Simulated combat conditions?.....I guess building a monument/shrine for the instructors is a battlefield task. Not being allowed basic hygienge is battlefied task? Istructors shovelling sand on candidates is not hazing? Is shoveling sand on someone a battlefield task? Hmmmmmm. Or does it build a brotherhood cohesion when under stress?. Hmmmmmmm. Interesting concept huh? Building teamwork when under stress. As for having medical personnell on duty for those sailors who are dangerously close to hypothermia, well that doesnt always happen. The medical personnell are not always around. The doctor showed up for about and hour then got back in his HUMVEE and left. I can speak from experience on that one. Hence the Rangers who died in of hypothermia in the Florida phase of Ranger School in 94. When i was in Ranger school i never saw a doc in the field. You obviously didnt watch the same program i watched if you didnt see the SEAL instructors actions as hazing. Hollering in a bullhorn is combat related? Oh i forgot, its called psychological warfare (yeah right) . Face it. Not all of the tasks that were showed on the show were "combat related". And niether were all of the tasks i completed in Ranger school "combat related". If you thought that they were then you are in an elevated state of happydom. They are tasks that are invented to make the "initiation" more difficult so they could weed out the less devoted. If they cant hang then they drop out. Plain and simple. The Seals are looking for special people just like my frat is looking for special people. Its not for everyone. recieving a "bid" for Seal training just entitles you to a invitation to be tested. Those who flunk, well thats on them. Masonory is the same way. Its not for everyone. There has to be techniques to weed out the unworthy. Like the instructors on the program said, if the candidates cant make it through "hell week" then they dont want them in the brotherhood of SEALs. I feel the same way about my Fraternity.
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