Dan Bilzerian: Going through SEAL training twice

Dan Bilzerian describes his four years of service with the U.S. military, including why he went through Navy SEAL training twice and why he was eventually kicked out.
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[@martindevin5914]

He just spent six minutes describing how you ring a bell.

[@ngriffin100]

Daaaamnnn

[@Lamon1]

I’m honestly surprised I got that reference

[@nike3000ca]

He didn't ring the bell. They dropped him.

[@yourthebest7942]

Martin Devin yep

[@mathew9364]

@Ben Franklin what was his range violation? What was the last straw he did that got him kicked?

[@Chuckschwartz]

Closest this guy got to being a SEAL was playing an extra in Lone Survivor.

[@haydenobray6297]

Jackson Costello lol exactly what I thought when I clicked on the video

[@mybabymyjeepfireworksiphon5962]

And he paid a million dollars to do that. Complete fucking douche bag!

[@immortalcbox8769]

Roasted lol

[@armenmikaelian6914]

I cannot believe he paid to be in the movie as an extra. Most of the time people that are extra get something, but in his case he paid to be extra. lmfaooooooooo

[@smithnwesson990]

@@armenmikaelian6914 No it was a million to get back 1.5 million

[@wesleyroseiv]

Correction: Failing SEAL Training Twice

[@allilatif1600]

Still much respect to the guy for going throw this shit twice

[@allilatif1600]

I bet you won't last an hour mate neither would I also

[@billionairzeclub9662]

alli latif go home alli

[@allilatif1600]

Thinking back, ya. Y'all are right

[@aurasakura5103]

All of you sure like to talk trash but don’t even have the guts to want to try going through that shit twice.

[@13Recon19D]

“I did SEAL training” no, you failed BUDS twice. You failed one small part of the training SEALS do... twice... he needs to do what he does best, a women to make him look cool.

[@keatonthomas5036]

When you FINISH a HELL WEEK that means you have completed the hardest part of seal training, he did that TWICE dumbass

[@keatonthomas5036]

Shut the fuck up, the man had 2 heart attacks at the age of 25 thats why they sent him packing fuckin dumbass

[@Ryosuke19]

@@keatonthomas5036 Thats not why. One was for a range violation meaning he could have killed either a fellow student or an instructor. And after you finish BUDS you are not a SEAL. BUDS is 27 weeks but the SEAL training pipeline is more like 61 weeks untill you make it to a platoon.

[@gavinbyrne6802]

Jalen Brady the hardest part of BUD/S not seal training as BUD/S is just the start arguably the SERE school and training is worse and more grueling event

[@Jason-yt5ho]

And his daddy money

[@KenV]

"Disabled veteran and everything that comes with that, the benefits, the money"....am I the only disabled Veteran laughing out loud at that one?

[@lkb4781]

KenV it’s probably a great deal if you aren’t actually disabled

[@brittonhucks5951]

Haha...I'm right there with you Ken..Army Infantry.

[@TheGrouchDnD]

Yeah, I'd rather be NOT fucked up, thanks

[@chrissantee8489]

Pretty stupid comment on the part of the interviewer

[@MariaM-yd2db]

Same

[@flipjenl9616]

It sounds like they did their job by kicking this guy out.

[@xDinomanx]

@@pandorakid229 This is so true, if you watch anything on navy seal selection or anything special forces related, you don't have to be the strongest guy, it's about having the right morals.

[@Keydet1992]

Started 2 times....Finished 0 times.... So he's a bell ringer. impressive!

[@Ryosuke19]

To be fair, one time he was kicked out for a range violation. Which probably is even worse than quitting since he most likely came close to killing either a fellow student or instructor.

[@josepholeskey6261]

To be fairer, he never actually quit, he was kicked out. So he wasn't a bell ringer, just an idiot.

[@marekhalama86]

who cares !! He is having fun in life and rich as fuck... More power to him !!

[@Keydet1992]

@@marekhalama86 But is he? He’s dropped off the map after it came out he was misappropriating corporate funds to give the impression of wealth and opulence. Allegedly. When your business partners go after you for swindling investors, it ain’t good. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

[@5moonunit]

You only know what he tells you. Two sides to ever story

[@anoldranger1033]

This guy is the superman of lying.

[@pedroduarte4273]

Infidel me too. This one kid sounds exactly like Dan but dumbed down a few notches. Total trust fund kid at my high school claims his dad is a millionaire and that he does a bunch of cool stuff and drives expensive cars. Obviously lying and has no proof

[@abdicolestudios8899]

This comment aged like good old American whiskey 🇺🇸🥃

[@one0hwon514]

@@abdicolestudios8899 Irish & Scotch whiskey > American whiskey

[@ethankleinschmidt4857]

His story literally makes no sense. He’s trying to cover up the fact that he’s a quitter.

[@OkOk-vj9db]

When did he say that he quit? He was kicked out but he never said that he quit.

[@Driftingsushi]

@@OkOk-vj9db you get kicked for not trying anymore. Basically a quitter.

[@QueekHeadtaker]

@@Driftingsushi that's not the only thing you get kicked out for, many other ways out. Clearly is tough fucker to finish it twice, obviously did not gel with most humans, they don't want lone wolves.

