<p>lol… if the OP was legit, why is he posting here and not on the Law School forum?</p>
<p>And… according to the OP, he received his Trident after 12-months! You must have caught all the classes at the exact timing and excelled at everything thrown at you. I guess those Army Special Forces guys are pansies for taking 2+ years of training, after the selection course, to earn their SF tab.</p>
<p>And if the OP was legit, he went right from a college without ROTC into Navy SEALS BUDs training without the 5 week mandatory orientation which would have been at the end of his college career in Aprl 2008 because BUDS271 began in early May 2008…Let alone skipping the physical preassesment.
It’s too bad the Stolen Valour Act was found to be unconstitutional because it would have prevented people from claiming to be NAVY SEALS or Medal of Honor recipients.</p>
<p>The OPs story has more holes than swiss-cheese, but to entertain the plausibility of it all:</p>
<p>The OP could have finished his Harvard studies in Fall '07, but was classified as an '08 grad. If that was the case, he would have been in the very first Navy OCS course in January '08, and then immediately started BUDs training after his commission! Upon completing BUDs, he went straight to SEAL training. </p>
<p>Not to hard to believe… until he stated he had been a SEAL for 5 years; which implies he received his Trident before Dec 31, 2008. Assuming Navy OCS is 3 months, he could have been with BUDS271, but to claim he finished SEAL training and was awarded the “Budweiser” pin by the end of '08 is preposterous. The only time I’ve ever heard of seen anything remotely close to this was in “GI Jane”!</p>
<p>As I mentioned above, after passing the selection course, prospective Army SF soldiers have at least another 2 years of training before they receive their SF tab (comparable to the “Budweiser” pin SEALs wear); only then can they wear the Green Beret.</p>
<p>Heck, Air Force Para-rescuemen and Combat Controllers (with over 90% attrition rate during the selection process) require 36 months of training before they’re awarded their respective berets and badges!</p>
<p>As a veteran, it’s unfortunate to hear what happened to the Stolen Valor Act.</p>
<p>Didn’t think active duty SEALS could disclose that they’re seals anyway.</p>
<p>^Etuck you can. A lot of people in the San Diego/Coronado area are SEALs (due to the base nearby) and people can usually tell if they are a SEAL. You can’t tell people when you’re deploying, where you’re deploying and why, etc. </p>
<p>You can tell your friends + family, “Oh I’m in the Navy as a SEAL.”</p>
<p>All I could do at this point is give that guy a LSAT target score (I didn’t see any LSAT score, or else I would have given him a reach-match-safety type of verdict)</p>