We gotta hand it to this little dude. He walked the walk.

There are thousands of American kids his age who tell people they want to be a Navy SEAL, but that’s usually where it ends. They go on and play soccer or Little League baseball, and the dream of working toward becoming an elite operator in the United States military dies on the vine.

But this young chap in the following video? He took the cheap talk and turned it rich footage, after baiting his father to train him to be a frogman (we’re unclear whether or not his pops is a veteran — if anyone knows leave it in the comments).

Even the garden hose in his face while he’s got the log on his back doesn’t faze him. Wow.

Hopefully this isn’t the military equivalent of “Robo Dad” Marinovich and his “trophy son” Todd. Doesn’t look that way though.

What are the chances that this kid grows up and actually becomes a SEAL?

According to the Military.com, there are roughly 40,000 Americans that apply to qualify for the SEALs each year. Of this number, only about six percent meet the requirements (American male, 17 to 28, no color blindness, good written test score, good performance in 500-yard swim and 1.5-mile run, a passing grade on the C-SORT computerized mental toughness exam — among others) to go advance in the process.

Then, if you’re lucky enough to be of that small sliver of applicants who get to take the training, you have to work — once again — to defy the odds. Because only 1 in 4 trainees actually completes the test to officially become a SEAL.

More from Chron:

The attrition rate for candidates in SEAL training is due partly to the rigorous physical fitness component of SEAL training. To graduate from SEAL training, you must meet physical fitness standards that are more challenging than those required for entry into the program. For example, you must swim 1,000 yards in 20 minutes or less and run four miles in 31 minutes or less. There are also standards for pushups, pullups and curl-ups. You also must complete skills training, which includes combat diving and land warfare training. SEAL candidates must demonstrate mastery in weapons use, land navigation, demolitions, cold weather warfare and maritime operations.

One of the astonishing things about the SEAL training is how mental grueling it is. Sure, everyone’s familiar with the rigorous physical challenge it offers, but you can be Mr. Universe and never get to the finish line if you don’t have (as Tom Wolfe once put it talking about fighter pilots) the “right stuff” between the ears.