“I got nowhere else to go.” Truer words have ever been said.

@vmartir131

8 ай бұрын

Wayne's World

@HaaraldEigerson1066

8 ай бұрын

@@vmartir131Maybe, but I remember that line coming out of Richard Greer in the movie An Officer And A Gentleman where the head instructor was trying to get him to quit.

@ashleyharris7613

7 ай бұрын

That's why I joined the Navy, I had nothing and nowhere to go. I barely graduated high-school and couldn't afford college so I joined and that was the best thing I've done

@Citrusfruits50

7 ай бұрын

@@HaaraldEigerson1066the best part of that movie was David Keith quitting to go back to work at Pennies. 😆😆😆 His GF was pissed!!

@isabelbecerra9258

7 ай бұрын

Said Zach Mayo in officer and a gentleman

I feel like rock bottom is always the best platform for greatness.

@Daniel-ih7hf

8 ай бұрын

You cannot have greatness without its equal reaction. You must hit rock bottom to truly hit the equal reaction of greatness

@TheRealJohnMadden

8 ай бұрын

Yep. Most success stories you hear are about people who hit the lowest point in life and told themselves “no more” and flipped a switch. For most people, they can never find their why and flip the switch.

@willrainey

8 ай бұрын

​@@TheRealJohnMaddenI agree with this

@spikeboy101

8 ай бұрын

Our survival genes kick in. Shit you'd never imagine because it was never triggered before. It's in our blood to try to survive no matter what. We've been bred to do one thing the best and it's survive. That made us into the apex animal.

@thamsanqahadebe5778

8 ай бұрын

Damn! That's gold and I'm keeping it! God speed and God bless!

“WHY ARE YOU HERE, SHRIMP” “because i’ve got nowhere else to go”

@dolenharden5346

5 ай бұрын

"An Officer and a Gentleman?"

@SR51mp

3 ай бұрын

now whats wrong with being a shrimp 🤨

Goggins barely graduated high school and was working as an exterminator when he enlisted in BUD/S. He was far from "accomplished" when he arrived like the video implies. The dude is a real life superhero now because he pushed harder than anyone believed he could.

@Realnigga999

20 күн бұрын

Goggins was a former tacp before he went to buds…. Buddy. Let’s just say at one time goggins was a unit already. TACP is equivalent to SEALs. And if you say other wise you’re gonna😂 have to take it up with a TACP

@kccarpenter3399

12 күн бұрын

Wrong. He had spend time in the air force as a TACP operator. That's no easy task to accomplish. Then discharged, then worked as an exterminator, then reenlisted went to the navy; to attempt BUDS.

It’s not that they aren’t used to failing, because you must fail to succeed, but rather they aren’t desperate enough to keep going

@RojaJaneman

7 ай бұрын

Yes. Options can b a hinderance

@omnipresence1213

7 ай бұрын

@@RojaJanemanHindrance to what? Seal training ? That shit is for the expendable people in society and those who’ve bought into America’s propaganda.

@CTA--

7 ай бұрын

It's also they already have a strong sense of identity and most likely don't feel the need to torture themselves to develop a personality.

@justjaein

7 ай бұрын

yeah exactly … completely brushes over the harsh conditions. its like he almost gets it when he says “they have no where else to go” and then goes off again loll

@tuvoca825

7 ай бұрын

Or they are used to somebody who can bail them out. Rich guys don't get rich on their own or in a vacuum. Poor kids often know what it is to go alone at the worst of times, and don't let that happen to others... the same ones who also are used to not having anyone else as a backup plan.

This is actually very true. I know two guys who did exactly this but, both were college grads and were doing nothing in life.

@ImARealHumanPerson

8 ай бұрын

Sure

@--4606

8 ай бұрын

@@ImARealHumanPerson Some guys you expect to become seals become them. Others you dont expect, become them too. One of the SEALs was mid 20s, college degree, great athlete, working off jobs for several years after he graduated, enlisted into the Navy. Now he is a SEAL!

@GodFamilyGaming

8 ай бұрын

My buddy was an absolute terror to society in high school but 8 years out he’s a ranger.

@eazy_e.7153

8 ай бұрын

Just got a masters in something I’m not really super passionate about. Headed off to try out for the seals soon 👍 always wanted to try, don’t wanna live with the what if mind set.

@--4606

8 ай бұрын

if you have a degree, especially a masters. you should look into the officer route.@@eazy_e.7153

They have options to fall back on. That’s a big part of quitting when things get tough.

