@@jakezweig Thank you for your legit answers Youve done more for America giving your wisdom then gettin blown up Your childhood experiences and ethics are the stuff of what built this country. Hopefully theres more out there like you comin up.
Chafed and mudbutt before day 3 of phase one. Big props to Brandon for making it farther than me (discharged in bootcamp), but it respectfully sounds like he didn’t prepare properly. Bootcamp & A-school can definitely make a man fall off that horse if they aren’t laser-focused towards what’s necessary for his own goals. I appreciate you putting yourself out there, Brandon. This will definitely help some young guys who PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL, and take the advice of those who have gone before them.
I’ve always viewed the SEAL’s as top of the food chain. The mental fortitude, physical requirements, and pure will to succeed just speaks volumes as to what these soldiers are made of. I remember wanting to join the marines in high school, but I was too busy partying and chasing girls. I attended college afterwards and I’ve always regretted not joining the service. I have nothing but respect for our men & women in uniform. I was a terrible runner and never would’ve survived in special forces, lol. Great videos for those of us who can live vicariously through you. Mad respect. 🙏🏾👊🏾🤙🏾😎✌🏾
I am a retired Navy Seabee and always appreciate the sacrifice of the Seals. I was thinking that the Navy should be grateful for the mentoring you are doing for future BUDS participates. I would think the Navy would want a higher success rate. Just the money savings. Training isn’t cheap.
He can upgrade that discharge. These days, it is easier. I have counseled veterans who served with these discharges. No guarantees, but he might have a case for upgrade to general discharge. Great interview. Thanks to the guest. Thanks Jake for doing this for military special ops aspirants.
Yes!!!!!!!!!!, this is a good teaching lesson. I just watched SEAL Remi Adeleke video. He said he failed Buds the first time. I like this because, it helps me to be a better teacher. Thank you!!
That talk about the fleet. I swear no matter how many showers I took on or off the ship while I was in, I couldn’t stop smelling that smell until three months after I got out.
Thanks JZ for taking the time to putting this out there . A lot of individuals headspace think it’s all rainbows and unicorns and can make it. It’s unimaginably hard and this shines some light on being uncomfortable with the uncomfortable, not letting outside emotions get to a person they can only change themselves and work on themselves this is deep. Love how you’re taking the time to let them know.
I took a dump in the surf zone in Oman. A guy in boot camp pissed in formation, later at PT, he pissed in the sand between his legs. Lucky for him the DIs didn’t see him. You gotta go, you gotta go. Great video!
People think they want to be SF, but they really don't understand the price you pay to earn the right to wear that Trident or Ranger Tab or Green Beret. Imagine running, doing push ups, doing log PT, etc, with shyt and piss in your boots, and you're chaffed, tired and burned out. HOORAH!!
Being a SEAL seems like a very specialized job that the vast vast majority of people are simply not suited for. Someone may be physically capable. May be mentally tough. But simply not suited. Unfortunately what is a very very narrow, specialized job has, through media exposure, become a model for success and manhood. No wonder so many people fail.
I am so glad you shared this. To me, it was not just about failing. But, people cannot image person using bathroom on themselves. This is real-world stuff hear. All those people need to know this. I will be sharing this in our training. Thank you..
Lt, i served, as a C-130 aircrew loadmaster before being medically discharged for a TBI. I served from 2002-2006. I had the honor of flying around a few teams. Lively was a passenger one time. He's always has a positive attitude. Have you ever heard of anyone DOR aafter buds?
Funny you mentioned living quarters as it reminded me of a friend who worked with me in corrections who mentioned inmates cells were larger than his living quarters in the Navy, along with being vastly cleaner. Inmates would complain about living quarters and he would just laugh saying they had no idea how good they had it! He would say his Navy experiences were all about the smell of FAB. Feet, ass and balls...
this was gnarly. Definitely havent heard much about the shitting yourself part at buds. Also imagine thinking youre gonna be a Navy SEAL and then you end up spending all day watching Jerry Springer lol. Way better than chipping paint though
I was in the National Guard did OSUT at Ft Benning in 1991, I think being exposed to that for the first time is not easy, I know it is not the same or close to Seal training, I don't remember losing anyone, a couple guys tried to get medical discharges but that started in reception. About when we were about to graduate, everyone in the National Guard gets told (at the time anyway) we can go active duty and they can void any contract we signed with the Guard. You are fired up at that point, you just completed this and you look back and think it wasn't that hard, we watched some video's on Ranger school, and you get even more fired up. They even told us if we do that we can get a guaranteed spot in RIP not sure if it is still called that (Ranger Indoctrination Program) think it was 3 days. I was 6'3" 240lbs one of the few guys to gain weight in Basic and AIT, but I was feeling pretty invincible. I had one Drill Sergeant that was pretty down to earth. He didn't talk me out of it but said he was being honest, he said you are up on everything, you are pretty squared away, but what you see in the videos are the good parts of Ranger school, we talked for a while about it, he wasn't putting me down, just trying to explain what I would be getting myself into. As pumped up as you are just having someone say that, made me think back, there were times I did want to quit in basic and AIT, I will admit I had a couple breakdowns. Sometimes people need to hear that and these types of stories. There is little room or error or doubt in those types of programs. You have to be in the proper frame of mind. Like that guy was saying you have to know your priorities, and if you are not ready for it, you are not going to skate by, they may let somethings go in Basic and AIT, when you get to that next level you really have no excuses. Obviously I didn't do it, was there a chance I could have passed, maybe but probably very slim. I think I have met more people that didn't make it through Ranger school, then people that did. That is why Seals, Rangers, etc get that respect. Another note, I went back to my unit and my first or second time drilling with the unit, one guy showed up to the platoon room, everyone is calling one guy duffle bag shuffle, didn't know what was going on, he got to go to Air Assault school he went and less than a week later he was out, no secret it was no motivation. In a Guard unit that didn't get many slots for schools at the time, everybody knew. I will tell you what, if you try your hardest, you get injured, something goes wrong it is one thing, everyone will try to understand, but no mo, forget it.
