SEAL Commandment

[cooper1234]

From what I have read, you are basically done doing active ops once you are around a Lt. Commander. Is this true?

It won't affect my decision to want to be a SEAL, because if I do get the NROTC scholarship or go o USNA, I plan on serving for 20+ years anyway.

Is it like, ridiculously rare for a SEAL to reach Rear Admiral LH?

My dream as a SEAL is to not only execute the ops, but to plan them out, and basically be in charge of operations.

But anyways, I guess my real question is, what is the highest common rank seals usually reach in a 25 year span?

[scoutpilot]

Originally Posted by cooper1234

From what I have read, you are basically done doing active ops once you are around a Lt. Commander. Is this true?

It won't affect my decision to want to be a SEAL, because if I do get the NROTC scholarship or go o USNA, I plan on serving for 20+ years anyway.

Is it like, ridiculously rare for a SEAL to reach Rear Admiral LH?

My dream as a SEAL is to not only execute the ops, but to plan them out, and basically be in charge of operations.

But anyways, I guess my real question is, what is the highest common rank seals usually reach in a 25 year span?

Not necessarily. We did several joint ops with the SEALs and several Lt CDRs were involved.

[LineInTheSand]

From what I've heard from a few SEALs, that Lt. Cmdr. period will be there first true "staff" period as well. Doesn't totally rule out operations, but the admin side of things are certainly less attractive.

[pjnavy82]

Originally Posted by cooper1234

From what I have read, you are basically done doing active ops once you are around a Lt. Commander. Is this true?

From what I've seen and heard the last few years, there has actually been a shortage of LCDR's (O-4's) for active ops. As a result, SpecOps has been added to the Billets/Specialities in the Navy eligible for Spot Promotion to O-4 to fill these positions. For those that don't know what Spot Promotion is, a highly qualified LT (O-3) with a minimum of 2-years in rank can temporarily be promoted to O-4 (with pay) to fill that position. Boards meet quarterly (I think) to select these officers and, if they are already in the billet, I believe they can pin on the higher rank either immediately or on the first of the following month (not sure) following selection. Once they leave the billet, they revert back to LT unless they are in another designated Spot Promotion O-4 billet. This Spot Promotion does not effect date of rank for permanent promotion.

It won't affect my decision to want to be a SEAL, because if I do get the NROTC scholarship or go o USNA, I plan on serving for 20+ years anyway.

Is it like, ridiculously rare for a SEAL to reach Rear Admiral LH?

I believe the current 4-star in charge of the Joint SpecOps Command is a Navy Seal. The first Seal to reach that rank.

My dream as a SEAL is to not only execute the ops, but to plan them out, and basically be in charge of operations.

But anyways, I guess my real question is, what is the highest common rank seals usually reach in a 25 year span?

[xchefmike]

RADM Sean Pybus is the A SEAL. We sponsor his Kid who is a Mid
Bio Here
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=502

[NavIss58]

very impressive service record, but 'highest common rank seals usually reach in a 25 year span', probably not.

cooper1234 could be the next though, RADM Cooper, service record includes NSW (SEALS) and tours in ...

[LineInTheSand]

The USSOCOM Commander was (or is it still is) Adm. Olsen, a 4-star SEAL.