“It doesn’t matter what you did before, it matters what you do now” is an insult to people with prior accomplishments, but encouragement to people without.

@Eric-bl8lp

6 ай бұрын

Its not an insult to people with prior accomplishments, its just the truth. Those prior accomplishments don’t matter when you’re going through that training, what matters is what you do for that training

@louskunt9798

5 ай бұрын

@@Eric-bl8lpexactly!🫡

@arthurdumontiv1989

5 ай бұрын

Prior accomplishments are in the past. My prior accomplishments don’t matter. What matters is how I perform tomorrow. The prior accomplishments are a record of lessons that might be useful that is all. When everything is said and done, those “accomplishments” won’t save me.

@sadist8902

4 ай бұрын

I don’t think it’s an insult for anyone, it’s the truth, isn’t it? In everything in life, not just career choices. A simple example is: It doesn’t matter that you were mean to your partner when mad, it matters how you handle it now, afterwards. 🤷🏻‍♀️ (with mean I don’t mean abusive, I mean a regular argument).

@100and10noobs

4 ай бұрын

@@sadist8902 A good example is imagine a king being told "The fact you were a king doesn't matter now." do you think most kings would find that insulting? Now imagine an exile being told "The fact you were an exile doesn't matter now." do you believe they would take that the same way as the king did? That's what my original comment is saying. That certain people will be discouraged by that statement and others would be encouraged.

SEAL training is some of the hardest stuff I've done in CoD

@secretscipio

7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

We don't need a pure race horse. We need a mule to carry the loads and go beyond the mountain range. 😂

@jonb3167

8 ай бұрын

Yeah but a good race horse can bring you a very big purse.

@2ndAmendmentMF

8 ай бұрын

@@jonb3167 true dat but all that work can be for nothing When the fragile horse breaks his leg

@Memento_Mori3210

8 ай бұрын

​@@2ndAmendmentMFYes! You just need to be careful but also make sure you go beyond.

@2ndAmendmentMF

8 ай бұрын

@@Memento_Mori3210 Who is gonna carry the boat's!😁

@Memento_Mori3210

8 ай бұрын

@@2ndAmendmentMF "They don't know me son!"

That was my mentality when joining the army. I wanted structure, I joined the Montana national guard and I’ll actually be putting in a flight packet to fly helicopters when I finish ait. I didn’t really see myself doing anything else outta high school except for going to college. If I had gone that route I would’ve just ended up working a remote desk job. But now I’m gonna get to fly helicopters for a living.

R.I.P Vincent Jackson

Just don't quit. SEALS are so tough. The water and being cold in the ocean has to be the hardest.

@thedreflacko

8 ай бұрын

Oh yea I love nothing but giving my health and body to the government to get paid pennies and get injured in the line of duty and for the VA to tell me it's not service related. There's no honor in serving your government because at the end they will kick you to the curb.

@slothypunk

8 ай бұрын

"Just don't quit" LOL, have you at least try BUDS, it is not just a saying don't quit, you literally need to do it while you are almost dying. If encouragement works, then the fail rate isn't going to be that high!

@ncfishbum1647

8 ай бұрын

Mental toughness

@User2jn

8 ай бұрын

PROPAGANDA

@NYCZ31

8 ай бұрын

I remember reading in a book that while going into the ocean was something the trainees dreaded, it was one of the few opportunities they had to get a quick bit of sleep since they’re just sitting there and everyone is holding everyone else up

Expect for that Asian astronaut navy seal doctor

@NicolasdelRosal-bd4vf

8 ай бұрын

That was my first thought exactly.

@jasanecastro4319

8 ай бұрын

Nope. He didn’t do any of that until after he was a SEAL.

@bryantav6843

8 ай бұрын

@@jasanecastro4319false

@doc.l

8 ай бұрын

He wasn’t shit until he became a seal. That was a big reason why he enlisted, in addition to his alcoholic abusive father committing suicide as he was graduating high school

@specialknees6798

8 ай бұрын

@@jasanecastro4319well, except for being born Asian.

You give a lot of people hope. Thank you for your service and keeping us safe. Congratulations on becoming a Navy Seal. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

WHO'S GOING TO CARRY THE BOAT!