I always how shitty the fleet is. I never was in the Fleet I was attach to the riverine units. These youngsters need to hear the truth about the SEALs and even any combat related field.
I shit pants walking home in the middle of winter once. I was probably 9. Cold , snowing and couldn't hold it II was on a road that was busy and the road split a park in two. Their was a giant fence along the sidewalk that I couldn't climb over so I shit my pants and walked the mile and a half left to get home. I got home and left my underwear under the front porch. My dad found them shitty drawers in spring ( for some reason he went under the porch ?). Anyway, the only person that knew that I shit my pants was me , until my dad found them thawed out undies. My dad was a Marine in WW2 and he never ever said a bad word about that except " damn , that was unexpected". No shit.
Been watching your videos, I'm on the pdf (will be sending email regarding that) but from what I hear other people talk on your channel here is a formula to become special operations (doesn't matter seal, ranger, green beret, pj whatever) It's just my personal opinion and observation of a pattern that I wanted to share here but Jake please correct me if you think my way of seeing this is wrong or not true. 1. Gotta want it like nothing else in the world. Can't allow them bad thoughts to creep into yo mind 2. Prepare, prepare, prepare. Can't be prepared and recovered enough. (especially if you go seal gotta get back in shape after bootcamp) 3. Don't do no stupid shit that can hurt you, get you kicked out of pipeline or get you outta your game. Like Jocko said Discipline = freedom 4. Pull that trigger. Take it easy, relax, have fun with it.
I read somewhere though (I think on quora online) about the shitting part and they said like believe me that's one of the last things you're going to be worrying about while there.
You gotta want it so bad that you’re willing to die for it. You gotta be willing to dedicate 100% of your life to it for several years just to make it in. Then, the job begins.
I actually had a lot of fun in the fleet. I was also on the Special Operations my last two years and can compare the two lives. I started out working the flight deck of a carrier - we never would’ve tolerated that in my berthing or any berthing I know of. We were squared away. Clean berthing, laundry, security, all that shit was police heavily. No one was allowed to stink, let alone assault anyone we would’ve dealt with that immediately
@@jakezweig Actually there was a berthing I know of that was trash: the aft Female berthing. Place was disgusting. Y’all fuck around and wind up in fleet you’ll see bitches so nasty it’ll make you’re jaw drop I promise lol
Hello, Jake I would to first of say I appreciate everything your doing and these lessons you are giving us. I recently emailed you, I hope you get the email.
Was booted for pot. Got ratted out by the only asshole on that Coast Guard Cutter. Was E-4. 45 and out. Only regret I have in my life. My Marine combat vet dad still claims I quit to this day but they did have a BUDS selection roster in the galley which I signed up for. A few months after 911.
Hey Jake - unrelated question here, but nonetheless curious to ask if you or anyone else here has heard: does the military now have access to candidates' medical records who are applying for a secret or top secret clearance? I have a friend whose MOS was in HUMNIT but was recently separated from the Air Force because the they discovered he took prescription pills for ADHD as a kid. He claims that he never disclosed any personal medical history to his recruiters, at MEPS, or to anyone while he was at basic training before being booted out. I would think HIPAA protects any health records from being accessed without consent, so it nonetheless shocked me when he explained why he can no longer pursue HUMNIT. Also very possible he could be BS'ing, but I thought I would ask. Anyways, as always, thank you for consistently putting out original content, it's fire.
