COMMON BOND?

[MP5PDW]

I AM 26. . I WANT TO SIGN MY SEAL CHALLENGE CONTRACT ON JUNE , 11,02. I HAVE BEEN PUSHING MYSELF TO ADHERE TO THE PT PHASE 2 WORKOUT. I LIVE ON GALVESTON, ISLAND, SO I DO GET TO DO ALOT OF SWIMMING BOTH BAY AND OPEN WATER. I LOVE THE TRAINNING . MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE ONE COMMON THREAD THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT GETS THEM THROUGH THE TRAINING? TEAMWORK? PATRIOTISM? CONVICTION? DESIRE? I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I NOW WHY I SIGNED UP AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS TO ME. I CAN'T THINK OF A GREATER HONOR THAN WEARING A TRIDENT AND BEING PART OF AN ELITE TEAM OF OPERATORS. I JUST CHERISH THE SHOT.


MP5PDW "OUT"
THANKS

[BigTex05]

I can't answer those questions because I'm not a SEAL, but good luck to you.

[Wazz]

MP
The thing that got me thruough training wast that I had a mindset that nothing was going to beat me, nothing was going to defeat me, nothing was going to stop me. It was in my mind. I did not understand "quit".

Short of having a physical failing, i.e. pulled muscle, injury, or unforeseen physical failure I would have limped into and out of the surf, let the log drop on my head, fell off the climbing rack before I quit...it is in your mind. You either have it or you don't. I went into delirium while swimming. Near unconscious while running. 5'7", 129#'s.

The main psyche that causes trainees to give up is ..."why should I do this when I can be in the Fleet and avoid all the physical and mental pain associated with this [SEAL] training." If you have that attitude you are destined drop out before you start. Look in the mirror for your common thread.

[mark]

The Common thread is a burning desire to be a SEAL and an attitude that, simply stated is "they will have to kill me to get me to quit"

Yes you have to be a leader, team player and convicted - and if you weren't patriotic you wouldn't be there in the first place...but until you graduate from BUD/s - it is the burning sensation in your gut and the ability to take the pain one day at a time that will get you through.

Mark (Bud/s 170, ST-3, SDVT-1, NRST-1)

[MP5PDW]

I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE STATED MY REASON FOR WANTING TO ENLIST. I HAVE ALWAYS STRIVED TO BE THE BEST. I HAVE NEVER ACCEPTED SECOND BEST IN ANY ASPECT OF MY LIFE. THAT'S WHY SEALS AND BUD/S HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY LIFE GOAL. ALL I KNOW IS ONE THING. I WILL NOT QUIT ON MYSELF OR MY CLASSMATES. I'LL GO TILL I CAN'T GO ANYMORE, THEN I'LL PICK MYSELF UP AND GO EVEN MORE. I WOULD TRY AND EXPLAIN MY DESIRE, BUT I GUESS IT'S BETTER TO SHOW THEN TELL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSES,
MP5PDW