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Kawasaki Nun posted:Why don't you look into joining a PMC? if you're not in it for the service or the bennies and just want a thrill then they have a much less restrictive environment in which to get your kicks. Scumbag mercs have a 100% advancement rate and depending on the outfit you'll be sure to catch a thrill or three. is that actually the case? I was under the impression they mostly did perimeter/personal security details, and that the ones who don't generally have SOF credentials already anyway
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TacticalUrbanHomo posted:is that actually the case? I was under the impression they mostly did perimeter/personal security details, and that the ones who don't generally have SOF credentials already anyway uhh yeah of course its the case. You might have to join a foreign company and eat bush meat for a while but you'll def get your kicks.
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maffew buildings posted:Basic research is not homeboys deal Fortunately all SEALs do is hike rough terrain and point and shoot.
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maffew buildings posted:Basic research is not homeboys deal lmao if you had tried researching either of these things you'd know how sparse, conflicting, and generally unreliable all of the information out there is even official navy documentation has given me conflicting information about the SEAL pipeline, especially vis-a-vis officer billets
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gently caress SEAL, become a SWO. You have all the traits to excel
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this dude loves his anime and insists on being a high speed seal operator but lol hes totally not joking guys he is very serious about this no you cannot dissuade him he knows whats up he was prior army and can ruck all over gently caress sake go back to your anime thread in the paranormal area
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ded posted:this dude loves his anime and insists on being a high speed seal operator but lol hes totally not joking guys he is very serious about this no you cannot dissuade him he knows whats up he was prior army and can ruck all over I have no idea what it is about this that makes you so upset but I bet if I did know it would be really funny
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Would rather read this than SWOS having a JO sesh about LCS.
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bengy81 posted:Would rather read this than SWOS having a JO sesh about LCS.
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maffew buildings posted:gently caress SEAL, become a SWO. You have all the traits to excel Doesn't seem like a stick-up-rear end backstabber, won't make it as a SWO.
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Why not look for SPECWAR options in a different rate than pure SEAL where if you gently caress up you get kicked to deck for 2 years?
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TacticalUrbanHomo posted:I have no idea what it is about this that makes you so upset but I bet if I did know it would be really funny Have you ever considered going nuke? Its a special NEC, just like SO. More special even: SOs can cross to nuke, but nuke can't go SO. Think about it, you get huge bonuses, propay, and an engineering degree out of it!
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Lou Takki posted:Fair enough, good luck with that! Thanks! I am training hard and will become powerful, like Goku.  Stultus Maximus posted:Doesn't seem like a stick-up-rear end backstabber, won't make it as a SWO. I briefly considered infantry officer and then thought basically this same thing. Nwabudike Morgan posted:Why not look for SPECWAR options in a different rate than pure SEAL where if you gently caress up you get kicked to deck for 2 years? I've looked into everything, SWCC doesn't do as much direct action which is what I'd like to get a lot of. I looked into EOD and diver with a genuine interest because, hell, they're badasses, and what they do is really cool, but I'm just not as interested in it as much.
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Stop feeding the troll.
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TacticalUrbanHomo posted:Thanks! I am training hard and will become powerful, like Goku. My rate has an NEC that lets me literally go undercover as a spy or get foreigners to turn coat on their countries  I'd rather have a chance to do that over deck department.
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lol that wanting to try BUD/S is trolling I've seen this before, some people are so doggone pessimistic about the possibility of succeeding that it's like they think SEALs don't even actually exist, like they literally think no real person can get through. 20% is low but it isn't that low, 1 in 5 are not astronomically low odds, especially when it isn't actually gambling Nwabudike Morgan posted:My rate has an NEC that lets me literally go undercover as a spy or get foreigners to turn coat on their countries I have to admit that's pretty cool, but not something I think I'd want to do. Out of curiosity though (because it really does sound cool and I'd like to learn about it just for the sake of it), what is it?