[@zacarribuffet8882]

Millennial Reader he got kicked the first time for safety violation on the gun range. The second time for a heart attack

[@jr0418]

@@QueekHeadtaker agreed on the hell week part. To take the second hardest special forces training in the wolrd and pass through the most physically demanding week twice, hes tough. But they kicked him out because he was unsafe during the gun course and just because hes a massive bell end. He would not have worked well with the SEALS. The fact that he built his entire public figure on theft and lying is enough to tell them they dont want him anyway

[@darkwarriormaster9644]

"Even though I didn't make it past BUD/S, in my mind, I finished SEAL training." Hey, everyone, I am a veteran of army intelligence, but in my mind, I am currently both a Navy SEAL and a Green Beret in the Marine Corps because apparently that's how it works.

[@jonathanbartlett2147]

Unless you graduated and recieved the trident you weren't a seal.

[@kevinjohnson6549]

J- Dizzle he literally just said that in the video. You people are so fucking stupid.

[@orourke1972]

The fucking idiot said he left 2 days before Graduation. Guess what?? You didn't make it.

[@preppinainteasy9965]

@@orourke1972 um that was the second time...first time he went through..did you watch the video? This was admin discharged for pure attitude reasons not because he couldnt get through buds..they realized they had a ticking time bomb on there hands...

[@donjon123]

Eric ORourke I still believe he’s a badass to make it through hell week twice so fuck off.

[@JR-ju3kj]

But....never in the interview did Dan Bilzerian say that he was a SEAL.

[@marktrinidad381]

So this is what Goggins meant about having a “victims mentality”

[@Spaceman2484]

Nicholas Augustus Because his personality is clearly the exact opposite of what the SEALs need. Can’t work with anyone and get over petty differences

[@jessereimer302]

Weird how Goggins has become the measure of a Seal. I guess you're just talking about training and not deployment and combat accolades.

[@marktrinidad381]

@@jessereimer302 oh no i wan't talking about deployments I was just saying how Dan was using excuses but PTSD is a totally different topic. It takes a lot for anyone to even speak out about their ptsd.

[@jessereimer302]

@@marktrinidad381 Ok my mistake.

[@ToX1CxThUnD3R]

When you hate the military but still try to become a seal MAKES 100% SENSE

[@titosmilez2654]

Some men just wanna go for the mental and physical challenge

[@preppinainteasy9965]

@Piss Off um actually I would like to know where that information came from....Because SEALS are regularly placed with other military Branches and treat them just like brothers so dont say they hate the regular military....There is no regular military.....Just about every seal team that gets deployed or with all other branches and as far as development group DEVGRU ....Which is ST6 answers to SOCOM which isnt even Navy.....

[@williamanderson9525]

Joel Zapalac a lot of people go through just to see if hey can it’s like they compete with theirselves

[@ryandees419]

He didn’t hate the military at the beginning, it was because of his BUDS experience.

[@georgecordova8851]

@@MT-CaptStabbintrue, I was tanks and being in a conventional unit vs a sf unit is way different…I hated the day to day bullshit that our command with come up with

[@aaahtex902]

**HE AIN'T A SEAL FOR A REASON** THEY DID NOT WANT HIM

[@isrstrategies]

aaah tex well Lots of seal Veterans ingratiate him hang with him and even invite him into there movies, he was an extra in loan survivor if Marcus Luttrell navy cross winner thought he was a POS that probably would not have happened, get the facts.

[@lukegilchrist6789]

He helped fund the movie by putting up millions of dollars in exchange for a part... so he paid to act like a seal for a bit. You’re the one who needs to get their facts straight He also sued them for not getting enough screen time 😂

[@isrstrategies]

Luke Gilchrist thanks for that fact when I am in Coronado later this month if I see anyone speaking out of turn I will bring up this point.

[@maxfirefantasyreport]

He wasn't brainwashable enough

[@dollydagger7502]

He pretty much admits in the beginning that he wasn’t cut out for the program. And he was a moron for going back the second time.

[@deeagnol]

Dan the type of guy to tell you he's died twice before

[@horslems]

Lol

[@willmcdaniel5989]

I wish I could double like this post

[@daloof]

Guy had 2 heart attacks... be careful what you jokingly say he might say.. he might say it

[@negativeanalysis]

most underrated comment here

[@marekhalama86]

he didn't die twice, He had a heart attack twice .

[@Jarhead1968]

I think he answered the question perfectly. Along with solving the mystery of why he’s not a SEAL.

[@marekhalama86]

He is straight up honest.. Says he wasn't up for it and got hurt and did not pass it twice describing it all. So what is your problem ?

[@ryandees419]

He had a bad attitude and wasn’t a team player so he got the big boot.

[@Jarhead1968]

@@marekhalama86 there’s much more involved than physical ability. It would not have mattered if he never was injured in any way. He would never be a SEAL. I don’t know the guy and don’t have anything at all against him. But what’s in his wheelhouse is what washed him out. Had nothing to do with physical ability or wellness.

[@traveler142]

@@Jarhead1968 Seals are Government trained and funded teams that are expected to take orders with no question. your a puppet told to go and protect the DOD's interests, whether that is to protect their Illegal trades or blow up a pipeline in thee Baltic or to overthrow Governments... you do as your told to do.

[@pacificwonderland6863]

He failed because he got dem tiny legs and thick upper body...he is literally built like an upside down anchor..you cant be a seal and an anchor...

[@genoa81]

ha good one

[@davidparry3678]

think you missed the W off that ))

[@bobbob-eq4lh]

LOL

[@wawerungugi2869]

His legs are huge

[@bigmoose4498]

This shit so fuckin corny

[@Samuel-dc2mq]

honestly can see why the dropped him by his attitude.

