Man that’s like 80% of the successful guys in the seals have said lol “just think… they can’t kill you… and need to feed you… so you just focus on the next meal and do whatever you gotta do in between” 😅 y’all are one hell of a person man. Mad respect.
@@kevinabernardo like any training people die. The more extreme the worse. I think they aren't recognized that much for killing their trainees, spetsnaz maybe lol
I thought it was 2 weeeks to around 2 months max, what's up with the "day 267" I respect these guys a lot more it it really is longer than 2 weeks, absolute beasts if true
my dad did prison time for 14 years. he told me before boot camp "son, dont think about how long your task is taking, just keep thinking about your next meal. they give you food right? so always think about your next meal and the next time you shut your eyes, and time will seem to go a lot faster"
@eren2519 just being a stupid 18 year old. Racked up a few charges that eventually landed him with an actual lengthy sentence. I don't like to fully divulge but he got caught up playing with guns n accidentally shot someone nearby. As a 3x felon already obviously the last place the state wants you is in the backyard playing with a gun. So he got 12 years for that, and got out, went right back for violation and sat for 2 years. Been pretty clean cut since, and as of late he has been completely sober for the first time in his 45 years of life, for almost a year now.
I read a book in college by chance. I believe it was called Life On The Inside. Ehen I got married at 41 I stayed home with the kids from the time the oldest was 6 months (3 kids). The wisdom in that book got me through the mind numbing boredom alternating with extreme stress of those days. Drop expectations, stop looking too far ahead. In a way you live in the moment.
Exactly . Ranger school is like 500-1000 calories a day. Most guys get 30 minutes of sleep here and there. Depends on the cadre. I heard of one guy who got 30 minutes of sleep in a 5 day stretch. Ranger school isn’t as harsh of climate , like the freezing water , but the no sleep and no food is much worse
Yeah but they’ve got it cranked up to 11. They’re moving so fast and furious the whole day that they’d all fall on their faces without the calories. It’s not the same slow burn as training to be infantry where you have to be comfortable with that long, drawn-out, sit-and-be-miserable atmosphere.
@@FraldinhoBJJ "but the no sleep and no food is much worse" But why though, there is training and there is destruction of gov property just because you want to make it sounds you are tougher, I guess Navy knows the line and ARMY just try too hard to make it like they are tougher? There is an adage "you can train to take pain, but you can't train to get punch on your face", if you have a glass jaw you can't train so you have an iron jaw! That is the analogy that ARMY ranger don't get I guess?
But never forget that the army builds you up for super dangerous assignments. The attrition rate is high for a seal. Today’s wars are fought for rich industrialists. I’d never give my life to make them richer.
This is so true. I was not SF, but I worked with them on the ground. They are incredibly capable and professional, but Hollywood would never cast them in a movie about them because they don't fit the mythic image..that is until you see them perform.
My girlfriend has always said that to me, aswell as coming close to wanting to accuse me of not doing what I had previously done militarily service wise lol. Until she had asked my mom/met a few guys I had served with, and I suppose googled her way to finding awards given etc.
Now, not so much bc she met me when I was smaller/in kind of a depressed state where I stopped working out etc. now I’m back to the same size I was then lol
@@REAPERDEFENSE motivate me, I really wanna achieve physical fitness and a good build, I’m already 6’4 and around 85kg but I don’t want to be a man who never saw what his body was capable of, I turned 23yo 2 days ago… used to play basketball but quit, my stamina and fitness are so low. This is mostly because I’m tight on time since I’m a medical student and have had to give a lot up so I can study.. But I’ll take what I can get, I wanna be big lol
I loved guys like him. They taught me that I didn’t have to “make it.” I only had to “make it til..” or “Make it for just another mile or hour or that tree up there.”
I met an old lady in her 90s while waiting for a train a few years back and we got talking. She told me her attitude all through life was just to take it one day at a time. I have come to learn the value of that advice.
That reminds me of this verse ”Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.“ Matthew 6:33-34
Live for today and prepare for tomorrow. Tomorrow is not guaranteed and yesterday is over and but a memory. Thank God every morning for letting you wake up and live one more day. Before you eat, thank God for the meal. Before you go to sleep, thank God for helping you accomplish what you accomplished today. Today is all we got.
I did the EXACT same thing in basic training. All I did was look forward to "the next meal" (and I'm not a "food person" lol) and that mindset got me through training so quickly. You don't even realize it👍
That’s awesome. I’ve lived a majority of my life with this mindset. One meal at a time. Keeps you from getting too distracted by the distance of time and makes you live in the moment, one meal at a time
Always heard take it meal by meal. Sure you’ll want to quit when things get mentally and physically draining but when you got a hot meal in front of you again it’s hard to motivate yourself to quit your dream.
