Following the instructor's words, everyone looked at the fog bell. The instructor made it very clear that the following training would be very hard, unimaginably hard.
As long as you ring that bell, you can escape from the sea of suffering, but it also means that you give up the opportunity to become a seal.
At this moment, no one would think of ringing that bell.
But Owen's attention was not here. The instructor was still shouting from above: "The BUD/S stage will last about 7 months and 28 weeks. In the next 28 weeks, I don't want to train you, I want to kill you."
I want you to understand that not all cats and dogs can become seals. If you are a coward, then you'd better give up as soon as possible..."
The instructor kept talking and his attitude seemed very unpleasant. But Owen listened very seriously. Although he was also unhappy with the instructor's attitude, he still hoped to learn something useful from the instructor's words.
BUD/S actually takes 28 weeks, which is really a long time.
Owen has heard them mention it before. BUD/S, also called Basic Underwater Demolition/Seal Course, is divided into three stages: physical training, underwater training, and land combat training. It is said that this stage has the highest elimination rate, and many people
Don't last until the end.
"From now on until the end of BUD/S, we will not take the initiative to eliminate any of you. If you want to leave here, you can only give up on your own, that is, ring the bell..."
After the instructor finished speaking, the team disbanded. They worked hard all afternoon, but they didn't feel tired at all. They are still in the fresh period of their new arrival.
Tomorrow they will officially start BUD/S training.
Before leaving, the instructor informed them of some areas where they could move freely. They would be able to have dinner in a while, so they decided to go back to the tent first.
The white T-shirts revealed their identity as students at a glance. The seals next to them looked at them with ridicule, because they knew that most of these young men would leave sadly.
The unhappy young men returned to their tents, lay on the bed, and soon began to communicate with each other.
"Hey guys, where are you all from? I'm David Ball of the Third Fleet, I'm usually stationed in San Diego..."
"You're so lucky, man, right on your doorstep. I'm Albert Douglas, Second Fleet from Norfolk..."
"From the east coast to the west coast, you are really far away. My name is Harrison, and I am also from the Third Fleet. I used to work on an aircraft carrier as a ground support command, but now I have moved to another place. Do you know where I am now, Hawaii...
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"Haha, brother, Hawaii is a great place, there are bikinis all over the place..."
The chat topic of the guys next to Irving soon changed from the military to women. Sure enough, men everywhere are the same.
"What about you, man, where are you from?"
Several people were chatting animatedly, and one person noticed Owen and asked casually.
"Me? I'm from California..."
"Port of San Diego? Or China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center?" The guy who asked the question was obviously very familiar with this area.
"No, none of that. I'm not the Navy. I'm the CTU, Counter-Terrorism Bureau. I'm different from you..."
"Wow~~~"
A group of people screamed strangely.
"There is actually a person here who is not from the Navy and entered the SEAL selection. Man, tell me how you got in. Are you a relative of the Minister of Defense?"
"Hahaha~~~"
Several people around laughed, but this question also aroused everyone's interest. The guys who were talking about women all cast curious glances at Owen. The SEALs have always only recruited active members of the Navy. This has been a tradition for many years.
Seeing that everyone's topic was falling on him, Owen had nothing to hide, so he gave a general summary, saying it was nothing more than the first cooperation between CTU and Seal.
"Aha, then you are not an agent. Haha, being an agent is a very mysterious profession. Oh my god, I just thought that CTU and SEALs are teaming up. Doesn't that mean that I may have to train those CTU agents in the future..."
Albert said excitedly, and the others immediately attacked him: "The premise is that you can successfully stay in the seals and become a glorious trident."
"Of course."
A few people chatted and laughed, and soon became familiar with each other. After a few words, the topic returned to women.
David was also very arrogant in showing the photos of his girlfriend to everyone. Well, she is indeed a blonde beauty with a hot figure. It is said that she is a model. No wonder she has such a good figure.
Not to be outdone, several people took out photos of their girlfriends to show off. However, Owen suspected that the photo of Douglas was her sister and not his girlfriend.
Owen is no exception. Fortunately, he brought a photo of Monica so that others would not misunderstand him as a hard-working single.
After showing off for a while, everyone's conversation returned to training.
"Guys, do you know what we are going to go through next?"
Someone couldn't help but ask.
Irving shook his head. He was the least aware of the situation among these people, but there must be something clear. As expected, David Ball said: "I know. I am usually in San Diego and I have found out a lot of inside information."
"Tell me, tell me..."
Everyone around him gathered around him, and even a few people who were a little further away came over after hearing the conversation. More than half of the thirty people in the tent gathered around him.
"The next thing we have to go through is the first phase of BUD/S - physical training. This phase will last about 7 weeks, of which the first three weeks are the training phase, which is the introductory training, mainly for physical training.
Introductory training is mainly to lay the foundation for the subsequent formal training. Normal training will involve BUD/S content, but the training level will not be too high and can be regarded as a warm-up exercise.
The next four weeks are the official training, and the last week of these four weeks is the famous, no, it should be the infamous 'Hell Week'. At least most of us will be eliminated at this time."
"Tch, what you said is known to everyone, tell me something that everyone doesn't know..."
This information was common sense to them, but it was very useful information to Owen, and Owen silently kept it in mind.
Some people expressed dissatisfaction, but David Ball didn't care and continued: "Okay, then I will tell you something you don't know."
He looked around at everyone, and then said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid you don't know yet, but the assessment actually started from the moment we saw the instructor."
Seeing everyone waiting expectantly for the next step, David continued: "Every instructor will give students scores. You may have been eliminated in the first few days, but the instructor will not tell you that you are likely to be eliminated."
I persisted until the end but still gained nothing.”
Owen's face was full of surprise. Looking at the expressions of the others, it was obvious that some had known about it for a long time, and some had heard of it for the first time.
Immediately, a rookie like him asked: "How do you know this? What should we do? How do they decide to eliminate..."
David jumped out of his bed, shook his finger and said, "There is no need to doubt the authenticity of the information. Both my brothers participated in the SEAL selection, but they both failed. This is what they told me personally."
"As for what the criteria for elimination are, I don't know the specifics, but what is certain is that teamwork is very important. Especially when everyone was strangers, they had a sense of teamwork. I think they value this very much..."
Everyone nodded silently. What David Ball said makes sense. Americans attach great importance to team spirit. If you show flaws in this aspect, you will almost certainly be eliminated.
"There is another point that my brother specially reminded me..."
When everyone heard this, they all became energetic. The useful information was coming. What David was going to say next would definitely be the valuable experience he learned after his brother's failure, and maybe it was the experience of his two older brothers.
Owen mingled in the crowd without saying a word. These were all knowledge points, and he had to memorize them.
"Throughout our training, the instructors would constantly torture us, stimulate us, and ask us to do things beyond our abilities.
At the same time, it will destroy your confidence, make you feel that you are worthless, and even directly persuade you to give up. At this time, we must persevere, and we must understand their purpose of doing this.
They are not trying to ridicule us, what they really want to know is the bottom line of our hearts. Compared with the limits of the body, they value a person's psychological quality more.
Only those with strong enough hearts can persevere to the end, but my brother said that even if we know this, it is of no use. Only those who have experienced this kind of despair know that if you don't give up, you may die, and giving up is the easiest thing to do at the time.