[@randypeppercorn1865]

and a bilzerian other reasons

[@KM-qk1oz]

Randy Peppercorn ha!

[@joshzig01]

Randy Peppercorn 12/10

[@aristotleolympiada4540]

He's got maturity of a 10 year old child. This guy is lost.

[@Ikaros23]

Edgar Alvarez he is addicted to attension

[@someguy1688]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact he trims his beard to resemble a jawline

[@butterflyqueen9260]

Lol

[@marekhalama86]

So ? You are still a loser in your moms basement and he is having the time of his life being rich!

[@mongoose621]

The true mark of a man would be to just say: "I failed, next question."

[@Darksagan]

He literally said he wasnt meant for the shit and he got kicked twice. But the comments below are making it sound like he said he graduated and became a seal. Am I wrong?

[@Madmaxxxx1984]

DarkSagan keep covering for transhumanism buddy

[@painexotic3757]

they're just mad he's living the life they want lmao. As usual. Betas hate on alpha males

[@FBI-hc7pq]

Yeah I’ve seen that too. Confusing me because people are saying he said he made it thru. But he literally says he didn’t finish. The key board warriors usually like to talk shit before they finish the video tho I think.

[@boogiepitts2266]

You are right man for the get go he says he wasn't cut out for it and would have made a bad seal so people are just pulling shit out there ass because they wanna hate on someone

[@Jessehermansonphotography]

DarkSagan no, he keeps saying he finished training. He did not

[@gregbredenko2290]

Ask any SEAL, literally ANY SEAL. They will tell you that BUD/S is the absolute easiest part of their career. He may have gone through twice or whatever he claims, but he is light years away from having earned being called a SEAL. End of story.

[@fireballfitness170]

I agree with your comment Greg.

[@speede3365]

Not even close... after BUD/S comes even more training with 6 months of advanced training (SQT) and then jump training, and SERE training. After that, you get your trident, and get put on a team. You train with them until you work up for a deployment, you get tested as a team before you're ever approved to go over seas. Then when you get home, you have a little rest time before you have to do the same thing all over again.

[@LikeRalf]

You know that you measure distance with lightyears,not time,Yes?

[@gregbredenko2290]

Dailystuff! Yes I know that. Which is to say very far from something. Like earning a SEAL trident. Thanks though. If you want to talk space I'd be happy to do that. My favorite topic right now is Hawking Radiation

[@steves9689]

Look I can tell you BUD/s is not “easy”. Yeah some make it through easier than others, but NOT A SINGLE SEAL I know, will tell you it was the “easiest” part.

[@Jeffro86uk]

Broken legs = Hairline fractures. Kurt Angle won Olympic gold with a broken freakin’ neck 😂 🥇

[@playswithpoo2]

Blah blah fuckin blah. You've said that in comments. Give it a dirt nap.

[@axelstone3131]

Jeffro86uk you mean a hairline fractured neck

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@@axelstone3131 Hairline fracture of his hairline

[@conways3897]

Could he win it with broken legs tho 🤔

[@RandomVidz690]

Pudding 8414 You talk a lot of shit for someone one whose never been through a minute of SEAL training in your life.

[@mikes.4963]

BUD/s stands for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL with emphasis on the B(Basic). This tool wouldn't even be able to get through the 6 month probationary period after receiving the trident. And I love how his story changes throughout this interview

[@Harlsmanson]

Dan Kardashian

[@falunyip]

LMAO

[@wingnutmcspazatron3957]

Harls Manson Lol for real.

[@ghw1985]

hahah Nailed it!

[@MrRobjs83]

Fr tho

[@TheNelsb92]

How????

[@urbanmarksman624]

Failing Navy SEAL training twice*

[@foxmulder339]

haha, this.

[@drewpit7936]

+1

[@bookemdanno5596]

I'm sure it was tough and grueling and I have a lot of admiration for someone that can go through this even once, but the poster is right. He failed SEAL training twice. Being a team player is what being a SEAL is all about and he admitted he wasn't a team player. I'm glad that in his eyes he "finished SEAL training" because in the rest of the world's eyes he didn't. This takes nothing away from his grit, determination, dedication, and overall badassness. He's most definitely one of the toughest MFers out there. That said, he did not finish SEAL training.

[@drewpit7936]

"He's most definitely one of the toughest MFers out there."... the toughest motherfuckers out there are unnamed to public, not some daddy's dirty money playboy that took the prosperous and elementary route.. he probably does crossfit

[@clubredken13]

Reminds me of when I had to go through Grade 9 twice. Every week in junior high is hell week

[@IIISentorIII]

This is exactly what happened to me! The only difference is, i did finish it in the first place, and it was not SEAL training. It was a Snowboard Parkour in Switzerland.

[@Smoomty]

BUDS is not the entirety of SEAL training. It’s only part

[@billionairzeclub9662]

Smoomty it’s the entirety of seal selection

[@secretlizard4589]

Billionairze Club so just fuck SQT then? And the others

[@rupaksavan8452]

U prolly meant hell week. Buds is the entirety

[@secretlizard4589]

Rupak Savan no it’s not. SQT. Jump school. There’s more to become a SEAL than just BUD/S.

[@billionairzeclub9662]

Secret Lizard SQT is in the name, it’s the training you get upon qualifying BUDs. BUDs itself is the selection.

