Military Talk - What Airman Say

[Terrierman]

Terrierman---- In late 1960 they called Navy Wide for volunteers for a new program they discribe only as by land by sea and by air. They took every one that applied , even me when at that time I had a H 3 pgysical profile for hearing. They said it would improve after I left the flight deck. Well I went and they did not send us to regular UDT training. They put the worst marine DI's on us you can imagine. There whole purpose was to break us one way or other. There was no limitst to the things they would do and also say about tour girlfriend or family members. They iliminated volunteers by the droves every day. About the 3rd week a doctor questioned my H3 profile and they re- excmined it. That was the end for me right there. At that time there was no name for what we volunteered for. What they became was in time the Seals. I will be very homest I am almost certain I would NOT have made it to the end without blowing up. All you had to do was show excessive anger and you were gone right away. I was not far from that. I can understand now the reason for subjected us to such treatment. It takes very special mental atitude to even begin with.

I know a few former BUDS team members. To a man they are all good people. The kind you like to be around day in and day out.

[Old plug]

Anybody that volunteers to wear auniform for there country is a pretty good guy. though we change. I have a friend here that has a son in law that is. a Lt Comdr somewhere in the seals. i have met him and he looks like a college kid.