My Thoughts/prayers from the heart part I before I leave

[SuzieQ49]

I am making a two part journal before I ship out soon for a good year to Bootcamp and BUD/s. I will not be seeing you clowns for a longg time come early November.......but I wanted to leave you guys with thoughts from my heart, and perhaps some of this detailed training descriptions will allow some of you to follow your own dreams or find your dreams.

I don't think any of you have ever spoken to me in real life other than one former poster here, but I am really not like what I portray on here. For one, I am extremeley laid back and hardly ever get upset...and I am so good hearted it takes alot for to critisize someone's flaws in front of there face out of fear of hurting there feelings(which is why I have the computer screen to hide behind :lol: ), and lastly If you become a friend of mine I am loyal to you for life you can count on that....perhaps the computer brings out a new person in many of us. :hey


I am going to be gone for a while, its been a fun 3 1/2 years here. All of what I am going to post in my next 2 articles is all from the heart.....so here it is ladies and gents





Nick Gamble
October 6, 2008

To the best Trainer I have ever met my Trainer Ben:


Many times I have been asked, “Why do you want to be a Navy SEAL?” The truth is there is not one particular answer to this question. I have discovered that I have many reasons for pursuing this dream. If I were to choose one particular reason that sticks out more than others, I believe it comes down to this is who I am. Dedication, commitment, courage, honor, talent, and the will to never quit are all traits that epitomize what a Navy SEAL lives his life by. All of those traits are traits that I cherish and to live my life by. This is what I am, and what I will always be.
When I was back at Springfield College last year, the whole year I felt something was missing in my life. I would wake up every morning and think to myself, “I feel so lost with the direction of my life.” I needed a change; I had lost motivation. I was not taking care of my body, so my wrestling on the team suffered, and in school I was simply coasting by, and I was not getting enough out of my Major. Viewing the whole picture, something was missing. I felt like the first chapter on my life was closing. I got to the point where I had no dreams, no ambitions. My life was on a steady cruise control, and in the long run that was going to do nothing but harm me. So I joined the Navy.
This was something I knew I needed to do but was not sure if it was going to be the best thing for me. Looking back, it was the smartest decision I ever made in my life, because this is how I discovered about Navy SEAL’s for the first time. I discovered what it was like to have a strong goal in life again, so I began training and preparing myself harder and stricter than I ever have in my life before, even when I was at the peak of my powers in wrestling and setting records. The life of becoming a SEAL requires total discipline and sacrifice. Giving up partying and drinking with my friends was one of the hardest things I ever had to do, but it’s something for which I have no regrets. I am enjoying my life now more so than when I was partying and drinking every night with my friends last year. It’s hard to explain, but the inner feeling of knowing you’re doing great things with your life from hard work far exceeds the feeling of happiness you get from booze and fun parties.
Trying to become a Navy SEAL didn’t become just a short- term glorifying dream. After passing my first PST, instead of becoming complacent, I became more dedicated and more motivated than ever. Now months later, I continue to become more motivated and committed every day, striving to improve everything I do. I am always looking to educate myself on how to become a better SEAL candidate. The term, “it pays to be a winner” is starting to sink in with me. I have now hit a point where I am convinced more than ever I am fulfilling my life’s destiny. When you work so hard for something for a long period of time and have incredible results, you know it ‘deep down inside’ that you are there. I never discovered it before, until now. I am more confident, happier with my life than I ever have ever been, and it is because I am pursuing my dream of becoming a Navy SEAL. But like every achievement, you must make it through adversity before reaching the end of the tunnel.
The big obstacle of making it through BUD’s lies ahead, but I have never been so confident in my life of succeeding in something. At SEAL training camp at one point, it was 3 a.m., and I was extremely cold, tired, and hungry. My teeth could be heard chattering from miles away. All I thought to myself during this time was, “This is my life. I love it. I will sit out here and freeze to death before I ever dream of quitting, because I want to be a Navy SEAL.” From the good times to the difficult times, my mentality still remains the same, “I want to be a Navy SEAL; this is who I am.” Why? Because I want to experience the pain and sacrifice it takes to achieve something great….. To push myself to something really worthwhile, with other great men who want the same thing….To overcome great obstacles, proving something deep within…. To know that there is something so great and difficult out there and having the desire to achieve it.
Making it as a Navy SEAL means I am getting to proudly serve my country with the finest and most courageous men in the world and to protect the American people from the scum they call Terrorists. That is the highest honor I could ever think of, knowing the American people sleep well at night because people like me and my teammates are willing to risk our lives to protect them. Being a Navy SEAL is a career. To me, it is the greatest job in the world. While other Americans are working their classic 9-5 daily jobs, I want to be out there at obscure times/places going on important missions, representing the United States Nation as a Navy SEAL. This is who I am.

