“Almost SEAL” Dan Bilzerian
Mandy sends us a link to the UK’s Daily Mail with the story of millionaire ne’er-do-well Dan Bilzerian, who claims that he went 99% of the way though BUD/S until he called someone a bad word and they booted him from the course;
The gun-rights advocate then joined the military and made it 99 per cent through Navy SEAL training, he said. But two days before graduation he was thrown out for calling an officer a ‘p****.’
‘When he did my peer eval, (the officer) said I was only out for myself,’ he said.
Yeah, well, peer evaluations aren’t done by instructors, they’re written by, um….peers….hence the name. Don Shipley told us that if that did happen, it’s because the instructors were just looking for an excuse to boot his ass;
“I was thrown out two days before graduation,” is not uncommon and it happened to an Officer in my Class, my Boat crew Leader. Stuck on San Clemente Island for the final two months of training there are a few guys they’ve (Instructors/Staff) have been patiently waiting on to “Screw Up” so they can get rid of them. They’ve been waiting since day one of BUD/S but there is ‘nothing’ major they can point to, they just won’t make good SEALs personality or leadership wise.
After leaving the Island and returning to Coronado they finally just say “Thanks for coming,” and they are tossed out.
His excuse of cursing an Officer is a lame one. They just didn’t like him and by his current lifestyle and arrogance I guess anyone can see why…
I’m thinking “almost a SEAL” is going to be popular, since Chief Shipley is on the ass of anyone claiming to be a SEAL.
Category: Dumbass Bullshit
Here it comes. I was almost a ______ but, no lie, 30 SECONDS/AN HOUR/THE DAY before graduation I [INSERT BULLSHIT HERE].
So we are just hating on the guy because he lives the dream life?
‘My greatest fear is that someone will break in & I won’t be able to decide what #gun to shoot them with’
I laughed. I want to party with this guy.
SOFREP.COM has talked about this guy:
http://sofrep.com/26399/exclusive-dan-bilzerian-talks-to-sofrep-for-the-record/
Hey, I’ve called people bad words and no one has booted me out of TAH. That’s it! I must be a seal now.
This guy falls into the whiny, excuses-excuses-excuses category. He may offer to buy you a beer and stick you with the tab for yours and his.
Eeeeeew!
Let me guess. He is going to claim to be “SEAL”-trained, but will not be at fault because he did not complete BUD/S when he spews his BS.
Now, the only time this sort of thing works is when one of the students at DLI completes the COI, but does not get his/her DLPT scores of 2/2/1+ and gets shipped off to do something else. We do get people that freak out at the end and “had a bad day.” They are not linguists, but the did get a grad certificate and can claim they are linguist. I’ll cut them a break.
Totally OT, I know
This dude is Legit.
Proof is in the photo.
Goon Left and Goon Right were OPFOR actors in the remake of the classic SPECOPS film “A-Team”.
I “pity the fool” who questions whether this guy was almost a SEAL!
Well, I was almost an astronaut! Oh, wait. Being a door gunner on the space shuttle means I actually WAS an astronaut, right??
It’s all SO confusing.
UUUUMMM? So the SEAL’S are letting in civies now?Or is he some sort of black ops phat cobra kind of douche,nice guns and nice sluts,I’ll bet his party’s are awesome.
Might want to brush up on that reading comprehension. It clearly says he joined the military, then went through training…
Wow, this guy is so high-speed, low-drag that the Roooskies don’t even know he’s there. If only that officer hadn’t done him wrong with his “peer” eval..
I called plenty of officers bad names. Questioned their parentage and their intelligence. And never got booted from the pipeline, never got taken to mast for it.
I guess they got the last laugh by leaving me on the boat.
I was ALMOST a Marine.
I’d passed all the tests, and the recruiters said I was going to be in Marine Aviation.
But, thirty minutes before I was to go downtown and be sworn in, they telephoned me to say the officer in charge said not to swear me in.
Boy, was I devastated!
I was so looking forward to impressing females with that dress blue uniform, and being the toughest guy around.
Well, I volunteered to be drafted, and that’s how I became a soldier in the United States Army.
Do you know who else became a soldier in the United States Army after being rejected by the United States Marine Corps recruiters?
AUDIE MURPHY ! ! !
http://www.audiemurphy.com/
Ain’t THAT an, “I told you so!”, moment?
