SFAS Preparation Book

**Roguish Lawyer** · 06-17-2005, 14:41

Thought this might be of interest to potential candidates. The author just registered here.

http://www.warrior-mentor.com/

The Dave · 06-17-2005, 15:01

Gonna check this one out. Ordered a copy this morning.

**Team Sergeant** · 06-17-2005, 15:27

I just called and spoke with the Maj.
Good man, even if he was former 7th Gp...

Welcome aboard Maj. We'll let people know about your book!

Team Sergeant

Warrior-Mentor · 06-17-2005, 16:29

Team Sergeant,

Thanks. Was good to talk with you today. This is a WIN-WIN-WIN project. When we were re-engineering the Special Operations Prep Course (SOPC) to meet the demands of the 18X program, the Commanding General asked us "How can we better prepare our candidates for SF Assessment & Selection (SFAS) BEFORE they report to Fort Bragg?" The Special Operations Recruiters were giving the future candidates a small booklet with tips, but it didn't have any meat to it. After just a couple classes, we realized that we were teaching the same things over and over. When we realized if we had a book they could read..they'd know what to expect and be ready to train. The idea was to capture the FAQs and publish them in one spot. When we realized the book would make money, there was only one right answer and that was to give the royalties to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (www.specialops.org) which provides college scholarships and education counselling for the children of Special Operations Personnel who are killed in training or operational missions.

THIS IS A WIN FOR SF CANDIDATES: Our goal is to ensure future SF Candidates know what to expect and how to best maximize their chances of sussess at SFAS. In order to do this, GET SELECTED FOR SPECIAL FORCES is written in a converstional tone based on the basic question "If your son was getting ready for SFAS, what would you tell him?" Trying to write this in an official publication would have resulted in a dry manual that couldn't endorse products we liked (e.g. SOF Soles, leatherman tools, etc) or unconventional training techniques (e.g. threading the blister, etc).

THIS IS A WIN FOR USASFC(A): Our goal is to increase the success of the candiates for Special Forces. We are a nation at war and we need Special Forces Warriors. Out of the 3,000 copies curently in print, if GET SELECTED FOR SPECIAL FORCES can help just 12 more men graduate the SFQC, we've helped put another ODA on the battlefield.

THIS IS A WIN FOR THE WARRIOR FOUNDATION: Our goal is to raise over $20,000 for the Warrior Foundation in order to fund a scholarship. As a way to GUARANTEE we'll raise at least that much, we've shipped over 1,000 copies directly to the Warrior Foundation's Headquarters in Tampa. The only thing left to do is get the word out there to let people know the resource is available.

For more info, check out www.warrior-mentor.com

Donate now http://www.specialops.org/ Scroll down and you'll see it listed on the left hand side of the page...

jsragman · 06-17-2005, 17:54

Just ordered a copy myself.

jon448 · 06-17-2005, 18:14

Warrior-Mentor sir,
I wanted to say thank you for doing a book like this. Its about time somebody did a book like this and the fact that the money goes to a great cause makes it that much better. I ordered my copy just now. Thank you again.

Jon448

TFM · 06-17-2005, 20:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warrior-Mentor

The Special Operations Recruiters were giving the future candidates a small booklet with tips, but it didn't have any meat to it.

Sounds great to me. I have tried to find all the info I can, and I have found a good deal of information . However, there still seems to be some black whole of knowlegde that will only be uncovered when I am in the midst of the course. I look forward to reading this book.

NousDefionsDoc · 06-17-2005, 21:41

Welcome aboard Sir.

chance · 10-28-2006, 14:58

Hello sir,
I have a real quick question then its back to lurking for me. My question is this if I buy GET SELECTED from clothing and sales will the donation still go to the right people? If not then I'll order it online.

Thanks sir,

Warrior-Mentor · 10-28-2006, 21:09

The cash raised from books sold through Clothing Sales is how we pay for the books shipped to SOWF in Tampa. 100% of books bought online goes directly to SOWF. Books bought through clothing sales fund the books we ship to SOWF. If no one bought books from Clothing Sales, we'd have to restructure the business model to pay for the books donated.

6 to 1, half dozen the other. What ever floats your boat.

msiewers · 11-12-2006, 23:34

I have read "Get Selected for SF" several times. It is well written and is a quick read. I can not say that the training workout will help you pass SFAS because I haven't been yet. I can say that the training schedule, although difficult, will help your physical fitness overall. Before reading this book I didn't know the first thing about proper ruck marching. I was killing myself after a few miles before reading the MAJ's book.

Warrior-Mentor · 12-14-2006, 18:41

Quick update...spoke with Dow at SOWF today...

WE'VE RAISED OVER $47,000.00!

...AND STILL CHIPPING...WORKING OUR WAY TO $50K...

NousDefionsDoc · 12-14-2006, 19:23

Congratulations

Gypsy · 12-14-2006, 19:34

Well done, W-M!

BlackDragon0311 · 12-25-2006, 17:35

found the book online and ordered it almost immediatly, very very interesting and impressive, a definate hit in my view, the parts on mind set were what really interested and helped me, and the eating and PT tips were great also, bang up job!

Johnny Boy