Navy S.E.A.L Physical Entrance Requirements 2012 (Page 3)

mr2tony - 2012-02-04 6:29 AM

powerman - 2012-02-04 5:24 AM

mr2tony - 2012-02-04 4:18 AM But which program has the highest (publicized) washout rate of all U.S. special operations groups? Here's a hint: It's not the Navy and it's not the Marine Corps. Or even the Army.

... and does that mean that it is the toughest school... or that it has the worst screening process?

Argumentative. But I'll play ... possibly a little of both. But the same could be said for any of these training programs. I could easily pass the ``minimum'' entry requirements in the SEALs training program but wonder if I could actual training. Same holds true for the one I'm talking about. Though some of the guys in my basic training class went on to USAF special operations and I was in better shape than they were!

I'll go out on a limb and say that your test results wouldn't be strong enough to be competitive for selection to BUDs. (not suggesting mine would either) We all know the minimum is not good enough and is meaningless.

Found on Military.com:

Swim 500 Yards

Maximum time allowed is 12 minutes, 30 seconds -- but to be competitive, you should swim the distance in at least 8 to 9 minutes, utilizing only the Combat Swimmer Stroke, sidestroke, or breast stroke. 

Push-ups

Minimum number is 42 in 2 minutes, but you should shoot for at least 100 for an average score. 

Sit-ups

Minimum number is 52 in 2 minutes, but you should strive for at least 100 in 2 minutes for an average score.

Pull-ups

The minimum is eight pull-ups with no time limit, but you cannot touch the ground or let go of the bar. You should be able to do 15 to 20 to be competitive.

1.5-mile run

Wearing boots and pants, the maximum time allowed for this one is 11 minutes, 30 seconds, but you should be able to cover the distance in 9 to 10 minutes to be competitive.

If the topic of SEAL training interests you, I recommend reading "Lone Survivor".  True story and an exciting read (despite some of the political diatribes in it).  I thought I was kind of a BAMF until I read it.

Back then (85) you did not have to swim, you had to tread water for a bit of time. Not too hard. I guess they figured you did not need to know how to swim... if you needed to swim in the Navy you were already screwed.

Not yet but will. You?

Awesome Book!!

The Navy, and the military in general, doesn't bring people into the forces to fail them or coerce them into joining a Special Operations unit then wash them out to be a paint scrapper on a fueler.

In the last five years the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado has undergone a massive expansion. New buildings, more classes, more instructors. The mandate is clear: Maintain the quality, open the pipeline. Make more operators. There are now at least 10 SEAL teams not counting the cadre at NSWC and the support staff or the Special Boat Teams (SWCC) across the street. SWCC (Special Warfare Combatant craft Crewmen) are another little known Naval Special Warfare asset in the midst of expansion.

From day one in any Special Operations training program the mandate is clear: If you don't want to be here, they'll help you with that. It isn't about number of push-ups you can do. Whether it is a Black Hat instructor in Airborne School at Fort Benning, a BUDS instructor in Coronado or a pipeline instructor for the Air Force Special Operations School at Eglin AFB (and right next door to where I'm typing this at Davis-Monthan AFB) the mandate is to build quality.

Most Special Operations units cannot be "joined" as a recruit. You have to enlist in the military, do your initial training and specialty schools, establish a proven performance record in the military community and then apply to the specialty schools. Once accepted, you have to somehow make it to graduation. Then the fun begins. Regardless of the unit the learning is constant. Languages, equipment, operations, more languages, organizational planning, and then some more languages. Learning new radios, new satcoms, new CEOI's, new radio procedures, new ways to work with other units, new equipment, more land navigation... the learning never ends.

The people in our Special Operations are there because they are exceptional individuals who truly want to be there, and their job has never been as easy as passing a PT test.