A​NATOMY OF A BUD/S NIGHT DIVE.....

ANATOMY OF A BUD/S NIGHT DIVE......In numerical order from start to finish:
1. I got this shit!
2. We got this shit!
3. This is gonna be some awesome shit!....RIGHT?!. Then.....many many many many dark and wet hours later...
​4. SHIT....GET US THE F OUTTA THESE RIGS! Lol.....
...I'm always asked: "What was the hardest thing you had to do at BUD/S?" My answer is always: SURVIVING THE SUCK! 
Meaning? You have to show up everyday with the a priori knowledge that things are always going to be worse than they were the day before...i.e., "The only easy day was yesterday!" Swims and Runs and O-Courses are faster, PT's are longer, harder and more intense. You are challenged academically, physically and psychologically. Each day, every instructor is looking for a way to bounce your ass from training. They take an oath to never allow shit-bags to make it through. Most students self abort (quit!) or are injured and removed, but some are driven out by the SEAL Instructors. By this, I mean they are damn near physically broken or placed under an electron microscope and 'safety violated' if found to be UNSAT in any number of ways . It's a TURD SAFETY NET!! This is why 90% of dudes, on average, DO NOT GRADUATE! The best way to make it through is to embrace the suck, learn to love it, improve everyday, and be ALL IN! Help your classmates (Teamwork!) and drink all of the coolaide you can. Remember: THOUSANDS have made it through....Roughly 17,000 to be more precise. So, if you passed the screening test and made it through the prep and were actually sent there, you have EVERYTHING you need, within you, to make it through. Keep that in mind and simply SURVIVE THE SUCK!