VETTING A NAVY SEAL - EXPOSING A "POSER"

NAVY SEAL INVESTIGATIVE VOIR DIRE & QUALIFICATION QUESTIONS
In all cases you can write a “Freedom of Information Act” request directly to the SEAL FOIA coordinator. They love to disclose “POSERS”.

Commander,
Naval Special Warfare Command
FOIA Coordinator
2000 Trident Way
San Diego, CA 92155

IF a person is or ever was a Navy Seal, he or she should be able to tell you the following, which you can verify:

1. Where did they go to Navy Recruit Training, commonly called Boot Camp?
2. They should know their class number.
3. Ask what their “rating” was (this is a navy term for rank and Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) prior to becoming a Navy SEAL. You currently can’t enlist directly into the SEALs. You have to enlist as a regular sailor first then you test.
4. They should know what the physical fitness test was for a SEAL, which is different than the regular navy fitness test and given before his enters training (Sein 500 yard, Push Ups, Sit Ups, Pull Ups, and 1.5 mile run).
5. They should know what “BUDS” is (Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL Training.
6. They should know their “BUDS” class number.
7. They should know when “Hell Week” was in their initial training (Week 4 of Phase 1) and what training occurs during that time (5.5 days or 132 hours – you sleep very little and eat a lot to keep up your energy level).
8. They should know where their training occurred (Naval Amph. Base, Special Warfare Center, Coronado, CA). A really nice base, but you don’t get much time to play in the surf, but you do spend a lot of time in the surf when you screw up.
9. They should know how many Phases are in the training (1st Phase –Conditioning; 2nd Phase – Diving; 3d Phase – Land Warfare).
10. They should know what “SQT” is (SEAL Qualification Training),
11. They should know what a “Team” is, how many men are in the Team.
12. They should know how the Teams are organized (Platoons).
13. How many men are in a Team and how many are in a Platoon.
14. They should know where they went to “jump” school and how long (US Army Parachutist School, Fort Benning, GA – 3 weeks).
15. They should know what a “PLF” is (Parachute Landing Fall).
16. They should know what a “Black Hat” is (Jump Instructor).
17. They should know what a “Cigarette Roll” is (when your shoot is twisted like a cigarette and you fall like a bag of rocks).
18. They should know what “tower week” is at jump school (jump from a 34 foot tower and a 250 foot tower – this 250 tower is a kick).
19. If they went to an “old school” jump school before the current boots, he should know what a “boot black” is (the civilians that shine your boots).
20. They should know how many jumps are required to pass jump school (5).
21. They should know what “HALO” is. (High Attitude Low Opening parachute jumps).
22. They should know where the training for “HALO” occurs (several locations, but the one that is preferred to the climate and location is El Centro, CA – hot in the day, cold at time and not much out there but open space to fall from the sky and shoot up the desert).
23. They should know what a “Snake Eater” is (someone in special ops) and comes from the “SERE”). Also SEALs like to call each other by their first name, but that is a tendency in Special).
24. They should know what “NAVSPECWARGRU” means (Naval Special Warfare Group).
25. They should know what “SWCC” means, pronounced “swick”, (Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman or Special Boat Teams).

These questions will give you a great start in verifying their status. Then you can get really inquisitive….