If you can’t do the little things right, ianao dia tsy hanao zavatra lehibe tsara.
ary, raha sendra manana andro fadiranovana, you will come home to a bed that is made—that you made—and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.
#1. Raha te-hanova izao tontolo izao, manomboka eny ka havaozy ny fandrianao.
Nandritra TOMBO-KASE fampiofanana ny mpianatra dia nandrava an sambo Crews. Each crew is seven students—three on each side of a small rubber boat and one coxswain to help guide the dingy.
Isan'andro ny sambo naneno tsy ampy eny an-tanety ary nasaina haka ny alalan 'ny onja faritra sy paddle kilaometatra maro any amoron-tsiraka.
Ao amin'ny ririnina, ny onja eny San Diego afaka mahazo ny ho 8 ny 10 tongotra avo indrindra ary dia sarotra ny paddle amin'ny alalan'ny onja raha tsy ny olona rehetra na iza na iza mihady in.
Paddle rehetra dia tsy maintsy ho nampiarahina ny tapaka lalan-dra fanisam ny coxswain. Ny olon-drehetra dia tsy maintsy hiezaka mafy mitovy ezaka na ny sambo dia hitodika hamely ny onja ka atopatopany unceremoniously indray ny tora-pasika.
Fa ny sambo mba hanao azy ho any amin'ny toerana halehany, ny olona rehetra dia tsy maintsy paddle.
You can’t change the world alone—you will need some help— and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, mpiara-miasa, ny tsara sitrapo ny vahiny sy mahery mba hitari-dalana azy ireo coxswain.
#2. Raha te-hanova izao tontolo izao, mahita olona mba hanampy anao paddle.
Nandritra ny herinandro vitsivitsy ny sarotra mampiofana ny TOMBO-KASE kilasy izay nanomboka tamin'ny 150 ny olona dia nidina ho any fotsiny 35. Nisy sambo enina izao Crews ny fito lahy isan-.
Aho tao an-tsambokely mbamin'ny olona lava ry zalahy, but the best boat crew we had was made up of the the little guys—the munchkin crew we called them—no one was over about 5-foot five.
Ny munchkin nanana sambo mpiasa iray American Indian, iray African American, Poloney iray American, Grika iray American, Zavatra iray American, ary roa sarotra ankizy avy any amin'ny tapaky ny andrefana.
Nandeha lakana izy ireo avy, an-nihazakazaka, ary avy nilomano teo amin'ny sambokely hafa rehetra Crews.
Ny lehilahy lehibe teo amin'ny sambokely hafa Crews tsara foana natured mahafinaritra ny kely vombon'ny kely ny munchkins nanao ny bitika kely tongony mialohan'ny rehetra milomano.
Fa toa kely ireny ry zalahy, amin'ny isan-joron'ny ny firenena sy izao tontolo izao, always had the last laugh— swimming faster than everyone and reaching the shore long before the rest of us.
TOMBO-KASE fiofanana lehibe equalizer. Tsy misy zava-dehibe fa ny sitraponao mba hahomby. Tsy ny loko, tsy ny foko fototra, tsy ny fianarana fa tsy ny ara-tsosialy sata.
#3. Raha te-hanova izao tontolo izao, refesina ny olona araka ny haben'ny ao am-pony, tsy ny haben'ny ny vombon'ny.
Imbetsaka isan-kerinandro, ny mpampianatra dia nilahatra ny kilasy ary hanao ny fanamiana maso. Tena miavaka tsara.
Ny satroka Tsy maintsy tsara starched, ny fanamiana immaculately nanery sy ny fehin jaigrafy mamirapiratra sy tsy manan-misy smudges.
Nefa toa fa na dia ezaka be no ataovy an-starching ny satroka, or pressing your uniform or polishing your belt buckle—- it just wasn’t good enough.
The instructors would find “something” wrong.
Fa mahomby ny fanamiana fisafoana, ny mpianatra maintsy mihazakazaka, tanteraka mitafy an-surfzone ary avy eo, mando amin'ny lohany ny paladia, hakodian'ny manodidina teo amoron-dranomasina, mandra faritra rehetra amin'ny vatana dia rakotra fasika.
The effect was known as a “sugar cookie.” You stayed in that uniform the rest of the day—cold, mando sy fasika.
There were many a student who just couldn’t accept the fact that all their effort was in vain. That no matter how hard they tried to get the uniform right—it was unappreciated.
Those students didn’t make it through training.
Those students didn’t understand the purpose of the drill. Ianao dia tsy handeha hahomby. Ianao dia tsy handeha ny hanana fanamiana tonga lafatra.
Indraindray na dia manomana tsara ianao na ny fomba hanatanterahana tsara ianao mbola hiafara toy ny siramamy mofomamy.
It’s just the way life is sometimes.
#4. Raha te-hanova izao tontolo izao mahazo ny maha-siramamy mofomamy ary handroso hatrany.
Every day during training you were challenged with multiple physical events—long runs, lava swims, vato misakana taranja, hours of calisthenics—something designed to test your mettle.