Good stuff. I spent plenty time in the goon squad as well, in 228. I was a better than average runner in the class, until I got some gnarly ass blisters on my heels in Indoc which got progressively worse over the weeks. One time I finished dead last coming back from a conditioning run, was dehydrated AF and just needed a damn drink, but the whole class was already in formation next to the boats for surf passage by the time I got back, so I couldn't even hydrate. That was the one day I couldn't raise the boat over my head for shit during surf passage or for boat PT. That also happened to be the ONE time that chief Lemieux or whatever his name was, was one of the instructors for the evolution. That dude pulled me out from under the boat and told me to get in the fetal position. It was such a damn joke because all I needed to do was hydrate. Seriously pissed me off, but that one instructor thought I was SUCH a piece of shit because evey time he saw me, I was either fucking up or just in a shitty situation. It's why we could never, EVER got along IRL, even to this day. When I did finally get dropped the Thursday afternoon before Hell Week, along with 4 other dudes, I walked into the chiefs' board, I was asked a few questions, like why I failed drown-proofing, and that fool was off on the side giving these snarky ass reactions. He was expecting others to do the same but his only problem was all the other chiefs liked me. Before getting dropped tho, I'd heard all the stories about chipping paint and was trying to do anything I could to avoid going to the fleet. Tried going SWCC, EOD, and even cross rating to corpsman to go recon, lol. It actually almost worked, but not quite, lol. They also sent me to San Clemente for a month as well in X-Div, which I didn't mind. While the fleet wound up being a bit better than I thought it'd be, it still sucked, and I still chipped plenty paint. Swabbing decks, scrubbing heads and toilets, wiping down walls endlessly and other dumb shit took up the bulk of my time. I did mess crank too for 2 months but got out the last month of it for SAR school, lol, and soon went on multiple deployments. Shit sucked, especially seeing my buddy Lee get flown off to BUD/S while I was stuck floating around on that ship. FOMO and feeling in the dumps like a mofo, lol.
What was even worse was that I'd just missed the last batch of dudes to get sent out for overseas security billets. They were taking bunches of dudes at that time. Those were some sweet gigs, and dudes very often trained hard and got quickly back to BUD/S. We had a dude named Thomas in our boat crew quit the second week of phase, went security, and when I got back to BUD/S for 240, guess who was already coming back from San Clemente to graduate? Thomas. He looked hella happy and proud. Sadly, he popped positive for cocaine returning from his 30 days leave. Helluva way to go, right.
@@jakezweig The real-deal bonafide chip-painters from BUD/S are the undesignateds, many of whom happened to have the SEAL contract. I remember seeing dudes with the SEAL contact in bootcamp and it made me feel like an idiot. Like, why didnt me and Jonesey get them? Turned out they got guaranteed a shot at BUDS as long as everything else checked out, but the big caveat was that they had no rating. So if they didnt make it thru, they were getting shipped to the fleet as a deck seaman, which is the bottom of the bottom of the food chain. My first berthing was with the deck seamen and youre surrounded by dudes who barely had IQs high enough to even get into the Navy, and they literally chip paint for a living. And their hours are even worse than everybody elses. Not only do they wake up earlier, and end later, but underway they get called for flight quarters at all hours of the night. So theyre constantly getting woken up. SUCKS to be them. I know plenty old timer SEALs had to go that route and u could understand why they were so motivated getting back to BUD/S, lol.
@@jakezweig Gotta say, u did a great job coming back from a 38 minute 4-mile timed run. Thats a humongous deficit to recover from. We didnt have any dudes nearly that slow in my classes, but even dudes failing by just a little bit very likely just werent gonna make it.
@@jakezweig My personal deficit was the 500m swim in bootcamp... swam a 14:52 on my first swim. I showed up not even knowing what the sidestroke and breastroke were, all the while my freestyle sucked too. Im a chess player and that kinda thing is not my style. I saw a buds documentary on the discovery channel of november of 98 and got enthralled. A mutual friend told jonesey about it, and we became the best of friends. But jones had jjst graduated and was already set to go the next month. I told myself i needed a few years to train for it, but since jonesey was going almost immediately, i said fuck it and went too. Well Jones didnt know shit about swimming either, and ironically, i was the one who passed his last attempt of the test.. swam a 12:17, but jonesey never even passed and had to do 20 months in the fleet. So there i was at BUDS, and i at least improved my sidestroke a lot, but sucked at every other pool evolution they had, lol.
*shakes head* "yep" - NOBODY seems to talk about this stuff - getting sandy and wet people know but don't recall people speaking on pissing/shitting yourself and all that brings on top of sandy. There is a reason why SOCOM assets are called "Savages" cause they just don't give a f@ck and keep grinding! That alone would drop lots of people! haha!
I was on the Eisenhower and my first day we went underway for 2 mo tha. Didn't have shower shoes plus my shower stall just barely any water would come out had soap in my eyes. I'd never seen the ocean till that day. The berthings man being on that bottom spot sucked ass man. Man boot camp was a breeze for me. I wrestled as well so I slept through bootcamp basically. I qualled for swimming and swam so good they asked me if I wanted to qual higher up. Said what is a SK gonna need another swim quall for. I guess the rates LS now. Anyway they more guns instead of the 9mm and 12 guage.
Damn when I served under Bush for a couple years muh fuckers were popping hot left and right for weed. 45/45 and back to the platoon. Knocked down to private and back to the fight. Under bush no one got OTH for popping hot. They all hit their EAS and got out honorably. Soon as it transitioned to Obama and they started cutting numbers your ass popped hot you were gone. Hell they were OTH’ing dudes for being overweight. Not fat, overweight in the regular line company’s. Dudes I went to SOI with that I kept in touch with.
