Special Skill

[BigTex05]

This one is for Mark or any other SEAL. UDT, snipers, sdv operators...... If you could, what would you recommend? They all look interesting and fun?

[mark]

IF YOU STICK AROUND LONG ENOUGH YOU CAN MASTER MANY OF THE NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE SKILLS. THE UDT SKILLS ARE TAUGHT TO EVERYONE IN BUDS - THE TEAMS DO VERY LITTLE UDT STYLE TRAINING NOW DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS WITH ALL OF THE OTHER SPECIAL SKILLS THEY NEED TO WORK ON.

SDV TRAINING IS A CAREER MOVE THAT ALL SEALS SHOULD MAKE, BUT ONLY A RELATIVELY SMALL % DO. SDV TRAINING IS THE ULTIMATE IN ADVANCED UNDERWATER SKILLS TRAINING AND SDV OPERATORS DRIVE BOTH THE SDV (SEAL DELIVERY VEHICLE) AND NAVIGATE THE ASDS (ADVANCED SEAL DELIVERY SYSTEM). THE SDV SEALS MUST ALSO KEEP THEIR OTHER LAND WARFARE SKILLS UP TO SPEED - THOUGH CLEARLY THERE IS NOT AS MUCH TIME TO HONE THEM AS AT THE OTHER TEAMS.

SNIPER TRAINING IS A SPECIALTY SKILL THAT YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR - SO IT IS NOT A CAREER CHOICE IN THE SENSE OF NEEDING TO WORK AT A SPECIFIC TEAM - BUT IS A SPECIALTY SCHOOL THAT YOU CAN ATTEND WHILE AT ANY TEAM. SNIPER TRAINING - WITH RARE EXCEPTIONS - IS RESERVED FOR ENLISTED SEALS. AND IT IS FUN.

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

[A62]

Mark,
Son did 5 years with SDVT-1 and is now at SDV school as the corpsman. Rides around on a Boston Whaler all day yelling at boats going into the training area. What a life.LOL. question, he says after this tour he needs to go to one of the teams to make rank (E-6 now). the question is, is there a difference in perception of the SEALs in SDV As opposed to the Teams?
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