What Navy SEAL Trevor Thompson Thinks of Women Entering the Program

So much mental management involved in that. That's why when guys like Jaco come along and they can take that understanding of leadership and mental management and then teach it to other people, teach it to corporations and teach it to groups and law enforcement and people that need that sort of understanding that's coming from a guy like him. With the immense amount of experience that he has in a couple different genres that allow him to then teach that in a way that is comprehendable and super efficient. It seems to me that that would be one of the most important parts of that job. How to handle deployment, how to handle coming back and the mental aspect of it. Do you learn it from other guys? I think it's just a, I honestly think a lot of it is that process weeds out so many dudes that would be the ticking time bomb or the guy that can't handle it. Right. That by the time we're training for this stuff and it's super stressful, everybody's pretty much on their shit. And then there's like little stuff that you learn while you're doing shooting that you can transfer to all of it, the breathing techniques, right? And then by and large, we are so well trained and know that we're so well trained that you're just doing your damn job. Like just do your job and do it the best you can. Because I'm not thinking about me necessarily as much as I'm thinking about everybody else also. That's fascinating too that the training is so ruthless and brutal that it weeds out people who can't handle shit. It fucking works. They've been doing it basically the same way since the sixties. But hasn't there been some chit chat about alleviating the standards to let women pass through? I've heard of it. I've heard that they want to put females through the program, but not to change the standards. How many women have gone through buds? Zero. Don't say that. Women are going to feel like you're a sexist. You should lie. I'm not sure. Can I gray area? How many women have tried? Did you not see G.I. Jane because she went mid through? Well, yeah, but she's special. She didn't ring that bell, bro. She's special. Really? No women have ever made it through buds? No. Well, and that's a two part equation there is one, they weren't allowed to the entire time I was in. Like no females in that. When did they start allowing them? So I am not sure, but I think that they're trying to make that a thing now. Trying. I wonder how many women have attempted to go through buds. Jamie, see if you can Google how many women have attempted to go through buds. Ladies listening to this, please don't get uncomfortable. We're not shitting on you. I'm just trying to figure it out. Yeah. First woman made it through in December. Oh, there you go. But was it screening? Screening. So that's a pre-screening process. Oh, so she only made it through the screening. How far, how long does that take? I don't know because we don't do the same stuff that they're doing for that. They're probably making sure she can make it through the program. Oh, so they want to make sure that physically she can... It's probably a pre-screen screen. Oh Jesus. A pre-screen screen. They do that for officers too. Do they really? Yeah, they want those. Well, think about it. Buds is shitty enough. Now you're in charge of a bunch of fucking idiots. You're going to get shit on pretty bad. So they want to make sure those dudes are on their game. Yeah. So where's the pressure to make women do this? Is it coming from women that want to do it or is it coming from politicians that want to sort of show that they have a diverse lineup? Politicians. 100%. Because here's the deal. I've met more than enough females that are Apache pilots, fighter pilots, badass EOD chicks, which is explosive ordnance like Hurt Locker, right? There's some bad women in the military. Yes. They want no part of that job. I've met one that's like, I wish I could be a Navy SEAL. And that's not shitting on them. They just don't want that job. Why is that? You'd have to ask them. But the thing about Navy SEALs is that it's like recognized that these are the best of the best. These are the most savage human beings that we can create. The most efficient, the most effective, the ones that can handle the most, the ones that can get the job done when the shit is as hairy as it gets. And but why change the program just to diversify the lineup? There's a thing that they want to show, right? They want to show that they're not sexist. It's equal opportunity. And the people that want to prove it are the ones that aren't in the ring. Yeah, that's the problem, right? You're not getting this from the actual team itself. They're not saying, you know, we need his chicks. You're not getting it from- Pretty in this place up. Yeah. You know, I think it'd be great if we could just have like some women running around. You guys are pretty ugly. Yeah. It's probably going to be really weird when a woman actually does make it through. I'm sure. You know, I'm sure it's the same. I feel for those women because they're going to take a lot of shit. Oh my God. Yeah. But doesn't everybody take shit? Yeah. So like- But it's extra shit. Extra shit. Yeah, for sure. Especially if you're the first woman. Damn right. They're going to be like, oh, well, you didn't do it the same as everybody else. Which who knows? Right.