@@jakezweig for sure. I like the fact that you’re putting these videos out. I don’t understand where these people get the idea that they’re just all of a sudden gonna go Seals, MARSOC, 18x , or whatever. Maybe these videos will make guys pump the brakes a bit and realize they need to really do some training and soul searching. But you’re right at the end of the day they’ll either have the nuts or they won’t. Period.
This just makes me never want to quit even more. Ill die on that beach before Im crammed into a room with another full grown man sexually assaulting me.
This is a good story, probably because it's not a success story; but some things are missing. Because if a Boat Crew is down a Man or two, wouldn't that make that boat slower, and heavier? Especially when carrying the logs; one person is allot of strength missing pending where they were on that log.
@jakezweig not to discourage you but my question was aimed towards the general Internet people; it's really surprising for an uploader to respond to comments on a video this old, let alone this fast. that said, details were missing and you delivered them faster than a lawyer at a law library for all to see: thank you, and props to the Dude for trying; it makes the story worth hearing. My perspective was in contrast to the innumerable number of buds vids showing prospects carrying the logs on their shoulders and overhead; given that they look about as smooth as telephone poles and wet, until now, that possibly was incomprehensible. the same with the boat, I seen videos where they were carrying the instructor in A RIB and not actually in the boat itself. These little details change the whole context of the dude's accounting of Buds. I'm not trying to discredit the narrator or belittle him, just scratching my beard over some details which thankfully, you promptly delivered. The World's a Different place on the other side of a Lense; and I appreciate you resharing that Side in detail: thank you.
Honestly if like to see if I could pass the test to become a seal, I have no doubt that I could pass everything except the pull ups part, I can't do but 4 of those for some reason....
@@jakezweig say it like it is JAKE!😎Your my biggest motivator for NSW but I take everything you teach us to heart. You spit out straight facts and know it like it is😁
@@jakezweig I think becoming a navy seal is only hard if your not used to doing the things growing up..How many people become seals that never shot a gun in their life,played sports all their life,been in numerous fist fights,scuba dived,never been to the beach,hunted all their life etc etc..I think all these things will give a person an edge on passing the course..
@@jakezweig that's because I don't incorporate them in my workout routine..A month or so of doing them I could most likely do about 30 of them .you don't look like a guy that could do more than 5 yourself but you say you were a seal..
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Love your videos, dawg. If you want to join the military the USAF will treat you with respect and the living conditions are good to excellent. If your gung ho for So. Comm. pararescue is on par with SEALS and Rangers. This is the way.
"Fuck you I ain't getting in the truck" I legitimately believe he said that 😂😂
“Mmkayyy” 😂
A smart man learns from his mistakes, a wise man’s learns from another man’s mistakes.
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The videos have cleared my soul , i have been asking myself the question for all most 40 years, I now know the answer. Thank you Zack
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@@jakezweig The big dude sexually assaulting guys in berthing ever happen in BUDS? is that why the doors are left open with bed checks?
@@fusion451 no to many animals at BUDs dude would get 1 time
@@jakezweig Thank you for your legit answers Youve done more for America giving your wisdom then gettin blown up Your childhood experiences and ethics are the stuff of what built this country. Hopefully theres more out there like you comin up.
@@fusion451 Doing my part to help
this dude sounds like he's from Brooklyn's Little Italy in the 70s of NYC haha
great vid jake appreciate it
NJ
More like a NJ Dominican
Chafed and mudbutt before day 3 of phase one.
Big props to Brandon for making it farther than me (discharged in bootcamp), but it respectfully sounds like he didn’t prepare properly.
Bootcamp & A-school can definitely make a man fall off that horse if they aren’t laser-focused towards what’s necessary for his own goals.
I appreciate you putting yourself out there, Brandon.
This will definitely help some young guys who PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL, and take the advice of those who have gone before them.
AWESOME COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why were you discharged from boot camp
I’ve always viewed the SEAL’s as top of the food chain. The mental fortitude, physical requirements, and pure will to succeed just speaks volumes as to what these soldiers are made of.
I remember wanting to join the marines in high school, but I was too busy partying and chasing girls. I attended college afterwards and I’ve always regretted not joining the service.
I have nothing but respect for our men & women in uniform. I was a terrible runner and never would’ve survived in special forces, lol. Great videos for those of us who can live vicariously through you. Mad respect. 🙏🏾👊🏾🤙🏾😎✌🏾
Thank you man
You might be wrong
How so@@mayabergsdottir9622
I am a retired Navy Seabee and always appreciate the sacrifice of the Seals. I was thinking that the Navy should be grateful for the mentoring you are doing for future BUDS participates. I would think the Navy would want a higher success rate. Just the money savings. Training isn’t cheap.
You would think so but nothing they have done over the last 30 years has changed it at all
I’ve shared this video with the my mothers knitting class.
They’ve all subscribed.
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He can upgrade that discharge. These days, it is easier. I have counseled veterans who served with these discharges. No guarantees, but he might have a case for upgrade to general discharge.
Great interview. Thanks to the guest. Thanks Jake for doing this for military special ops aspirants.
Yes!!!!!!!!!!, this is a good teaching lesson. I just watched SEAL Remi Adeleke video. He said he failed Buds the first time. I like this because, it helps me to be a better teacher. Thank you!!