@Dr.Risky007

8 ай бұрын

You don't know me son!!!❤

I washed out of Navy EOD during dive phase in 2014 and one day all the SEAL, EOD and SWCC classes were gathered up for a speaker and all he did was have all the guys stand up that played a high school sport but never made varsity or was a backup for more than 3 years or dropped out of college. He said those guys were the ones to make it thru and he was about 90% correct.

@nascagy

8 ай бұрын

Most seals grow up in the mid west and many barely know how to swim before training themselves at military age.Look at marcus luttrell,chris kyle,jocko willik raised on farms.Look at danny dietz from colorado and david goggins that weight 300 pounds.Dan belzerian (kicked out)All with no experience in extreme training and no water training.People just have that natural rigid mindset and endurance.People can train all they want if you cant run long distance and tolerate it or jump over obstacles for fun you will never be a seal period.

@alvinsheczlek5243

8 ай бұрын

So you made varsity?

@pjs835

8 ай бұрын

@@alvinsheczlek5243 yea lol in wrestling and football

@pjs835

8 ай бұрын

@@nascagy physical endurance is one thing. The constant pressure to perform is another. I couldn’t handle the intensity. Never failed an evolution and was never physically overwhelmed. But the pressure and constant attention to detail to literally everything with the combination of never really knowing if you’re doing well or not is something you only experience if you go to a program. I grew up a midwest wrestler. It doesn’t matter. Some people are just built for it and others aren’t. Everyone thinks they understand the formula to “make it” but no one does. Dudes that were in worse shape than me and from softer backgrounds made it and have had amazing careers and turned out to be absolute studs. One of the few guys in my class i could out-swim is with DEVGRU now.

@Skaggs666

8 ай бұрын

I didn’t wash out of my program. I never played sports but I rode BMX (and still do). There were a lot of BMXers, skaters and surfers in my class that made it. We all became friends with each other and our instructors called us Rocketpower (like the Nickelodeon show). I think the mentality of BMX/skating/surfing is to push each other differently than in other sports. We aren’t a team in our sports and the battle isn’t against an opponent, it’s with ourselves. So when someone would be falling behind on a run, we didn’t run with them, yelled at them from the front to get their lazy ass up there with the boys because we will leave them. It never failed to make them push harder. The pipeline became less about finishing and more about being with the winners. When we all graduated, I remember our instructors pulling the 8 of us aside and saying that they’d never seen as much intensity in a group of guys and that made me feel really good about what we accomplished.

“It doesn’t matter what you were doing before, it matters what you’re doing now” has 2 meaning to 2 types of people.

@russellnoe3054

8 ай бұрын

Exactly. Was very encouraging to me

@DonKey496

8 ай бұрын

So if you're a convicted rapist/pedo before, it would not matter once you become a seal?

@556Trauma

8 ай бұрын

@@DonKey496 won’t matter because even as a seal your still a pedo so somebody’s gonna get yo ass either way🤣 stop being a smartass bro you know what i was saying‼️

@ronnieallie8490

8 ай бұрын

​@@DonKey496that's just taking it too literally. You're ignoring context.

@mafioso_nicho

8 ай бұрын

@@DonKey496got something to tell us?

My grandpa told me a story about his naval training for WWII. He said while in bootcamp they were going through and grabbing boys that caught their eye for a "brand new training opportunity" my gandpa had stood out, so they asked him to join this new training program. He didnt go into details about all the different tests and training they did, but he said he had to hold a large rock and sink to the bottom of a pool, amd then walk the length of the pool twice. He had more rigorus markmanship training, and more mental training, learing how to withstand the cold, and extreme heats. At the end of the New program, there were 12 to 15 soilders who passed, they said "congrats boys, you all passed" they gathered them all together for a group picture, and when they looked and saw my grandpa was wearing his BFGs (glasses) they said "you cant be in this program with glasses!" My grandpa said "I've been doing all these tests and training with them..." they told him they were sorry, but he no longer qualified. Sent him back to the navy yard, and he ended up stationed at a base doing gaurd duty for his naval career. He told me that was the first squad of Navy Seals.

@kwizy_

6 ай бұрын

Who tf’s yo grandpa bro???😭

@A1245fgh

6 ай бұрын

No offense but I kind of doubt that story.

@ScientificEndevourOfTheMind

6 ай бұрын

​@@A1245fghnah full offense. This mfr wants to be a navy seal so bad he made up this shit to feel connected to it all.

@UFO-047

6 ай бұрын

While there was special units beforehand the first Seal team wasnt commissioned until 1962.

