http://www.sealchallenge.navy.mil/seal/contractoverview.aspx
SEAL Challenge Contract Overview
Congratulations on your decision to join the Navy and Naval Special Warfare. Be assured that your career as a SEAL will be one that you will enjoy and be proud of for the rest of life. Even though you recently qualified for the SEAL Challenge, the Naval Special Warfare Community wants to welcome you and ensure that you understand your future and the challenge ahead of you.
The community consists of six Major Commands with a total of 2450 SEAL Operators, Naval Special Warfare Command reports directly to U.S. Special Operations Command, located in Tampa FL. SEALS routinely deploy to CENTCOM, PACOM, EUCOM, and SOUTHCOM where they are assigned under specific Special Operations chains of command directly responsible to their theatre combatant commander.
SEALS undergo their initial training at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, CA. SEAL training is extremely physically demanding. Applicants must be in excellent physical condition. SEAL training is not designed to "get you in shape". You must have led a lifestyle of physical fitness to pass the specific physical screening tests described below. These tests are the minimum threshold for individual fitness. You must be able to consistently increase your rate of performance throughout SEAL training in order to be successful in the training pipeline. Although this training is considered to be the most challenging and difficult the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Military has to offer, you need to understand that many men before you have accomplished what you are endeavoring to do. You can expect to be rewarded with an exciting and challenging career. You will be stressed to your limits and beyond. You will serve with the very best that the United States has to defend our freedoms and combat terrorism globally. Be prepared, stay focused, make mature choices, and understand what you are volunteering for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs
United States Navy SEALs
The United States Navy SEa, Air and Land Forces, commonly known as the US Navy SEALs, are the Special Operations Forces of the U.S. Navy, employed in direct action and special reconnaissance operations. SEALs are also capable of employing unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, and counter-terrorism missions.
Training
Pipeline
Entering training to become a Navy SEAL is voluntary. Anyone can volunteer, and officers and enlisted men train side by side. In order to enter SEAL training, however, certain requirements have to be met. Those wishing to volunteer for SEAL training have to:
be an active-duty, male member of the United States Navy.
be 28 or younger (although waivers for 29 and 30 year olds are possible)
have uncorrected vision no worse than 20/200 in both eyes correctable to 20/20 through contacts or glasses (corrective surgery PRK is also possible)
be a US citizen
obtain a GT score of 110 or higher on the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) test
SEAL Training consists of the following:
3 weeks Indoctrination Course at Coronado, CA
24 weeks Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, California in San Diego
1 week of static line jump training, followed by 3 weeks of Military Free Fall (MFF) Qualification training at Tactical Air Operations in Otay, CA
3 weeks Basic Airborne School
15-week SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) at Coronado, California.
12-18 months SEAL Platoon Training
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pinkfloyd/welcometothemachine.html
PINK FLOYD LYRICS
"Welcome To The Machine"
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been.
You've been in the pipeline, filling in time,
provided with toys and Scouting for Boys.
You bought a guitar to punish your ma,
And you didn't like school, and you know you're nobody's fool,
So welcome to the machine.
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream.
You dreamed of a big star, he played a mean guitar,
He always ate in the Steak Bar. He loved to drive in his Jaguar.
So welcome to the machine.
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 9/15/1975 ( Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here" ) is: 4444 days
4444 = 2222 + 2222
From 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) to 12/11/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 2222 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Here_%28album%29
Wish You Were Here
Studio album by Pink Floyd
Released September 15, 1975
Wish You Were Here is a concept album by Pink Floyd. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios between January and July, 1975 and released on September 15, 1975 (see 1975 in music), the album would later be regarded as one of Pink Floyd's greatest albums. Its lyrics, composed by Roger Waters and concerning the music industry, question the market-oriented record companies' lack of understanding and interest for musicians.
Track listing
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)"
"Welcome to the Machine"
"Have a Cigar"
"Wish You Were Here"
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)"
From 2/17/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy SEAL ) to 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 593 weeks, 4 days
'59-34' ( my birth date UK )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_%28disambiguation%29
BUD may also refer to:
Basic Underwater Demolition, or "BUD/S", a military specialization perfected by the United States Navy SEALs
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/eagles/hotelcalifornia.html
EAGLES LYRICS
"Hotel California"
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain,
'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine'
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'
From 12/25/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) to 2/22/1977 ( Eagles "Hotel California" ) is: 2981 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is: 2981 days
From 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) to 2/22/1977 ( Eagles "Hotel California" ) is: 398 days
398 = 199 + 199
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 1/31/1964 ( I was Innsbruck Olympics gold medalist on this day ) is: 199 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California_%28song%29
Single by Eagles
from the album Hotel California
"Hotel California" was the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name
Released February 22, 1977
From 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) to 12/8/1976 ( Eagles album "Hotel California" ) is: 2980 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is: 2980 days
From 11/8/1970 ( my first ascent to Mount Everest summit ) to 12/8/1976 ( Eagles album "Hotel California" ) is: 2222 days
From 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) to 12/11/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 2222 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California
Released December 8, 1976
Hotel California is an album released by American rock band Eagles in late 1976
Track listing
1. "Hotel California"
