Moy Bell

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Moy Bell Overview</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A tugboat captain gave me the Navy brass ship's bell and I kept it at my home on the back patio. Once the BUDS training command was newly dedicated I was not letting any trainee bang on my freshly painted office door like they had for many years when a trainee would quit or opted out of the BUDS training program. More importantly I believed it would slow a trainee who was thinking of washing out just because perhaps they had a bad day vs. a real desire to quit SEAL training.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With the previous process a BUDS trainee could quit quietly in isolation. By ringing the Moy Bell all fellow trainees were aware of the fact that the candidate was quitting training. The Moy Bell with its rich and resonant tone that carries across the water is a sound associated with maritime tradition and signaling of ships. I hung the Moy Bell outside the door of my instructor's office on a stanchion for all to see and had my class 58' BUDS trainees told that whomever desired to quit had to ring the bell 3x. This same class dedicated the bell back to BUDS after graduation. I believe the Moy Bell inspired these men to be their very best put out as we said in training. Work harder refocus and to never ring the bell until the work was done.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Moy Bell The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday stands as an iconic symbol inside of SEAL training BUDS and as reminder to always find a solution and never ring the bell in your own life.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Terry Mother Moy</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>5 YEAR TERM BUDS SEAL INSTRUCTOR</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>SEAL TEAM 1 / NASA APOLLO 17 RECOVERY</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Contributing Editorial By:</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Terry Moy Jesse Ventura Michael E. Thornton Bill Wilson Mike Gotchey Tim Keeney Kevin Stacom Stephen A. Moy Chris Moy Eddie Moy Colleen Moy Byrne James Lacey and Al Eagles.</span></p><p><br></p>