Maaan this dude sounds like every dude on my dad’s side of the family from New Joysey
Yup
Oh man Jake, Mr. Bruce...that name just brought back memories!
Right on brother! Thanks for dropping these truth bombs on us. We need it now, more than ever!
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That talk about the fleet. I swear no matter how many showers I took on or off the ship while I was in, I couldn’t stop smelling that smell until three months after I got out.
Yah that seasoning that took three years of sweat to make
Jake: It’s worse than prison, riiiiight?
Dropout: I never been to prison.
Jake: Riiiiiight?
Dropout: Right!
Thanks JZ for taking the time to putting this out there . A lot of individuals headspace think it’s all rainbows and unicorns and can make it. It’s unimaginably hard and this shines some light on being uncomfortable with the uncomfortable, not letting outside emotions get to a person they can only change themselves and work on themselves this is deep. Love how you’re taking the time to let them know.
HARD FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Lots of good information pt2!!!!
I took a dump in the surf zone in Oman. A guy in boot camp pissed in formation, later at PT, he pissed in the sand between his legs. Lucky for him the DIs didn’t see him. You gotta go, you gotta go. Great video!
Yah that stay hydrated BS forces you to piss where you can
People think they want to be SF, but they really don't understand the price you pay to earn the right to wear that Trident or Ranger Tab or Green Beret. Imagine running, doing push ups, doing log PT, etc, with shyt and piss in your boots, and you're chaffed, tired and burned out. HOORAH!!
Clint had a security company that would perform rescue’s when needed as well as security. He’s a biiiiiggggg fella.
thats my boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jake I like the music you add to the videos.
I will let the superstar video dude know
Being a SEAL seems like a very specialized job that the vast vast majority of people are simply not suited for. Someone may be physically capable. May be mentally tough. But simply not suited. Unfortunately what is a very very narrow, specialized job has, through media exposure, become a model for success and manhood. No wonder so many people fail.
That is an amazing way to look at it!!!!!
I am so glad you shared this. To me, it was not just about failing. But, people cannot image person using bathroom on themselves. This is real-world stuff hear. All those people need to know this. I will be sharing this in our training. Thank you..
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Another Video Back to Back Oh Yeah 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🙏🔥
FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lt, i served, as a C-130 aircrew loadmaster before being medically discharged for a TBI. I served from 2002-2006. I had the honor of flying around a few teams. Lively was a passenger one time. He's always has a positive attitude. Have you ever heard of anyone DOR aafter buds?
Funny you mentioned living quarters as it reminded me of a friend who worked with me in corrections who mentioned inmates cells were larger than his living quarters in the Navy, along with being vastly cleaner. Inmates would complain about living quarters and he would just laugh saying they had no idea how good they had it! He would say his Navy experiences were all about the smell of FAB. Feet, ass and balls...
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this was gnarly. Definitely havent heard much about the shitting yourself part at buds. Also imagine thinking youre gonna be a Navy SEAL and then you end up spending all day watching Jerry Springer lol. Way better than chipping paint though
Absolutely kick ass rate
Good video, good understanding of what it takes, and it is very easy to get that bad attitude and get out.
I was in the National Guard did OSUT at Ft Benning in 1991, I think being exposed to that for the first time is not easy, I know it is not the same or close to Seal training, I don't remember losing anyone, a couple guys tried to get medical discharges but that started in reception. About when we were about to graduate, everyone in the National Guard gets told (at the time anyway) we can go active duty and they can void any contract we signed with the Guard. You are fired up at that point, you just completed this and you look back and think it wasn't that hard, we watched some video's on Ranger school, and you get even more fired up.
They even told us if we do that we can get a guaranteed spot in RIP not sure if it is still called that (Ranger Indoctrination Program) think it was 3 days. I was 6'3" 240lbs one of the few guys to gain weight in Basic and AIT, but I was feeling pretty invincible. I had one Drill Sergeant that was pretty down to earth. He didn't talk me out of it but said he was being honest, he said you are up on everything, you are pretty squared away, but what you see in the videos are the good parts of Ranger school, we talked for a while about it, he wasn't putting me down, just trying to explain what I would be getting myself into. As pumped up as you are just having someone say that, made me think back, there were times I did want to quit in basic and AIT, I will admit I had a couple breakdowns. Sometimes people need to hear that and these types of stories. There is little room or error or doubt in those types of programs.
You have to be in the proper frame of mind. Like that guy was saying you have to know your priorities, and if you are not ready for it, you are not going to skate by, they may let somethings go in Basic and AIT, when you get to that next level you really have no excuses. Obviously I didn't do it, was there a chance I could have passed, maybe but probably very slim. I think I have met more people that didn't make it through Ranger school, then people that did. That is why Seals, Rangers, etc get that respect.
Another note, I went back to my unit and my first or second time drilling with the unit, one guy showed up to the platoon room, everyone is calling one guy duffle bag shuffle, didn't know what was going on, he got to go to Air Assault school he went and less than a week later he was out, no secret it was no motivation. In a Guard unit that didn't get many slots for schools at the time, everybody knew. I will tell you what, if you try your hardest, you get injured, something goes wrong it is one thing, everyone will try to understand, but no mo, forget it.
