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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Frankly, I do not think that is the SEAL's problem.
You allow volunteers to apply for training, without discrimination, for or against anyone.
You assess and select against strict standards, without unfairness.
You train those who make it, regardless of their color or creed, and if they succeed, welcome them into their new brotherhood.
Screw all of this searching and helping. You make it, or you don't, on your own. This is allegedly an elite military unit, not a social program.
The security of the nation is no place to be playing games and making exceptions for anyone.
I accept that this concept may be hard to grasp for people who are not members of our brotherhood.
TR
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TR
You really can get "our" points(SF)across to those who don't quite get what it means to be a Special Forces soldier,or for that matter how we are trained and why and what we're actually all about......... The brotherhood,it's who we are...
Big Teddy 
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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