Breaking BUD/S: How Regular Guys Can Become Navy SEALs

In the back of this book, the authors include a pretty comprehensive reading list for those who are seriously considering becoming SEALs. While I have only read two of the books from the list, they both came from the "Required Reading" section. Those books include "The Warrior Elite" and "The Finishing School" by Dick Couch. I bought this book last night and finished it an hour ago. This book belongs at the top of its own revised "Required Reading" list. Half of this is due to the fact that it describes in detail a more updated version of BUD/S, and is therefore a bit more relevant. The other half is due to the sheer frankness and honesty of the coauthor and narrator, Mark Owens.I've read quite a few other books about other post-9/11 SEALs and their exploits. All are fascinating, but sometimes I've felt they stray into the self-indulgent territory. Not so in this book.** This book is the most refreshingly honest and objective thing I've ever read about BUD/S and what it takes to make it through. Mr. Owens is an officer and describes his personal route via OCS, but also details the exact steps an enlisted man would take and the best way to prepare for either option.Like many men, I've often wondered if I had the ability to be a SEAL. It's something that I've wrestled with for a long time, but Mr. Owens did something that no other SEAL author was able to do. Through his forthright accounts, he made me realize the SEAL lifestyle is not for me, and for that, I'm grateful.I gave this book five stars because it educated me in a way no other book on the same subject has done. Through this education, it answered a burning question and also made me laugh out loud from the politically incorrect humor the Team guys share. If being a SEAL is what you actually want, this book will get you there. If you think being a SEAL is what you want, this will answer the question and then, if it's right for you, it will get you there. If not, it will at least give you a reason to laugh and appreciate the guys who do what most people, such as myself, can only dream of.**To be clear, I've loved all the books I've read about the SEALs, pre- and post-9/11. They served as fascinating character studies and made me relieved that we have so many great men volunteering for such a demanding and necessary job. The last thing I would ever be is critical of a real man doing a real man's job. I am, even by comparison to an Army mess cook, soft as baby sh!t.

Guys if you're even considering Bud/S then of all the resources you can get this is one that you MUST have. Details and more insights than anything you'll read or see. Or even if you're an old guy like me who is a Navy vet from decades past you'll find this book entertaining, funny and "real." Plus the author lists must read books to anyone even considering BUD/S. Plutarch? Really??!! Well hell yeah! The Life of Alexander the Great?? And after you read Breaking BUD/S watch again the movie "300". It will take on a new meaning. And yes, the author is correct. BUD/S seems to be, when viewed from the outside, all physical but in reality, it's a rite of passage not unlike what the Spartan men and boys endured. Getting through it is mental, the will to never quit and the identity change from that of a rugged individual to a total team guy.Did I say this book is funny? It really is a hoot!Added later...........a must read if you're thinking of signing up? This book should be on the author's "required reading " list "With The Old Breed" by EB Sledge. After reading about what the Marines endured at Peleliu and Okinawa during WW 2 any BUD/S candidate can take a tremendous amount of encouragement and strength with him especially during Hell Week. These Marines endured 2 1/2 months of hell on Okinawa spending much time in the mud, constantly wet, getting shot at by snipers and artillery, dealing with horrific smells of rotting corpses left on the battlefield, lack of sanitation and food, going crazy from the insane conditions and lack of sleep. Think of these guys, your grandpa, don't let them down. Seriously? Hell Week should be a walk in the park. These WW2 infantry vets would have gladly traded their literal hell for your Hell Week.

I honestly believe the only reason they couldn't title this the SEAL Training Bible, is because SEAL training is ever-changing and therefore the book would have to update the specifics from time to time.This book is fantastic. I am not a Navy SEAL, but I have been aspiring to become one for years and plan to begin BUD/S as soon as I graduate college. This book did not make or break my decision to attempt one of the most rigorous military training programs in the world, because I already knew it was what I wanted. If I had been on the fence, really if I hadn't even considered it, this book would have made me want to.The book is written in a simple fashion that makes it easy and enjoyable to read and doesn't waste any time, but gives you the bare facts about BUD/S. Complete with section by section breakdowns of every aspect of the training, from reasons why some guys don't make it, to tricks to make things a bit easier on yourself, this book can almost literally tell you if you have what it takes. If you read it and truthfully regard what these men have to say and take it to heart in an honest way with yourself, you will not only know if you have the right mindset to go in, but you will learn ways to prepare yourself in anticipation.I would recommend this book to anyone, even if you have no interest in becoming a Team Guy, because a lot of this stuff is useful for every day life.

Traz todos os detalhes e histórias deste grupo de.elite, colocando o leitor lado a lado c a experiência do autor.

El llibre és interessant pel punt de vista que dona del procés de selecció.En alguns punts pot resultar una mica monòton però s'ha de tenir en consideració quin és el seu públic objectiu.

This was a good book, but in some areas tended to drag on somewhat.

Please beware- the standards have increased somewhat greatly since the writing of this book. Other than that, advice is sound. But war is not imminent and they are less in demand (seals).

This book gives you information you need to know how to prepare for army commando elite level of fitness,and also which kind of mind you need to develop to be able to go trough whole program.