Thank you for the amazing comment!!! Thank you for your service and drive on.
I always how shitty the fleet is. I never was in the Fleet I was attach to the riverine units. These youngsters need to hear the truth about the SEALs and even any combat related field.
Always!!!!
I wouldn't be able to handle the cold. And I know it.
It gets a bunch of people
Glad the guy got past all the craziness. Sounds like he made it good as a civilian. Shit Happens
Yes it does
TY for sharing this !!!!
My pleasure
I shit pants walking home in the middle of winter once. I was probably 9. Cold , snowing and couldn't hold it II was on a road that was busy and the road split a park in two. Their was a giant fence along the sidewalk that I couldn't climb over so I shit my pants and walked the mile and a half left to get home. I got home and left my underwear under the front porch.
My dad found them shitty drawers in spring ( for some reason he went under the porch ?). Anyway, the only person that knew that I shit my pants was me , until my dad found them thawed out undies. My dad was a Marine in WW2 and he never ever said a bad word about that except " damn , that was unexpected".
No shit.
Awesome story!!!!!! Men shit there pants 1 once a year
Been watching your videos, I'm on the pdf (will be sending email regarding that) but from what I hear other people talk on your channel here is a formula to become special operations (doesn't matter seal, ranger, green beret, pj whatever) It's just my personal opinion and observation of a pattern that I wanted to share here but Jake please correct me if you think my way of seeing this is wrong or not true.
1. Gotta want it like nothing else in the world. Can't allow them bad thoughts to creep into yo mind
2. Prepare, prepare, prepare. Can't be prepared and recovered enough. (especially if you go seal gotta get back in shape after bootcamp)
3. Don't do no stupid shit that can hurt you, get you kicked out of pipeline or get you outta your game. Like Jocko said Discipline = freedom
4. Pull that trigger. Take it easy, relax, have fun with it.
Absolutely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reality!!! Pure fire!!!
HOT FIRE
If you don't feel that you're enough then you won't make it. Jake KNEW her was so he keep running!!...LISTEN
YUP
I read somewhere though (I think on quora online) about the shitting part and they said like believe me that's one of the last things you're going to be worrying about while there.
Know one cares about it at all
I was Deck and had some aft steering watches on carrier
I was a SWO I thought AFt steering was no stress
You gotta want it so bad that you’re willing to die for it.
You gotta be willing to dedicate 100% of your life to it for several years just to make it in.
Then, the job begins.
Several years ???? The whole time your in
@@jakezweig correct, I meant “just to make it in”
I appreciate you, Jake.
Tell it like it is! “Took a craper in the ocean”. : )
Let's GO Brandon!!!
BOOOOOM
You went thru with Clint. I’ve met Clint.
yup
I actually had a lot of fun in the fleet. I was also on the Special Operations my last two years and can compare the two lives. I started out working the flight deck of a carrier - we never would’ve tolerated that in my berthing or any berthing I know of. We were squared away. Clean berthing, laundry, security, all that shit was police heavily. No one was allowed to stink, let alone assault anyone we would’ve dealt with that immediately
Over the side at 3am
@@jakezweig Meeting Oscar for lunch 🦈
@@jakezweig Actually there was a berthing I know of that was trash: the aft Female berthing. Place was disgusting. Y’all fuck around and wind up in fleet you’ll see bitches so nasty it’ll make you’re jaw drop I promise lol
Real talk!!!!!!!
It is worse than prison. I lived in forward berthing on LST's.
Hello, Jake I would to first of say I appreciate everything your doing and these lessons you are giving us. I recently emailed you, I hope you get the email.
Did I reply
Times have changed Manker v. Del Toro caused bad paper discharge to be reviewed so buddy might be able to get his status changed by the NDRB.
BOOOOOOM get it changed
17:53 Nothing how he felt either way about failing Buds and then smoking weed 2 get discharged// notation// ❤
Great interview Jake!
Was booted for pot. Got ratted out by the only asshole on that Coast Guard Cutter. Was E-4. 45 and out. Only regret I have in my life. My Marine combat vet dad still claims I quit to this day but they did have a BUDS selection roster in the galley which I signed up for. A few months after 911.
Good job Team. RQQ to the Good Bruhz
Fucking FIRE video. Thanks for sharing Zack and thanks for the interview KING JAKE.
Hey Jake - unrelated question here, but nonetheless curious to ask if you or anyone else here has heard: does the military now have access to candidates' medical records who are applying for a secret or top secret clearance? I have a friend whose MOS was in HUMNIT but was recently separated from the Air Force because the they discovered he took prescription pills for ADHD as a kid. He claims that he never disclosed any personal medical history to his recruiters, at MEPS, or to anyone while he was at basic training before being booted out. I would think HIPAA protects any health records from being accessed without consent, so it nonetheless shocked me when he explained why he can no longer pursue HUMNIT. Also very possible he could be BS'ing, but I thought I would ask. Anyways, as always, thank you for consistently putting out original content, it's fire.
