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> OT: Any Navy Seals out there?
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post Nov 7 2004, 11:57 AM
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I was just wondering if there are any Navy Seals in our club. I am watching a biography on Navy Seal training. The stuff they have to go through and the drop rate. Are any of you Navy Seals???

I just want to offer my respect.
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post Nov 7 2004, 01:45 PM
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almost, got booted for a hystoplasmosis ( spelling ?) infection in my rt lung that blocks the airflow in and out by up to 50 %. heres the sad part now that i smoke and dont work out i am in ok shape. but i just started again ( age 33 ) i was able to do a 20 min version of the 45 min work out i used to and 4 days later i still hurt.
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post Nov 7 2004, 03:00 PM
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Sean V8 in San Diego was/is a Seal.
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post Nov 7 2004, 04:43 PM
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A good friend of mine just finished a coffee table style book on Navy Seals (he is a book/photo editor) I learned all kinds of scary things about Seals while his photographer followed these guys for over a year documenting everything they do during training.


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post Nov 7 2004, 06:42 PM
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They aren't SEALS till after training.
I drove Boats for those guys for a few years. Pretty cool shit. Takes a stronger mind than Body.

My boat had two diesel engines making 450 HP each. and over 1000 ft lbs of torque. EACH.
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post Nov 7 2004, 07:22 PM
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I worked with a guy for 4 years who was a Navy seal in Vietnam. Did all those crazy missions we can only dream about or are books. He has his lungs flushed out twice a year due to some Southeast Asia bug he inhaled with the water on those missions. He is slowly choking to death from it but the government won't pay nor give him disability. nice.


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post Nov 8 2004, 02:34 PM
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Had a couple of squids in my Scout plt/mech inf. unit. One guy was a diver, the other was a Seal. Did some cross training with them at Ft. Picket, and went through a few service schools with some former seals. Pretty brutal training they go through.
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post Nov 8 2004, 02:37 PM
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post Nov 8 2004, 02:44 PM
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post Nov 8 2004, 02:55 PM
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QUOTE(Joe Ricard @ Nov 7 2004, 04:42 PM)

My boat had two diesel engines making 450 HP each. and over 1000 ft lbs of torque. EACH.

Sorry, but you will not be able to stay with the 901 when you convert the 914 to one of those engines.


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post Nov 8 2004, 03:02 PM
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My cousin was a SEAL in Viet Nam; after his discharge he visited our family in the Bay Area. He was deciding on a career, so I had him come work a patrol shift with me on a hot Saturday night (I worked for a large city in the south bay at the time). We saw plenty of action, accidents, fights, drunk driver arrest, stabbing etc.

He said it too boring, and re-enlisted!!

I currently work with an ex-SEAL/retired LAPD. Killed 3 people while working with LAPD. Talks about it like trophy hunters talk about their latest score.
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post Nov 8 2004, 03:11 PM
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Mark,
If any person talks with boastfullness in the loss of a life they caused. That person has mental issues or is a liar. For one, why would a normal person talk about lives they have taken? That is the product of a sick mind. Nothing against you buddy.
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post Nov 8 2004, 04:45 PM
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Mark didnt say it was his buddy, just a guy he works with. Why would you want friends that kill people and talk about it?
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post Nov 8 2004, 04:59 PM
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post Nov 8 2004, 05:07 PM
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Why would you want friends that kill people and talk about it?
..if in was in self defense or the line of duty (and justified), what's the big deal? I guess it depends on how often or when he decides to bring up the conversation...not a good way to pick up chicks I would think..then again, who knows, I'm sure it works on some (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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post Nov 8 2004, 06:32 PM
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A friend who died a few years ago of stomach cancer at the young age of 36 was a SEAL. He raced a Wide Body all wheel drive Porsche at Portland International Raceway every year. Skip Harlan was a good guy from Seattle area. Lived fast, hard & had fun.........
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post Nov 8 2004, 07:59 PM
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I always get a kick out of the guy that tell you they were a SEAL/ Ranger/or special forces something.
A few pointed questions and the gig is up.

I have found that the Real deal is hard to spot and stay within thier group of friends. Normally never tell you what they do in the Navy other than thier source rating (cook, Radioman, Gunners Mate etc.) Piss one off and you could be in a world of hurt before you know what happened.
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post Nov 8 2004, 08:02 PM
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I was stationed at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado towards the end of my career; it is the home base of the West Coast SEALs. I never knew any SEALs personally, but I can say for sure they did not like any sort of publicity and kept a very low profile. You would always see them running on the beach and carrying around huge logs on their shoulders just for the "fun" of it (actually part of their training). I distinctly remember seeing one of their staff officers occasionally walking out to a chin-up bar outside his office (in uniform) and routinely throwing down 50 full chin-ups; I figured he was doing it to work off frustration from work! About a year or so ago the Discover channel did a three or four part series on SEAL training; I am sure you can get copies of the broadcast from them.
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post Nov 8 2004, 08:08 PM
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Those guys running with logs are students. BUD/S and they don't become SEALS for a long while. Even after they graduate BUD/S training they still have several schools to attend and probation period with the assigned team.

Screening is tough training is tougher proving to your peers you can be trusted with your thier lives is brutal.
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post Nov 8 2004, 08:27 PM
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About a year or so ago the Discover channel did a three or four part series on SEAL training


That was very well done.
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