BirdStuff
08-29-2010, 23:25
Okay, I searched near and far on the site and couldn't come up with a answer I need.
I'm prior service and going back to the Q. I was a 63h that dropped my packet and passed selection in 05. Attended the Q from Apr 06 - Apr 07. Long story short, I knew I was about to get custody of my son due to a poor environment he was in with his mother in CA and had to leave the course. Got out in 08 for lack of family care plan - became a single dad. Since then I have remarried to a spectacular woman that I've chatted up about the Army and SF. She's 110% in. Family care plan covered now.
I spoke to every recruiter under the sun. They've all told me I would be asking for a miracle to get a 18x on the first visit to meps and they would not support multiple trips until I landed one.
I got in contact with an NCO at the Directorate of Special Operations Proponency. He filled me in on some of my options and the one that seems like my best bet is this.
1- Enlist with a 11b contract.
2- Get to Benning and get in contact with a SF LNO he passed contact info for "who I'm told NOT to contact until I'm at Benning," and ask for a crossover 18X contract.
I asked if there was anything that would hold me back from getting it and got the reply of "none" but it just feels like I'm taking a gamble on it.
Anyone know of any success / failure stories of going to AIT with the intention of getting that contract?
What about a prior who's had time in the Q already getting it?
Oh and I didn't just shoot and scoot out of the course. I still have a letter of non-academic relief stating come back when your family matters are resolved.
I'm prior service and going back to the Q. I was a 63h that dropped my packet and passed selection in 05. Attended the Q from Apr 06 - Apr 07. Long story short, I knew I was about to get custody of my son due to a poor environment he was in with his mother in CA and had to leave the course. Got out in 08 for lack of family care plan - became a single dad. Since then I have remarried to a spectacular woman that I've chatted up about the Army and SF. She's 110% in. Family care plan covered now.
I spoke to every recruiter under the sun. They've all told me I would be asking for a miracle to get a 18x on the first visit to meps and they would not support multiple trips until I landed one.
I got in contact with an NCO at the Directorate of Special Operations Proponency. He filled me in on some of my options and the one that seems like my best bet is this.
1- Enlist with a 11b contract.
2- Get to Benning and get in contact with a SF LNO he passed contact info for "who I'm told NOT to contact until I'm at Benning," and ask for a crossover 18X contract.
I asked if there was anything that would hold me back from getting it and got the reply of "none" but it just feels like I'm taking a gamble on it.
Anyone know of any success / failure stories of going to AIT with the intention of getting that contract?
What about a prior who's had time in the Q already getting it?
Oh and I didn't just shoot and scoot out of the course. I still have a letter of non-academic relief stating come back when your family matters are resolved.