@PepsiCola155

6 ай бұрын

​@sgriffiths1448 UNDERWATER DEMELOTION was around in WWll Korean War 1962 JFK created the SEALs basically the same thing

Showing this to my sons to inspire determination and perseverance. We love you Mr Ballen

I hated my life and who people saw me as in California, where I grew up. I knew I needed a change and it was best for me to move somewhere no one knew me. I decided to go to job corps, a trade school, in Utah. I’m currently on my first year in welding and I’ll spend my second year in Kentucky. This is one of the best choices I’ve ever made as it gives me the time to change without the stress of my family and friends.

@reallyhappenings5597

8 ай бұрын

Well done.

@jacobmiller7684

8 ай бұрын

Congratulations! But kentucky is thee worst. Try to get back to California as soon as you can.

@stumpf9938

8 ай бұрын

@@jacobmiller7684awful advice. California isn’t everything you easterners think it is. As someone that grew up in the Midwest and has lived in Los Angeles for 7 years, I can’t wait to get out of this hell.

@bender9222222222

8 ай бұрын

@@stumpf9938 I also grew up in the Midwest and have lived in the bay for 8 years. Aside from the cost, Los Angeles SD and SF are the best cities in America by far. The best food, a million and one places to go, weather, state and national parks, views. Kentuckys coal mines are nice this time of year!

@The_OneManCrowd

8 ай бұрын

Good for you man, don't listen to these idiots in the thread; I left home at 17 and over the years reinvented myself without the interference of the people I grew up with. Lived in a bunch of awesome places and met a ton of interesting people. Learned a bunch of skills along the way as well and now I'm a semi-retired successful project manager with NO responsibilities except to myself. I settled down in my mid-40's and am loving life right now.

Mr Ballen is the most gifted and entertaining storyteller i think i have ever heard. I started listening to him a few years ago and its great to see what he had accomplished. As a veteran myself, its great to see a brother find a successful 2nd career after the military. And that goes double for those of us who left after being injured.

@DaForeignTrapper

7 ай бұрын

Honestly

I know one Navy seal and 100% he was a bad ass his whole life before the seals.

"Whoever you were before doesn't matter" is crazy. To some it's highly discouraging to others it is the ultimate motivation.

This mf gonna be the guy that makes me do it

@LuisMartinez-bm5zd

8 ай бұрын

😂

@AleV69692

8 ай бұрын

Maybe. Maybe you'll be the one who makes you do it. But you could never be a navy seal, gaber isn't there

@reen6904

8 ай бұрын

Good luck bro, you ain't making it

@anothernamlesscommenter352

8 ай бұрын

Do what makes you feel more whole about yourself. There's a reason why the word filled is in fulfilled

@quacker3222

8 ай бұрын

Mrballen is one hell of a motivator went from being a navy seal to being a successful KZreadr with his own charity and has his own podcast which is partnered by amazon he’s truly a good guy

Those with nothing can be more desperate to achieve, but those with other opportunities can fall back on them if needed. I think each person is an individual, just because you decide to leave the program doesn’t make you a loser or weak.

@willm678

8 ай бұрын

Yeah. In the BUDs 234 documentary (which is very good and I’d recommend it if you haven’t seen it), one of the students realizes that he would rather prioritize his wife and kids rather than prioritize his career as a seal which would lead to him being absent a lot, and he drops out of training. I had a lot of respect for that guy’s decision and I don’t see that as weak at all.

@Fanta....

8 ай бұрын

thats just what losers say

@atharva-naik

8 ай бұрын

​@@Fanta....Or people who have other things to live for

@angellopez2356

8 ай бұрын

@@willm678gotta pay bills to have a family

@clad3133

8 ай бұрын

​@@Fanta....Shes not a loser.

This generation needs to hear this more than any other- secret of becoming a seal- it’s to learn how to overcome failure. You have to get back up and keep pushing no matter how many times you fall. It’s the mentality that makes the difference. 1000s of men are physically capable of being Seals. Few are mentally capable-

One thing I loved about my marine corps training was that it didn’t matter what you thought you knew, they were gonna teach you their way, the right way, to be better than what you could have ever been before.

