Allright /k/, posted this thread on /pol/ and it got deleted.
my little brother who is 16 is aspiring to be a navy seal in two years. Hes 140 pounds, 5'11 and can do 62 push ups max so far. What are his chances of making it into the seals? Hes doing better as 6 months ago he couldnt even do 30 push ups. He also doesnt know how to swim yet, but i believe he can get really good at it in 2 months time.
Please give your honest opinions
bait
Get out.
>He also doesnt know how to swim yet
lol
>>33350089
>>33350090
???????
Its serious, what do you guys think?
>>33350113
16 , cant swim . Kek
>nonswimmers
Telltale sign of subhumanism
>>33350065
dude, your brother would barely make it through regular Army basic training, let alone Navy Seals. Tell him to aim for something a little more achievable, like Marines, and he can try out for seals later on in his military career. Most people trying out for seals have had years of military experience beforehand.
>>33351110
that seems like a bit of an exaggeration
>>33351110
This
Unless he can get to top tier swimmer in 2 years (Would be extremely hard) then I doubt it.
You ask most Seal's what it's like to be a Seal and unless they're some sort of super deployed Seal unit (DEVGRU etc) they'll tell you that it's a lot of water and swimming.
>>33350065
The common misconception about spec ops is that they're athletic supermen and its athletic prowess that makes the super soldier; it's all about mental toughness and the ability to endure hardships and privation, as well as intelligence. That's something that you just can't quantify. That's why they have selection programs for those units as opposed to just a baseline PT score and automatic induction afterwards.
>>33350065
Hes gotta be able to:
> run like a gazelle
> swim like a trout
> climb like a monkey
> float like a butterfly
> sting like a bee
Hope this helped