Audie Murphy was also rejected by the Airborne for being too short. He was 5-5 and the standard was 5-8, IIRC.
He was also such a badass that Holywood had to split up his actions in the movie about his life because they didn’t think anyone would actually believe one man could do that much awesome stuff.
As far as I know, that’s the only time hollywood has ever said “nobody would believe that” about actual facts.
Yesterday, I had another, “I told you so!”, moment.
But, unfortunately, I can’t tell you guys anything about it.
Just take my word for it.
It was a MAJOR, historic, “I told you so!”, moment.
Nifty, huh?
John. Please. Stop. Just write the book.
Your killing me with the spoon feeding.
Good stuff … Keep it coming.
@10 NH SPARKY:
ROFLOL ! ! !
I’m wondering how many folks got the boot from BUD/S that close to graduation. Unheard of, no, but certainly not terribly common, given the candidates and their propensity for self-removal from the training pipeline.
Even in Power School, there were a myriad of ways to get tossed from the program even if you managed to pass all the tests.
That link posted by USMCJanitor (great name) has a former SEAL verifying that he secured from hell week with 229, then got rolled and then got medically dropped. I’m assuming he started day 1 1st phase with 238, then was rolled back to start 2d phase with 239 right before graduation, then dropped from training again ‘a couple weeks before graduation’ with 239. He’s being dishonest about why he was dropped the final time (safety violation on the range – very big deal). You could say he’s being dishonest about making it 99% of the way if you count SQT. But the guy finished hell week, and has 2 1st phases, 2 2d phases, and almost 2 3d phases under his belt. Yeah he seems like an arrogant no-class scumbag that acts like an idiot when he’s got lots of money. Heaven knows there’s nobody in SOF like that. 😉 He had to have made a good impression on the instructors to be asked back after being med dropped…or at the very least he didn’t make a bad impression on the instructors (yet). But for all you rah rah dog piling types, credit where it’s due. If you’ve never been through hell week, dive phase (including pool comp which is also a major source of student drops), land warfare and the island (which is no picnic), maybe think for a second about what the guy has been through. To go through all that and then get dropped for good on a safety violation – that would be a real kick in the nuts (after weeks of consecutive days that are all their own special kind of kick in the nuts – everyone but the genetic freaks are flat-out drained by the time they get to SCI). You don’t spend nearly a year at BUD/S if you don’t have grit and a real spine. He may have been dumb too often and in front of the wrong people (I’ve seen guys survive a safety violation because they were great guys and it was their first real mistake ever) and not been… Read more »
Dude, this guy has all kinds of money and time to train. He is a cocky little frat bro that probably hired top level trainers to go through it and probably was on amphetamines the whole time. Fuck that spoiled little bitch. I would gladly choke out that spoiled little midget any day of the week. I read about how he inherited his money and shit like this. Just a total d bag.
So, bragging about failing something is now a good thing?
Somebody please send me the new rule book. Everything seems to be upside down and backwards these days.
‘It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.’
Teddy Rosevelt said that….fantastic quote!
I think Sharkman is right. There is no disgrace in saying ‘I screwed up at the last minute’. Going through all of that training is probably the most miserable existence on earth until it’s over with and you get pinned.
But he may have had an attitude that pushed things too far and along with everything else, got him shown the door. He doesn’t know the word ‘humility’.
Funny, NO SHIT, story about peer evals.
After I think week four of OCS we did weekly peer evals. We ranked each candidate in our platoon and offered commentary as we wished. I rarely did comments, just ranked them.
I routinely ranked #1 or #2 out of 40 candidates each week until graduation at the 16th week. This secured me an “Honor Graduate” position which of course meant nothing.
After graduation my TAC officer gave me a file of all my peer evals and said something like “You should read these and learn something..”
Wow! These people were ranking me 1 or 2 every week but the commentary was ruthless.
“Know it all prick..”
“Treats weaker soldiers like shit..”
“No respect for non-Infantry soldiers..”
and my favorite:
“Can lead stink away from shit but I wouldn’t want to work for him unless I was a total expert at both stink and shit!”
Guess I was always a Crotchety Old Bastard.
My favorite commentary (by me): “It’s first and ten and he is ready to punt.”
“Has delusions of adequacy.”