I agree with this. I excelled in last year of HS but then flunked out of uni and failed at multiple sales jobs. When the army psychologists said I probably wouldn't make it, I said to myself, hide in the bushes and watch. I wanted to prove to myself I could do it. I excelled with the discipline that I never had I marched out of infantry training as best soldier

@thegreatbaruc8741

8 ай бұрын

Well done sir 🫡

@isaiahbarcenas6765

8 ай бұрын

Well done show them to never doubt you again

@nimadadelahi8083

8 ай бұрын

And then u woke up

@lonzolotto

8 ай бұрын

​@@nimadadelahi8083woke up as a Navy Seal

@EPIC-604

7 ай бұрын

@@mikeizzy510you just jealous

People discredit this guy, but forgetting he's REALLY a navy SEAL

Rip Vincent Jackson

Wow that flash picture of Vincent Jackson... that brought back some memories. RIP Vincent ❤️❤️🙏

Those people in the water in the beginning were not doing Navy SEAL training 😂

@alterediis

8 ай бұрын

Hahahhaa it’s that dad boot camp

The #1 sport played in High School by all Special Operations members is not football. Not bodybuilding. It is wrestling, cause in wrestling you suffer.

@egosatellite

7 ай бұрын

Not sure if true, but does make sense.

When your reasons are shallow, your resolve is also shallow.

rip vincent jackson the football player they showed with jackson on his white tee was a GREAT player

The navy seal training is super hard...his story is wild....lots of respect for him...

I’m going to a recruiting office tomorrow, I’m about to be homeless, I’m not in college and I’m just done being not shit. Hopefully, this gives me everything I need and come back better than I did when I started.

@Lobos222

8 ай бұрын

How did it go?

@DarianDTP

8 ай бұрын

@@Lobos222 Pretty good. I’ll be going to MEPS here in about a week or so, along with taking my ASVAB. I’ll pass that mf and progress to signing that dotted line.

@Lobos222

8 ай бұрын

@@DarianDTP Read up on the ASVAB before you take it. Be prepared. Such tests gain and block access to some things. Also, if you have nothing going in. Keep in mind that most roles in the military are none combat role and some roles can give you an education you can also use in the civilian world later. Be smart here, being a grunt or even special forces or similar might not be the best fit. A mechanic of jets for example might secure your future more. Basic infantry can never be used in the civilian world, in my view.

@nopenoperson7192

8 ай бұрын

Good luck! I hope you can come back to these comments with a new life and as a new person!!

@kennethwhitfield3215

8 ай бұрын

I know yo can do it God bless you

Just looking at this clip is eye opening cause I know it's WAY more involved in the process....respect to those who try & even more to those who accomplish it...

i didn’t know i needed mrballen podcast clips in my life

The worst part abt navy seal school is that if you fail you will be stuck on a ship cleaning 😅.

@danielboggan2479

8 ай бұрын

Depends. If you enlist to be a SEAL yeah. If you train for something else and cross train to be a SEAL. You go back to being a mechanic, or ATC, or whatever

@bobfeller604

8 ай бұрын

That sounds better, get trained in something first and then apply. @@danielboggan2479

@slothypunk

8 ай бұрын

That is when you are undes, or undesignated! If you have the rating then you go back to your rating !

@zr1cvette

8 ай бұрын

You aren’t lying got fucked into going Undes with an 80 ASVAB and was attached to deck department. Worst experience of my life and I wasn’t a guy who phased out or put out of BUDS either lol. Got along with a decent amount of those guys because they hated it as much as or more than me. Which they joined to actually try and do something amazing and you end up Deck Departments Monkey. It’s total Bullshit.

@slothypunk

8 ай бұрын

@@zr1cvette What is total BS is you sign on dotted line to be undes and got finesse by your recruiter to sign it. It is not gonna happen if you don't sign it, some people don't know what to do and it is fine to be undes, but if you know what you want to do you shouldn't be undes. Either find other recruiter or tell your recruiter to get it for you!

That was my story with joining the Marines, did nothing almost two years out of highschool torn between college and military, weighed almost 300 lbs. I worked my ass off lost about 100lbs or so and swore into the poolee program and shipped to boot camp 5 1/2 months later. Made it through boot camp, MCT and the schoolhouse without getting held back or washing out of any training and hit the fleet ready to learn my job from my seniors.

@Owl325

7 ай бұрын

I bet They turned you into a real good bootlicker

As a former pro player and mp special unit, tell you one thing being in great shape and fit puts you ahead of most of recruits most of the time, but stamina and patience is also very important

Failing should always be looked at as a lesson and never a negative its an opportunity to learn and grow

Giving new definition to…Ballen

@scorpions1965

8 ай бұрын

Ballin

@Mr_SeaWolf

8 ай бұрын

@@scorpions1965 Ballen.