RESPECT to the Seals. As a veteran aircraft maintenance tech I expect those who face the enemy in combat and the pilots that put their lives on the line.
That’s a dumb fucking comment. If you’re a veteran you took an oath which means you would do the same not just pilots or those who “see the enemy”. All military members must be willing to sacrifice everything.
I didnt go through this training. I used this mindset while deployed. I started typing this before the end of this video but i called it meal-to-meal. Id spend all day with a great meal in my mind. The harder you work, the better a boiled steak, half cooked potatoes, and tough green beans taste. True leaders carry salt, pepper, and hot sauce.
What an emotionally & physically capable, calm man! Thank you for serving with the Seals, your sacrifices of comfort, rest & absence from family is greatly appreciated. God bless you & God bless all our troops.
💯 I was taught that at a young age… Break it down hour by hour if you have to. Baby steps are much easier to accomplish… Sometimes looking at the end goal…(20 weeks of training) can be daunting. Even now, when I’m feeling overwhelmed, I break up the day into hours… Great advice to heed… 😎🙏🏽🤙🏽
I lived like this everytime i went to work. When i went through basic i developed a new mindset of "well this sucks but this event/smoke session cant last forever it will be over soon" theres always an end to the suck, jusf knowing it ended at some point was closure
He just described what I did to get through Coast Guard basic training. I was drafted in the last draft a d didn't want to go into the Army so got lucky and the Coast Guard took me. I had NO idea about boot camp and why it was what it was so I started to figure it out day by day and let me tell you it was tough. They couldn't hit you, withhold meals from you, or not let you attend Sunday church services. I learned real fast that two of those were sanctuaries of non harrassment and I took advantage of them. Meal to meal, day by day, that's how I did it. Coast Guard boot camp was one of the best things that ever happened to me. My first duty station was a year in Thailand on a small 20 man LORAN monitoring station. That was just the start of a fabulous four years of one adventure after another adventure. It was great!
@leahwhiteley5164 I agree. It was a service that actually cared about the individual making the individual care and work to their greatest potential for the service. No disrespect to any other branch of the military it's just that the CG was there when I needed it most.
What an absolute chad. Imagine being one of the only dudes in an Army uniform authorized to wear SEAL tridents. Unicorns of unicorns being a Chief on top of that.
@@otf7466 Just FYI, RUclips doesn’t allow hyperlinks unless it’s other YT videos. I looked it up and saw it. He must have gotten authorization from HRC.
Thank you for your service. To ALL service members, active and retired. Thank you for standing on that wall and protecting our families and us. We honor YOU AND YOUR SACRIFICES that we may live in peace and safety.
@@James-sp5cv I don't know if this is true or not, but I read that you get destroyed for 8-10 hours a day. Day in and day out. Every day. Until hell week.
I did that w/ EVERY Army school, wakeup and count that day as done w/ travel day being a wakeup and not counting obviously.... make it past PT, make it past b'fast, lunch? day is 1/2 over, evening chow, call it a day. Good tips Chief.
@laureanoballestas811 oh, nothing cool.... not really a hard-core guy 😆 POG LIFE is the life for me 😘 but any of my NCOES (WLC, BNCOC PH 1, ALC PH 2, yes I'm old BNCOC lol). AIT/MOS reclass from 14T to 27D, NBC Def, DARN, UPL, (Again I'm old, y'all call it CBRN now), SHARP Victim Advocate, Court Reporter, Deployments, etc. I didn't do the 'Hooah' stuff! Med. Retired in 17 as a SFC (27D40)
@@joeb4275 I was a 14E the first time around on active duty, so 14E and 14T are basically 2 parts of the same coin (and add comm guys in there too). Were you at first Bliss ?
@@dont_worry_about_it. No s***? Small world, went through AIT, back then at Bliss, in 01-B Btty, then over to Korea (of course 😆) w/ E Btty down South and back to Bliss 03-04 & actually worked out of the Welcome Ctr. reclassed in 05 to JAG.
This is an allegory for life. When I was in the throughs of a horrible depression and my world was caving in, I would use this mindset to stay afloat. I would call it “weathering the storm.” When it’s storming and hail is crashing down, hunker down wherever you can and just endure. Your only job it to endure. Then when it lets up a little bit, your job is to move and gain ground. And you repeat this cycle until you eventually get to higher ground.
