Rate Of Uninformed Conversations About Navy SEALs Skyrockets

[GoDawgs]

A taste of the link: “Just to set the record straight: Navy SEALs are allowed to talk to their families. Ninety percent of them do not die during training. And members of SEAL Team Six did not have to fight and kill a tiger shark in order to be admitted.”
Rate Of Uninformed Conversations About Navy SEALs Skyrockets | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

For those of you who are not familiar, The Onion is a satire newspaper/news site. This article made me think about some of the comments I've seen on INGO recently .

*mods, feel free to move if you think this should go somewhere else

 

[badwolf.usmc]

Morrell added that current enlistment numbers couldn’t possibly account for the number of Americans claiming they have an uncle in the Navy SEALs

lol, talking to people who either served or know someone in the military you would think half the military is special forces.

 

[dross]

There are definitely a lot of people telling tall tales about their service and exaggerating about how hard SEAL training is. I thought it was pretty hard until I transferred to Delta Force. I thought Delta was hard until I got assigned to the SAS. But my time in the Mossad made all those look easy.

By comparison my time in the French Foreign Legion seems like a picnic.

 

[Rob377]

Heh. Everyone I meet that was in Navy was a SEAL. All the former Marines I've met were Recon or Scout Snipers. All the old Army dogs were Rangers or Green Berets.

No one was ever admin or Motor-T.

 

[badwolf.usmc]

There are definitely a lot of people telling tall tales about their service and exaggerating about how hard SEAL training is. I thought it was pretty hard until I transferred to Delta Force. I thought Delta was hard until I got assigned to the SAS. But my time in the Mossad made all those look easy.

By comparison my time in the French Foreign Legion seems like a picnic.

No Marines Recon or Rangers?

Pansy

 

[RelicHound]

"current enlistment numbers couldn’t possibly account for the number of Americans claiming they have an uncle in the Navy SEALs."

 

[dross]

No Marines Recon or Rangers?

Pansy

Oh, so you want me to talk about my FIRST enlistment.

 

[SemperFiUSMC]

No Marines Recon or Rangers?

Pansy

He went to Marine Recon bootcamp. He just couldn't tell you because it was darkops. He'd have had to come to Indiana and kill everyone on INGO if he did.

 

[dross]

Heh. Everyone I meet that was in Navy was a SEAL. All the former Marines I've met were Recon or Scout Snipers. All the old Army dogs were Rangers or Green Berets.

No one was ever admin or Motor-T.

When I was in the 82nd Airborne (that's actually true) there was a guy who sang a cadence that used to make us fall out laughing. He'd pull it out on long runs and keep us going. I can't remember it now, but it had a lot of verses and was freaking hilarious, or maybe we were just oxygen-deprived when he sang it. If anyone knows the words, I'd love to have them. I only remember the beginning:

I don't wanna be an airborne Ranger,
I wanna be the company clerk,

 

[E5RANGER375]

No Marines Recon or Rangers?

Pansy

hey dont put those 2 in the same category please.

recon Marines chomp at the bit to get a Ranger tab.


I dont think people realize how much regular stuff the special operations community does too. also how much we (past tense) all work together. Rangers, SEALs, Delta, all work together pretty often. Army SF is kinda their own little world but still play with the others some.
then around 2004 or 2005 the Marines cried enough so they included SELECT Marine units in spec ops as well (no, not all marines are the most elite and secret soldiers they lead you on to believe people , they are almost as good as Army Infantry, but they can swim.). yeah theres some air force in there too but they were there for a while already. good to have a guy who can talk to them pilots and bring it in close

 

[SemperFiUSMC]

Heh. Everyone I meet that was in Navy was a SEAL. All the former Marines I've met were Recon or Scout Snipers. All the old Army dogs were Rangers or Green Berets.

No one was ever admin or Motor-T.

I don't know about the other services, but Marines are all riflemen first. I was stationed at HQMC my last year in the Corps. One of the first Marine units to hit the sand in Operation Desert Shield was HQBn, HQMC. They went over with rifles, not typewriters.

But yeah, I hear what you're saying.

hey dont put those 2 in the same category please.

recon Marines chomp at the bit to get a Ranger tab.

You left your ranger hat out and semper fi got it again, didn't she?

 

[dross]

SELECT Marine units in spec ops as well (no, not all marines are the most elite and secret soldiers they lead you on to believe people , they are almost as good as Army Infantry, but they can swim.).

My unit went through the Amphibious Warfare School in Little Creek, VA, with Marine instructors. We outperformed the average Marine unit.

The Marines march really, really pretty, though. Great dress blue uniform. And their commercials are the best.

 

[Rob377]

I don't know about the other services, but Marines are all riflemen first. I was stationed at HQMC my last year in the Corps. One of the first Marine units to hit the sand in Operation Desert Shield was HQBn, HQMC. They went over with rifles, not typewriters.

But yeah, I hear what you're saying.

That's why the Corps is more awesome than the Army!

<former 0341/8152 here. Though, I should be claiming that I was a Recon Sniper

 

[E5RANGER375]

I don't know about the other services, but Marines are all riflemen first. I was stationed at HQMC my last year in the Corps. One of the first Marine units to hit the sand in Operation Desert Shield was HQBn, HQMC. They went over with rifles, not typewriters.

But yeah, I hear what you're saying.



You left your ranger hat out and semper fi got it again, didn't she?

shes a Ranger dog

 

[grimor]

I think the Air Force needs some better marketing, seems no one ever pretends to be a PJ.

 

[E5RANGER375]

I do have a cousin who is a SEAL. i tried to talk him out of it, but he did it anyways. he always did like to wear tight pants.

 

[Plinker]

My favorite quote I heard about people claiming to be SEALS:

"Approximately 500 Navy SEALs served in Vietnam, and I've met all 20,000 of them."

 

[E5RANGER375]

My favorite quote I heard about people claiming to be SEALS:

"Approximately 500 Navy SEALs served in Vietnam, and I've met all 20,000 of them."

kinda reminds me of the current president when he was a candidate and said he had been to all 53 states or something similar

 

[ATOMonkey]

I think the Air Force needs some better marketing, seems no one ever pretends to be a PJ.

All they need is someone to make a movie about them.

 

[starbreather]

Not surprised, everyone wants to be tied the event somehow!