Quick update to the original thread.
I did a memorial run February 6th for a 3rd Group Special Forces soldier, ODA 325 who was KIA October 6, 2012. Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Schiro 4th Annual Memorial Run in Coral Springs, Florida. This is the third year I do the run (last year I had to do it with crutches and I rucked it instead since I was still recovering from the tibia fracture surgery). I always leave the run feeling honored and grateful that such great men lived and sacrificed for this great nation. It just makes me want to enlist and follow in the same foot steps and it's great to know that the proceeds go directly to the children of this fallen SF warrior.
I tried running a little faster than I usually do, especially after getting really motivated seeing what I assume are his former SF team mates (they looked like some BAMF's) running with weighted vests and such. I started getting some extreme pain in the right knee where I had the tibia fracture surgery and I had to slow down a lot (almost to a damn crawl)
I finished the run at least.
After a self diagnosis using this website
http://www.stoneclinic.com/knee-self-diagnosis looks I will have to either get MCL, ACL or some other type of knee surgery. I read from a search that a lot of guys here have had MCL, ACL, knee surgeries and have been allowed to pursue Selection so at least that gives me hope. If I don't pass the age cut off, make sure I heal up, continue following Bechorg's work out regimen plan and get a perfect 300 APFT and a high score on the UBRR so they won't even look at the surgeries twice.
So my question is this... maybe some 20th Group SF soldiers can answer since I'm still pursuing the National Guard SF route through REP-63. Is it 29 years old the cut off date for National Guard SF or 34 years old like the NG website and recruiter says it is? I just keep reading different information on the cut off age when it comes to Active Duty and NG, hoping an SF soldier can answer that for me.
I turn 29 years old September 2016 and I know for sure if I get knee surgery, the recovery time, time in the gym to get strong, etc. I won't be 100% ready by September 2016.
Like I said, either way I am going to enlist serve my country but I just want to know if my SF window is closed through the NG option. Thank you all for the advice shared on this board and for your sacrifices for this great nation.