Ya you don't have to feed the trainee, but again if one of them report it to congress, it is destruction of gov property over training time and trust me that will change real quick! you don't need to train trainee to not nourished their body with the food they need! You can train them to tolerate pain, to have little sleep to see how they react to challenging environment, but to not let them eat over training? It is like UFC fighter is training to get punch in the face so they can strengthen their head to not get knocked out in the real battle. It is foolish and just serves no purpose!
Stop trying to compare seals to rangers. Ranger school is a gut check, true but it is really just a school that teaches rifle platoon leadership and how to do op orders. Seal are better trained than rangers. Different tier
That’s how I handle recovery after getting blown up. I set my long term goal too get back on the job. Then broke it down to my goals for today. Today I’m going to walk around the ward and do three laps with my walker. Today I’m going to ditch the walker and just touch the wall for support. Today, I’m not going to cry during physical therapy. One day, one goal at a time to reach my main goal. I got there.
Thats how i got though prison for 5 years! That is the mindset of a warrior! Never give up you are at your bottom beat down! When the real fact is your being built, they give you the tool you have to have the mindset! Never ever give up them waves crashing are a wonderful sound! Thank You For Your Servive Sir
I think any of us in any special programs face the same thing except BUDs of course, a lot more physical.. Developing a personal method is so important to making it through.. I graduated 8 of only 13. USN Special Weapons 81-87 Lebanon & Grenada & NATO Europe.
And that's all it takes, it's the mental stability that will get you through anything... Once you master that then everything else is a piece of cake...
It is exceptional advice, not only for these amazing advanced warriors, but for life as well It’s similar to a thought processes that I have that helps keep me in the moment.
Was my mindset during basic training. Especially early on. I was one of the older guys and was kinda overweight, barely making it. I struggled. Mentally and physically. Once I made it to my first Sunday, religious services were a blessing. I started breaking it down in a similar manner. Make it to each meal. Make it through day. Make it to Sunday. Then reset and do it again. By the end of basic training I was actually having fun. And AIT was a walk in the park.
As a fellow big beaker I can definitely tell you you lose a lot of heat out of a big nose! This guy is that one step ahead of his brothers for that alone!
It is amazing what a human being can do when pressed to defend something valuable.” #america deserves the best. Those guys at DEVGRU and SOCOM are the pure gold of military might. We are lucky to have such smart, articulate, thoughtful, and intelligent men and women in the special operations areas of our military. ❤
My mentality was that I was willing to die rather than fail , so anything short of death wasn't gonna make me quit. When it got unbearable in military training I just told myself "I like, I love it, I want more of it!" I literally went out each day seeing how far, how hard, I could push my body til it died. But it never died. And I survived. If you're not willing to die to reach your goals you don't want it enough.
Marine corps boot camp we heard through the grape vine of recruits “chow to chow/ Sunday to Sunday”. adopting that mindset really evolved how you perceived the concept of time which really helped you get through the shit back then.
Army Special Forces training. The SFOQC Q Course, they didn’t feed us while in the field at Camp Mackall. We ate when we were allowed to hunt and scrounge what berries, roots or tubers we could find. Trapping, skinning, maybe getting to cook the animal, over fire we had to make, was how we ate in the field in the 1970’s. I learned how to do so many things with a knife. I’m 68 now and still carry at least 2 knives on me daily. Never forget, 2 is 1 and 1 is none. You must have a backup blade and light, and as a leader and a trained Army combat diver, I carry backups for the backup.
As he said; Break a challenge into small parts, small pieces. As an example from my own life, I broke my education into 2 year pieces... 1. Got my AA...2 years. 2. Got my BS...2 years. Grad school was typically 2 years straight. But I was working full-time...so I went 3 years part-time and 4th year full-time, w a lighter load of 9 hours or 3 classes. There is always a way to achieve ur plan. Figure out the education system, and find those that will help u be ur success.
if you think too much about all the struggle you'll go through, all the what-ifs, you will cause yourself anguish and unnecessary stress. his advice is great for his training, but it applies to all of life. Just focus on doing a good job today.
Heh, I did something vaguely similar to this in OCS. BUDs is another league, but kind of interesting to see "The next closest alligator" (or, perhaps, "The next closest island") works/worked for you there, too. The trick to beating massive problems is to break them into more down to earth-sized chunks, and deal with them in those chunks.
