how to FAIL at being a NAVY Seal

He strapped on all of his gear, jumped into the pool... and sank like a rock.

[@GeminiLeague]

Everyone is making fun of a man who strapped what looks to be at least an 25 lbs to himself and jumped into a pool knowing he could not swim. This is courage, he did not fail anything.

[@RealSeattle]

Right? Many people think that swimming is a natural skill , but I've been through similar training like this in Marine Corps boot camp and seen people flail quickly because of fear of drowning. This is a serious fear! Having to keep your rifle on you , thus limited your arms' range puts a real damper on anyone's confidence. You'll also have boots, a helmet, and full uniform on so that adds lots of weight. This guy will survive. He'll get his confidence soon. Full faith.

[@isaacam4240]

I agree with Mitch the man may possibly know how to swim but the weapon, ammo and armour with boots will definantly weigh him down and even joining and risking his life in future combat takes more courage than most people have

[@muratdinc3300]

Pierre Pierregothomes it s not about fair or capablity of swiming skill it s about weights on him dont u see that? noone can swim with that much weight. basic physics rule

[@muratdinc3300]

murat dinç btw I was a navy solder too

[@drogoredsmith4854]

fear is an obstacle like all other things. This man was unable to overcome and adapt. In my Basic course we had a few fail the combat swim portion...but they didnt take the first fail as the end all. they tried again and kicked some ass. I hope this guy succeeded later on.

[@bnkrmike29]

Damn, his fate almost got.. seal'ed

[@ScottyHunter]

I certainly hope you put on your sunglasses during that dramatic pause.

[@dariuzthemacaroni1308]

I should fucking give you a medal for that LOL

[@NoStress90s]

Scotty Hunter fuck the sun glasses, I hope that pause was for him to take a drag of his marb100 and exhaled as he said.. seal'ed

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

tantan tan lol EPIC!

[@thecolossalwang2308]

You are my Lord and savior. Bow to this man now

[@Hex0rcist]

Believe it or not you were swimming. probably made that mans day hearing that. Proud of him for taking the leap with so much fear.

[@nasto19nj]

This is not BUDS. He was definitely in the army. Notice the ACUs he is wearing. there are others standing around in ACUs as well

[@Hex0rcist]

i never said anything about buds....i'm aware this is not buds thanks

[@jcbbb]

Nicholas Hall He was looking for somewhere to say BUD/S so someone would think he knew what he was talking about. edit: The video title was SEAL training, so I was wrong. Even though you never mentioned it.

[@CoRe01337]

Black ppl cant swim

[@nasto19nj]

gocaush1337 Dude you would be surprised at how many people go to navy boot camp and can't swim. When i went they had you swim everyday if you didn't know how. Most of the recruits that had to go were black. Its a real thing.

[@alexroxhissox]

Did you hear his instructor at the end? "Believe it or not, you were swimming" Says it all. People who think shit like this is barbaric have no fucking idea the positive impact being pushed to your limits can have on you. I'm proud of that man and I'm damn sure he was proud of himself in that moment.

[@J_Schecter]

you're damn right. maybe because of those words, he went back to a pool and overcame his fear. if he spat in him, he would be afraid for life most likely.

[@philferrara5990]

+Alex Henderson You learn a lot about overcoming fear during training. I was Army, not Navy, doing my 15 week OSUT course (basic + infantry training rolled into one course, as opposed to 10 weeks in basic and then separate AIT). I remember being scared shitless on the Eagle Tower. You have to climb a bunch of 2x4's up a fifty or sixty (it was five years ago I don't remember which it was) foot tall tower. Then you rappel down it secured by a rope harness with a couple carabiners and knots holding it together that you just learned how to make yourself. Besides the visceral "do not do this" feeling you get when you lean back off the tower the first time (which was more intense than I had expected), I managed to fuck up about 15' from the ground. I pushed off just slightly harder or later with one leg than the other, and so when I swung back towards the tower I was no longer feet forward and slammed into it sideways. When that happened, I obviously couldn't control my balance with my legs anymore, and ended up with my head about 3/4 of the way pointed towards the ground. So I was REALLY hoping my harness didn't give or I didn't slip out of it and crack my skull/break my neck. I managed to get to the ground, albeit by short drops and hand breaking. Because I didn't rappel down the tower properly that first time, I was sent back up again by my drill sergeant. After the first incident instead of just being nervous when I got to the top, I was genuinely frightened. My muscles felt like jelly. But I had to go again. My emotions were screaming "you're going to die if you fuck up again and your muscles are so tired you're arms are shaking". I knew logically it was unlikely I'd die or anything, but emotions don't always listen to logic, especially when you're flooded with adrenaline. But, I went again and got it right. Maybe it would have seemed cruel to send somebody who's obviously scared shitless to go do the exact thing that's terrifying them. But that's how you overcome fear. By facing it. If I were physically able to (my spine is now fucked up so I'm not able to do a lot), I'd go do it again now, without the fear, because I've overcome it.