Yup they have access to every prescription you have ever had.....NO GOOD
Good stuff. I spent plenty time in the goon squad as well, in 228. I was a better than average runner in the class, until I got some gnarly ass blisters on my heels in Indoc which got progressively worse over the weeks.
One time I finished dead last coming back from a conditioning run, was dehydrated AF and just needed a damn drink, but the whole class was already in formation next to the boats for surf passage by the time I got back, so I couldn't even hydrate.
That was the one day I couldn't raise the boat over my head for shit during surf passage or for boat PT. That also happened to be the ONE time that chief Lemieux or whatever his name was, was one of the instructors for the evolution. That dude pulled me out from under the boat and told me to get in the fetal position.
It was such a damn joke because all I needed to do was hydrate. Seriously pissed me off, but that one instructor thought I was SUCH a piece of shit because evey time he saw me, I was either fucking up or just in a shitty situation. It's why we could never, EVER got along IRL, even to this day.
When I did finally get dropped the Thursday afternoon before Hell Week, along with 4 other dudes, I walked into the chiefs' board, I was asked a few questions, like why I failed drown-proofing, and that fool was off on the side giving these snarky ass reactions. He was expecting others to do the same but his only problem was all the other chiefs liked me.
Before getting dropped tho, I'd heard all the stories about chipping paint and was trying to do anything I could to avoid going to the fleet. Tried going SWCC, EOD, and even cross rating to corpsman to go recon, lol. It actually almost worked, but not quite, lol. They also sent me to San Clemente for a month as well in X-Div, which I didn't mind.
While the fleet wound up being a bit better than I thought it'd be, it still sucked, and I still chipped plenty paint. Swabbing decks, scrubbing heads and toilets, wiping down walls endlessly and other dumb shit took up the bulk of my time. I did mess crank too for 2 months but got out the last month of it for SAR school, lol, and soon went on multiple deployments. Shit sucked, especially seeing my buddy Lee get flown off to BUD/S while I was stuck floating around on that ship. FOMO and feeling in the dumps like a mofo, lol.
What was even worse was that I'd just missed the last batch of dudes to get sent out for overseas security billets. They were taking bunches of dudes at that time. Those were some sweet gigs, and dudes very often trained hard and got quickly back to BUD/S.
We had a dude named Thomas in our boat crew quit the second week of phase, went security, and when I got back to BUD/S for 240, guess who was already coming back from San Clemente to graduate? Thomas. He looked hella happy and proud. Sadly, he popped positive for cocaine returning from his 30 days leave. Helluva way to go, right.
FUck man
@@jakezweig The real-deal bonafide chip-painters from BUD/S are the undesignateds, many of whom happened to have the SEAL contract.
I remember seeing dudes with the SEAL contact in bootcamp and it made me feel like an idiot. Like, why didnt me and Jonesey get them?
Turned out they got guaranteed a shot at BUDS as long as everything else checked out, but the big caveat was that they had no rating. So if they didnt make it thru, they were getting shipped to the fleet as a deck seaman, which is the bottom of the bottom of the food chain.
My first berthing was with the deck seamen and youre surrounded by dudes who barely had IQs high enough to even get into the Navy, and they literally chip paint for a living. And their hours are even worse than everybody elses. Not only do they wake up earlier, and end later, but underway they get called for flight quarters at all hours of the night. So theyre constantly getting woken up. SUCKS to be them.
I know plenty old timer SEALs had to go that route and u could understand why they were so motivated getting back to BUD/S, lol.
@@jakezweig Gotta say, u did a great job coming back from a 38 minute 4-mile timed run. Thats a humongous deficit to recover from. We didnt have any dudes nearly that slow in my classes, but even dudes failing by just a little bit very likely just werent gonna make it.
@@jakezweig My personal deficit was the 500m swim in bootcamp... swam a 14:52 on my first swim. I showed up not even knowing what the sidestroke and breastroke were, all the while my freestyle sucked too.
Im a chess player and that kinda thing is not my style. I saw a buds documentary on the discovery channel of november of 98 and got enthralled. A mutual friend told jonesey about it, and we became the best of friends. But jones had jjst graduated and was already set to go the next month. I told myself i needed a few years to train for it, but since jonesey was going almost immediately, i said fuck it and went too.
Well Jones didnt know shit about swimming either, and ironically, i was the one who passed his last attempt of the test.. swam a 12:17, but jonesey never even passed and had to do 20 months in the fleet.
So there i was at BUDS, and i at least improved my sidestroke a lot, but sucked at every other pool evolution they had, lol.
Great video !!
Should I wrestle or join the swim/water polo team
WRESTLE
Then waterpolo
Right..!!
*shakes head* "yep" - NOBODY seems to talk about this stuff - getting sandy and wet people know but don't recall people speaking on pissing/shitting yourself and all that brings on top of sandy. There is a reason why SOCOM assets are called "Savages" cause they just don't give a f@ck and keep grinding! That alone would drop lots of people! haha!