Very smart move. Can’t compare the training I received to what the SEALs or U.S. marines do, but being on the look out for the next meal is relatable. Did the same thing, always thought “well, alright. We get up at 6, conduct personal hygiene until 0615, have breakfast at 0700 sharp until 0730, so whatever happens in between personal hygiene and breakfast will be over in less than an hour.” Morning inspection was conducted at 0815, this would take until 0845 if we did poorly, then we went on with the schedule for another 3/4 hours until receiving lunch between 1200 and 1300 (depending on location). Then came the longest part of the day until 1730, when it was time for dinner. 2000 was commonly the end of training day unless we were in the field or had to “refine” things we hadn’t done well or finished during the day until 2115. If there was no more points to refine and if we had done everything we had to do for the day, we would have time for studying and/or recreation until personal hygiene at 2145 and lights out at 2200. Always keep thinking about the resting points that you will have in your day, and you’ll just somehow forget about how hard you have it or how shitty the day is going.
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AWESOME SIR. ❤
Thank you for your service.
Blessings to you forever.
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He managed his time like an inmate ❤
Yea... kinda scary to realize that comparison
No, inmates manage their time like soldiers.
This is the only thing you can do.
he’s a fucking high level operator.
Pretty weird perspective
Man that’s like 80% of the successful guys in the seals have said lol “just think… they can’t kill you… and need to feed you… so you just focus on the next meal and do whatever you gotta do in between” 😅 y’all are one hell of a person man. Mad respect.
People have actually died from this training… it has happened.
And then someone dies
@@kevinabernardo like any training people die. The more extreme the worse. I think they aren't recognized that much for killing their trainees, spetsnaz maybe lol
@@waqstar7067 whomp whomp
I thought it was 2 weeeks to around 2 months max, what's up with the "day 267"
I respect these guys a lot more it it really is longer than 2 weeks, absolute beasts if true
This is like when ur in elementary school school looking at the clock and breaking down 60 min into 10 min increments of 6 😂😂
What ? I loved going to school. Elementary school high school and college was when I had the most fun
@@absoliutenuds I hated public school got bullied so bad but college was better
@@absoliutenuds that's kinda sad.
@therealman2016 we all got bullied at one point and time. It was middle school for me. It's just part of life I guess.
Probably not even close to being in school.
RUT!! Deployed with this man in ‘98. 15th MEU. It’s so good to see him healthy and successful.
That's called discipline. He's got it.
It's a formula for success. I should
be so disciplined.😊
My lifestyle is slightly erratic in a roller coaster intuitive engaging way 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉 a sealer 😂
You should not be disciplined. You can CHOOSE to be
my dad did prison time for 14 years.
he told me before boot camp "son, dont think about how long your task is taking, just keep thinking about your next meal. they give you food right? so always think about your next meal and the next time you shut your eyes, and time will seem to go a lot faster"
what did your dad do
@eren2519 just being a stupid 18 year old. Racked up a few charges that eventually landed him with an actual lengthy sentence. I don't like to fully divulge but he got caught up playing with guns n accidentally shot someone nearby. As a 3x felon already obviously the last place the state wants you is in the backyard playing with a gun. So he got 12 years for that, and got out, went right back for violation and sat for 2 years. Been pretty clean cut since, and as of late he has been completely sober for the first time in his 45 years of life, for almost a year now.
I read a book in college by chance. I believe it was called Life On The Inside. Ehen I got married at 41 I stayed home with the kids from the time the oldest was 6 months (3 kids).
The wisdom in that book got me through the mind numbing boredom alternating with extreme stress of those days. Drop expectations, stop looking too far ahead. In a way you live in the moment.
My dad told me the same story when I went to bud/s too
@@llHllAllRllSllHllthat’s awesome that he’s sober and seems to be changing for the better. keep it going. 💪
Seal: “I know they have to feed me”
Rangers: “Wait they FEED you?!?”
Exactly . Ranger school is like 500-1000 calories a day.
Most guys get 30 minutes of sleep here and there.
Depends on the cadre.
I heard of one guy who got 30 minutes of sleep in a 5 day stretch.
Ranger school isn’t as harsh of climate , like the freezing water , but the no sleep and no food is much worse
Try perpetual Ranger school , Welcome to the Ranger Battalion home of the 75th. RLTW DE OPPRESSO LIBER
Yeah but they’ve got it cranked up to 11. They’re moving so fast and furious the whole day that they’d all fall on their faces without the calories. It’s not the same slow burn as training to be infantry where you have to be comfortable with that long, drawn-out, sit-and-be-miserable atmosphere.
Dumb.
@@FraldinhoBJJ "but the no sleep and no food is much worse" But why though, there is training and there is destruction of gov property just because you want to make it sounds you are tougher, I guess Navy knows the line and ARMY just try too hard to make it like they are tougher? There is an adage "you can train to take pain, but you can't train to get punch on your face", if you have a glass jaw you can't train so you have an iron jaw! That is the analogy that ARMY ranger don't get I guess?
I always love how simple these people look, behave and talk yet we know that they're some of the most capable and dangerous men alive...