Man honestly that’s so cool and should be such and inspiration to everyone.

@Lobos222

8 ай бұрын

Gym bros often fail. They are just not used the sustained suffering. Allot of noobs come in and just think its the norm because they are not that fit and just deal with it.

@jax1627

8 ай бұрын

@@Lobos222 so you completed this?

@Lobos222

8 ай бұрын

@@jax1627 No, I completed intake to military school for shock troopers. Think mechanized stormtroopers, but with more firepower than Arnis squad in Predator. That said, the intakes are not that far apart. You have more people in better shape overall on special forces, but the even if the ratio is some times different. The trends are the same and gym bros tend to fail. They lack cardio and the "will to sustain suffering", aka cold and wet, no comforts, no friends around outside military guys you barley know and so on... This is also why even the military recommend to a large extent that people train cardio, making the requirements and then some on the tests alone and train with body weigh rather than at the gym. You can do some gym stuff, but it should only be maxing and not too often. Big muscles = big energy need, more likely to drop out when energy, sleep, comfort and so on are limited.

@jax1627

8 ай бұрын

@@Lobos222 so you didn’t pass what the gentleman in the video is referring too?

I swear... we love this man so much. I hope the haters that were mad he was talking about the SEALs have forgiven him for the slight. It was not purposeful or malicious. If I'm being totally honest, none of our armed forces should be upset about transparency to the people. I know some things need to stay quiet, for our their safety and ours. MrB wasn't selling state secrets or something. This man is a treasure. Not just for his excellently articulated stories, either. The things he does for charity are admirable. ❤❤

With each challenge you are recreated and remade, the old you and accomplishment are put aside. You are reborn anew.

Never Never Never Quit

Sounds like the plot of "Officer and a Gentleman" movie where Richard Gere's character shouts to the DI "I've got nowhere else to go!"

How I felt when becoming an infantrymen originally, lost that mentality, got out and I’ve regained that confidence and mentality and I’ve been thinking about re-uping

RIP Vincent Jackson

Johnathan Kim is an aviatior, MD, and an astronaut as well as former navy SEAL

@gcoffey223

8 ай бұрын

Kim is a beast... but how well can he tell a story? Nononebis on Mr Ballen's level 😂😂😂

@TheBraderz67

8 ай бұрын

Which he became after finishing in the Teams.

@myman9566

8 ай бұрын

he is the major exception, not the rule

@slothypunk

8 ай бұрын

@@myman9566 TBH being a seal is an exception, not the rule! Even the fittest of our own pool of population have a high failure rate! Remember that!

@saintsinner4781

8 ай бұрын

Yeah but he was a seal first before he became everything else he became. Meaning he was nothing before he joined buds.

His podcast stories are great! Highly recommend. Strange, dark, and mysterious.

The people that are massively successfull aren't used to failing.....I've seen a lot of shorts and i've heard a lot of people say stupid things but this one deserves a spot in the top 3.....

@bradysteeley7414

6 ай бұрын

I agree, but I will say I think he is talking about completely washing out. Like Tom Brady probably failed a million times, but he is one of the GOATs, so him verses someone who only knows pain and suffering at the same age might have more grit to get through SEAL training Edit: idk if this really made sense lmao just ignore me

@MrRabatata

6 ай бұрын

@@bradysteeley7414 Well i assume it could've been said better by him. If for exemple he used something like " You can't kill what's already dead" and adapted it to the feeling of not wanting to quit to those Nobodies. In Kung Fu Panda there is a line that really hits when Po says that the pain of training and insults is nothing compared to the one he felt living his life everyday.

🇺🇸 I’m a Marine and I have serious admiration for Seals. During my time, they were THE absolute most bamf I’ve ever witnessed with my own eyes. I felt extremely privileged to be around them.

I had a BUDS drop in my class at MOS school. I was a Marine, he was obviously a sailor. He used to complain about how trash the navys morning pt was and chose to go running with is for pt every morning instead. I was in outstanding shape, ran a 3 mile in about 18:30. He put me and the rest of the marines to shame

@chi2251

7 ай бұрын

Buds droppouts are alway solid dudes where ever they end up in the military

I think it's hitting a new level of being beyond physically and mentally exhausted and still trying to PT and not pass out.

