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Questions Re: going back into navy as officer/seal
Hello everyone I'm new to this site and I have a few questions that I would like to ask and any information would be most helpful! Thank you.
My boyfriend has been out since early 2011 and has been really debating on going back in as an officer/seal. My first question, Is he able to go through officer school before buds?
and also how much different is Seal life than enlisted life before?
Something we talked about is if this is something he truly wants to do I'll be beside him 120% but this time we will be a family and I'll go with him. Any help on how the life is on the family of seals.
Thank you all!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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If he wants to be an officer and a SEAL, he must be an officer first. He needs to talk to an officer recruiter, not a regular enlisted recruiter.
Very few billets available, very intense competition, moreso than for the enlisted men.
Start here:
http://www.sealswcc.com/navy-seals-officer-application-steps.html#....
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Permalink Reply by Markimo on
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Thank you, Do you know how the life as a seal is different than just regular active duty?
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I do know they must be ready to deploy without much notice, and family often has no contact, doesn't know exactly where they are or what they're doing or when they will return. The OPSEC and PERSEC is much tighter. I don't know this first hand, just what I've heard around from wives. Maybe someone will check in and provide better info.
A sailor on a ship or sub has some idea of their schedule. SEALs, not so much.
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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To apply to the OCS program (Officer Candidate School), your boyfriend must be a college graduate. All accepted applicants go thru the OCS program in Newport, RI. After which they go to do training in whatever specialty they have been accepted. For example, the nukes go to Nuke Power School (for officer), etc. If a nuke is going on a sub, then there's another 4 months of training in sub school. Intelligence specialist go into special place for that, etc. etc. The officers who will be seals have their own version of the pre-Buds. Sorry, I don't know the details. The ones going into the medical field (including dental) have a different version of the OCS (not as physically rigorous). Training for seals is tough - not just physically but mentally as well. The academic requirements are also very, very high. Your boyfriend will first have to qualify. He should be talking specifically to a recruiter for officers. He might be able to get some info from the recruiter for you.
The only seal we met at OCS graduation for our son was someone who had been an enlisted seal. He had moved up in the ranks already was around 27/28. Another seal we know is a linguist - speaks 3/4 languages.
I don't think you are going to get very much information from families of seals (understandably). I would guess in many ways it would be like being the wife and any other officer on "top secret" assignments - no communications whatsoever. He'll be assigned where the Navy needs him.
By the way, even if I knew precisely what life is like for our seal families I would not tell you - simply to protect these men and women. Sorry if this sounds harsh but you'll never know who you can trust. Whatever the recruiter is authorized to disclose to your boyfriend is all you are should be entitled to. The seal families are a tight community. If your boyfriend makes it and you become his wife, you will get all the support you need. Best of luck.
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He is going to have some challenges going back into the Navy, he is past the point where he can just get back in. He has to do everything all over again, minus the bootcamp part. He is what is called a NAVET. Meaning he was in the Navy before...and they are taking very, very, very few of them back in. I know at least five people right now that have been trying to get back in after only being out a year or two and there just are not that many spot. I am telling you that, as he needs to have a back up plan and not put all his eggs in the basket of he is getting back in the Navy. The way many recruiters look at it as, the left the first time, why should they waste their time with a NAVET.
Regarding the family life of a SEAL first he has to make it through the process and very, few do.
HE needs to think about if he does not make it through SEALS training will he be happy doing something else, that will be out of his control.
Regarding going officer than going SEAL...they normally home grow there own Officers. Meaning the SEAL Officers work their way up through the ranks. They do not normally just take people who are Officers and allow them to go SEALS.
Recommend your BF do some more research and meet with a SEAL motivator to see if he even qualify
http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/milpersman/1000/120...
How old is your BF? How long was he in before? What was his rating and paygrade when he left?
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