But never forget that the army builds you up for super dangerous assignments. The attrition rate is high for a seal. Today’s wars are fought for rich industrialists. I’d never give my life to make them richer.
This is so true. I was not SF, but I worked with them on the ground. They are incredibly capable and professional, but Hollywood would never cast them in a movie about them because they don't fit the mythic image..that is until you see them perform.
My girlfriend has always said that to me, aswell as coming close to wanting to accuse me of not doing what I had previously done militarily service wise lol. Until she had asked my mom/met a few guys I had served with, and I suppose googled her way to finding awards given etc.
Now, not so much bc she met me when I was smaller/in kind of a depressed state where I stopped working out etc. now I’m back to the same size I was then lol
@@REAPERDEFENSE motivate me, I really wanna achieve physical fitness and a good build, I’m already 6’4 and around 85kg but I don’t want to be a man who never saw what his body was capable of, I turned 23yo 2 days ago… used to play basketball but quit, my stamina and fitness are so low. This is mostly because I’m tight on time since I’m a medical student and have had to give a lot up so I can study.. But I’ll take what I can get, I wanna be big lol
Absolutely did the same. When times get tough, look forward to the next meal, then bed. Makes it so much better
To quote Calvin and Hobbs: whenever life gets confusing, wait for lunch
Brave men. I love the seals and the NAVY. God BLESS OUR MILITARY. TO GOD BE THE GLORY. 🙏 ✝️
I loved guys like him. They taught me that I didn’t have to “make it.” I only had to “make it til..” or “Make it for just another mile or hour or that tree up there.”
I met an old lady in her 90s while waiting for a train a few years back and we got talking. She told me her attitude all through life was just to take it one day at a time. I have come to learn the value of that advice.
That reminds me of this verse ”Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.“
Matthew 6:33-34
Live for today and prepare for tomorrow. Tomorrow is not guaranteed and yesterday is over and but a memory.
Thank God every morning for letting you wake up and live one more day.
Before you eat, thank God for the meal.
Before you go to sleep, thank God for helping you accomplish what you accomplished today.
Today is all we got.
Beautiful ❤
@@RebelAllianceJACbeautiful ❤
I met her too. But she told me she was an instructor at the Special Forces SCUBA school
I did the EXACT same thing in basic training. All I did was look forward to "the next meal" (and I'm not a "food person" lol) and that mindset got me through training so quickly. You don't even realize it👍
"depersonalization"
Got me through Texas prison.
Not a food person, are you an Alien sir? What state are you from? Definitely not California huh?
When I went through we weren’t allowed to have watches, we woke up whenever the cadre woke us up and we only kept time by meals and taps.
Dude basic training ain’t shyt
I called my mom everyday. That was how I made it. She helped me so much.
You got to call your Mom?!
I bet they let you call mommy
I bet she rubbed yo tummy and tucked you into bed, too. 😳
🥺 cute 😂😂😂
That’s so sweet.As a mommy to a grown son I love that,
Everyday during my fire academy I looked forward to a hot cup of coffee and a quiet 20 minute drive home 😂
That’s awesome. I’ve lived a majority of my life with this mindset. One meal at a time. Keeps you from getting too distracted by the distance of time and makes you live in the moment, one meal at a time
When do you find time to think about the long term?
@@boogbobo3875shitting showering and shaving
@@iCookCrystalMeth Rah
In combat, it's one day at a time! Ever notice gow combat veterans never get anxious about anything?
Same here
"Meal to meal." Simple but effective.
Always heard take it meal by meal. Sure you’ll want to quit when things get mentally and physically draining but when you got a hot meal in front of you again it’s hard to motivate yourself to quit your dream.
Our guys who show dedication. Thank you for your service. ❤❤
So Simple and YET Such a POWERFUL motivator.
We are blessed as a nation to have men who would rise to such challenges.
Thank you for your service 🙏
Every nation has the same type of men. We are all human.
@@PH-wc8llno they don’t. Also, you’re gay
@@PH-wc8ll Why make this comment?, the person is just acknowledging great people
@@rubenmoreno5731very bitter person
Some hate America, that's why they make comments like that. We're talking about our great men here. These men are great men.
I love you brother. You make vets like us proud..
RESPECT to the Seals. As a veteran aircraft maintenance tech I expect those who face the enemy in combat and the pilots that put their lives on the line.
That’s a dumb fucking comment. If you’re a veteran you took an oath which means you would do the same not just pilots or those who “see the enemy”. All military members must be willing to sacrifice everything.
thanks for your service, he was also a pilot for 160th SOAR
my husband also went through buds training. They are a different breed of men and women. Thank you for your service, Sir.