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TacticalUrbanHomo posted:lol that wanting to try BUD/S is trolling HUMINT/GROUND in the Intel Specialist rate. I went to school with a first class coming back for another NEC after 8 years of HUMINT and he spent his entire time in the Navy in the sandbox with a gun doing ~TOP SECRET~ business, never having been on a ship.
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Badass to be sure but  TOP SECRET does not mean DIRECT ACTION  e: not that there's anything wrong with that, just, you know, personal preference
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TacticalUrbanHomo posted:Badass to be sure but He had a combat action ribbon and had many good stories about shooting a-rabs, but who knows how much of it was true.
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Nwabudike Morgan posted:He had a combat action ribbon and had many good stories about shooting a-rabs, but who knows how much of it was true. If "combat action" in the Navy means the same thing as in the Army it could mean actually shooting guys or it could mean being somewhere in the vicinity when some pissant fires off a single mortar round e: not trying to imply that he didn't do anything he claims he did, that's just how the combat action badge works in the army, in practice. TacticalUrbanHomo fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Jan 21, 2015 |
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This thread sucks (much like my posting)
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TacticalUrbanHomo posted:Badass to be sure but 
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I knew a guy your age, he was an athlete (college football, one of the big schools, got his degree there). He went to BUD/S and apparently half assed a few pushups while he was being filmed. They dropped him for that, he didn't quit voluntarily. He washes airplanes now and is probably losing his mind. Well that's my story.
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Some get lucky and get ok jobs but yeah depends which way the wind is blowing that day
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All this BUD/s talk is making me want to go down to the CFL office and laugh at everyone billeted there.
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BUD/S drops were annoying to be around. The aircrew school in Pensacola was full of them and they wouldn't shut up about it ever. Like a one-two punch of douchebag right there, especially the third classes who thought they were the kings of barracks support.
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MancXVI posted:BUD/S drops were annoying to be around. The aircrew school in Pensacola was full of them and they wouldn't shut up about it ever. Like a one-two punch of douchebag right there, especially the third classes who thought they were the kings of barracks support. Same thing with IS school, there was at least 3 BUD/S dropouts to each class, and a few cool rear end undes.
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I actually met a guy that the SEALs let go after he joined a team. Not sure what he did, he just said he "wasn't a good fit" but that it wasn't disciplinary. Only asked him about it because not too many spooks have FPJ quals that aren't TIO/TAC.
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In other news, it's still raining here in GLORIOUS NIPPON
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Chuckle posted:In other news, it's still raining here in GLORIOUS NIPPON Welcome to January.
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Chuckle posted:In other news, it's still raining here in GLORIOUS NIPPON Weather chat, now that I can support. Winter weather advisory in north Texas, might see some snow after last years icepocolypse.
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It's pretty moderate and enjoyable here in sunny San Diego.
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My TAD orders are actually signed and funded, gonna be spending next week in SD.
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Stultus Maximus posted:My TAD orders are actually signed and funded, gonna be spending next week in SD. Come enjoy some craft beer and craft burritos, sailor.
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TacticalUrbanHomo posted:If "combat action" in the Navy means the same thing as in the Army it could mean actually shooting guys or it could mean being somewhere in the vicinity when some pissant fires off a single mortar round I'm at HM A-school and one of my friends is a buds dud, poo poo wrecked his self esteem all he does is drink and try to gently caress fat chicks. I tried to get him to go FMTB with me but he decided optometry is more his speed now 
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Nwabudike Morgan posted:Come enjoy some craft beer and craft burritos, sailor. I spent my second sea tour and subsequent MS program there. It's good times.
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All I know is that most of the dudes from my academy class who became seals were not hanging out on SA. They were mostly playing their varsity sports, working out a lot, studying hard to pass their poli sic classes and banging out bitches in downtown annapolis and towson on the weekends.
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I'm guessing all you have to do is say you're a SEAL and you got chicks hanging off your dick like those monkey ladder kids toys.
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