[@alexroxhissox]

+TheRandomBikers "if this is legit training for the navy seals" It isn't.

[@vasocreta]

+Alex Henderson exactly. Well said.

[@twenibaby6567]

Loool i thought he said believe it or not you is woman

[@nthhotsauce34]

first not even close to seal training. second this is army water confidence training. you jump in with all of your gear and you take it off when you start to sink and swim to the surface. obviously he does not know how to swim and freaked out because of sinking and not being able to ditch his gear. does not make him a failed navy seal, does not make him a bad soldier, does not make him a black stereotype. I don't see any of you taking that step with full ACUs and Load bearing equipment.

[@305663]

nthhotsauce34 "...with all your gear.." He has like three small things on his waist.

[@michaelcorey9910]

I did this shit with a flak, kevlar, pack, and rifle and had to swim with all of it. He's wearing an empty lbv and has a rubber rifle. He lost his cool and didn't have confidence in his own ability. That's all.

[@theleh]

trollerxoxox You can't put troller in your name, and then try to troll someone.It just doesn't work. You might want to change your name, young one.

[@trollerxoxox]

cyclopamine No but you can continue having your mother until something better comes up.

[@michaelcorey9910]

We're all adults, in theory, act like it you little shits.

[@AtrolinK]

"I can't swim!" "So what job have you decided to do?" "I'll be weather a fisherman, a lifeguard or a navy seal"

[@ThisRecordsScratched]

"believe it or not, you were swimmin" 'murican accents lol.

[@Haylem]

Lol he just pulled that kid like nothing.

[@Dev-In-Denver123]

+Vince Haylem Lol couldn't you? Especially with a strap? Don't tell me your back couldn't handle it lol no man is that weak

[@Direwoof]

+Vince Haylem That dude probably like 160 lbs lol.

[@alvinksmith3]

First off.. this is probably a junior ROTC.. or a basic training class.. in order to be a SEAL you have to already be in the Navy and they make sure you have the basic idea of swimming before you go any further.. Second its ironic to me that trolls at home who spend hours daily watching military vids are clowing someone trying to be out there doing it foreel. You should thank this man. He's fighting so you and your 64oz big gulp and bag of chips can be consumed while you sit behind the safety of your keyboard and monitor

[@sosic172]

Putting a black man in the water and expecting him to swim good is almost as silly as putting Hillary in the white house expecting her to lead good.

[@chartkings6801]

=

[@MrHamouza1]

shut up .

[@burntrubberballs]

swim well

[@chicago1680]

lol

[@3xampl]

LOL

[@Crosby4hyg]

---------Insert racist joke about black people swimming-----------

[@colespeirs4801]

Dude fuck off that's not funny or even amusing. Get a life :)

[@Crosby4hyg]

Cole Speirs lol

[@colespeirs4801]

casey escobar yep, a KTM super duke, and its not mine but i wish it was.

[@nicmccarthy816]

+Cole Speirs i like how there are more comments about your bike

[@colespeirs4801]

Nic McCarthy lol ya

[@cameraman655]

Definitely not SEAL training as others have mentioned. The uniforms are Army issue and old uniforms at that, I'd say this was shot some 15 years ago.

[@MrgotPump]

those are ACUs, acus came out in like 04

[@Woody-nc1ru]

cameraman655 defiantly not BUDS. Looks like boot camp somewhere. Looking at the other comments, Yeah I suppose he faced his fear but he QUIT.....