[@muriloninja]

He can talk about his BUD/S experiences and Phase II stuff but at 1:15 I am glad to see that he admits he knows exactly why the instructors dropped him! Being a mentally tough SOB that won't quit is only one quality of a SEAL, they don't call them the "Teams" because it sounds cool. This dude could never be part of a SEAL "Team" or Unit...he was out for himself and they knew it and used the smallest excuse to drop him!

[@saltymonke3682]

He's clearly not a team player

[@AK-hi7mg]

Nice profile picture

[@user-tl2cs6wv8b]

murilo ninj What are you talking about? He has a badass operator's beard!

[@user-tl2cs6wv8b]

Space Monkey What are you talking about? He has a badass operator's beard!

[@truculentsophist122]

"i was two days before graduation, i did the whole thing" - ha, this guy compulsively misrepresents the truth. he wasn't even halfway to becoming a SEAL. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEAL_selection_and_training

[@sTalnaker13]

truculent sophist says the guy who posts a Wikipedia article as a source

[@keepiticy]

Staknaer13 he's right tho

[@davidpierce9949]

im former Navy. his 2 days from graduating then had to start over sounded like bs. ive been thru dive school and sar school. he sounds like a guy who is fos

[@BrendanxMitchell]

He's talking about 2 days before graduating BUD/S. It's all speculation as to why he got rolled and dropped, but the bottom line is that if instructors don't like you, and they don't what you to be a part of their community, they'll find a way to get rid of you. I don't see any misrepresentation of the truth here, I think you're confused about the pipeline and what he was referencing.

[@BrendanxMitchell]

If you made it through dive and SAR school, you should know better than most that it's not too far fetched for a guy to be rolled back to day 1 for being a shit head, especially in BUD/S.

[@custer14]

“Made it through hell week with broken legs “ that’s all I needed to hear lmao 😂

[@themanplan987]

Lmfao

[@kevinjohnson6549]

Not uncommon at all

[@notapsychicbuttmor6124]

@@kevinjohnson6549 Don't know much but i heard many people fail regular boot camp with out hairline fractures.

[@mrannunaki6852]

i know... what utter nonsense

[@vliegendehollander]

It'd be more surprising if his legs didn't have stress fractures after hell week. Lots of guys blackout underwater too or "meet the wizard" at least once and if you already have pneumonia they might not be able to revive you. Guys have actually died in BUDS. It's not some tough workout, the sane ones are those who quit. To push yourself to the extent that seals do you have to be a little fucking crazy.

[@BitcoinBoomer64]

Thank God he NEVER became a Navy Seal. He has NO business being a Seal or even a dishwasher in the Navy for that matter. Some people are not meant to be in the military. He may be a great guy, but after serving for 25 years, I can tell you he had no business being in the military!

[@edenazaar1705]

In which Buds class was he in? Was he in same class as Goggins? Dan follows Goggins on Instagram, that's why I'd like to know @Scott Graham

[@ericr9701]

Dude look at your profile pic you did not serve 25 years 😂😂😂 and to answer your question the military does want everyone 😂😂 even if youre a fry cook

[@Driftingsushi]

@@edenazaar1705 dan follows anyone he wishes he was. This dude's head is so far up his ass

[@boomersooner2075]

Served 25 years, 3 months, and 3 days in the USAF. Retired CMSgt! Believe what you want my friend! Joined July 1983.

[@Gcal1956]

510 days of seal training? He should post his DD214 on line for all to see and squash the drama.

[@blockbustervhs]

Matthew Torres-Tadeo he just said he was never a SEAL but he served 4 years in the NAVY.

[@Hav0ck23]

" Did the whole hell week with the broken leg" Do they even let you choose ? I tought its an automatically kick out if you get injured.

[@grumpyolasian5960]

You can have it not checked and try and hide it. I'd say 40% (uneducated estimate, just based on a lot of stories) of people who've gone through BUD/s have pushed through some sort of injury.

[@speede3365]

If you do get it checked and they don't want you to keep going they will roll you depending on how bad the injury is, then you will just restart with the next class or the one after that whenever you heal up.

[@tatebauer]

by broken leg he means he had tiny hairline fractures

[@JG54206]

“I finished the SEAL training twice....” no trident...

[@Elonfuckingmusk]

He makes it seem like he was so badass that he would’ve kept going if he hadn’t been stopped by training officers and the only reason he was stopped was to protect him from dying.

[@JEGFL85]

I think the problem was his attitude. They were looking for any reason to drop him. If he could of kept his mouth shut he probably would be a seal. Don Shipley talked about it.

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

This guy is a legend in his own mind. Dan Bilzerian was kicked out of BUD/s for disrespecting officers and for being in the whole special warfare business for himself which is a bad thing. He states that he was two days before graduating to becoming a SEAL but that isn't true. He was a few weeks from accomplishing BUD/s which isn't even close to half of the training a person must recieve in order to become a Navy SEAL. On average a person gets trained for 3 years before they become a SEAL. Dan Bilzerian only completed about five months of training.

[@aidan__vickery]

David Goggins went through on 2 broken legs. I think most guys deal with stress fractures, pulls etc.

[@bmagada]

dudes in regular basic training dont quit from stress fractures.

[@TLVisions]

He has the fullest beard ever but no hair on his body lmao

[@dwardoval3596]

He ripped all his pubes out to make a beard thicker, fake like his whole story.

[@ryandilegge297]

He has a hair removing machine

[@jayp.3898]

lol brazillian waxes

[@smokestrong1000]

he's a lucky man!