Every event had standards—times you had to meet. If you failed to meet those standards your name was posted on a list and at the end of the day those on the list were invited to—a “circus.”
A circus was two hours of additional calisthenics—designed to wear you down, ny hanimba ny, mba hanery anao intsony.
Tsy misy te ho fampisehoana.
A circus meant that for that day you didn’t measure up. A circus meant more fatigue—and more fatigue meant that the following day would be more difficult—and more circuses were likely.
Fa amin'ny fotoana fampiofanana nandritra TOMBO-KASE, everyone—everyone—made the circus list.
Fa zava-nitranga mahaliana ho an'ireo izay foana ao anaty lisitra. Over time those students-—who did two hours of extra calisthenics—got stronger and stronger.
Ny fanaintainana ny fampisehoana nanao hery anaty-nanao ara-batana resiliency.
Fiainana Feno fampisehoana.
Ho levona. Ianao dia mety tsy hahomby matetika. Ho mafy. Ho kivy. Indraindray dia hizaha toetra anao ny tena fototra.
#5. Fa raha te-hanova izao tontolo izao, don’t be afraid of the circuses.
Raha kely indrindra dia indroa isan-kerinandro, ny mpiofana dia tsy maintsy ho mihazakazaka ny sakana Mazava ho azy. Mazava ho azy fa ny sakana voarakitra 25 sakana anisan'izany ny 10-tongotra manda avo, ny 30-tongotra entana harato, ary ny tariby nandady mba hilaza vitsivitsy.
Fa ny tena sarotra dia ny tsary sakana ho an'ny fiainana. Nisy ambaratonga telo 30 tongotra iray tilikambo amin'ny farany, ary ny iray teo anivon'ny tilikambo ny hafa. Tamin'ny eo dia 200-tongotra lava tady.
Ianao maintsy mananika ny telo ahitana ambaratonga tilikambo, ary indray mandeha teo an-tampon'ny, ianao nisambotra ny tady, dia nikapa ambanin'ny tady ary nisintona ny tenanao tanana ny tanana mandra-tonga ny farany hafa.
Ny firaketana an-tsoratra ho an'ny sakana Mazava ho azy fa nitoetra teo nandritra ny taona maro, rehefa nanomboka ny kilasy fitaizana amin'ny 1977.
Ny firaketana an-tsoratra Toa resy, hatramin'ny indray andro, a student decided to go down the slide for life—head first.
Raha tokony swinging ny vatany ambanin'ny tady sy inching ny lalana midina, Sahy nitaingina an-tampon-tady ary nataony indray nandefona ny tenany handroso.
It was a dangerous move—seemingly foolish, ary fraught zavatra mampidi-doza. Tsy fahombiazana mety midika fahasimbana sy rehefa nilatsaka avy ny fiofanana.
Without hesitation—the student slid down the rope—perilously fast, raha tokony ho maro minitra, izany ihany no nandray azy antsasaky andro izany sy amin'ny faran'ny ny Mazava ho azy fa efa tapaka ny firaketana an-tsoratra.
#6. Raha te-hanova an'izao tontolo izao indraindray tsy maintsy solafaka ny teo aloha ny sakana lohany.
Nandritra ny ady tany dingana ny fampiofanana, ny mpianatra dia Nalefa fiaramanidina avy any San Clemente Island izay mandry eny ny morontsirak'i San Diego.
Ny rano eny San Clemente dia fanatodizan'ny tany noho ny antsantsa fotsy lehibe. Mba nitranga TOMBO-KASE fiofanana misy andianà lava swims izay tsy maintsy ho vita. One—is the night swim.
Talohan'ny ny milomano amim-pifaliana ny mpampianatra fohy ny mpiofana rehetra ny karazana antsantsa izay monina ny rano eny San Clemente.
Manome toky anao izy ireo, na izany aza, that no student has ever been eaten by a shark—at least not recently.
saingy, you are also taught that if a shark begins to circle your position—stand your ground. Aza milomano lasa. Aza manao matahotra.
Ary raha ny antsantsa, noana ho mamatonalina sakafo maivana, darts towards you—then summons up all your strength and punch him in the snout and he will turn and swim away.
Misy be dia be ny antsantsa eto amin'izao tontolo izao. Raha manantena ny hamita ny milomano dia tsy maintsy miatrika ireo.
#7. Noho izany, raha te-hanova izao tontolo izao, don’t back down from the sharks.
Araka ny Tafika an-dranomasina tombo-kase iray amin'ireo asa dia ny fitondran-tena anaty rano fanafihana fahavalo fandefasana. Nampihatra izany izahay teknika fampiofanana be dia be nandritra ny fototra.
The ship attack mission is where a pair of SEAL divers is dropped off outside an enemy harbor and then swims well over two miles—underwater—using nothing but a depth gauge and a compass to get to their target.
Nandritra ny milomano manontolo, dia tsara ambany ambonin'ny mazava misy ny sasany izay tonga amin'ny alalan'ny. Mampahery ny mahafantatra fa misy misokatra ny rano ambony ianao.
