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Old 2005-11-09, 04:10 PM   #1
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I passed the US Special Forces test today!

I had to swim 500m in under fifteen minutes, then run two miles in under fifteen minutes, the do ten military-style pull ups in a minute, fifty military push ups in two minutes, then fifty sit ups in under two minutes. I actually did quite well and finished everything far under the time limits and came nowhere near muscle failure.

I'm hoping to go into the Air Force as a SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) instructor. Basically I'll be teaching Marines, Navy Seals, Fighter Pilots, etc. how to survive in any situation and resist enemy torture and what-not.

I just thought I would share the good news!
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Old 2005-11-09, 04:14 PM   #2
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Someone remind me not to F with this guy in person.


Congrats, that's a hard core workout right there!
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Old 2005-11-09, 04:15 PM   #3
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Congratulations that's pretty empressive! Good luck on your endeavors.
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Wow, Congrats!

I used to be able to do that too. You know, in my dreams.
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Old 2005-11-09, 04:30 PM   #5
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That is awesome.

What would you say was the hardest part of the test session?
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Excellent! Congrats!

My money would be on the swim or the pullups being the hardest...
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Old 2005-11-09, 04:59 PM   #7
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Thanks everyone.

I actually had a hard time with the run only because it was 85 degrees out, I wasn't properly hydrated, and I was on a track. I run 5 miles everyday up a canyon then back down, but I have something to look at then. I had no idea that it made the big of a difference.

The swim was no problem for me because I'm a Lifeguard and I swim 500-1,000m once or twice a week.

If I get in to SERE school I have five months to train my ass off. The day I get to SERE school after basic I have to do the whole test over, but after the run I have to throw on a 65 pound ruck sack and go four miles in under an hour. I've got a lot of work to do.
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Old 2005-11-09, 05:06 PM   #8
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Yeah dude, that was the "get in" test, not the graduation test. You're way ahead of the game though man. When I showed up in Missouri for Basic, on our first PT test (which was after a week of training), I ran the 2 miles in 16:40, did 50 situps, and a whopping 17 pushups.

Oh, and when you're running for time on a track, the best trick is to just keep chasing down the next person in front of you. Shorten the distance of your run mentally to just the distance to where he is ahead of you. Once you catch him, reel in the next guy. Next thing you know, you're done and you're a minute ahead of where you'd be just looking around and the unchanging scenery.
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I know, that was the easy part!

Kevin, that's a great idea, thanks.
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Old 2005-11-09, 05:32 PM   #10
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Awesome man, congrats!
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Old 2005-11-09, 11:00 PM   #11
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Can I ask, have you been tortured?

Congrats on the completion.
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Congratulations Tim!
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Old 2005-11-10, 12:26 AM   #13
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Ergh. I knew a few folk who went through SERE training. Not my cup o' tea. Congrats, though.
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Old 2005-11-10, 02:10 AM   #14
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Ergh. I knew a few folk who went through SERE training. Not my cup o' tea. Congrats, though.
Werd. Frankly, Id rather learn on the fly in the hands of the enemy that *might* capture me someday, than go through what is essentially a worst-case scenario... the Geneva Convention rules don't actually apply when it's your own military that is imprisoning and 'questioning' you.
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Can I ask, have you been tortured?
Not yet.

My AF career counsler told me that I need to be prepared to have fingers and toes broken or lost in training. One of the exercises he told me about was something like this. You are teamed up with someone they see that your close with through training, sit you guys down while the interigator (sp?) ties your friend down. He starts asking for information, you resist, then he starts breaking you buddies fingers until you talk.

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Old 2005-11-10, 12:51 PM   #16
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Sounds like a party to me! Spaghetti MREs, beer in your canteen, broken fingers. . . sweet!

BTW, sp=interrogator
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Old 2005-11-10, 01:00 PM   #17
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One of the exercises he told me about was something like this. You are teamed up with someone they see that your close with through training, sit you guys down while the interigator (sp?) ties your friend down. He starts asking for information, you resist, then he starts breaking you buddies fingers until you talk.

Should be fun
So the trick is to get close to someone you really don't like, and then you can endure anything they do to them...
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Old 2005-11-10, 01:44 PM   #18
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One of the exercises he told me about was something like this. You are teamed up with someone they see that your close with through training, sit you guys down while the interigator (sp?) ties your friend down. He starts asking for information, you resist, then he starts breaking you buddies fingers until you talk.
Uhh, is that for real? WTF is the point of "training" if it permanently damages the soldiers going through it?
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So the trick is to get close to someone you really don't like, and then you can endure anything they do to them...
hell yeah!!!! lol
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I got some bad news this morning. Apparently I failed the hearing test. The highest pitch on the test was the problem apparently. I've got to re-do it at a private ear doctor next week.
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I got some bad news this morning. Apparently I failed the hearing test. The highest pitch on the test was the problem apparently. I've got to re-do it at a private ear doctor next week.
What?
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I got some bad news this morning. Apparently I failed the hearing test. The highest pitch on the test was the problem apparently. I've got to re-do it at a private ear doctor next week.
The same thing happened to one of my Drill Sergeants in AIT. Except he was already most of the way through SF school when they gave that test. Sucked ass for him.
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I would think bad hearing would be a benefit. Can't hear people screaming, and blasting Matalica doesn't bother you...
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I got some bad news this morning. Apparently I failed the hearing test. The highest pitch on the test was the problem apparently. I've got to re-do it at a private ear doctor next week.
The one thing for military hearing tests is that they all follow the same pattern. I work around jet engines and loud equipment every day, and my hearing test has been getting better every year, purely because I figured out the sequence and pauses. Remember that the machine tries to trick you into pushing the button when you don't hear anything.

Good luck! Those SERE guys are nuts
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I would think bad hearing would be a benefit. Can't hear people screaming, and blasting Matalica doesn't bother you...
what's the deal there?
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