[@Woody-nc1ru]

msgtslotter welcome to the real world,,,, I've been there and done it, you'll see, maybe....... When you get old enough

[@MikMoen]

I think the majority of people fail to realize that Humans are not natural swimmers. We're land animals we don't belong in the water.

[@GlossaME]

Yeah, but how did he get to that point? Change your career

[@Vokunos]

then fuckin evolve

[@TheDrewChannelHD]

Yet we have small webs in between our fingers and toes enabling us to swim? Second we evolved from reptiles and amoebas? I'm pretty sure the chain of evolution actually starts in water as well lol so your point buddy is invalid, change or delete your comment.

[@MikMoen]

TheDrewChannelHD We're mammals, we didn't evolve from reptiles. I said we're not natural swimmers, I didn't say we CAN'T swim. We're just not genetically meant to. Why do you have to be pompous?

[@holypigfrill]

Yeah but I'm an air cadet and have flown a plane and experienced things like g force and humans didn't evolve from birds so we aren't used to high altitude and hight g force so really his point is valid we are mammals land creatures

[@jeremyespil6297]

Of course he would fail at being a NAVY SeAL... He's in the fucking Army.

[@GUNSHIPFLEX]

This is army training . Not seal ..

[@josephstalin2717]

This isn't SEAL training...

[@kaizen2445]

to all the racists...I'm black and I rock at swimming

[@nurarihy0n]

+Davide Touzahouin i mean the life guard in the water is black, shows the ignorance of the racist on here lol

[@ptf9674]

"rock"....on purpose?

[@YFNGamer1]

+Davide Touzahouin Like a rock.

[@vincent7520]

+Davide Touzahouin Man this is not being racist to say that the poor guy didn't know how to swim but didn't acknowledge it. Who said that back people cannot swim ? This would be ridiculous.

[@slyarsenal]

+Davide Touzahouin But I bet you can't jump then haha

[@HoxtonLive]

the guy just pulled him out of water like a sack of potato lmao

[@RealSeattle]

I love one of the last parts of motivation that the instructor said. Paraphrasing, "You were swimming.", as if to tell the guy he had it right but freaked out and failed. Well, time to do it again!

[@liveontheclassics]

I love how he was freaking out when he went into the pool xD

[@user-si6jy8dt8u]

This not SEAL training. This is US Army training.

[@zulujuju7592]

don't panic DON'T PANIC, he paniced

[@hongkongfooyHAZE]

believe it or not:) love this CO just lifts out ...class

[@jhanks2012]

Guys the uploader never actually claimed this was a navy seal. The title is accurate, this is one good way to fail at being a seal

[@danielshamu8890]

He was swimming, he just didn`t know it

[@pijef]

This isn't fucking SEAL training.

[@menaceman9011]

Respect. The man did the best he could do.

[@FOXTR0T1]

This guy wasn't failing at being a SEAL he's a soldier facing his fear of drowning.

[@TommygunNG]

This looks like a training procedure done in some National Guard Recruit Sustainment Program (RSP) drills prior to Basic. The fellow is not attempting SEAL training, but the title is still correct--doing that will fail you. The truth of the matter is that Black males have a much harder time swimming and floating due to denser bone and muscle structure. Consider how few Black males compete in Olympic swimming, while they excel at all the land sports. A Marine relative of mine who has worked as a public pool lifeguard told me that Blacks were far more likely to need rescuing than Whites. And the place actually kept such records. A retired Marine colonel explained how Black Marines in training would all be taken to a pool one day and "qualified," whether they actually passed swimming qualifications or not. Just like the one fellow says at the end, "Believe it or not, you were swimming."

[@austinparris1418]

thats the army not seals

[@CRLee94]

Love the guy on the side, hauls him out with ease

[@grantcoley8803]

even though he didn't do so well, he was still given words of encouragement, i would be honored to be in the army one day

[@mz74smart]

Do people actually think this guy is SEAL? This looks like an overseas training, not even in America...

[@andreassidossis1576]

Uw0tm8 it is in america, but its not seal training,

[@mz74smart]

Andreas Sidossis I have a hard time believing that pool is an American pool haha. But yes, not SEAL training for sure.

