Well I guess most of you who read this will already know who i am. However for those of you who dont. My name is Branden Wagner. I am the designer, creator, maintainer of PureIntellect.Com. Apart from that I worked for Exwire.Com. I do PHP/MySQL work as well as Javascript/HTML/CSS… for fun. Yes i program things for fun, that makes me a geek. Hopefully i will start releasing some of the stuff i have done. Right now i am working on an online “Employment Application”, as well as a “Project Todo List”. However i will be taking a break from Computers and PHP for awhile…
I joined the Navy December 16th 2006. However i am on delayed entry until December 10th 2007. I joined the Navy to “Accelerate My Life”. Originally i thought i wanted to be a SEAL. Then again what 19 year old doesnt want to be one? So i did just that, i signed up for the Navy and signed a contract saying i would try for SEAL, but before i did that i had to pass the PST “Physical Screening Test”. So i went down there with my recruiter, who was also trying for seal (changing from being a recruiter to SEAL). At first glance the physical requirement SOUND easy.. but let me tell you.. they arent.
10-minute rest
2-minute rest
2-minute rest
10-minute rest
The hardest thing for me was the swim. Having been a self taught swimmer, my stroke was not upto par. I was able to complete the swim, in 12 minutes.. however the instructor giving the test allowed me to continue taking the rest of the test (even though i had already failed). So I moved on to the next section with the other guy who was taking the test with me (by the way, the other guy taking the test was my recruiter, yep he was trying out for SEAL too). So too make a long story short, i passed out while my recruiter was doing his sit ups…. a moment in my life i will never be able to get rid of… still teased for it to this day…. Anyway, i decided that im not SEAL material.. so i was reclassed to Nuke.
Navy Nuclear Propulsion Progam
The Navy Nuclear program is… well the dream job for nerds and geeks alike.. on top of a nifty little bonus. i will be going to school for 18months to learn more about nuclear/atomic physics and i get paid to do it.. how awesome is that? On top of that im hoping that i will get to be on a submarine.
Anyway… more information on the Navy will be posted as i go through RTC (Recruit Training Command, otherwise known as Boot Camp) and my Tech School.
Im out for today.. so visit back im sure you will find more information on me here later.