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I just ran a 7:19 minute mile Saturday and was not barely breathing hard. If your not a ummmmm rotund fella its cake. The run is pass or fail long as you can run the mile and a half in under 12 minutes you will pass. I mean I think you could nearly crawl a mile and a half in under 12 minutes!

I can do like a 6:20 mile as long as I'm in shape, and I could probably speed walk a mile in 12 haha. Im a 6'4 walking stick so ya I should be good.

Oh, then navy boot camp is gonna be like a summer camp for you. If you can do 25 push ups pretty quick without stopping I think you need to do 10 pull ups and the walk...er I mean run in under 12minutes you will be fine. Just do as your told the cake is yours. Now if you intend on doing anything combat oriented in the Navy then I would tell you the above statements do not apply.

Im gonna be a Machinists Mate on a ship. Not sure what ship yet though.

And here it is, going back to season 9 when wolf signed up in a blue ferrari f50(which happened to finish second at the leman race that season, nearly winning),two gamer tags ago, had no idea on how to tune(didn't have a differential), barely knew how to paint and slapped on a spy optics sticker. He will be piloting 4 blue spy optic cars in the upcoming lemans races 




The paint scheme utilizes shading from the bottom up, starting with a regular gray, added on with gridded carbon fibre look seen from up close, black gradient shading is from the bottom up then the car is changed to blue. This gives the car a almost dirty shaded look that with the gridding added lets the car have a little more shine from a distance. A white side skirt and mirror finishes off the look.

lol im 5'4 195lbs I dont run well and have a bad knee and i still can run a mile in 7:45. Pushups aint nothing either. But pull ups as in hang from a bar and lift my chin over it? Well you might got me there...

AAR WolfPack wrote:

Im gonna be a Machinists Mate on a ship. Not sure what ship yet though.

At 6ft 4 I can tell you that is gonna SUCK BIG TIME for you. I am 6ft 3 and when I did my float and spent about 30 something days on the ship I HATED it. I cannot tell you how many times you will bang your head! The racks are made for people 5ft 11 and under so you will not fit the racks...Ships are not made for tall people to be. Sainted could jump rope in in the links between doors and not get close to hitting his head....you and I must duck like 7 inches in order not to get another knot on the head!

Also if Marines are on board...stay out of their way. If you don't at least I warned you.

my friends that joined the navy said that its quite the opposite. That the only guys that could push them around like the way you once described marines doing to the sailors were when they had a seal team on their boat. Maybe the marines on their boat arent di**s or maybe things have changed?

Machinist mate. Go talk to your recruiter and see if you can qualify for Nuclear Power. This is the best education available in the Navy, probably the entire military.

Saint, nothing has changed. The Marine Corps still has the highest levels of respect across the world. The Navy does a fine job hauling us around, amongst their other duties. The Air Force is one step from a civilian job. The Army? I laugh at their antics, after the fall of the USSR they are lost, no mission. Sloppy dressers.

.001% if the Navy is special ops. Their training ritual and theoretical missions are impressive. That commands respect, but they won't throw their weight around. Only a boot talks Boo boo. Some existences command respect without any statement. Mine, primarily. LOLOLOL.

from what i understand they said that their ship's superiors demand that all on the ship go by rank, and that does not change based on if one is in a different branch. ie: A marine grunt is equal to a sailor grunt. But like i said, im not there, its just what i have been told by people that i know.

What they say and what happens are two entirely different things..

I suppose the same goes for you right Pred?

Today's military is very different from the one I served in 35 years ago, but some things remain the same or hearken back to an early time for better or for worse.  Typically the farther back in time you go, the more hardcore everything is.  

Today there is less division between branches than when I was in, back in the day. From my view, --old army infantry soldier that I am, all the branches have gotten very soft with lowered requirements and the introduction of woman to combat MOS's. But each era has their challenges, and though the physicality is not as great as it once was, the mental challenges are predominantly the same. 

War-time changes an army (navy, marine, air force, coast guard) in ways unique to the times, just as peace time does. Today's military is far more efficient than it has ever been as a result, having to do more with less while fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. War sharpens the military out of necessity to save lives, temporarily putting aside formalities as they prioritize the art of war and survival. It is reminiscent of WWII when military decorum and bearing only existed as informal command structures in order to defeat the enemy.

Through it all, the military remains a slave to politics and psychology, dictating its motivation and esprit de corps. The challenge for the individual soldier, sailor, airman, marine, and coast guard today is no different than yesterday.  It's still 90% mental, and only 10% physical, as my drill sergeants were fond of saying. It was true then, and it's true now. 

One of my sons serves aboard the USS Ronald Reagan nuclear aircraft carrier as a Navy Sailor, and I had the extreme pleasure of temporarily serving aboard with him, with the same rank and privileges he had, as his guest for 1 week at sea. Being an Army infantry veteran, it was very impressive to say the least. It also gave me a keen insight on how things have changed over the years as we interacted with all military branches.  One of the most moving and majestic things I've ever experienced was aboard the Reagan and the manning of the rails, as we silently left Pearl Harbor in salute to the USS Arizona Memorial, and the USS Missouri. The warm sun was rising over the mountains that misty morning eventually forming a rainbow over the harbor as we stood silently gliding past each ship on battleship row. There wasn't a dry eye I could see except for those in their dress whites manning the rails.  It was truly glorious. 

Yes, things are not nearly as hardcore and physically demanding as they once were, but that is always the case down through history.  Your greater challenge will be to get the most out of your service to your country by putting the most into it mentally more than physically. It still won't be easy, (and don't let anyone tell you it will be easy), but it can be very rewarding in the end.

Very well written and insightful Don.

I have the utmost respect for any military personal...
That being said...The merc "no bid" contractors ie like 'Dude Dangler' chaney's former black water blackin's the eye of the real nobal warrior's

& lemans testing has started, no resting on our Loral's for this team.

VeteranOutlaw has been seen on the track testing after his week off. He has been seen testing his new GTLM #13 Corvette.

Team shots taken today at Sunset speedway with the third car added to the stable, only one missing was Hannibal, out on his Honeymoon.

good job bud

Came packed and loaded for bear this weekend.. good job to you guys in practice and qualifying. VeteranOutlaw has turned into what Brad Keselowski was to dale jr for me.. brought him in, tought him the ropes and he blows me AND saber out of the water in qualifying. SMH good job bud. Can he start this thing from the front and pull off an upset? the waiting for sunday begins..

A couple notes &  things: 
Finished 11th in the NSA race the other night, my Chevy Camaro SS was struggling all over the place, no drive off the corners, braking was bad, over all slow then got lag hit. Shortened the points gap between Roscoe and I by about half. Matt won the race.

Ran my first TORA race this morning, Chevy let me drive SRT'S viper (although they not happy about that  ) Car was pretty decent, had a deficit from not qualifying but made about 90% of it up. Pretty confident my teammates can do the rest.

I am about 99.9 percent certain I will not race lemans next weekend. As a student, and that being my weekend off of work (the boss is on vacation so were closed) I will be off working on a project to get graduated. Life comes before racing and this is one of those things. No graduation= no navy. Procrastination Nation is not the thing to do haha. I might be back for GS and GT MAYBE, will most likely miss ST and GTLM. As a result of this, the paint scheme I was going to run at lemans, will be run tonight and tomorrow. See everybody on the track.

I am back to gear up to race this weekend

It will be mostly me and you hannibal