When my depression bottoms out here and there and the anxiety starts raging it makes me feel hopeless and desperation sets in. That desperation is literally what gives me motivation to do stuff. I literally get shit done off my desperation

Oh my god. I knew Mr.Ballen was a vet like me but I had no idea he was a navy seal. That’s a whole other ballgame. Couldn’t even compare. Absolutely love him. If you haven’t heard his stories, I highly recommend. They’re absolutely riveting, heartbreaking, bittersweet, and captivating.

Well spoken individual.

RIP Vincent Jackson ❤

Mr Bsllen is such an amazing person and I listen to all his stories all day while I’m at work

I’m a bridge painter and it’s hard to find good help anymore. The ones that turn into great workers are the ones that don’t have nothing to lose and it’s their only shot at doing anything else worth the money!

Ballen is a baller. Him and goggins should do a podcast tell scary stories and grind like a mofo

@ottomattix86

8 ай бұрын

You be goblin goggin dongin

@TheSnedmeister

8 ай бұрын

@@ottomattix86 scary stories and then how goggins would have fucking grinded to get out of the situation

@ppeez

8 ай бұрын

I dont even believe this guy is telling the truth

@TheSnedmeister

8 ай бұрын

@ppeez he's a navy seal what's not to believe lol its pretty simple what he says

@ppeez

8 ай бұрын

@@TheSnedmeister is he really tho?

That’s crazy cus that literally my little brothers story. My family is mostly immigrants from Mexico. He didn’t really have any plans before high school besides the navy that’s been his life goal since he as a baby. Theirs no one I know of in my family that’s been in the military. Ever since my little brother could speak he always wanted to be in the armed forces. A year before exiting high school. He enlisted in the navy. When he decided he wanted to become a navy seal. Now he’s going on 2 years in the navy. So proud of the kid.

@USMC-ve7im

8 ай бұрын

The kind of immigrant storie American patriots love to read.

This is actually really true, the military provides a great foundation for those who are lost.

Whole lotta “I almost joined, buuuuuut” guys in here.. 😂

Someone's got to carry the boats!

To reach that level, to go through that much pain and suffering and not give up, you have to hate yourself

Yup it the mindset that separate the 2 groups apart …nothing to lose vs everything to lose

I did 8 years in the regular Army. My only regret is not attempting the special forces selection. I will never know if I was good enough, because I never tried.

“Those rejected from society are the ones fated to protect it” is actually a pretty fire scenario

@jjmarcos

7 ай бұрын

It's actually pretty gay and a recipe for a military that has no problem firing on their own citizens

@PHLvican38

7 ай бұрын

reminds me of The Nights Watch in GOT

Rip Vincent jackson

Mr Ballen the Boss you're the man bro your vids help me get through the work day lol

Mr.ballens podcast is one of my favorite out!! First time ive seen him in an interview.

I didn't have a clue what to do after highschool. And my GPA was screwed due to moving a lot and truancy. I tired to enlist in the military (air force and army) and had a high enough score for both but was denied due to having an autoimmune disease. Now I'm 21, often feel sick and have to change diets a lot because my body will reject and become allergic to new things. I'm unemployed because of getting sick often. I was recently told I may have Asperger's from my doctor. Don't have many friends. And I still live with my parents. I get happy at small goals, like I found a diet that doesn't flare my disease.😂 It's the few things keeping me from ending it all. One of my co workers are in the army right now living the dream I wanted. She's been to Hawaii, Germany, and south Korea.

@moth5694

6 ай бұрын

That is so sad to hear, I hope your life will improve for the better one day.

@RayDawg445

6 ай бұрын

I believe in you

I’m gonna do it

That’s how selection was for me, I had nothing to lose, I was “recommended” for it and I passed surprisingly. When I served or did any kind of training or schooling, I always had in the back of my mind that I have nothing to lose and also unfortunately when I joined my parents thought I couldn’t pass basic and would fail so that was my drive throughout my whole military career

Theres also that part of you that says why am beating myself up I can go somewhere else and still accomplish something in life

There is absolutely no way I would ever make it in seal training

@VegazChichester

8 ай бұрын

Then you already FAILED. I BELIEVE YOU COULD HAVE IF ONLY YOU BELIEVED IN YOURSELF

@nate6795

8 ай бұрын

@@VegazChichester I mean it’s definitely possible but I was thinking more about how I was at 18-20 years old. I was a drug addicts and had zero respect for anything. That’s why I say idk if I would have made it. But maybe it would have made me grow up sooner who knows

When DoD studied the common denominator among those who passed BUD/S and found the most common trait was high scores on Adverae Childhood Experience tests- in other words, a history of emotional trauma.