[@andreassidossis1576]

Uw0tm8 it is american, the soldier is wearing ACU's and the instructor has the reversed american flag on his shoulder.

[@DJGigaHyperPrime]

Andreas Sidossis​ not in America, this one was in Africa, they can't swim in there

[@andreassidossis1576]

Weber Kendrick good one

[@ItzRetz]

How are you supposed to NOT sink? And I'd like to see the people hating on this guy to do any better...

[@eloisewillsby]

+xgl5 Did 'a'? Don't you mean did 'an'...? Learn your grammar...

[@westyavro]

+xgl5 who rah

[@ItzRetz]

First Last What...?

[@simonriley849]

Eloise, you have nothing better to do than judge people's grammar? Sad. Go find some friends

[@tixxit13]

+Retz you're not supposed to swim by using an ancient technique requiring the movement of all four limbs to propel the body up and keeping the head above water as to not swallow said water and to allow proper air flow. Us laymen call it "swimming" or in its verb form; "swim".

[@architsharma2877]

coach was a beast he pulled the man with his gear out of water so easily

[@Stephxmitch]

love that last line. 'believe it or not, you were swimming'

[@NeuKrofta]

"believe it or not you was swimmin" HAHAHAHAHAaaa funniest shit ever

[@coachrollieworkouts]

"Believe it or not, you were swimming!" That's some funny looking swimming. lol

[@ladyofthesith1943]

I salute this guy. Seriously, it takes some serious skill to get there in the first place, and being a Navy SEAL isn't exactly a walk in the park. Good luck to all soldiers out there, I hope you all make it home safe.

[@MikeyTdrums]

"believe it or not, you were swimming" That guy WON. He jumped in even though he knew he couldn't swim. Thanks for your service sir! Face your fears!

[@TiggyRolls]

"believe it or not, you were swimming" what a boss.

[@reneanguiano5248]

"Alright guy now jump back in and recover your weapon!"

[@joeytrimble]

the poster of the video clearly got the reaction he wanted

[@MerfRockz]

"Believe it or not, your were swim'in" lmao

[@everettdeterville6427]

That took a lot of courage. One thing is for sure, he has heart.

[@lina.jacobsen98]

My sister, the one in my profile picture, she went into the navy and she didnt even know how to swim, she's deathly afraid of it. Now, being out of the Navy, she is still afraid, but she isnt afraid to try things she is afraid of. And as the mother figure in my life, she often encourages me to do the same

[@dreno64]

"believe it or not you were swimming" good motivation.

[@alexthalmann7399]

"Believe it or not, you were swimming!" Brave soldier regardless.

[@Wrestling-Junkeez-Pod]

I love how his drill sergeant? said at the end, "believe it not you were swimming."

[@RMD3]

we did similar training. called it drown proofing. wore helmet, vest, boots, etc. had to keep our heads above water for several minutes with just our legs. good training. takes a few minutes to drown so no need to panic.

[@bl4h1]

I give him props for jumping in under that kind of fear

[@OneTrueLloyd]

Serious credit to the guy for having the guts to try, I had to do something like this for rowing but that was just swimming in full civies. I can't imagine how hard it'd be with all that extra weight on it

[@rickisrandom7]

I would love to see the guy who posted this video go through just one day of Seal training, I would be more than willing to bet that he would fail. This man in the video had the courage to jump in that water even though he couldn't swim and was terrified. He faced his fear and that was courage at it's finest.

[@kylelounsberry5537]

My hat's off to the guy for jumping in knowing that he obviously can't swim, plus the gear. Takes a solid dude to do that.

[@korniestpatch]

"believe it or not you where swimming." Good job.

[@S.E.Sander]

6 years US Navy. Love the water, the sea and the rain.

[@dasteufelhund]

That man had more balls than all of congress put together.

[@user-qn9wc2vk4l]

Hey, dude was scared to death but he still tried- that takes guts most don't have. The fact that he was wearing a uniform tells me he's already accomplished more than most ever will.

[@TeamAncientGaming]

Lol "believe it or not you were swimming" that's great xD

[@salex3766]

bless his heart... at least he tried.

[@johnnymartin-turiaki8845]

That's awesome that he did it, big ups!

