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I am thinking about becomeing a navy seal. Can you tell me what they do every mourning to start their day? And if you fail any of the test that you have to take can you retake them?
Thanks,
Caleb
Caleb,
SEALs are selected from Navy men who have already been in the Navy for several years. The Navy needs to know that a person is serious about making the Navy a career. Therefore they don't just accept men who "walk in off the street." The Navy doesn't want to waste time and money training someone who may quit soon afterward. The requirements to apply for SEAL training are:
Be an active-duty member of the U.S. Navy
Be male (women aren't allowed to be Navy SEALs)
Be 28 or younger
Have good vision - at least 20/40 in one eye and 20/70 in the other
Be a U.S. citizen
Score high on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
Pass a stringent physical screening test including running, swimming, push-ups and sit-ups.
The average day consists of physical training, classwork, and more physical training. It requires about 30 months of training to finally become a SEAL.
No, you cannot fail or do poorly on any of the tests. Only about 30% of those who begin training successfully complete the training and become SEALs.
Colonel Howell
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MARK A. HOWELL
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All military questions, any Service. 30 years experience & two Ph.D.'s. 4 times Base Commander. Worked with Army, Navy, USMC, USCG and several foreign military units. Veteran of Kosovo, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, and 10 civil wars in Africa.
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Air Force Colonel with 30 years experience. Air Force Base Commander 4 times. Highly decorated.
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Ph.D. in military history, Columbus University (Summa Cum Laude)
Ph.D. in history, Northfield University, London, England (Summa Cum Laude)
Master of Arts degree in history, Marshall University, WV
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Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
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