a lot watching the class and team mates who go before you.

 

[Don't Give Up the Ship]

I have the utmost respect for the candidates that can hack those physical screenings. My hat is off to him and I hope he makes it all the way through BUDS.

Thanks. BUDS is for SEAL candidates. EOD training pipeline is long and extensive: Dive school, jump school, EOD School, EOD Tactical Training and more. See more about various Navy units in this unofficial video (4m 32 sec for EOD).

 

[Small Team Bacsi]

Is this in addition to a varsity, club or intramural sport or do they let the SEAL candidates do their own stuff?

I have been told, 2nd hand verbal info , no real data to support this, that sports like varsity lax have a high SEAL success rate.

That maybe true it may be coach recruiting talk.

Q—”well young SA candidate what is your fall back plan B if you fail and don’t make the cut——

A—-the “Marines” .

How the world has changed

 

[Old Navy BGO]

I have been told, 2nd hand verbal info , no real data to support this, that sports like varsity lax have a high SEAL success rate.

No surprise- it takes alot of grit and perseverance to be a D1 athlete at USNA - characteristics that carry over to Special Warfare training programs.

People often criticize and debate whether Service Academies should admit athletes with lower standards than the average candidate, and I will be the first to admit that I am occasionally bothered by the apparent double standards. However , I have observed within my Class that some of the most successful military careers are former athletes --including one of the senior SEALS' (just retired a few months ago.
Two well known come to mind -
“I want an officer for a secret and dangerous mission. I want a West Point Football Player”. - George Marshall
“Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields, will bear the fruits of victory.”- Douglas MacArthur

 

[cb7893]

“I want an officer for a secret and dangerous mission. I want a West Point Football Player”. - George Marshall

That quote could not have gone over very well with his VMI classmates.

 

[Old Navy BGO]

That quote could not have gone over very well with his VMI classmates.

LOL , I'm sure the rest of the quote included something like "of course, I am sure I will have to give my orders real slow and using single syllable words."