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

Bro there is an abundance of resources for information on the officer route:

Current as of May of this year

Couple years old, but still pretty good

Trimhopp went to SOAS and was offered an officer slot a while ago. Dig through this thread and his comments for some insight. He's not active on the sub anymore but I'm sure he'd be willing to answer questions. He's chill.

Breaking BUD/S: Nothing in here we haven't heard, but the author lays out the process pretty well. I'm sure some things have changed since the book came out, but it's a good resource.

u/77dude has a son who went through BUD/S as an officer. Maybe he would also be willing to answer questions. But inform yourself first OP so you don't have to ask anything you can Google. (Not being an asshole, just encouraging the "ask three before you ask me" rule I learned growing up)

GED is fine as long as your ASVAB score is high enough. My roommate in IT A school joined when he was 26 to become a SEAL and he was in class 234 (the one the discovery channel did the documentary on) He made it and the last time I saw him was in Bahrain in 2005.

I have a few friends that I made while I was in that served in and around the TEAMS and they actually say THIS is a pretty good book to read and review prior to showing up. There are also some great books by Dick Couch called The Warrior Elite and Finishing School that give some great insight.

The BIGGEST thing is this... you must figure out and answer one question above all others. Do you really want to be a SEAL and be part of that brotherhood and do the job... or do you want to wear the trident and be known as a SEAL? Tons of people want the trident and not the job. If this is you then don't waste your time and effort.

If you're serious and want to learn more about OCS by gobbling up every bit of information you can to get an edge.

I can give you a decent primary source.

Costs you 17 bucks, and you will only read around 20-30 pages from the book.

(Feel free to read the rest to see how we train our SEALs and what makes them one of the best SoF units in the world.)

Breaking B/UDS

This book as you can tell by the title is not exclusively about OCS, but the man who wrote it does write about how HE got into OCS with a SpecOp Billet for the SEALs.

Which obviously is light years more harder to get into SEAL contract for OCS. But the process is somewhat similar and in the book he focuses 3 chapters about how to get into OCS, what requirements are and what they look for, how to be competitive and what to expect life to be after becoming an officer instead of an enlisted.

Edit: Clarification

I don't have any fitness advice, but since you're considering joining BUD/S I thought I'd point out a book for you to read about the training.

The book is called Breaking BUD/S: How Regular Guys Can Become Navy SEALs by DH Xavier.

It's a very informative book about BUD/S, what happens during training, what to do before training, the different jobs there are, the difference between officers and enlisted, etc. It's also mixed with humor so it's even more enjoyable to read.

I thought I'd point it out because from the outside looking in, it seems like all SEALs are gods and they do things you never could. This book can really help you understand that they were once in your position and they're actually pretty normal guys. It doesn't matter if you are an accountant or mechanic, you can still be a SEAL.

Dick Couch also wrote a book called The Warrior Elite which was also very informative. Breaking BUD/S however was more enjoyable to read because it was so straight forward and had a lot of humor and funny analogies.