Am I the only one who thought this was funny?
So you pass IF you DON’T drown? 
Wasn’t there a Pit rant somewhere about how it’s not Navy SEAL, it’s just SEAL?
Besides, I could do the pool stuff if you gave me a couplethree months to get back into condition, but landlubber stuff, ain’t gonna happen. I will keel over and die after half a mile.
If I was 13 years young I could…still not pass these tests. 
Yeah, it’s now part of the Elizabeth Arden sea salt body rub treatment and it’ll set you back about $200 at the day spa.
Yes, but if you fail at least your service record will indicate that you’re not a witch.
I’m fairly sure I could pass any of the swimming tests that involved fins. However, swimming more than 10 feet without fins feels ridiculous; I keep waving my stumpy little feet and I don’t go anywhere.
The physical requirements are not all there is to being a SEAL. By in large, the greatest hurdle is the mental challenge. If you don’t have a fierce, burning-magnesium type desire to be one, don’t bother.
As of 2002, Numerical Operations & Coding Speed are gone. They’ve been replaced by ‘Assembling Objects’, which isn’t yet used except for a few specialty Navy jobs. VE is 'Verbal Expression, and consists of Word Knowledge + Paragraph Comprehension.
From here:
Coding Speed
The Coding Speed Test contains 84 items to see how quickly and accurately you can find a number in a table. At the top of each section is a number table or “key.” The key is a group of words with a code number for each word. Each item in the test is a word taken from the key at the top of that page. From among the possible answers listed for each item, find the one that is the correct code number for that word.
Examples:
Key
green … 2715 man … 3451 salt … 4586
hat … 1413 room … 2864 tree … 5972
Answers
- room 1413 2715 2864 3451 4586
- green 2715 2864 3451 4586 5972
- tree 1413 2715 3451 4586 5972
- hat 1413 2715 3451 4586 5972
- room 1413 2864 3451 4586 5972
I’ve worked with Seals several times, and was always impressed by their intelligence, physical fitness, and overall excellence. The phrase “Best of the best of the best” comes to mind. Several Seal Corpsmen joined me in a study group for 1st class Petty Officer at Navy Hospital Balboa, back in the day. They not only impressed me for the above reasons, but because they were truly nice guys. They just didn’t have anything to prove.
Would I get a cigarette break between tests?
I think I could pass all tests given a few months to prepare. I’m not in great shape right now, but I’ve certainly been capable of running and swimming long distances in the past, and swimming with flippers is a piece of cake.
I aced the ASVAB except the coding. I only got 85% on it.
I could never in my life have made the PT side. I can barely swim and running a mile is tough.
This was way back in 1984. I knew some of the Seals.
They were trained to an absolute top level. In San Diego for practice a Seal Squad would try to take out an Aircraft Carrier in port. 7 Seals swam to the water side of the Connie and they worked their way up. Apparently they worked to secure the entire ship rapidly. A grenade to MarDet, 2 took the bridge and 2 to take DC control.
Etc. They succeeded. Kick ass shit.
I was at a bar once and my dopey friend picked a fight with some marines. He had only me and my fellow geek to back him up, he was use to drinking with guys that enjoyed fighting. We took our beers and hid under the table as the Jar Heads started in on him. They were making many rude remarks about the NAVY and finally one guy got up and 3 marines were subdued in less than a minute. Yep, he was a SEAL.
Same here, the swimming (especially with fins) not the issue. Eventually, I’m sure I’d finish the obstacle course and 4 mile runs and 14 mile runs. Even with boots on. I just am sure they’d expect me to do it much, much, much, much faster.
Plus, I’ve heard things about pushups (which I couldn’t do to save my life)
What are you guys talking about? I’ve been a Seal numerous times and I’ve never passed a single test.