“Can accomplish most tasks if over-supervised”
“Fails to meet even own low standards”
And my personal favorite, because it got all the way to Brigade S-1 before somebody caught it: “Occupies a much needed void in the unit”
Dang, those are great comments! May I use them for future evaluations? I’ll cite the sources, of course. I wouldn’t want to be accused of stealing someone else’s work, like a certain “honorary kamikaze pilot”.
Feel free.
@ 16. Although I greatly appreciate your argument and having a wee bit of experience in such matters, I would disagree with your premise. We in the military reward accomplishments, completing the mission is the days work and just trying and not finishing … for whatever reason has not nor will it ever win wars, kill our enemies, scare the living shit out of those who want fight and or inspire others. Your observation regarding simply telling the hard truth is sound and if done so, we would not be here today ruminating this issue. However, the BS story of Mr. Bad Ass mouthing off to a commissioned officer and calling him a pussy kinda erases credit. Because quite frankly many have done just as much and even more than this BUD/S drop. One other point if he was dropped for a safety violation on the range, it was not the first time!
Sorry, no feels at all for this guy. Seems a bit slimy and self centered. I’ll give him props for being physically fit and mentally tough enough to get through most of SEAL training. That he made it that far and still got dropped speaks volumes for his lack of one of the “intangibles”.
I’m guessing that intangible was that he was a narcissitic, self centered dip-shit. SEAL instructors may be hard but they are smart enough to realize you simply don’t drop someone that has went through that much training simply because he just rubbed you the wrong way personally. For all the instructors to agree to drop this guy he had to have had a serious pattern of poor personal and leadership issues. More than likely he was pegged as a Blue Falcon.
One thing really sticks out that I don’t buy. He is suing the producers of “Lone Survivor” because he is claiming they discredited his real life character ( a SEAL Chief who was KIA) by not giving him enough screen time and dialogue. I’m thinking it was more along the lines that HE didn’t get face time on the screen.
He’s a nice-looking guy. It means nothing if he’s an arrogant ass.
Wow… made it to 99%! That means he FAILED!
Many do quit and they come up with their “war stories.”
I’ve seen it and heard it all-
“They were not all they claimed to be”
“It wasn’t for me”
“The instructors were out to get me”
“The sun was in my eyes”
“I had a bone in my leg”
“My bio-rhythms were down and they forced me out at a weak moment”
“My wife/girlfriend told me- her or the course”
“My trick knee/back etc… from an old football injury re-upped during the course”
“I didn’t take salt pills”
“I took salt pills”
“I’m from Florida and my body cannot take the cold”
“I’m from Wisconsin and my body couldn’t take the heat”
“My father, cousin, sister etc. died and it messed me up”
“The instructors were idiots”
“The instructors were tab protectors”
“They kept and maintained their failure quota, and I happened to be in the last element to get axed”
“My peer evaluation was just a buddy fuck exercise and I got screwed for no good reason”
Bottom line- for every excuse listed above…hundreds (thousands?) suffered the same (many multiple) and still graduated.
George Harrison wrote a song called “I Me Mine”. I get the impression it fits this guy to a “T”.
Master Chief has it right. You can get through A school, Nuke Power School, and 23 weeks of Prototype, but if you don’t pass that final oral board at the end and get awarded the NEC, you ain’t a nuke.
I don’t care where in the pipeline you got dropped–the fact is, he did. He doesn’t rate. PERIOD. And making a bullshit story up as to why makes it that much worse. I wouldn’t have thought badly about the guy had he said, yeah, I’m not a SEAL, I went to BUD/S but got dropped. But noooooo, guy had to rock the lie….
I got dropped from Pre-Ranger because of an injury. That makes me almost a Ranger, right? One of my biggest regrets is that I didn’t give it another shot.
At least you got to go dude.
This turd gets the Maggot of the Day award.
“Almost a SEAL” translates into “completely full of shit”
If you havent been through a SOF selection course, shut your mouth. Yea the guy might have been a dueche, but stop comparing your gay ocs or marine corps boot camp stories to BUD/S, you just sound like queers to those of us who have actually been through it. All I know is no sof selection phase even holds a candle to Hell Week. Shut your mouth and stop being faggots.
Oh, my. Such a grumpy cat kind of guy.
You went through Hell Week, huh? Prove it, sport.
What did you see when you were hallucinating? I really envy people who can hallucinate. That has never happened to me, not even once. So what did you see? In a week with no sleep, surely you must have seen something.