MUCH RESPECT! Thankyou for your service!
He’s not talking about hell week. He’s talking about everything else. Hell week you don’t get to sleep no more than a handful of minutes a night.
I didnt go through this training. I used this mindset while deployed. I started typing this before the end of this video but i called it meal-to-meal. Id spend all day with a great meal in my mind. The harder you work, the better a boiled steak, half cooked potatoes, and tough green beans taste. True leaders carry salt, pepper, and hot sauce.
LOL
Same applied for getting through daily life, a routine, and split into smaller chunks. Day by day.
Thank-you sir.
What an emotionally & physically capable, calm man! Thank you for serving with the Seals, your sacrifices of comfort, rest & absence from family is greatly appreciated. God bless you & God bless all our troops.
Thank God that some of the most highly trained and most effective killers in history have such practical life tips for the common person.
Soldiers or servicemen.
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I was taught that at a young age…
Break it down hour by hour if you have to.
Baby steps are much easier to accomplish…
Sometimes looking at the end goal…(20 weeks of training) can be daunting.
Even now, when I’m feeling overwhelmed, I break up the day into hours…
Great advice to heed…
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I lived like this everytime i went to work. When i went through basic i developed a new mindset of "well this sucks but this event/smoke session cant last forever it will be over soon" theres always an end to the suck, jusf knowing it ended at some point was closure
This man has described how I make it through life most of the time
To bad you weren't smart enough to apply this to school and get a job you liked. Lazy has its down side.
@@leahwhiteley5164 who said I don't like my job.
Meal to meal. This is classic. Simple, basic and knew that his body would function and his needs would be met.
Amen.
Thank you for your dedication and service. An Army brat. Appreciate you.❤😊
That's how I get through my mind numbingly boring day job. Just meal to meal.
Break to break.
Yup lol
He just described what I did to get through Coast Guard basic training. I was drafted in the last draft a d didn't want to go into the Army so got lucky and the Coast Guard took me. I had NO idea about boot camp and why it was what it was so I started to figure it out day by day and let me tell you it was tough.
They couldn't hit you, withhold meals from you, or not let you attend Sunday church services. I learned real fast that two of those were sanctuaries of non harrassment and I took advantage of them. Meal to meal, day by day, that's how I did it.
Coast Guard boot camp was one of the best things that ever happened to me. My first duty station was a year in Thailand on a small 20 man LORAN monitoring station. That was just the start of a fabulous four years of one adventure after another adventure. It was great!
Coast Guard does not get the credit it deserves.
@leahwhiteley5164 I agree. It was a service that actually cared about the individual making the individual care and work to their greatest potential for the service.
No disrespect to any other branch of the military it's just that the CG was there when I needed it most.
What an absolute chad. Imagine being one of the only dudes in an Army uniform authorized to wear SEAL tridents. Unicorns of unicorns being a Chief on top of that.
I have seen only 2 NAVY guys wearing the SF tap, one in person and the other in tv.
Had a sergeant with marines patch. It was so dope. I love that about marines though. They all wear the same no badges on the uniform.
I don’t think Navy pins are authorized on Army uniforms. Looking at his blouse, he’s just wearing his aviation wings.
@afcgeo882 here's a picture of him in his blues, tidents visible.
@@otf7466 Just FYI, RUclips doesn’t allow hyperlinks unless it’s other YT videos. I looked it up and saw it. He must have gotten authorization from HRC.
I have so much respect for you guys and I’m impressed by the discipline y’all have. Thankful we’ve got such an elite group of soldiers.
REAL men, being excellent role models for the next generation. Thank you!
Smartest man alive, thank you for everything
Smartest man alive ?
Live chow to chow !
This is how I got through basic training.
Pretty much lol
Reminds me of an old Bob Seger song, "Little Victories"
You are a badass, Sir!
Thank you! 💪🇺🇲
Thank you for your service. To ALL service members, active and retired. Thank you for standing on that wall and protecting our families and us. We honor YOU AND YOUR SACRIFICES that we may live in peace and safety.
Lol thats exactly how i got through USMC bootcamp was having that mindset. I can second that having this type of mindset works wonders!
Same here. Rah.
Chow to chow.
Right on brother 🇱🇷👍🏻💪
@@James-sp5cv I don't know if this is true or not, but I read that you get destroyed for 8-10 hours a day. Day in and day out. Every day. Until hell week.
Chow to chow then church on Sundays I crossed off another week in back of my knowledge
Sometimes you have to take it day-by-day sometimes meal-by-meal. Dude is a G.