What does it mean to be a Navy SEAL? This is a very difficult question, because I am not a Navy SEAL., just a contracted SEAL trainee. I believe this question is something I will reserve to answer when I make it as a Navy SEAL. I believe deep down, no one knows what it is like to be a Navy SEAL until they get that Trident pinned on their chest. I don’t know that feeling yet, but someday I will, and I am going to cherish that moment forever.

Entering the SEAL program was the best decision I have ever made in my life. I have found a brotherhood of new friends aspiring to the same dream. It made me stronger physically, it made me more confident than ever, and most importantly, it made me a better person. I look at life in a positive manner at all times now, and I will never ever lose that sight. During this long tenure, I have discovered some of my big weaknesses, and for the next month and at BUD/s, I will continue to find more and more weaknesses. I have learned the only thing you can do is think positively, work hard, and improve on them. As I train with you for the last month, I am going to continue to learn and discover new things about myself. I am going to continue to push myself to the maximum limit and never give up and always listen to what you say, and I know when it’s all over…..I will be unstoppable.



* That was my long thoughtout Reflection Essay I wrote to Ben as I embark on our Final Month of training before Showtime

[SuzieQ49]

Part I

A typically daily schedule goes like this for me

Wake up 5am- 4 Quick sets of 50 pushups then grab a bannana to get ready for my first workout
6am- my first workout beings, intense 1 hour crossfit training workout with SEAL candinates hundreds and hundres of pullups/pushups/situps etc. Postworkout immediate 24 ounce glass of Chocolate Milk the best post workout recovery drink there is for you workoutaholics out there that like doing things natural.

9 am- My first big meal usually a 5 block Meal 40% carbs 30% fat 30% protein
9:30am-11:30am Take a short nap/play with the beagle/do some choirs/grab a quick snack like a apple/bannana right before

12pm-1:30pm Swim Training with Coach....lots of underwater drills, lots of swim drills and laps....I prob do around 3500 meters by the time it is done.

2 pm: 2nd big meal 5 block Meal 40% carbs 30% fat 30% protein

4:30pm-6:30 Hardest training session of the day begins. With Ben. This is tortue. Which I will go into in a moment.

7 pm- If I am lucky to make it up the stairs without passing out, I literally collaspe into the shower then prepare for my last big meal a 5 block meal 40% carbs 30%
Do my last quick 4 sets of 50 pushups then watch some ome Red Sox kick ass/movies then fall Asleep by 10pm


Now let me describe to you the toughest workout Ben ever put me through the other day and what it took to make it through. I hope this will insipre many of you out there if you think something is too challenging in your workworld, to face it head on and no matter how tired you are to keep pushing and pushing until you cant push anymore, and then at that point push some more! because it pays to be a winner, and in life its the same way. I came to realize that. Face your challneges, face your fears, get it done, put out!! and when its over, you will be the most confident person in the world. BECAUSE EVERYTHING WILL END...just remember that...

