In the US Army, soldiers physically fit to APFT standards are expected to carry loads at a 25 min/mile pace as a minimum, many individual units have their own standards ( 15< min/mile pace) The US Army manual FM 21-18 (section 5-11) gives guidance on proper physical training programs for march ...

In the US Army, soldiers physically fit to APFT standards are expected to carry loads at a 25 min/mile pace as a minimum, many individual units have their own standards ( 15< min/mile pace) The US Army manual FM 21-18 (section 5-11) gives guidance on proper physical training programs for march ...

"Hell Week" is actually week 6, I think. After that there's still ground combat and survival training. Hell week is definetely not graduation. Check out www.thesealteams.com

Yeah, your absolutely right. I was thinking "graduation" in the sense of the "hump" being passed over...as few SEALS flunk ...

Thats a fact. I live/work in a town called Cheektowaga (native american word for "land of the crabapple") a town of about 98,000 people near Buffalo NY, which is the other end of the state from NYC. The SWAT work is interesting but much less frequent than NYC. Been a cop for going on 5 years now ...

Thats a fact. I live/work in a town called Cheektowaga (native american word for "land of the crabapple") a town of about 98,000 people near Buffalo NY, which is the other end of the state from NYC. The SWAT work is interesting but much less frequent than NYC. Been a cop for going on 5 years now ...

Always good to meet a fellow flatfoot....I have a good friend who lives in NC. Lexington I believe.

Always good to meet a fellow flatfoot....I have a good friend who lives in NC. Lexington I believe.

Thanks

Special Boat Service and Special Air Service are two swords from the same anvil but with different objectives.

The purpose of SF units is specialization hence the name "Special".

These special units were created different to serve different needs.

True SF operators recognise and respect their ...

The first part of SEAL training is called "Hell week". It is designed to sort out the men from the boys. I think they might get more than 4 hours of sleep in a week but not much more.
Sneaky

Actually "Hell Week" is more of a graduation ceremony for BUD's...they put up with a number of weeks ...

Jas,
pay attention now,
Tom said"New York STATE"Not"CITY"
Subtle,but significant difference.
Wholley.
:P

Thats a fact. I live/work in a town called Cheektowaga (native american word for "land of the crabapple") a town of about 98,000 people near Buffalo NY, which is the other end of the state ...

Jas,
pay attention now,
Tom said"New York STATE"Not"CITY"
Subtle,but significant difference.
Wholley.
:P

Thats a fact. I live/work in a town called Cheektowaga (native american word for "land of the crabapple") a town of about 98,000 people near Buffalo NY, which is the other end of the state ...

Whats a Bleep test??

This is kind of a "friend of a comrade, knew a guy who went through Delta selection" thing so take it with a grain of salt.

Part of what I heard was that the typical route to delta was Airborne-Ranger-Special Forces-Delta.

The selection process had an odd (for American Military) lack of any ...

I can tell this is going to be an "experience" already...