USNA Service Assignment 2022

Hahaha. Love the response! Remember when all the OGs were saying the each wait and major decisions actually gets harder than the wait to hear about an appt? It will all work out the way it is suppose to. The universe has a funny way of things like that.
 
Does anyone know an approximate yearly percentage of those that want SEALS? I did see the 2021 service selection list that @THParent posted showing 30 were selected but wondering how many of the MIDN list it as their 1st choice?
 
93RN said:
Does anyone know an approximate yearly percentage of those that want SEALS? I did see the 2021 service selection list that @THParent posted showing 30 were selected but wondering how many of the MIDN list it as their 1st choice?
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I believe that are many steps along the way that show those who meet the criteria and weed out those that don’t. So much so that those who are “eligible” would likely know if they could select SEAL or not. But as always I leave it to those with more direct info to chime in.

My thoughts are with the 1/c and their company mates and families as they find out tomorrow. I’m just proud of their commitment and service and willingness to lead others no matter what.
 
93RN said:
Does anyone know an approximate yearly percentage of those that want SEALS? I did see the 2021 service selection list that @THParent posted showing 30 were selected but wondering how many of the MIDN list it as their 1st choice?
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Plebe year over a hundred midshipmen state it as their first choice on the preference survey. By the time of final prefefence input in August of firstie year, around 50 have met the qualifications to be considered. This year they are taking 35 I heard, which is slightly more than the past couple of years.
 
Wow, 35 is a lot! That is great news. I think my class had 15 or 16. I think we ended up with around 40-45 who had completed all screeners successfully and were in the running.

Good luck to 2022! And not a single task will be completed by a Firstie this morning or in class…
 
…6.5 hrs until life is forevermore BEFORE and AFTER. This time tomorrow they will all have a new identity!

Cheers 🍻

BTW, do they celebrate this together today? Go out on the town tonight?
 
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NavyHoops said:
Wow, 35 is a lot! That is great news. I think my class had 15 or 16. I think we ended up with around 40-45 who had completed all screeners successfully and were in the running.

Good luck to 2022! And not a single task will be completed by a Firstie this morning or in class…
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That's a platoons worth of potential SEALs. All the SEALs in my class (3?) were lateral transfers from the SWO community. Service selection choices back then was limited pretty much to the big four: Naval Air, SWO, Submarines or Marines. Congrats to all! Now, SEAL selectees, get an early start on working your best "10 mile gaze."
 
Was on the Yard a year ago, the same day as the SEAL screener. On my ritual walk, I passed pre-SEALS a couple times in the midst of their exercises. It didn’t look fun. I’ve heard the screener is quite effective at “discouraging” many candidates. Those, no doubt, go on to serve very capably elsewhere.
 
Kierkegaard said:
Plebe year over a hundred midshipmen state it as their first choice on the preference survey. By the time of final prefefence input in August of firstie year, around 50 have met the qualifications to be considered. This year they are taking 35 I heard, which is slightly more than the past couple of years.
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Thank you! I know it is early in the game for My Plebe (who is our only Son) but he his focused 110% on SEALS. I am already loosing sleep and praying daily he changes his mind…or doesn‘t get selected if he ultimately qualifies.
 
justdoit19 said:
…6.5 hrs until life is forevermore BEFORE and AFTER. This time tomorrow they will all have a new identity!

Cheers 🍻

BTW, do they celebrate this together today? Go out on the town tonight?
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In pre-COVID times there were usually community socials - the Yard SWOs and often distinguished SWO alumni would gather in one spot and circulate among the SWO-selects, etc., and ditto other communities. I don’t know what the plan is this year.

Town liberty afterwards has been problematical in the past, not sure what they will do tonight. There have been numerous alcohol-related liberty incidents, some so bad they immediately tanked the mid’s future - going from the high of desired service selection to arrested and in jail within 24 hours, and then separation with full payback.
 
MidCakePa said:
Was on the Yard a year ago, the same day as the SEAL screener. On my ritual walk, I passed pre-SEALS a couple times in the midst of their exercises. It didn’t look fun. I’ve heard the screener is quite effective at “discouraging” many candidates. Those, no doubt, go on to serve very capably elsewhere.
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Just because they get selected for SEAL also doesn't mean that they'll actually become one. They still need to go through 6 months of BUD/S to wear the trident. 75% of BUD/S candidates will fail to graduate.

On the plus side however, more than a few SEALs will tell you that the screener at USNA is as tough as any one-day evolution that they have ever been through. ;)
 
I recall that during my DS’s plebe year they were advised to not be seen in the p-ways late on service selection night in order to avoid interaction with disappointed and intoxicated firsties.
 
ders_dad said:
I recall that during my DS’s plebe year they were advised to not be seen in the p-ways late on service selection night in order to avoid interaction with disappointed and intoxicated firsties.
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As a current plebe, I can confirm this.
 
93RN said:
Thank you! I know it is early in the game for My Plebe (who is our only Son) but he his focused 110% on SEALS. I am already loosing sleep and praying daily he changes his mind…or doesn‘t get selected if he ultimately qualifies.
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Obviously a very personal and private reason, but can you say why you feel this way?
 
Capt MJ said:
In pre-COVID times there were usually community socials - the Yard SWOs and often distinguished SWO alumni would gather in one spot and circulate among the SWO-selects, etc., and ditto other communities. I don’t know what the plan is this year.

Town liberty afterwards has been problematical in the past, not sure what they will do tonight. There have been numerous alcohol-related liberty incidents, some so bad they immediately tanked the mid’s future - going from the high of desired service selection to arrested and in jail within 24 hours, and then separation with full payback.
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Lest I be obscure here, one of the incidents which sticks out to me over the past years is a firstie so drunk he blundered into the backyard of a residence near USNA, broke into the residence through the back door and scared the homeowners out of their wits late at night. The mid was arrested by Annapolis police for B&E and other things. In those cases, despite what you have seen on TV’s “NCIS,” crimes committed by service members off-base against civilians, is not military jurisdiction. The local DA may elect to yield the case to Navy, as is often done with military on military crimes, but in this case, nope. It was ugly. The mid was charged and released to Navy custody. The civilian case went forward. The Navy waits until that is done, double jeopardy applies on most things, but the Navy then charges on those unique and handy UCMJ articles relating to “good order and discipline” and “discrediting the service,” and goes right to separation for misconduct. I have always felt sorry for the parents who got the wildly happy call, then the call the next day, with the career plans of their beloved DS a smoking ruin.
 
Wooooooowwwww…..wow.

Wonder where that person ended up.
 
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