[@deathzombee]

"believe it or not, you were swiming."

[@killer428]

"Believe it or not.. you were swimming" lol

[@jimmymurphy2990]

Action speaks louder than words

[@GS-ip5ff]

This wasn't a fail. He was brave enought to conquer his fear

[@The5admeets3vil]

"being brave doesn't mean not being scared... means you go anyway"

[@Joyboy0101]

Don't get why people are saying he can't swim, when he's got a pretty much full military suit on, which will absorb water and weigh him down a ton.

[@floppy744]

yeaaaa, I don't quite think you grasped my point but thanks for the rant.

[@Dan.50]

Would it make sense to make sure these guys can swim before they strap on a bunch of equipment and jumping in the water???

[@stormchaseralex]

looked like his first time in the water not to mention in boots, ACUs and a weapon... that is a hell of a way to learn lol

[@paulmahon5834]

Keep going fella you'll get there.

[@CrazyMunky84]

Good on the guy for having the courage give it a go knowing he can't swim.

[@konpsy7385]

About the title of the vid,cant be too hard at this guy at least he gave it a go,thats halfway to win.

[@nhf1CoCa]

I bet he went on to be an excellent soldier after this, and proved everyone wrong

[@therealuglygrizzly]

Thank you for serving our country

[@PTunnelly]

You can't get rid of fear but you can get through it.

[@jeremyw20]

Much respect to him!!!

[@ERICx223]

If you're even considered to be a seal, you're already at an above average swimming ability.

[@duchessofpercy]

Good for you, you jumped when your brain said not to. Way to face fear! I like the instructor saying :"believe it or not you were swimming"

[@Stangeee]

jeeeezez, the instructor just dragged him out of there like he was weighting 10 pounds.. impressive

[@supersecretbronyclub]

I live in the U.S. I love how you make that grand assumption when it takes 5 seconds to confirm or un-confirm it by going to my channel.

[@KnightOfGaea]

This is part of the army's combat water survival test. There's 5 or 6 events total, including treading water for time, jumping off the high dive blindfolded w/ weapon, swimming w/ gear and weapon (which was the event here) for distance, swimming for time, and one or two others I can't think of off the cuff. Had to do this every semester for ROTC. Not a lot of fun for nonswimmers and weak swimmers.

[@bobbyrengifo16]

I'm more impressed about how that guy just snatched his ass out of the pool.

[@ibuprofenPill]

At least he went against fear and actually tried. I'll give him that.

[@HOOKONTOME]

"believe it or not, you were swimming"

[@DaysOfReckoning]

It's actually easier than you think. Step 1: Open the top part of your blouse. Step 2: Slap down on top of the water and push the air into your blouse and create a pocket. Step 3: Float. This is taught at Navy bootcamp during the swim qual portion. Now it might not help as much with a lot of extra weight, but its better than nothing.

[@theROFLcam]

like jumping in with a suit of armor lol

[@azzcoopz3270]

he sounded like a seal when he jumped in

[@user-sd7qt3hy8l]

He got lucky this time, but his fate almost got seal'd lol.

[@SneakySpartanSnack89]

becoming a navy seal is damn hard you have to be a one in a million guy an i have to say this guy was doing a good job. I'm proud of him

[@redpunk]

There are no lifeguards in the army. Just guys with rescue tubes.

[@johnwunder6901]

I used to read in the back of comic books about Mr Atlas. Worked as well then!

[@TheMadMontageUS]

"believe it or not, you's was swimmin!"

[@TheFrenzy1978]

At least he faced his fears he has to get some respect for that.

[@hoplophobiadoc]

How did he get that far in training?

[@sgthobbes2]

at the end the guy who pulled him out, looks at him and says 'believe it or not, you were swimming'. +1 for Encouragement

[@alexislopez971]

To even get picked for buds, you need to take a PST which involves heavy swimming, so it's not buds. EOD Trainee here.

[@meadowarmenia3451]

navy basic can drive people to their limits, and its very hard. That man had balls to jump in that pool.

[@godlygagegg3417]

Believe it or not, but you were swimming! haha

[@albertprinsloo4362]

love the way the oke just pick him out the water as if he weighs nothing