The only BUD/S you attended was Big Ugly Dick/Sucking. Piss off, turd.
Turd.
Let me guess, you are another phony running your cock-holster.
So then magfron…if you have been through BUD/S and are a SEAL, how about you give Don Shipley a call and verify your claim? You can find him and his contact numbers easy through Google. He has several Facebook pages to contact him on. He has a database of EVERY SEAL class by number, dates, names of those who entered and names of those who graduated.
So if you did, write your BUD/S class number and dates here and some of your classmates names and we’ll run it my Don Shipley. Until then you are as big a phony SEAL poser as Dan Bilzerian and everything you say is just taken as bullshit. Put up or STFU!
BUD/S Class #?
I know it won’t come from you … You did not graduate BUD/s, because no self-respecting Frogman or SEAL would talk down to a sister branch the way you do! You see they all spilled blood together … Something you have never done, nor will you ever do!
Any questions?
Mr. Sharkman jump in here place!
Master Chief…it isn’t Sharkman but…I thought the same thing. Sister services respect one another, not talk trash about fellow services. They ALL depend on one another and any true SEAL would be the first to tell you that.
I know it is not Sharkman. I want Sharkman to take a bite!
Do Mounted and Dismounted Patrols in Iraq and Afghanistan count as not faggoty, queer stuff?
We would not want to look like lesser Warriors to such a Warrior GOD as yourself.
I commend you and give you a hearty and loud BRAVO MIKE.
CB Senior: not up on my Naval slang. Is that anything like what we in the Army would call telling someone go “grab a big steaming mug of STFU”? (smile)
Bite Me
Simple Quick to the Point.
Or he could *eat* a BM…it would be about as effective.
Now you know CB Senior, that is “not gay if it’s underway” or “not queer if on the pier”.
But in the “Almost SEAL’s” case, he’s a rump riding ranger…
The guy said if you did not push back it was okay. If it was Thursday In-country welllll. No need to go into detail when all you have to do is view the Shared Drive.
I think that the “Almost SEAL” understand the full meaning of the following Arabic saying,
“There is no better joy, than the fat bottomed boy”
But, then he may be justifying it by telling himself that “only the tip went in”
This one time, in band camp…
Been through Marine OCS. Been through Marine enlisted Boot Camp as well. Although I was an Aviation Marine, I maxed the PFT almost every time I took it, save 5 times (over 17 years I might add). I never had worse than a 1st class PFT, and my lowest score was 280. Having said that, even though I was fit, and I am pretty sure I could’ve mad it through BUD/S, That doesn’t mean what I went through was school girl shit either. The reason I am fairly confident I’d have made it, is because I don’t quit. That’s 90% of the reason people fail BUD/S; lack of mental tenacity. That’s coming straight from many of my friends over the years that did make it through BUD/S, Robin Sage, and other SF selection and training programs. One of my friends helped evaluate Marine Force Recon for inclusion into the larger SOC community. I enjoy hearing the stories they tell, because it inspires people that listen to do better, be better, and not settle for less than your very best.
So I haven’t been through SF selection, but I won’t be shutting my mouth either. I made it through all the steps to get my Naval Aviator wings, and I’m as proud of those as folks are of their trident. I’ve dropped many a bomb helping operators on the ground in places that end in “stan” and they’ve bought me and my guys drinks many times when they track us down in clubs. It’s the camaraderie and esprit de corps that makes it worth serving, and any real member of the armed forces knows and respects this. We all have our jobs, and when you realize that you need to be at the highest level of excellence (regardless of the job) that is what will set you apart, and that is what will help make sure that missions are successful and people come home in the same configuration they arrived in.
I never even thought about trying to be a SEAL. Why? because I looked at them and thought to myself, Why in the Fuck would anyone want to do that.
I know a few guys that tried, They Looked at the SEALS and said to themselves I want to be that.
Almost being a SEAL is like being a little bit pregnant. You are or you are not.
My brother pointed this out at my facebook- am like what a dick bandit- trying to play off his poserdom-:
http://likes.funlist.biz/epic-life-of-this-instagram-playboy-jealous-much
Prior to the Bravo Sierra about pissing off a training officer I had much respect for Capt. Almost. Any man who desires to serve his nation is October Kilo in my book. SharkMan, would you be the salty bastard with the huge Slovic nose?