My cousin just retired as a Navy Admiral.! I commend him sooo much!

Mad respect for Mr. Ballen!!! He's covered many stories that I never heard of. But also stories I'll never forget because of how heinous it was. For him to cover such things allows me to truly understand what he's been through.

Its that statement right there.. “It doesn’t matter what you did before, it only matters what you’re doing now” It resonates with some, and creates doubt in others..

@seanbeliakoi4430

8 ай бұрын

You sometimes have to lose everything to gain even one thing

My buddy is on track to become a navy seal. He definitely isn't "successful" by society standards but the boy has a passion for going out to do dangerous shit, kill some baddies and come home so he doesn't miss his workout routine. He's a crazy dude but hell, he can't survive in society, he's not like everybody else. He's the kind of guy I'm glad is in our military.

I'm a fan from the first time I heard him telling a story. Thank you and so happy for your success!... Happy and prosperous 2024!...:)..

I absolutely love mrballen but haven’t watched his videos in a while, and this is my first time finding out he was a SEAL. I have plans on joining the military in some way, but my dad has always tried to talk me down from it, he was in the Air Force for a long time but is now retired but sticks to working in control towers. I never really had a plan with my life, as I’ve been suicidal for a while and had many plans to end it all, so I never thought of what I would do for my future, since in my eyes I didn’t have one. But this has just given me more motivation to join when I reach that age, knowing I’ll have something to look up too and know I can do successfully wether I make it out or not

and people still say the military isn't predatory

@mx.chi2

7 ай бұрын

Literally this sounded like next level manipulation

@ryman1933

7 ай бұрын

Yeah how dare some people find purpose and brotherhood in the military

@thewisemansfool

7 ай бұрын

Yeah how dare the military exploit humans need for companionship and purpose so they can go die for some rich mans war in the middle of nowhere There are far better and safer places to find purpose and brotherhood which don't involve murder.

@tewkie7955

7 ай бұрын

@@ryman1933how dare they indeed

@dogboy0912

7 ай бұрын

If you don't expect an organization to be hiring the people who want to be hired - a completely straight forward and logical phenomena - you've allowed your ideals to delude your reality.

“It doesn’t matter what you did before, only what you’re doing now” powerful words to live by.

Foster Care has prepared me😂

Last line was tuff

Sounds like the male version of becoming a sex worker ngl

I would disagree with the premise that most people who are widly successful aren't use to failing.

@viableviolet717

8 ай бұрын

I think he’s speaking just in the context of becoming a seal, and would agree that success (I assume you mean financially) stems from failure…lots of failure.

@mr.person5441

8 ай бұрын

He’s talking about people like pro athletes who try out. To be pro you have to be very good and those people are not really used to failing. If you are a pro athlete they is probably a 99% chance you were always great at your sport and better then everyone from the start

@marieO07

8 ай бұрын

Someone maybe financially very Successful but Not Successful with their relationship(s)...

@jasonchandler2754

8 ай бұрын

@@mr.person5441 Anyone that is in pro sports knows exactly what it is like to fail so I'm still not seeing the correlation. Just because someone's always played well doesn't mean their team wins every game.

I saw something similar when I went to college. I went to a pretty selective high school in Southern California. I wasn’t poor, but I also wasn’t rich by any means. And I certainly wasn’t the best student. Parents send their kids there so that they go onto Ivy League schools and a lot of students get athletic scholarships from there every year as well. Most of the kids who went to my high school and took all AP classes and were members of clubs and whatnot either dropped out or majored in something stupid like anthropology or English (I know this because everyone from my old high school fb class started posting when we were all in our senior year of college). My conclusion: school just came easy to these kids growing up. Classes are taught very differently in college and when the time came and these kids found the subject matter challenging for the first time, they gave up and picked something easier for them to learn. For me, school was always challenging. And when it became even harder, I had to adapt so that I could get my degree.

much respect to those guys💯💯

That's pretty badass.

"Didn't really do well in highschool, have ocasional gay thoughts"

May the pain of past failure overcome the current pain.

Literally a huge congrats to all of you, and conner! Soo proud of you dude!❤❤❤