I did that w/ EVERY Army school, wakeup and count that day as done w/ travel day being a wakeup and not counting obviously.... make it past PT, make it past b'fast, lunch? day is 1/2 over, evening chow, call it a day. Good tips Chief.
lol dope it helps. What army schools did you go to?
@laureanoballestas811 oh, nothing cool.... not really a hard-core guy 😆 POG LIFE is the life for me 😘 but any of my NCOES (WLC, BNCOC PH 1, ALC PH 2, yes I'm old BNCOC lol). AIT/MOS reclass from 14T to 27D, NBC Def, DARN, UPL, (Again I'm old, y'all call it CBRN now), SHARP Victim Advocate, Court Reporter, Deployments, etc. I didn't do the 'Hooah' stuff!
Med. Retired in 17 as a SFC (27D40)
@@joeb4275 I was a 14E the first time around on active duty, so 14E and 14T are basically 2 parts of the same coin (and add comm guys in there too). Were you at first Bliss ?
@@dont_worry_about_it. No s***? Small world, went through AIT, back then at Bliss, in 01-B Btty, then over to Korea (of course 😆) w/ E Btty down South and back to Bliss 03-04 & actually worked out of the Welcome Ctr. reclassed in 05 to JAG.
This is an allegory for life. When I was in the throughs of a horrible depression and my world was caving in, I would use this mindset to stay afloat. I would call it “weathering the storm.”
When it’s storming and hail is crashing down, hunker down wherever you can and just endure. Your only job it to endure. Then when it lets up a little bit, your job is to move and gain ground. And you repeat this cycle until you eventually get to higher ground.
Thank you for your service sir God bless you and the USA
Ranger school cadre: we don’t have to feed you. The enemy doesn’t care if you’re fed, hungry, thirsty, sleepy, etc.
missed the point
Nobody asked pal
@heaththompson3834 You did? Or @fun2916 did?
Ya you don't have to feed the trainee, but again if one of them report it to congress, it is destruction of gov property over training time and trust me that will change real quick! you don't need to train trainee to not nourished their body with the food they need! You can train them to tolerate pain, to have little sleep to see how they react to challenging environment, but to not let them eat over training? It is like UFC fighter is training to get punch in the face so they can strengthen their head to not get knocked out in the real battle. It is foolish and just serves no purpose!
Stop trying to compare seals to rangers. Ranger school is a gut check, true but it is really just a school that teaches rifle platoon leadership and how to do op orders. Seal are better trained than rangers. Different tier
Best breakdown and advise about this subject I have heard. So simple but so effective and smart , most people won't understand you though
That’s how I handle recovery after getting blown up. I set my long term goal too get back on the job. Then broke it down to my goals for today. Today I’m going to walk around the ward and do three laps with my walker. Today I’m going to ditch the walker and just touch the wall for support. Today, I’m not going to cry during physical therapy. One day, one goal at a time to reach my main goal. I got there.
Congratulations. We are permitted to endure and suffer because God has an awesome plan for your life.
Thats how i got though prison for 5 years! That is the mindset of a warrior! Never give up you are at your bottom beat down! When the real fact is your being built, they give you the tool you have to have the mindset! Never ever give up them waves crashing are a wonderful sound! Thank You For Your Servive Sir
Much respect for this gentleman!
Maybe we can get this man to motivate these last generations to get to work!!!!
Take it 1 min at a time. U win all the small battles u will winbthe war
I think any of us in any special programs face the same thing except BUDs of course, a lot more physical.. Developing a personal method is so important to making it through.. I graduated 8 of only 13. USN Special Weapons 81-87 Lebanon & Grenada & NATO Europe.
You guys are awesome, saving humanity and democracy!!!
Thank you sir, for your service and sacrifice. May God bless you and yours.
And that's all it takes, it's the mental stability that will get you through anything... Once you master that then everything else is a piece of cake...
Taking on one day at a time VS thinking about the big picture does help 👍🏽 Your me mentality can make or break you. Thank you for the reminder
It is exceptional advice, not only for these amazing advanced warriors, but for life as well
It’s similar to a thought processes that I have that helps keep me in the moment.
Proof that doing what works for you is BEST
Thanks for your service SIR 🫡
Was my mindset during basic training. Especially early on. I was one of the older guys and was kinda overweight, barely making it. I struggled. Mentally and physically. Once I made it to my first Sunday, religious services were a blessing. I started breaking it down in a similar manner. Make it to each meal. Make it through day. Make it to Sunday. Then reset and do it again. By the end of basic training I was actually having fun. And AIT was a walk in the park.
Don’t forget his teammates. Your peers are the only way you survive anything in the military.
As a fellow big beaker I can definitely tell you you lose a lot of heat out of a big nose! This guy is that one step ahead of his brothers for that alone!