2 days ago I showed up to a Training Session with Ben, nothing out of the norm. Well my muscles were extremely sore(my legs especially) and I told him so going in,. guess what He didnt give a shit. Well first he put a weighted vest on my chest along with grabbing a heavy tire over my head and he says to me "nick it pays to be a winner, beat your last weeks time".....so with a heavy weighted vest and heavy tire over my head I feel like tony galento after 25 beers...so I do have half mile uphill sprint my legs on fire but I keep pushing pushing and I hit the finish line dropping the tire gasping for air it seemed like the longest couple minutes of my life...He tells me "your 3 seconds slower..hit it again"....the only thought that cross my mind was "I can't do it again, its too heavy im too tired"...and then what do I do? I grabbed the weight vest grab the tire and start sprinting...because thats what you have to do just keeping pushing it. Put out. Dont ever give up. I sprint this time till I feel my lungs are going to explode...I hit the mark and I find I beat my time by 3 seconds this time! he says to me "it pays to be a winner nick sit down and relax for a minute"... I say to myself thank you god for beating the time, but how did I just do better my 2nd time after I was so tired? because its all mental. Ben is testing me mentally, he wants to find my breaking point and hes doing a damm good job of it, but i can't show him that Im hurtin. Just keep puttin out nick and always listen carefully to what he says. He says to me "Ok ready to start the workout now" Deep down I think to myself "fuck" but to him I say "hoooyah lets do it"(Always think positivley never feel sorry for yourself)..So we start running and we do more running and several minutes later were still running and I shout to him "how long we going?" He says "till I say to stop"... Well it seemed like we ran for Forrest Gump eternly clear across the state, until we got to this Lake. Here I am my feet sore from heavy combat boots, dead tired from the long run.. my trainer says to me "Take off all your clothes except your shorts" and take note the air temperate is 47 degrees out, and I think to myself "no way hes thinkin on doing what i think" and he points out this Island far off in distance and says to me “See that Island with the red tree” and here I am squinting my eyes to try to make out that damm red thing which seems so far away and I say “roger that” he hands me a pair of goggles and says “swim there and back”….and I say “Hooyah” all the time thinking in the back of my head “ Has this crazy physcho ever heard of Hypothermia how the hell am I going to make it that farr ill die”….So I put my foot in the water and the cold hit my like a thousand knives stabbing me, the water was around 58-62 degrees, extremely cold. I dive in and start swimming, My strokes are going so fast because its so cold but I keep my head out of the water because you lose 80% of your body heat through your head. I get halfway across to the first part of the island and the cold is really sapping my strength, this island doesn’t seem to get any closer and the current seems to be pushing me away….I now hit a point in my head “I cant do this get me out of this, Im scared”. I am feeling sorry for myself. This is the point where many quit. Where I wanted to quit. So what do I do? I keep going, I suck it up and keep going, I think to myself ‘I have to finish. It pays to be a winner. You can do this nick, don’t give up’. I touch the other side of the island and start swimming back. As I swim back the final lap I don’t have any more fear, the fear is gone. I am feeling colder than ever..but I keep pushing through it. I hit a mental block of adversity, and I overcame it. Nothing is stopping me now. As I hit the sand to make it to the other side I get out with a smile on my face, feeling like I just accomplished something I never thought I could do, I overcame a big obstacle. My whole body is now completely numb from the cold, my teeth chattering can be heard hundreds of yards away….but I am coherent. He Slaps my hand and tells me great job claiming I just swam 1 ½ miles in the freezing cold. I look at him expecting him to hand me a towel but instead he says “now put your clothes back on and get ready to run back!!”. Instead of feeling sorry for myself, Instead I immediately put my clotches back on and start running. I passed that point of adversity where I feel sorry for myself, Im now at the point where I stop caring about things and just do it. Which is the best attitude one can have, and I got that attitude on my run back. Here I was Shivering like cold to the bone with no strength left…..but I got back on my horse and kept riding Somehow…I don’t know how I did it now that I look back. I was so pumped up on adrenaline the last 5 minutes I did a full out sprint…I could feel the blood in my boots from my feet sloshing around and my blisters being torn apart but it didn’t matter. I was in the zone, in a euphoria. As I hit the wall to make it back…he gave me a hug and said “great job Nick, I threw a lot at you today, mentally and physically and dealt with extremely well.” He told me the run was 5.5 miles to the lake, and 5.5 miles back. I thought “wow I can’t believe I did all that shit today especially given the freezing conditions and my immense muscle soreness beforehand, I lost count of the number of miles I ran and swim and the hundreds of calistenics I did. When I got home that night I crammed into every food In sight, I must have ate 6,000 calories in that one meal LOL. It was a huge mental obstacle I overcame, here I was sore as hell and I did all that. when I go to BUD/s there will be mental obstacles like that I will face everyday. There will be times I will be so sore I wont even be able to get out of bed, but ill have to get up go out and run 8 miles and just do it.