[@interesting-facts100]

Trevor Locke hes taking that off

[@zachgiovanni6500]

I don't know why people hate the guy so much. He failed the second time for PED's but he still got farther both times than most people ever will. I don't care how he acts now or what he says, I still give him props for going further than most people in BUD/S do.

[@Guesswho2024.]

This dude just loves making excuses

[@joshboyfuture9698]

I went through Army infantry training with stress fractures in my legs. it sucks oh, it hurts, but it's not something that would get you medically discharged. they would simply put you into another training class once you healed up

[@bmagada]

I just ignored it to get past being recycled, but I thought the same thing......that made you quit? How are you gonna be a seal who cant deal with stress fractures?

[@0AlphaAndOmega0]

Lol. During the Vegas shooting he ran like an Olympian

[@darknitelmm6245]

Vinnie A need to give a s/o to Jason Aldean for turning in the audience flood lights to let the shooter have a better idea where he was shooting

[@bulletproofbiceps4809]

Wish I could like this comment multiple times!!!

[@S550Cole]

You clearly didn’t see his instagram story as it was happening. He came back with his truck to help people.

[@Slick073]

He was asking a police officer for a gun

[@jeffreyjohn2037]

@@Slick073 yeah, and the cop told him to get lost

[@MaliDisident]

When you want to be like David Goggins but you are not!

[@slimshady69]

He was before David Goggins

[@dl30wpb]

He's reminiscing about playing SOCOM when he was a kid

[@e.l.norton]

He climbed mount Everest and got turned away at the peak. If he didn't care in the end, THAT'S why he's not a SEAL.

[@user-tl2cs6wv8b]

Pete Venkman What are you talking about? He has a badass operator's beard!

[@dahiyarules]

Dan Bilzerian- I went through hell week twice. David Goggins- I took a sledgehammer to my legs and went through hell week thrice.

[@blueskynet7926]

And you wouldn't even pass the 1st hour of the training.

[@Gripmagic]

He can't remember if he was in his skivives or naked on steel pier, I'd think that one would stick with you in vivid detail.

[@kevinjordan6242]

Just like what color helmet you wear for which fucking phase...it where the bell is located...or where is the COs office

[@svendocberglowe6635]

All I heard there was attitude and explaining why the Navy did itself a favor and not wasted time on this guy. He had four years and two times through the SEAL program and STILL did not learn what he needed to make it. Kudos to the SEAL instructors that made the easy decision to not give themselves a headache and take the time to train another quality SEAL candidate somewhere else.

[@1detarrednu]

Not only is he a trust fund kid, but also using Daddy's dirty money. His father defrauded people back in the day and went to jail for it.

[@thesmirkingwolf]

Watch this video at half-speed and let the hilarity ensue.

[@MaverickRooster]

Thank you for this xD

[@BeneyGesserit]

Sweet, I didn't know this existed!!

[@v0lcom13sn0w]

thats some funny shit

[@williamross2389]

Please also watch on 1.5 X speed. Dan the excited school girl!

[@darknitelmm6245]

Oh my god this is the best comment by far but try it at 1/4 speed..... start at 4:38 your welcome

[@llq4ever309]

My dad went through seal training too. Mickeys Circus Jepip, Idaho ‘94 God he loved those seals

[@taharqa332]

Here’s the thing. To even get into BUD/S is a win. He got in twice - most guys can’t even get the nod to go once. So he gets respect from me for that. Now; if you want to hear a similar story from a guy who went thru THREE TIMES and finally made it; check out DAVID GOGGINS! I served seven years in NSW; this guy (Bilzerian) is arrogant and seems to have entitlement issues - he’s not what’s needed in the Teams.

[@dyrnenorka]

he stop seal program for leg problem that is total bullshit he was dropped from the program for a "safety violation on the shooting range"

[@_NouveauRiche_]

norka dyrne what was it? Or what happened?

[@dyrnenorka]

that i don't know, the only thing i know , it was a safety violation on the shooting range. It must have been something serious to make the instructor to decide to drop him of the seal program.

[@jmar_2018]

That's phase 3 in buds right?

[@coewhat]

j mar right.

[@joshryan4176]

He was napping with the class behind a berm before running IADS and the OIC didn’t wake him up.

[@johndennis5182]