YES SIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was on the Eisenhower and my first day we went underway for 2 mo tha. Didn't have shower shoes plus my shower stall just barely any water would come out had soap in my eyes. I'd never seen the ocean till that day. The berthings man being on that bottom spot sucked ass man. Man boot camp was a breeze for me. I wrestled as well so I slept through bootcamp basically. I qualled for swimming and swam so good they asked me if I wanted to qual higher up. Said what is a SK gonna need another swim quall for. I guess the rates LS now. Anyway they more guns instead of the 9mm and 12 guage.
I love it thanks for your service
Great videos sir. Keep up the good work
thank you will do
Whay kind of boat motor did you have to carry?
Damn when I served under Bush for a couple years muh fuckers were popping hot left and right for weed. 45/45 and back to the platoon. Knocked down to private and back to the fight. Under bush no one got OTH for popping hot. They all hit their EAS and got out honorably. Soon as it transitioned to Obama and they started cutting numbers your ass popped hot you were gone. Hell they were OTH’ing dudes for being overweight. Not fat, overweight in the regular line company’s. Dudes I went to SOI with that I kept in touch with.
NON Warriors and Warriors
@@jakezweig for sure. I like the fact that you’re putting these videos out. I don’t understand where these people get the idea that they’re just all of a sudden gonna go Seals, MARSOC, 18x , or whatever. Maybe these videos will make guys pump the brakes a bit and realize they need to really do some training and soul searching. But you’re right at the end of the day they’ll either have the nuts or they won’t. Period.
Let’s go Brandon!
This just makes me never want to quit even more. Ill die on that beach before Im crammed into a room with another full grown man sexually assaulting me.
HUMMMMMMMM LETS SEE WHAT THE SAND SAYS
14:40 AYO WHAT THE FUCK HE TALKING ABOUT BRUH, well it is the navy
Navy SEAL training is not for everyone!
This is a good story, probably because it's not a success story; but some things are missing. Because if a Boat Crew is down a Man or two, wouldn't that make that boat slower, and heavier? Especially when carrying the logs; one person is allot of strength missing pending where they were on that log.
Did you go to BUDS? If this happens that dude was hanging on the log or falling out of the boat.
@jakezweig not to discourage you but my question was aimed towards the general Internet people; it's really surprising for an uploader to respond to comments on a video this old, let alone this fast. that said, details were missing and you delivered them faster than a lawyer at a law library for all to see: thank you, and props to the Dude for trying; it makes the story worth hearing. My perspective was in contrast to the innumerable number of buds vids showing prospects carrying the logs on their shoulders and overhead; given that they look about as smooth as telephone poles and wet, until now, that possibly was incomprehensible. the same with the boat, I seen videos where they were carrying the instructor in A RIB and not actually in the boat itself. These little details change the whole context of the dude's accounting of Buds. I'm not trying to discredit the narrator or belittle him, just scratching my beard over some details which thankfully, you promptly delivered. The World's a Different place on the other side of a Lense; and I appreciate you resharing that Side in detail: thank you.
How do you prevent shin splints/ stress fractures during training?
Train your ass off before you get there
Shin splints suck but potassium (bananas) helps.
14:34 what the actual FUCK is that shit. Throw that guy in Leavenworth for 50 years
Yah man that's the fucking Navy man
@@jakezweig How often does it happen?!
@@ABC-dw7pe WAY MORE THAN YOU THINK
Honestly if like to see if I could pass the test to become a seal, I have no doubt that I could pass everything except the pull ups part, I can't do but 4 of those for some reason....
LOL 4 pull ups ..... NO CHANCE YOU CAN PASS
@@jakezweig say it like it is JAKE!😎Your my biggest motivator for NSW but I take everything you teach us to heart. You spit out straight facts and know it like it is😁
@@jakezweig what does pull ups have to do with killing people
@@jakezweig I think becoming a navy seal is only hard if your not used to doing the things growing up..How many people become seals that never shot a gun in their life,played sports all their life,been in numerous fist fights,scuba dived,never been to the beach,hunted all their life etc etc..I think all these things will give a person an edge on passing the course..
@@jakezweig that's because I don't incorporate them in my workout routine..A month or so of doing them I could most likely do about 30 of them .you don't look like a guy that could do more than 5 yourself but you say you were a seal..
I pissed on myself on numerous ruck marches while in the army, you sweat like it's raining. Nobody cares, I sure didn't.
Yes sir!!!!!!!!!! Try to keep the shit out your boots
💯🔥👍🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸
This guy can write a book 📖
😀😀😀😀
IF I COULD ONLY WRITE
13:45 so messed up
Sometimes it's not good
U.S. ARMY TEAM DELTA FORCE COORDINATOR FOR HOME SIDE AFFAIRS MAJOR ANTHONY RAY CAMPOSII. NATO COMMANDING OFFICER ANTHONY RAY CAMPOSII OPERATOR 11. CALIFORNIA OPERATIONS. U.S. COAST GUARD.
Ok ?????
@@jakezweig what is he saying
and.......wtf?
I smell bs
BS how?
Love your videos, dawg. If you want to join the military the USAF will treat you with respect and the living conditions are good to excellent. If your gung ho for So. Comm. pararescue is on par with SEALS and Rangers. This is the way.
those are the same