Now there is where the mental game comes in. If he had told me how long we were gonna run and the frigid cold water he was going to send me in....You can bet I would have reacted differently than by him not telling me what were gonna do.....and me just doing it. By just doing it....you dont think about it, thereby not dwelling on it or causing doubts in your head. You just do it, get it done, and when its over you think to yourself "wow did I really just do that?". You will be shocked at what your body is actually capable of doing and handling, its all in your head that slows it down. If you can control yourself mentally, nothing will stop you.


Despite getting in the most impressive physical shape of my life, thats not as appealing to me as the the fact I am immensly developing attention to detail skills and mental strength to handle anything. I will never forget the piece of advice one SEAL told me before I go to BUD/s "Always look the intructers in the eye and do everything they tell you"...Attention to Detail. Vital importance. I hope some of you got something out of my essay and strong feelings, I hope it inspires some of you to follow your dreams and push yourself to your true potential. God Bless.

[dpw417]

Part I

A typically daily schedule goes like this for me

Wake up 5am- 4 Quick sets of 50 pushups then grab a bannana to get ready for my first workout
6am- my first workout beings, intense 1 hour crossfit training workout with SEAL candinates hundreds and hundres of pullups/pushups/situps etc. Postworkout immediate 24 ounce glass of Chocolate Milk the best post workout recovery drink there is for you workoutaholics out there that like doing things natural.

9 am- My first big meal usually a 5 block Meal 40% carbs 30% fat 30% protein
9:30am-11:30am Take a short nap/play with the beagle/do some choirs/grab a quick snack like a apple/bannana right before

12pm-1:30pm Swim Training with Coach....lots of underwater drills, lots of swim drills and laps....I prob do around 3500 meters by the time it is done.

2 pm: 2nd big meal 5 block Meal 40% carbs 30% fat 30% protein

4:30pm-6:30 Hardest training session of the day begins. With Ben. This is tortue. Which I will go into in a moment.

7 pm- If I am lucky to make it up the stairs without passing out, I literally collaspe into the shower then prepare for my last big meal a 5 block meal 40% carbs 30%
Do my last quick 4 sets of 50 pushups then watch some ome Red Sox kick ass/movies then fall Asleep by 10pm


Now let me describe to you the toughest workout Ben ever put me through the other day and what it took to make it through. I hope this will insipre many of you out there if you think something is too challenging in your workworld, to face it head on and no matter how tired you are to keep pushing and pushing until you cant push anymore, and then at that point push some more! because it pays to be a winner, and in life its the same way. I came to realize that. Face your challneges, face your fears, get it done, put out!! and when its over, you will be the most confident person in the world. BECAUSE EVERYTHING WILL END...just remember that...