I don't know if this guy is for real are not, but I can understand his story.i went into the army in 81, and I knew I had a bad back, I have a birth defect in my lower back, in the L4-L5 area. when I was a kid I bucked Hay every summer cause I grew up in a farm area in Washington. one summer when I was 13 years old, and the end of a long hard Hot day of Bucking Hay, me and some other boys that I worked with, we did what all boys would do, and we jump of the Hey truck and the end of the day when we got back to the barn. And when I hit the ground, I was frozen in pain, I could not move my legs. So my mother took me to the Doctor, and that when I found out that I had this birth defect in my lower back. The Doctor told me that if I lived a hard life, by the time I was in my 40s I would done lol, like pain everyday intell I die, plus he told me the Army would never take me. Well when my back got better I went on with my life ignoring everything that the Doctor told me, and my back never bothered me again. I played Highschool football for 4 years, I was a starting Tackle for both offence and Defence, when I got out of Highschool I studied Karate for a year, and then I decided to see if the army would take me. as long as they did not take a x-ray of my Back I was sure not going to say anything lol, I wanted to be a Green Beret, but could not get a contract for that, But I could get a contract to be a Ranger. So they did not take a x-ray of my back, so I signed up and off I went. I went to Fort Benning for Basic, and Airborne school, then I went to Ft. Lewis to be in the 2nd/75 Ranger Battalion. I went through RIP[ now its called RASP] and I hurt my Back on one of the 5 jumps you have to do to make it through RIP. I hurt my back on one of my jumps, and had to go through rehab for 5 days, they took a x-ray of my back and saw my problem with my L-4 and L-5 area, but just like this guy here I begged then to not kix me out, and sence I had gone through a lot of training up to that point they let me continue if I COULD. well I went back to RIP and got rolled back to the next class, so I went through RIP twice, but I graduated!!! My class had 68 guys in it and only 24 of us made it. So when they put that Beret on my Head and gave me my Battalion Ribbon I was very proud! so I went into the Battalion and begain my life as a Ranger. I went through a lot of hard Ranger training, and was considered every Bit a Ranger as those who were able to go through the Ranger school at Ft. Benning. if you make it into the Ranger Batt. The Army looks at you as a 100% Ranger. and anyone who has been in the Ranger Battalion can tell you that is true. but the whole year I was in the Ranger Battalion I had to fight very bad back pain, and what made it even harder for me I was on a Gun team, and had to Jump and Hump with the 60. But I had to get out early cause of my back. I had to take to many Pain pills to cope... and so today at 58 years old, iam on disability. But I wear my Ribbon and my jump wings on my leather vest and iam very proud of what I went through serving in the 2nd/75 Ranger Battalion.

[@IronMaiden02091]

john dennis ultra tough and determined thanks for your service and inspiration

[@masonbybee3564]

john dennis this is a KZbin comment section, not a blog

[@masonbybee3564]

Michael Marzolf write about it on your blog

[@enzowarren9832]

Kranked lmao

[@27FreddyG]

You graduated, and you served, which makes you a ranger. Dan didn't. Trying twice is no massive failure. Pretending it's some success and that he has achieved the same thing as the SEALs is why people are offended.

[@antsbull3370]

You can tell from the interviewer's body language that he knows Bilzerian is full of it

[@sk4841]

Remember when there was someone shot while he was in Vegas, he just recorded himself running. that was the only opportunity to demonstrate his real soldiering skills and he ran.

[@redsalute3]

1460 days in the military, 56 days are spent at recruit training, and he spent 510 at seal training. That means at most he spent 894 days or almost 2 and 1/2 years "serving". Not to include his technical training and OJT where he was probably useless. All in all he might have spent a little over a year actually contributing to the NAVYs mission but wants to sport a beard and act like an operator, but runs away from an active shooter as helpless people lie bleeding behind him. Tough guy.

[@BradyIsAfagInHeat]

I love all the running away in Vegas replies. What's this guy supposed to do run up to someone that has at least one fully auto rifle and unknown amounts of ammo and disarm him without a weapon to make you fags happy and satisfied with his beef against military protocol. From what I've heard this guy was trying to obtain a weapon and help take the shooter down. This dude has a much better kifw and has way more to lose than everybody commenting on this video.

[@redsalute3]

Ken Cranston So him grabbing a gun changes the first part of what you said? Nobody knew where the dude was. There were plenty of courageous people staying behind to help with the wounded and casualties. This dude chose to run away thinking he would "help" by taking 15+ minutes to go grab his gay ass pistol from his truck when a SWAT team was already dispatched. Plus some random dude running around a scene brandishing a firearm in the midst of the chaos would really go great with police. You sure are a true fucking dumbass aren't you?

[@silk2smooth542]

Well In real life when someone starts randomly shooting you tend to run

[@redsalute3]

Richard Jones normal people sure. I would too. This guy acts like he's something he's not and proved it here. Plus of anyone running away, this jackass is the one who would video tape himself.

[@michaelandradejr]

So now every mil spec dude can magically call in seal team 6 or his cod buds to stop it I mean why didn't the local bloods on the corner with the real fa guns shoot him I mean how come the hitman guy from hitman didn't sniper him or call john wick in it sounds like if if if iffffffffff you are armed you meet force with a multiplier not strategic use of playing cards or dildos could a made him stop the guy and run from was more of a run to the guys a cock but there is some goofy shit in these comments

[@1skyofrog]

I guess if you lie to yourself long enough, you'll believe it! Fmr 3/75 88-92

[@danielgartavel7598]

skydo frog RLTW

[@aristotleolympiada4540]

David Goggins would smoke this guy any day.

[@deet1558]

He seems insecure

[@06livefast]

When a "man" refers to shin splints as "broken legs", you know more about his character than any lie he chooses to spit out. I'm sure inheriting a trust fund would make shin splints feel like broken legs, huh there, Dan? Also, any one who gets kicked out of seal training for talking back to an instructor is not only weak but an embarrassment. Thank god the seals have an excellent training program that weeds out weak, arrogant, and overall pathetic individuals like this. He learned nothing from his experience at seal training, because any body who actually got kicked out for some thing that pathetic wouldn't talk about it in the smug way. I can't believe this guy has the privilege to enjoy the same freedom that the men and women serving risk their lives fighting for.

[@therealrongu6599]

Are you a navy seal tho? Nah you sound like a hater smh

[@thisguy9004]

wow he's really humble... 😂

[@Fedora_JP]

In depth indeed

[@derekwischmann6123]

Oh my. What a tool. What a physically fit tool. This guy is proof that attitude and spirit count.

[@Pigman1969]

I went through Ranger School twi -- no, three times -- yeah, that's the ticket...

