Should you be afraid of seals? If so, which ones? Well, trained seals bark while balancing beach balls on their snouts. Navy SEALs attack with precision and deadly force against the most dastardly enemies of the United States. Just ask Osama Bin Laden. Never mind…he won't answer (he's been "Sealed" and delivered to the bottom of the sea).

Every kid imagines growing up to be a hero, and pretty much everyone has played out save-the-day scenarios in their heads a thousand times or become a commando in any variety of video games. But that won't get them past the application window.

^{You ain't goin' nowhere, bub.}

If you're extraordinarily brave, physically (but, more importantly, mentally) tough, highly disciplined, super motivated, and have a spirit that never gives up and cares about others more than yourself, you can aspire to be among the elite of the elite. Not just in the Navy, not just in the U.S. Military, but in the whole world of fighting forces.

Two-thirds of the world is water. Our Navy's job is to protect our country at home and abroad by manning the seas. It's a huge job in a vast ocean of danger and opportunity.

Does Neptune call to you in dreams? Do endless waves and foreign ports excite your imagination? Does serving your country make your heart swell with pride? Does free on-the-job training and fully paid college tuition when you leave the force make your wallet swell with cash?

All right, ye swab, to be a SEAL…ye first must join the Navy.

There are hundreds of jobs in the Navy, but you want one that calls for extreme courage and capability under fire. In order to get in, you have to survive the toughest training in the world, culminating in what is referred to as "hell week."

Only one in twenty make it through training. Your odds aren't much better than if you'd been selected to compete in the Hunger Games. And for anyone worrying/hoping that the tests will get easier now that women can be SEALs, don't. The Navy isn't changing anything. Shame on you for even thinking that.

Here's your job description. Read it carefully. "Neutralizing threats. Defusing bombs. Doing anything from rescuing people in distress to salvaging vital equipment from treacherous depths. The SEALs take on the most impossible missions and the most elusive targets."

This is not a video game, dreamer. It's reality warfare. Life and death. No safety checkpoints where you can die and come immediately back to life. Are you ready to qualify?

SEa Air & Land = SEAL. You're not just a Navy sailor, you're Air Force and Army combined with Navy. Whatever it takes, you've got to bring it.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is nearly impossible. You're to fly by night into a hostile, nuclear-armed country that strictly forbids your entrance, and then into the secret compound of the person responsible for planning and executing the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. that killed 3,000 people and launched two major wars.

You must land and enter the compound and make it past all of the guards and barriers of the most notorious terrorist in the world, either capture or kill him and then leave that country without being detected. And you're not allowed to bring in Jack Bauer to cover you.

^{He doesn't look as scary when signing autographs.}

Do you have any idea what might await you on this mission? But here's the thing...you have been trained for just such missions and your fellow SEALs have your back, just as you have theirs. There's no better cover.

How's this for a motto: "The only easy day was yesterday." If you want to SEAL the deal and take on a hard tomorrow, learn everything you can about what it takes to become an elite SEAL. Look deep within to find the fire you'll need to fuel this journey. We salute you.

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