josh128
05-06-2008, 12:31 PM
I would like to share my experience of getting a SEAL contract so that others wont make the same mistakes i did. I decided i wanted to be a SEAL in october, but during that time i was under medical suspension. I started talking to the recruiter in November, DEPed in December. Here are the issues i have had:
1. After taking my ASVAB my recruiter informed me that my score was good enough for SEALs, however, it was not. Now they have just informed me that my package has been rejected due to my ASVAB score. The lesson to learn here is this:dont dep in until you have seen a copy of your asvab scores. Verify yourself, that your asvab scores are good enough for what you want to do before deping in, because once you dep in, you wont be able to take it again.
2. I believe i joined to early after a injury. I joined very quickly after being on medical suspension from a concussion for four months. During that four months i could not work out, drive, work, or do much of anything. Please, make sure before you dep in you can meet the minimums for your pst. When i deped in i was in terrible shape, due to the injury. Then while in dep i got a serious sinus infection that has hindered my training. Dont risk it, you never know what could happen, make sure you can get your SEAL contract early within DEP. Even if your a healthy person, you never know if you could sick which could prevent you from training.
Now most likely i will be shipping out as a master of arms to the fleet. Dont make the same mistakes i did.
1. After taking my ASVAB my recruiter informed me that my score was good enough for SEALs, however, it was not. Now they have just informed me that my package has been rejected due to my ASVAB score. The lesson to learn here is this:dont dep in until you have seen a copy of your asvab scores. Verify yourself, that your asvab scores are good enough for what you want to do before deping in, because once you dep in, you wont be able to take it again.
2. I believe i joined to early after a injury. I joined very quickly after being on medical suspension from a concussion for four months. During that four months i could not work out, drive, work, or do much of anything. Please, make sure before you dep in you can meet the minimums for your pst. When i deped in i was in terrible shape, due to the injury. Then while in dep i got a serious sinus infection that has hindered my training. Dont risk it, you never know what could happen, make sure you can get your SEAL contract early within DEP. Even if your a healthy person, you never know if you could sick which could prevent you from training.
Now most likely i will be shipping out as a master of arms to the fleet. Dont make the same mistakes i did.