[@Speedport]

No doubt your wife, Morgan Fairchild, can confirm this.

[@pmbarro]

Haha your comment laugh so hard

[@ASMRStud]

He got dropped because he forced it to happen, it was too tough for him to finish so he made sure he can't say "I quit"

[@waterwarriors911]

Suicide by instructor hahaha, ya, you got it. The TEAMs were a bit much for him to think that he might have to take a bullet for one of his squad and that would not sit well with his future plans. Ya, he did not quit but he is not a SEAL either. Just someone who thought he had the right stuff. Glad he is not on the TEAMS. He would not be an asset to the program.

[@jesselopez7143]

I was a 19 year old newly minted Seaman Recruit (May of 1994), attending my apprenticeship training course in Great Lakes Recruit Training Center, waiting to watch a movie (on liberty in Chicago the weekend after graduating basic training). This hulk comes over and sits next to me and asks me what command I'm with and I tell him how I just graduated bootcamp and will be starting Seaman ATD on Monday and then I'm to report to my ship in San Diego. He tells me how I have more guts than he does because he's terrified of being stuck on a ship for months at a time. We both laugh. Then I ask what he does. He informs me that he is an active duty Seal who is currently stationed over on the NTC side of the same base helping prepare guy's who are in A school and have orders to go onto BUD/S. I was in my dress whites and he may have been in civies but he looked like an action figure. We shook hands. I was encouraged by that. We all measure ourselves as to what we can and can't handle. Service members of good character value the service of others in addition to their own. I'm glad Dan Bilzerian has been honest about his service. People should let him tell his life story and let him put it, in its right context. Anyone attempting Seal training and going from beginning to end, multiple times deserves to be heard.

[@brianmorrison9066]

"Made it through hell week with broken legs" Sure. Sure.

[@estevenj]

It's hard to like this guy. It really is. His teeth have been professionally whitened too.

[@edand69others65]

Lol

[@BroadHobbyProjects]

Racist

[@masonbybee3564]

estevenj oh god now I fucking despise him. Fuck him, what a pos for wanting his teeth to be white. Must be a racist too.

[@darknitelmm6245]

His boyfriend whitened his teeth

[@andy_in_nh9243]

Graduating BUD/S doesn't make you a SEAL. There is more to it than that.

[@preppinainteasy9965]

No shit sherlock he said he wasnt a seal...got fucking Einstein here

[@secretlizard4589]

Shane FordYT he said he was very close. But he wasn’t. He had at least 6 months more of training after buds.

[@preppinainteasy9965]

@@secretlizard4589 oh yea I understand I would never consider him close to a seal...just completed buds finally oh buddy is tough but theres still alot of grueling shit after buds and shit tons get through buds and still dont make it to the trident...

[@secretlizard4589]

Shane FordYT I’m trying to make sense of your reply. But what I’m getting from it is, you completed buds recently? Or? Idk what you’re saying.

[@preppinainteasy9965]

@@secretlizard4589 no not me..lol ...I know u dont get your trident after buds though......I know u go to jump school and STT after and you could spend more than 6 months doing it...but no not me Bro All my family Is ARMY.....

[@elterrible00esb]

I might have to check out more of Graham Bensinger, he seems like a pretty good interviewer and just lets people talk. I cant watch most news these days, they area always in a rush to get the interview through in time and the host often just likes to hear themselves talk.

[@edwardtartar6633]

I went through buds trading twice also. And started hell week 3x. In my fittest class 192, I made to wed of hell week and was rolled back for pneumonia started my second class in 194 and blew out my knee in hell week and was medically dropped from training. Went back a 1 1/2 years later and made it through class 204 with no problems. Why don’t I get to be on tv???

[@donaldlandon7594]

He looks like Stan from American Dad

[@asaphustle554]

Donald Landon on point!!!

[@Mark-uh4zd]

This is gold!

[@JULIANKGLASSER]

This interview is almost identical to the Joe Rogan Experience Interview

[@matta6817]

When you never read the book and your teacher ask you to make a speech about it 😂

[@DG-oo8zf]

Imagine Eddie Vedder's voice singing: "Have you seen Bilzerian?!" Guy feel asleep on the rock and his class straight up ousted him for it. Found sound asleep, argued with instructor and got the boot.

[@Senseigainz]

I laugh when he claims those girls just want to hang out with him. He pays those girls to be there. If he could pay to be a SEAL he would.

[@ElGuapo408_]

How do you know he pays them? Are you there with him?? No? Ok then exactly stfu you’re just a hater bud 🤣😂😂💀 you’re just mad he lives a better life than you do 😭 why don’t you get outta your moms basement and start making some money maybe then you won’t have so much time on your hands to hate on another man LMAOOO

[@Kogs1638]

That's a full ass beard

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

Rupert Abdul Ja-Airball cuz he uses HGH

[@toamaiusdvignir9468]

Also, he is an Arab Armenian if I am correct. Jews, Arabs and Greeks tens to have the most body hair on earth. Something about the Mediterranean and Middle East.

[@siamsnowman6357]

He thinks "All of the real operators have full beards ... I need one." In specops, this guy is refered to as a "ruck-sniffer."

[@balamclay7871]

An 'ass beard'?? Hmmmm...

[@Hav0ck23]

1 out of 10 operators from what I have seen really wear full beards lol. The rest seem like normal people that could blend in anywhere.

[@kcr3862]

A legend in his own mind...he hangs out with Jason Blaha another legend on the net..

