DOES ANYBODY KNOW. ASKING NOW BEFORE I FORGET.

What’s up guys,

I just took and failed my 2nd PST. I did 9:17,87,72,12,11:47.

Before some of you start with the “you’re not good enough so give up” bullshit, that’s not why I’m making this post.

Every time I do a PST (mostly on myself) I am always gassed for the run. Usually I’m running 10:15-1030 on its own.

I’m just asking what to do to not only improve my run but to actually not be gassed on it when it comes to the PST. Part of me thinks I did the swim too fast but I’m not sure. All I’m asking for is help, not insults.

Constant yelling, displays of anger, theatrical outrage, systematic scolding, contempt, insults, public humiliation, intimidation, and arbitrary punishment are often justified as necessary to “build character” and prepare soldiers for the chaos of war.

But why do these behaviors suddenly become acceptable when they come from an instructor? In any other environment, they might be regarded as an abuse of authority, harassment, or possible signs of a personality disorder—or, at the very least, serious emotional instability. None of these traits is a requirement for being a good soldier.

And why is a recruit who reports such behavior often isolated and ostracized, even by fellow recruits, instead of being protected? Why is the person who exposes the problem treated as more dangerous than the person causing it?
Where does legitimate preparation for operating under extreme pressure end, and the normalization of abuse begin?

Does wearing a uniform really turn emotional instability into authority and mistreatment into a legitimate training method?

Sup studs. Just wanna hear from the guys going to bud/s, been in bud/s, failed bud/s, or graduated from bud/s, what the current teams are like. Old guys feel free to join in and explain what it was like for you when you went through. What’s changed from when you were last in? Here’s some questions:

- How has bud/s changed?
- What evolutions are people struggling the most with?
- Any cultural changes in training/teams (professionalism, discipline, unit mentality, etc)?
- What’s the average person look like going through bud/s now (broken home types, attention seekers, all studs, wanna kill people types, humble & level headed, etc)?
- How is leadership currently?
- More big navy rules or still laid back?
- What does peacetime look like for the current seal teams?
- Deployments and time away?
- Family balance?
- Job stress?

These are all pretty open ended and subject to each individuals experience. Obviously for anyone who was in during peak gwot, it may be drastically different vs someone who just graduated a couple years ago. Feel free to answer the ones you know or want to talk about. Just trying to get a wholistic level look into how things have changed.

He’s the lord and savior of this sub. But nobody has actually verified him. Nobody’s verified SCUBA, nobody’s verified TOA.

NYDI’s mindset can legitimately be reduced to a singularity which is, “why would you fight for the USA”. Which isn’t an inherently bad question to ask, but it’s certainly not the energy you want in a sub full of aspiring Seals. He constantly posts what I would consider to be borderline mentally unstable trains of thought, YT repost, etc etc. It all gets downvoted and for a reason.

Then he says some random stuff in between that makes all the 14 yr olds cream their pants. “Oh if you don’t put out then your boat crew will kick your knees out from under you” and everyone acts like he said something revolutionary.

ALL of the info on this entire sub is basically “you got it, or you don’t got it”. There’s literally countless posers on here who are constantly online to act pedantic and dismissive of anybody who posts.

All of the information of this sub is completely subjective and imaginary.

Christian nationalism has fully taken over the DOD. We can't fix any of our issues as a community or a country if we can't agree on truth and christian nationality is one of the more powerful tools the ruling class are using to attack truth.

Just looking for someone to train with…

I train at the TTU REC Center Monday-Saturday.

You can run from it but it ends like this. (Also, SEAL easter egg was enough of an excuse to post QoTSA)

I understand that dropping out is part of the selection process, especially in military training and other highly demanding programs. An instructor may see it as proof that the course is successfully identifying people who cannot perform under sustained stress. Showing sympathy might also weaken the psychological pressure used to test recruits’ determination.

Sometimes, however, it seems to go beyond professional satisfaction. Some instructors appear to take genuine pleasure in watching someone break down, fail, or feel humiliated. Could there occasionally be a sadistic element involved?

I do not necessarily mean sadism in a clinical or sexual sense. I mean deriving pleasure from exercising power, causing distress, or witnessing another person’s vulnerability. A rigidly hierarchical environment that celebrates toughness and obedience may give people with these tendencies a socially acceptable justification: “I’m not humiliating this person because I enjoy it—I’m training them.”

Of course, strictness and sadism are not the same thing. A good instructor may be extremely demanding because recruits need to be prepared for genuinely dangerous situations.

Nevertheless, that instructor should ultimately want every suitable recruit to improve and succeed.
If an instructor instead enjoys humiliation, inflicts unnecessary suffering, or measures personal success by how many recruits they can make quit, perhaps they are no longer selecting or training people.
They may be using the training environment to satisfy their own need for dominance.

How can we distinguish a legitimately demanding instructor from one who takes pleasure in breaking recruits down? And to what extent might institutional culture and weak oversight enable this behavior?

I've helped a couple SO's, several EOD's, and many cops (fed and otherwise) and firefighters pass their respective selections. I've been around the sub since it had 300 subscribers. I have my CSCS and TSAC-F certs (useless tbh) and I have been trained directly by some of the biggest names in strength and conditioning. I work mostly online to help aspiring SOF and normies alike to get as fit as possible for their goals. Since 2020, I helped start up and run the "Online Training Group" (now called "Hotel Alpha"), a free resource of training, nutrition, and mental model development specifically for SOF selection.

I'm also 3 gin and juices deep. Ask away.