BF2S Forums what should i do?

Oh, also, you better practice in the pool more than anything else, and holding your breath.

Mekstizzle wrote:

How the hell did you get in, and then they/you realise that you're medically unfit so you had to be discharged. Weird.

dont remind me. i'll take full responsibility for this, but i seem to have guessed much better than my eyes were on one eye test and not as well on the next.  20/70 =/= 20/40.

SEREMAKER wrote:

so whats your routine to get yourself phyiscally prepared

ifwhen you make it through BUDs, you'll be hitting up phase 3 of SERE

i have modeled a training program from a 26 week downloadable on sealswcc.com (also adapted to me from my seal mentor/motivator) and my old 20 week ironman triathlon training program. i try to balance both slow-twitch and fast-twitch workouts to maximize both muscle power and muscle endurance.  i also have incorporated crossfit style workouts and other similar training approaches.

MMMmmmSERE

Last edited by CoronadoSEAL (2009-10-08 12:04:14)

What's BUDs?

enlist

SEREMAKER wrote:

what MOS are you going after

ermm, seal?
i sign a "seal contract" which guarantees me a slot in buds after basic training, assuming i don't do something (or not do something) that makes me lose the contract. not worried about that though.


**edit: you mean what in seal? i don't know or care. i'll just go with the needs of the team and the good news is that all (all) options are appealing.

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rammunition wrote:

Join a gym, get a Personal instructor. Alot of them are ex army

Do volunteer work in Africa.

Do a 'working holiday' in Aus - since the summer is coming up - Fit in a Kokoda trail hike.
You need a job lined up before you get here, or a good idea of what you're aiming at.

Obviously get ready, but just chill. Not gonna have a whole lot of time once you get going, so enjoy life/friends/family.

I'd be a ski bum if I were in your shoes.

h4hagen wrote:

Maybe you could volunteer in a local emergency room. Many ER's have such a program, and I think that there is a high chance that the experience would do you well in the military. Also, you could easily continue to work out during the time.

tried that, actually. violation of patient privacy.

Pug wrote:

I'd be a ski bum if I were in your shoes.

tempting and has crossed my mind. i have family in colorado as well as a girl i wouldn't mind getting to know better about 20 minutes from the ski hill.

Dilbert_X wrote:

Do you have scuba qualifications?
I think there are jobs on the Gold Coast taking dive parties out.

although i am a certified scuba diver, if i were to take the instructor course, i would be what they call a 'zero to hero'
not worried i wouldn't be able to handle it, but it definitely would take a while to get to instructor.  i would totally do that though.

Dilbert_X wrote:

Do volunteer work in Africa.

Do a 'working holiday' in Aus - since the summer is coming up - Fit in a Kokoda trail hike.
You need a job lined up before you get here, or a good idea of what you're aiming at.

i'll look into the volunteer in africa gig, but i don't think i'll go that route. maybe though.
and a working holiday might be nice. and the kokoda trail looks awesome. right up my alley! thanks for the ideas.

CameronPoe wrote:

Travel.

what i think i'm leaning towards atm- surfing couches. asia, south america, europe, who knows.

thanks for the input guys. much appreciated.

Talk to your recruiter and see if you can get a waiver of the 6 month thing.

Pubic wrote:

Talk to your recruiter and see if you can get a waiver of the 6 month thing.

interesting you should ask. the military is in the process of changing the policy here to 3 months, but the way things work one place isn't the way they work a different place. at the recruiting office, it's 6 months. i have been given a glimmer of hope getting in before then, but i don't think it's wise to sit around with my fingers crossed. kinda seems like a waste, even though i'll still be preparing.

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hurri,
handing out seal contracts (or promising to later, since everyone needs to be in the military to sign one) is mainly a recruiting tool used by the navy.  are you badass? are you fit? are you ...seal fit?! how many times have we heard that?  and the navy seal commercials on tv....where the "seal" is on his open-circuit diving rig swimming with sea turtles in the great barrier reef...give me a break. 

what they want is to tell people how awesome it will be and get 'em in, and then when a very, very large majority of them fail out, they are still official property of the united states navy. go here. swab this deck. no, f-king, thanks.

so, it is my fear that i might have guessed better than what i actually guessed usual that day.... i later found out about other eye tests, and being right on the edge of qualifying, i decided to go to the ophthalmologist (twice) and have a full eye exam. i needed to know exactly where i was before i get out of basic, when i'm ready to go to buds, and they say, oh well, guess what seaman you don't qualify so go here do this instead.

i guess i could have hoped to guess well later or somehow come upon the magic qualifying number, but i wasn't willing to take that risk because (1) i dont' want to do anything else in the navy (2) the chances of me guessing 20/40 "again" when i'm really 20/70 are "very remote" -eye doc x2 and (3) i would only be cheating myself. the standards are there for a reason.

Last edited by CoronadoSEAL (2009-10-09 16:29:16)