2 days ago I showed up to a Training Session with Ben, nothing out of the norm. Well my muscles were extremely sore(my legs especially) and I told him so going in,. guess what He didnt give a shit. Well first he put a weighted vest on my chest along with grabbing a heavy tire over my head and he says to me "nick it pays to be a winner, beat your last weeks time".....so with a heavy weighted vest and heavy tire over my head I feel like tony galento after 25 beers...so I do have half mile uphill sprint my legs on fire but I keep pushing pushing and I hit the finish line dropping the tire gasping for air it seemed like the longest couple minutes of my life...He tells me "your 3 seconds slower..hit it again"....the only thought that cross my mind was "I can't do it again, its too heavy im too tired"...and then what do I do? I grabbed the weight vest grab the tire and start sprinting...because thats what you have to do just keeping pushing it. Put out. Dont ever give up. I sprint this time till I feel my lungs are going to explode...I hit the mark and I find I beat my time by 3 seconds this time! he says to me "it pays to be a winner nick sit down and relax for a minute"... I say to myself thank you god for beating the time, but how did I just do better my 2nd time after I was so tired? because its all mental. Ben is testing me mentally, he wants to find my breaking point and hes doing a damm good job of it, but i can't show him that Im hurtin. Just keep puttin out nick and always listen carefully to what he says. He says to me "Ok ready to start the workout now" Deep down I think to myself "fuck" but to him I say "hoooyah lets do it"(Always think positivley never feel sorry for yourself)..So we start running and we do more running and several minutes later were still running and I shout to him "how long we going?" He says "till I say to stop"... Well it seemed like we ran for Forrest Gump eternly clear across the state, until we got to this Lake. Here I am my feet sore from heavy combat boots, dead tired from the long run.. my trainer says to me "Take off all your clothes except your shorts" and take note the air temperate is 47 degrees out, and I think to myself "no way hes thinkin on doing what i think" and he points out this Island far off in distance and says to me “See that Island with the red tree” and here I am squinting my eyes to try to make out that damm red thing which seems so far away and I say “roger that” he hands me a pair of goggles and says “swim there and back”….and I say “Hooyah” all the time thinking in the back of my head “ Has this crazy physcho ever heard of Hypothermia how the hell am I going to make it that farr ill die”….So I put my foot in the water and the cold hit my like a thousand knives stabbing me, the water was around 58-62 degrees, extremely cold. I dive in and start swimming, My strokes are going so fast because its so cold but I keep my head out of the water because you lose 80% of your body heat through your head. I get halfway across to the first part of the island and the cold is really sapping my strength, this island doesn’t seem to get any closer and the current seems to be pushing me away….I now hit a point in my head “I cant do this get me out of this, Im scared”. I am feeling sorry for myself. This is the point where many quit. Where I wanted to quit. So what do I do? I keep going, I suck it up and keep going, I think to myself ‘I have to finish. It pays to be a winner. You can do this nick, don’t give up’. I touch the other side of the island and start swimming back. As I swim back the final lap I don’t have any more fear, the fear is gone. I am feeling colder than ever..but I keep pushing through it. I hit a mental block of adversity, and I overcame it. Nothing is stopping me now. As I hit the sand to make it to the other side I get out with a smile on my face, feeling like I just accomplished something I never thought I could do, I overcame a big obstacle. My whole body is now completely numb from the cold, my teeth chattering can be heard hundreds of yards away….but I am coherent. He Slaps my hand and tells me great job claiming I just swam 1 ½ miles in the freezing cold. I look at him expecting him to hand me a towel but instead he says “now put your clothes back on and get ready to run back!!”. Instead of feeling sorry for myself, Instead I immediately put my clotches back on and start running. I passed that point of adversity where I feel sorry for myself, Im now at the point where I stop caring about things and just do it. Which is the best attitude one can have, and I got that attitude on my run back. Here I was Shivering like cold to the bone with no strength left…..but I got back on my horse and kept riding Somehow…I don’t know how I did it now that I look back. I was so pumped up on adrenaline the last 5 minutes I did a full out sprint…I could feel the blood in my boots from my feet sloshing around and my blisters being torn apart but it didn’t matter. I was in the zone, in a euphoria. As I hit the wall to make it back…he gave me a hug and said “great job Nick, I threw a lot at you today, mentally and physically and dealt with extremely well.” He told me the run was 5.5 miles to the lake, and 5.5 miles back. I thought “wow I can’t believe I did all that shit today especially given the freezing conditions and my immense muscle soreness beforehand, I lost count of the number of miles I ran and swim and the hundreds of calistenics I did. When I got home that night I crammed into every food In sight, I must have ate 6,000 calories in that one meal LOL. It was a huge mental obstacle I overcame, here I was sore as hell and I did all that. when I go to BUD/s there will be mental obstacles like that I will face everyday. There will be times I will be so sore I wont even be able to get out of bed, but ill have to get up go out and run 8 miles and just do it.