[@DavidHallaran]

I had serious stress fractures after 1st Phase and going into 2nd was smoked for longer beach runs, etc...took my vitamin M and sucked it up because I wanted to be a SEAL. Job done. To each his own.

[@DJ-pw2eo]

who the fook is this guy?!?

[@kermitketamine7198]

Went through seal training twice, during terrorist attack, runs for his life while children die

[@deeznutz8320]

Jorden Meader Yeah fucking idiot that he is could have gotten shot by the cops, let the emergency services deal with it

[@michaellanphier]

'There are MANY factors that go into what happens after you drop out/fail BUD/S. The first is, of course, WHY you failed. If you have a medical problem, and the staff views you favorably, you’ll likely get rolled into the PTRR ( Physical Training Rest and Recuperation) Division until you recover fully (or near fully) and then get rolled into the next available class. If the Phase Instructors or your Proctor don’t like you, you’ll just get med dropped and sent to the fleet. (more on this in a minute) If you DOR (Drop on Request), you’ll simply go to the fleet. If it’s something administrative (you got a DUI on liberty, you didn’t pass your Secret Clearance, etc.) you’ll likely receive some kind of NJP (non-judicial punishment) from the Captain …. THEN you’ll go to the fleet. Are you sensing a theme yet?? Now, IF the staff determines, for whatever reason, that you’re NOT going to get a roll to a later class and that you’re going to go out to the fleet, there are a few different ways this can play out. If you’re brand new, straight from Great Lakes (read: Boot Camp and Pre-BUD/S), then you won’t have a rate yet. You are officially “undesignated”. If the staff doesn’t like you, they’ll just send you to the fleet undesignated. You’ll get a complete shit job and will have to “strike” for a rate while you’re at your new command. What shit-tastic job you get as an “undesignated” is determined entirely by the needs of the Navy. Get used to hearing that. What it means in this context is that all the utterly crappy jobs they can get enough people to sign up for (BMs, HTs, MSs, etc…) not only do you go to one of these divisions to work, you go there at the bottom of the totem pole! If, however, the staff gives you a decent exit eval, you’ll likely be allowed to go and pick a new rate and get orders to that A-school. Just understand that is NOT a guarantee!! Some of the guys that were exceptional, but just not quite good enough, I know got to pick SWCC, EOD, or Diver schools. Those are all still in NSW and quite prestigious in their own rights. Other guys I know got to pick ET, MM, HM, and even SeaBees. Now, if you’re coming from the fleet and already have an existing rate, you’ll simply go back to the fleet and continue working in that rate. You may or may not go back to your initial command. That decision depends on several factors including how long you’ve been gone and if your position at your old command (billet) has already been filled. The thing you need to understand is that you start building your reputation within the community the DAY you step foot on the Strand. Lock in the mindset that you’re being watched 24/7. ALWAYS do the right thing and ALWAYS work hard!! The instructor staff WILL see you and take note. If they see you putting out 100% every day, every evolution, but, for whatever reason you’re just not quite up to the mark, they WILL take care of you. However, the converse is ALSO true….if you’re a shit-bag who only looks out for himself, they’ll find a way to make you quit…and you’ll get ZERO slack on the way out of town…'

[@davidanspach1624]

@Jorden Meader Who did he save? He was literally called out publicly by the Las Vegas Metro Police for demanding that a cop who was taking cover from gunfire give him a gun. The whole thing was livestreamed.

[@cspeeddawg7763]

His body is so out of proportion it's crazy

[@carlossanchez-ge7tz]

Fight through the pain, mind over matter

[@swim2kill]

SEAL training is like 3 years long. Buds is the 1st 6 months of that.

[@graylobo133]

Hey Dan, Is Don Shipley bro....!

[@drillaboyzent.1668]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@paulc9668]

Surely SEAL Team training starts after you pass the selection process? So, if you don't pass the selection element, how can you graduate?

[@rayraymail]

So now you know that if you drop out of high school, you can still say that you graduated lol

[@jroll0410]

"look at how many times i failed."

[@ffryan]

Granted I am not in the SEAL community but I have never heard of anyone making it to 3rd phase and being "2 days away", and being rolled back the entire way back to phase 1 again. Something seems fishy here. Every guy I have ever read or seen ,who was rolled for medical or performance reasons, gets rolled to the beginning of that phase. Unless they kick you out for an integrity failure (in which how would you be allowed back), or obviously if you quit. Also, finishing BUDS doesn't make you a SEAL. You still have jump school and SQT before you get your Trident. Would love to know the real story because I don't think we are getting it here

[@waterwarriors911]

You are more than likely correct. I was at Buds and know the story's very very well. I hope he feels better about himself as he obviously is in pain about something else in his life. Those scares are not easily hidden and his are on his sleeves.

[@dianequelch9301]

good luck to him

[@naui_diver9290]

He goes..he goes...he goes...he goes... He goes.... He goes

[@tesco-cs]

Title should be renamed ‘Running around the park twice’ and passing it off as navy seal training.

[@bigpharmasports9120]

Sounds like this dude does just about everything at least twice.

[@kylewattssurfing3266]

Yes awesome cool....

[@mannyhammer2432]

Matt best needs to see this vid

[@joshparris6381]

Seriously can’t stand this guy

[@HorseFromHell]

Don Shipley lol

[@giovanniespino3384]

What kind of watch is he currently wearing?

[@TheNelsb92]

Dan is the man. What a legend. All the haters are just jealous