I needed this perspective for my time in boot camp coming up appreciate you 🫡🫡
It is amazing what a human being can do when pressed to defend something valuable.” #america deserves the best. Those guys at DEVGRU and SOCOM are the pure gold of military might. We are lucky to have such smart, articulate, thoughtful, and intelligent men and women in the special operations areas of our military. ❤
“What’s next” is the best attitude anyone can have
My mentality was that I was willing to die rather than fail , so anything short of death wasn't gonna make me quit.
When it got unbearable in military training I just told myself "I like, I love it, I want more of it!"
I literally went out each day seeing how far, how hard, I could push my body til it died.
But it never died. And I survived.
If you're not willing to die to reach your goals you don't want it enough.
We win only, positive and optimistic only
Thank you for your service sir!!!
Marine corps boot camp we heard through the grape vine of recruits “chow to chow/ Sunday to Sunday”. adopting that mindset really evolved how you perceived the concept of time which really helped you get through the shit back then.
That is why a big difference from the SAS teams by exposing secrets. Making known for yourself and taught someone is a huge difference 😮😮😮❤
Army Special Forces training. The SFOQC Q Course, they didn’t feed us while in the field at Camp Mackall. We ate when we were allowed to hunt and scrounge what berries, roots or tubers we could find. Trapping, skinning, maybe getting to cook the animal, over fire we had to make, was how we ate in the field in the 1970’s. I learned how to do so many things with a knife. I’m 68 now and still carry at least 2 knives on me daily. Never forget, 2 is 1 and 1 is none. You must have a backup blade and light, and as a leader and a trained Army combat diver, I carry backups for the backup.
Tbh his method is also how i got thru regular army basic. Thanks, sir
As he said; Break a challenge into small parts, small pieces.
As an example from my own life, I broke my education into 2 year pieces...
1. Got my AA...2 years.
2. Got my BS...2 years.
Grad school was typically 2 years straight.
But I was working full-time...so I went 3 years part-time and 4th year full-time, w a lighter load of 9 hours or 3 classes.
There is always a way to achieve ur plan. Figure out the education system, and find those that will help u be ur success.
He set realistic, attainable goals. This is an old method, but effective.
if you think too much about all the struggle you'll go through, all the what-ifs, you will cause yourself anguish and unnecessary stress.
his advice is great for his training, but it applies to all of life. Just focus on doing a good job today.
1 HOUR, 1 MINUTE, 1 SECOND AT A TIME!!! Whatever helps you get through!!! That is how you succeed in life!
Day by day step by step just keep moving forward
Counting your days alive 🫡
Meal to meal is great advice ❤
That’s the best way to make time flies. Counting meals. Oh the good old days
Heh, I did something vaguely similar to this in OCS. BUDs is another league, but kind of interesting to see "The next closest alligator" (or, perhaps, "The next closest island") works/worked for you there, too. The trick to beating massive problems is to break them into more down to earth-sized chunks, and deal with them in those chunks.
Thank you so much!
Absolutely right brother I never thought about it but exactly that's what you have to look forward to food break 😀 😄 😉 👍
Wow, a CWO Navy Seal... Those guys are rare🫡
It's the little goals that you set along the way that help with completing the long journey.
This is true. Morning chow, afternoon chow, evening chow… in between those, you can take anything.
God bless you Seal!!
Very smart move. Can’t compare the training I received to what the SEALs or U.S. marines do, but being on the look out for the next meal is relatable.
Did the same thing, always thought “well, alright. We get up at 6, conduct personal hygiene until 0615, have breakfast at 0700 sharp until 0730, so whatever happens in between personal hygiene and breakfast will be over in less than an hour.” Morning inspection was conducted at 0815, this would take until 0845 if we did poorly, then we went on with the schedule for another 3/4 hours until receiving lunch between 1200 and 1300 (depending on location). Then came the longest part of the day until 1730, when it was time for dinner. 2000 was commonly the end of training day unless we were in the field or had to “refine” things we hadn’t done well or finished during the day until 2115. If there was no more points to refine and if we had done everything we had to do for the day, we would have time for studying and/or recreation until personal hygiene at 2145 and lights out at 2200.
Always keep thinking about the resting points that you will have in your day, and you’ll just somehow forget about how hard you have it or how shitty the day is going.
That’s literally how I survived boot camp and AIT. Granted much much easier than BUDs, but still effective.
I need to remember something like this in regular life. Having 3 young kids is not unlike torture.
One step at a time,
one day at a time.
Staying in the moment / the present
His secret - reward. I like it.
That takes a special kind of mental toughness