Now there is where the mental game comes in. If he had told me how long we were gonna run and the frigid cold water he was going to send me in....You can bet I would have reacted differently than by him not telling me what were gonna do.....and me just doing it. By just doing it....you dont think about it, thereby not dwelling on it or causing doubts in your head. You just do it, get it done, and when its over you think to yourself "wow did I really just do that?". You will be shocked at what your body is actually capable of doing and handling, its all in your head that slows it down. If you can control yourself mentally, nothing will stop you.


Despite getting in the most impressive physical shape of my life, thats not as appealing to me as the the fact I am immensly developing attention to detail skills and mental strength to handle anything. I will never forget the piece of advice one SEAL told me before I go to BUD/s "Always look the intructers in the eye and do everything they tell you"...Attention to Detail. Vital importance. I hope some of you got something out of my essay and strong feelings, I hope it inspires some of you to follow your dreams and push yourself to your true potential. God Bless.
Hey man...God bless you and best of luck with everything. (I almost puked just reading about that workout.)

[SuzieQ49]

With every good story comes an embarrasing one. While I was at Navy SEAL training camp in Virginia back in september...during Hellnight We were doing boat PT where we would hold the heavy boats over our head. Well one of the Drill Instructors yelled "Squats now!! push em out!!"........so we started doing them...and one of my teamates in front of me was really struggling...he started doing back squats you know the ones where you bend down with ur back but keep your legs straight(how my buddy didnt break his back I will never know lol).....and the drill instructers went up to him and started doing this high pitched hyena laugh in his face, and making fun of him.....I thought it was hilarious, not that my buddy was struggling, but the laugh my drill instructor did......so I started laughing. Huge Mistake. The Navy SEAL drill instructor gets in my face and says "you laughing at your buddy?"....I say "negative sir"....he says "get the fuck up right now you faggot"....I say "roger that"(scared shitless out of my mind)......so there my teamates are holding up the boat without me struggling...my drill instructor says to me "you wanna laugh at your teamate like that well hes struggling huh? your not gonna help him? come over here come over here...I want you to point at your teamates with your finger and start laughing out loud as loud as you can while they do another set of pushups." I sit there shocked, embarrased, while my teamates struggle doing pushups with there legs on top of the boat...."DO IT FAGGOT!!!" shouts the intructor...."And yell out loud your boat crew sucks!!!" So I do it.......one of the most shameful moments I have ever been in.....I say to my instructor "can I go back and join my teamtes now?"...he says "NO KEEP FUCKING DOING IT"...He made me stand there like a jackass and do it for almost 10 minutes. I was so relieved when he allowed me to rejoin my boat crew. Right before I rejoined my drill instructor comes up to me inflates my lifevest for me(which i forgot to do) and says to me "you see there, you see I just helped you.....you know why? BECAUSE I AM A TEAM PLAYER" and he walked away with a disgusted look on his face. It was like putting a nail in a coffin........But I kept my mouth shut and rejoined my boat crew and didnt dare laugh ever again. I learned a valuable lesson that day....I learned "your only as strong as your weakest link." That little lesson made me realize how important teamwork is.

[SuzieQ49]

Hey man...God bless you and best of luck with everything. (I almost puked just reading about that workout.)


Hey I really appreciate you taking the time to read it........and I hope you got something out of it.

[AlFrancis]

I'll wish you all the best mate. Look after yourself.

[dpw417]

Hey I really appreciate you taking the time to read it........and I hope you got something out of it.
Yes I did...Thank you.
No matter who you are, or what you do in life, it's important to take pride in what you do, and strive to do it well.
All the best. Take care man.

[he grant]

We are lucky to have men and women like yourself motivated to protect our country in such turbulent times. I admire your determination, your honesty and your courage. If possible, when possible, try and keep us posted on your experiences ...

