Website: www.michaelcrooke.com Dr. Michael Crooke, former Navy SEAL and professor of business at the University of Oregon, delivers the commencement speech to a graduating class of SEALS.
Bu the Spartans will never get a definite answer for that, cuz everytime they ask thayt question and advance, the enemy is retreating and changing their positions.
🇺🇸From 1000's starting out to just 39 making it to graduation and becoming a Navy Seal. Incredible. That's how DIFFICULT it is. Great job and congratulations to the 39 of 300!🇺🇸
Don't care if you quit, got injured, or didn't meet their standards. You tried, which is much more than what any civilian or most service members can say they ever did.
George Martin you lucky SOB. Good for you that you at least tried, and I bet you gave a lot. Im sure you have learned many things despite losing. Carry on.
@sd as DEVGRU is equal to Delta but both use things from the SAS / But both have more training than regular SEALs due to being Tier 1 units (as for Delta and DEVGRU) not sure if the Brits have a system like that.
The SEALs by far have the toughest training im not a seal and will never claim to be im just a regular squid! Some who say otherwise are rather bias perhaps they are....... army brats? and or never served!
SEALS are the tip of the spear.. getting that trident is a lot of Blood Sweat and Tears. I wasn't a SEAL,.. but my first school was on Coronado Island, in a critical Billet, top secret security clearance. I had a couple tours over in Lebanon during the bombings, Grenada, 3 years NATO Europe. Thirteen of us graduated that first school. I cannot even begin to feel so fortunate, that I was one of that small group. People fail for whatever reason. The military is not an easy go, and that goes true for many ratings. Honorably discharged I came back home and lived my life out in the sticks and raised my kids here. I'm a grandfather now. A lot of success is all inside of you... But also in the quest of the military, there are people that fail out and that's just the bottom line. The SEAL Teams will push that to the Limit. No one is a failure for making the attempt ... not every person is going to make it through many types of military training. Be proud of whatever you choose , and be humble that you are one of the 1%, that have served our great country. Special memories to my father, 7th Division army, Korean War 1950 through 1953
This is an SQT graduation. The "300" on the billboard in gold is shaped out of their "tridents" (the SEAL insignia they wear on their dress white uniform) they revieved sometime towards the end of the ceremony. BUD/s graduation does not award the trident. Only SQT. They are simply on the grinder of the BUD/s compound because that is where day one of BUD/s begins, and as we also see ends once completed.
KyllJoy BUD/s is 24 weeks long or 6 months long, and SQT is 28 weeks long or another 6 months I believe. So in total the whole SEAL training is 1 year total or even more, that’s if you get rolled back due to injury or not passing an evolution. If you’re thinking of joining, don’t look at the months ahead simply focus on the present day. As they say “One evolution at a time”.
Thank God for these men these Mighty Men of Valor. Because even they get killed in action. I'm very thankful to be an American and have men like this protecting us
Captain Dallas dont hope, make it a reality. because hoping is for people that dont have the courage to "make it happen." so if wanna be a seal take the steps needed to become one.
I believe in you, and you should too. Put your heart to it, and never give up. My goal is to be a Green Beret, and im going to make it happen. I hope you feel the same about your goal.
As a marine, a lot of things you mentioned like being autotelic and flow. Those things are what got me through my enlistment. I am currently working on my cyber operations degree and moving forward as a civilian.
Christopher Yako thank you for your service,good luck in the future,and have you ever thought about earning the title of United States Marine Corps M.A.R.S.O.C Raider?
Not true at all lol, all units of the military are important and not just talking special forces, Seals are just known more cause their sellouts nowadays and arnt silent professionals like they used to be, old generation seals don’t even like the new
PLEASE READ and RESPOND: Hey Michael, in other vids you state you were in the Teams for like 3yrs. That's an unusual short period. Did you get injured and released?
Mr. X most of the SEAL's have time in the Navy or other branches. Consider if he was already in for 1-5 years, it's not a stretch he was/could've been in with the teams for 3 years. It's hard enough just to be considered for training, let alone get selected for training, actually making it thru BUD's along with the extra year(s) of training to actually earn a Trident and be called a SEAL.
Lol... I couldn't even imagine honestly. I'm glad I served 6 years in the Navy. There was danger, there was interaction with foreign Nationals in many different countries many flights in and out of Europe... But no matter all the schooling and all that I went through there's no way it can compare to what the seal teams have went through. As for being a instructor at buds, LOL... my God I would give anything to spend just one day beside those guys watching it all happen hahaha
it says SEAL graduation. Not BUDs. With the amount of spent ammo he mentions I'd lean towards SQT. Passing BUDs is only the first step. I dont believe they hold a ceremony for that anymore.
This was the graduation after SQT. The tridents the new graduates get are right there on the board that form the number '300'. BUD/S no longer has graduation.
It's quite clear this is SQT graduation, the Tridents making up the "300" will be pinned on the left breast of each new SEAL. Seems everyone knows about BUD/s but still don't understand what it is which is merely a phased stepping stone for a candidate to move onto SQT, only after SQT does one become a SEAL.
I heard that if I jump into lake Michigan and start blowing up water with demolitions a seal team will be dispatched to come get me and when they pull me into the dingy I will have officially passed buds and be a navy seal..
I wonder how these seals are received by their fellow millitairy brothers...... I mean....is there envy...or some other negative...or positive awkwardness when in the presence of seals...do they keep to themselves..?.how do seals carry themselves around enlisted?
It’s just under 22% of 178. I’ve read somewhere (iirc) that the average pass rate was 25%, which means that their standards are becoming stricter recently.
@@mcalax5901 from what i understand the only time an entire class never graduated was in the early 60's unless tgere have been others im merely going by what an old salty frogman and Sr. Chief Shipley had discussed on his youtube channel.
Congratulation! Thank you for your dedication of life for protecting United States of America providing National Security. You are THE ELITE! I served twenty years as a bubblehead but nothing close to what you have signed up for your Country. Thank you so very much!
As a greek guy all i have to say is stop comparing our ancestors with the modern civilian-warriors. Spartans and macedons didnt join the army and trained by their own will. By the time you were born back there you was a warrior especially in sparta it's a way of living which in greece many children-teens preserve even though our goverment is corrupted