Fa rehefa manatona ny sambo, izay mifamatotra amin'ny Pier, ny fahazavana nanomboka mihamanjavona. The steel structure of the ship blocks the moonlight—it blocks the surrounding street lamps—it blocks all ambient light.
Mba hahomby ao amin'ny misiônanao, you have to swim under the ship and find the keel—the center line and the deepest part of the ship.
Izany no zava-kendrenao. But the keel is also the darkest part of the ship—where you cannot see your hand in front of your face, where the noise from the ship’s machinery is deafening and where it is easy to get disoriented and fail.
TOMBO-KASE rehetra mahalala fa ambanin'ny keel, at the darkest moment of the mission—is the time when you must be calm, composed—when all your tactical skills, ny ara-batana hery sy tanjaka anatiny rehetra dia tsy maintsy ho entina ho fitondrana.
#8. Raha te-hanova izao tontolo izao, dia tsy maintsy ho tsara indrindra ao amin'ny maizina indrindra fotoana.
The ninth week of training is referred to as “Hell Week.” It is six days of no sleep, constant physical and mental harassment and—one special day at the Mud Flats—the Mud Flats are an area between San Diego and Tijuana where the water runs off and creates the Tijuana slue’s—a swampy patch of terrain where the mud will engulf you.
Izany dia tamin'ny Alarobia ny helo Herinandron'ny izay paddle nidina ho any amin'ny fotaka fisaka sy mandany ny manaraka 15 ora miezaka ho tafavoaka velona ny hatsiaka mangatsiaka fotaka, ny be nampierona rivotra sy ny tapaka fanerena mba hiala avy amin'ny mpampianatra.
Tahaka ny masoandro nanomboka teo fa ny alarobia hariva, ny fanofanana kilasy, having committed some “egregious infraction of the rules” was ordered into the mud.
Ny fotaka nandevona ny lehilahy tsirairay mandra-nisy na inona na inona hita maso fa ny lohany. The instructors told us we could leave the mud if only five men would quit—just five men and we could get out of the oppressive cold.
Mitady manodidina ny fotaka fisaka dia toa ny mpianatra sasany efa saika kivy. It was still over eight hours till the sun came up—eight more hours of bone chilling cold.
Ny chattering nify sy ny mampangovitra moans ny mpiofana dia tena mafy dia mafy ny mandre na inona na inona, ary avy eo, one voice began to echo through the night—one voice raised in song.
Ny hira dia mafy avy amin'ny miray feo, fa hiraina amin'ny hafanam-po be.
Feo iray lasa roa, ary ny roa lasa telo ary tsy ela ny olona rehetra ao am-pianarana dia nihira.
Fantatray fa raha toa ny olona iray afaka hitsangana ambonin'ny fahoriana dia afaka ihany koa ny hafa.
The instructors threatened us with more time in the mud if we kept up the singing—but the singing persisted.
And somehow—the mud seemed a little warmer, ny rivotra kely Tamer sy ny maraina tsy dia lavitra.
Raha nianatra na inona na inona amin'ny fotoana nandeha izao tontolo izao, dia ny herin 'ny fanantenana. The power of one person—Washington, Lincoln, Malagasy, Mandela and even a young girl from Pakistan—Malala—one person can change the world by giving people hope.
#9. Noho izany, raha te-hanova izao tontolo izao, start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud.
Farany, in TOMBO-KASE fiofanana misy lakolosy. Ny lakolosy varahina izay mihantona ao amin'ny afovoan-iombonana amin'ny rehetra ny mpianatra mba hahita.
All you have to do to quit—is ring the bell. Ring ny lakolosy ary tsy maintsy hifoha amin'ny 5 o’clock. Ring ny lakolosy ary tsy maintsy hanao ny matin'ny hatsiaka mangatsiaka swims.
Ring ny lakolosy ary tsy maintsy hanao ny mihazakazaka, Mazava ho azy fa ny sakana, the PT—and you no longer have to endure the hardships of training.
Ampanenoy ny lakolosy fotsiny.
#10. If you want to change the world don’t ever, mandrakizay ampanenoy ny lakolosy.
Ho an'ny Nahazo Diplaoman'ny ny 2014, ianao no fotoana hiala nahazo diplaoma. Moments hiala manomboka ny dianareo ao anatin'ny fiainana. Moments away from starting to change the world—for the better.
Tsy ho mora.
saingy, YOU are the class of 2014—the class that can affect the lives of 800 tapitrisa ao amin'ny taonjato manaraka.
Manomboka ny andro tsirairay amin'ny asa vita.
Mitadiava olona hanampy anao amin'ny alalan'ny fiainana.
hanaja ny karazan'olona rehetra.
Fantaro fa ny fiainana dia tsy rariny ary mba ho levona matetika, fa raha maka haka loza, dingana, rehefa ny fotoana dia henjana indrindra, mihohoka ireo mpanarabiraby, hanandratra ny mijaly ary tsy, ever give up—if you do these things, then next generation and the generations that follow will live in a world far better than the one we have today and—what started here will indeed have changed the world—for the better.
Misaotra indrindra anao. Hook ‘em horns.
Jereo ny lahatsary.
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