Best of luck and safety,

HE Grant

[Bummy Davis]

Good Luck and God Bless

[Bummy Davis]

And use your brains to keep your heart in check

[smiffy]

bye .

[Holmes' Jab]

Take care suze, and all the best mate. No doubt you'll find your way back to ESB sometime in the future ....







... along with the much respected and missed cross_trainer. Most of us regular punters will likely be still around these days I'm sure.

[Jack]

Good luck :)

[Loewe]

Well, I have two things to say here. Gratulation that you know yourself so damned good, there are guys out there who are older than you and still guess who they are. Imo one of the greatest achievements in life this is. Secondly, don´t you have any friends you can tell that? :lol:

I wish you good luck and success. Have fun ;)

[Muchmoore]

Good luck man. You're lucky your muscles didn't give out on that swim though, it's insane you'd have to/could swim that far in that cold of weather :lol: :good

[Minotauro]

Good luck bruv.

[SgrRyLeonard]

It's been great talking boxing w/ you on the board, Suzie. Best of Luck to you and God Bless.

[mcvey]

All the best to you Nick,you will be missed ,and take care there are some seriously fanatical people out there.Keep Us Posted :good

[john garfield]

[QUOTE=SuzieQ49]I am making a two part journal before I ship out soon for a good year to Bootcamp and BUD/s. I will not be seeing you clowns for a longg time come early November.......but I wanted to leave you guys with thoughts from my heart, and perhaps some of this detailed training descriptions will allow some of you to follow your own dreams or find your dreams.

I don't think any of you have ever spoken to me in real life other than one former poster here, but I am really not like what I portray on here. For one, I am extremeley laid back and hardly ever get upset...and I am so good hearted it takes alot for to critisize someone's flaws in front of there face out of fear of hurting there feelings(which is why I have the computer screen to hide behind :lol: ), and lastly If you become a friend of mine I am loyal to you for life you can count on that....perhaps the computer brings out a new person in many of us. :hey

I am going to be gone for a while, its been a fun 3 1/2 years here. All of what I am going to post in my next 2 articles is all from the heart.....so here it is ladies and gents

Enjoyed exchanging posts with you, SQ. You did your homework and love the game. You're the lifeblood that'll keep The Sweet Science alive.

Godspeed

[JohnThomas1]

Good luck mate!

[META5]

Good luck SQ, may you be happy, safe and accomplish great things.

[janitor]

Best of luck mate and congratulations. I am sure you would have done well whatever career path you had chosen.

There will be a bit of a gap on this board without you.

[timmers612]

Suzie, my nephew is through Buds now and just a few months left before he graduates a Navy SEAL, man were proud of him. He says though that he can't look at a body of water now without getting sick. After making it through hell week many couldn't make the timed five mile swims in the cold ocean in the middle of the night, freezing up at three or so miles. He said that another real toughy was having to hold your breath for four minutes while untangleing your air hoses in real heavy water current. He will need some surgery but didn't want to go with those rolling over from injuries as many can't get back to the needed level. Oh, one other thing, if you get through Buds they kick you out right then! Yep, and they dont let you know so save your money, many thought they could go back to the barracks and were homeless until they could get a place. They figure, your going to be a Seal, you can handle it. Tim

[Marciano Frazier]

Smooth sailing to you, sir. Best of luck, and hope to see you again sometime.

[Drew101]

Good Luck, and Enjoy! :good

[Stonehands89]

There'll be a hole in ESB classic until you return, but you have earned my respect and high regard. Take care -and thank you for your committment to the homeland.

[fists of fury]

Best of everything to you, Suze. I'm sure all the hard work will be worth it in the long run. Hopefully you'll get back here as soon as possible. In the meantime, enjoy doing what you're doing.

PS-Super Southpaw Freak of Nature Corrie Sanders KO1 everyone else.

[teeto]

Good luck Nick

[abraq]

I didn't know you trained like that, Nick. I am impressed.

Will miss you till you get back.

Best of luck.