Intro
 

My name is Mike, I was active duty Navy Corpsman for 13 years, and now a weekend warrior. I found this site looking for medical tips in the field, and have really been impressed by the professionalism and the wealth of information found here.

I may not post much, but I am really happy to find a place to where I can keep current on skills. (FMF corpsman, I can still be called to deploy)

-Much respect to the SF community.



--Remember, all bleeding eventually stops....

Brian,
Welcome aboard here! Great to see your post and thanks for what you do.
Stay safe and I'll talk to you soon.

Hello,

My name is Stephen and I am currently a Junior in high school in Newtown, Pennsylvania. I am a U.S. citizen as well as a U.K. citizen. In my short lifespan, I have moved around the east coast a few times. I've lived in Florida, Maryland, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and London, England. I lived in England for a year, and while I was there I traveled to Spain, Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Austria, and France. I also recently visited China with my school, staying in both Beijing and Shanghai. I love traveling and exploring new places. When I have spare time, I teach myself Mandarin and practice French. I enjoy almost every sport, but my passion remains with Cross Country. I will be running my third year in the fall of 2008 as a team captain, working to break my 5k personal best time of 16:42 by at least a minute. I have also run track each year, focusing on the mile and two mile events. I am active in school clubs, including Political Science, Ski Club, and Future Business Leaders of America. I have been in the school band each year, including marching band as a Freshman. Outside of school, I maintain two part time jobs during the year, one as a lifeguard, and one as a "receptionist." During the summer, I volunteer for a local camp for underprivileged children called Camp Discovery, and go on mission trips with a local church if the timing works out. As for future plans, I hope to go to college and major in international affairs or modern languages. I plan to join the U.S. Army after college, with the intention of someday making my way to the foot of the great challenge you talented men have conquered.

Jeff,
Great to see you here and Welcome!

For all the rest, Jeff is very good at what he does and I owe him a huge debt of gratitude for all the help he has given the late Col. Rex Applegate and myself in supplying a lot of knives to those who need them. I'm honored to be able to continue to work with him.
We would all benefit from your help in the Edged Weapon area here, jump on in. Please be sure to check out the "Redneck Engineering" thread too.

Ambush Master,
We ain't talking about no stinkin' box of knife parts. That still smarts. For you folks that don't know AM yet, pay extra attention to his name.

I'm currently an E-5 in the US Air Force Security Forces career field and considering trying out for SF. I'm here to get as educated as possible. Thanks for doing what you guys do.

New on the board
 

Thanks for the inclusion to the site, Rusty Roberts, retired from 1st SFGA....

Welcome Chief!

Greetings Brothers!
 

Hello everyone, my name is Blake Miles. I'm currently assigned to ODA2011 (or whatever the hell the new designation is; I'd be lying if I said I ever cared enough to learn how the new team names are assigned). I spent 3 years over at lovely 1st Group with ODA191 and had one trip to Samarra, Iraq. I'm currently working some shit warehouse job in northern Illinois while my wife is going to school for her doctorates in Psychology.

I damn near shed a tear when I found this site, because I miss hanging out in the team room, bullshitting and throwing a few beers back. Looking forward to conversing with you all! This'll be a pleasant change from talking to the typical d-bags that populate nearly all message boards on the internet!

-Blake

De Oppresso Liber

Introduction
 

Greetings everyone,

As required I would like to introduce myself. My name is Raul, a twenty-four year old American currently living in the United Kingdom with my wife (who is British) and our daughter. I’ve been living in England since 2005, however, I have recently begun to train both body and mind for enlisting under the 18X program in about two years time.

I can’t even begin to explain how much of a resource this website has been in formulating a training plan. The Reaper’s thread entitled: “Rucking Advice”, along with NousDefionsDoc’s thread entitled: “Training the Mind” have been extremely valuable in helping me.

I also recently purchased “Get Selected for Special Forces,” so this website combined with the book, well, I can honestly say that I am starting to enjoy going out rucking with my ALICE on my back, and giving 110% during my workouts and runs. I have also begun to incorporate land navigation, I have been learning as much as possible from the Army Land Navigation FM.

I've been enjoying my training so much that I have even been able to convince my wife to go out camping in July to the Peak District here in England, and she is going to start doing some training with me - it is great to have that kind of support from my wife.

So although this is an introduction thread, I have to say a huge thank you to all the BTDT/QP who participate and contribute all their knowledge and experience, taking the time out of your schedules to help us wannabes who come onto this forum. It is appreciated immensely.

I hope you all have a great day and once again, thank you all.

Regards,

Raul

Hello Everyone,

My name is Ben Voss and I am a college student currently studying in Beijing. Special Forces is an area of particular interest of me and this site has been a great resource in clearing up some of the questions I have had about the Special Forces life. Thank you all very much for your time, effort and service.

Since I joined the Army, I have wanted to make a difference. My first unit was a reserve engineer unit out of North Carolina. Each weekend, I would come home without the feeling that I had accomplished anything. I have been giving special forces thought for the past few months and have been picking brains here and there. I am currently mobilized with an aviation unit. My primary MOS 15T which is a Blackhawk Mechanic. We are going to be gone for the next year, which will give me time to prepare both my physical and mental state. Which brings us to this website. I have been reading over it for the past couple days. I have used the search feature and therefore have no questions as of yet. I thought I'd go ahead and introduce myself so that I can ask questions when they come up and/or offer up any opinions that I have.
So, hopefully this will serve well enough for an introduction. I doubt there are any questions of me, but I woudl be happy to answer any that ensue.

I ran across a link to PS from the SOCNET site.

Everything below is frank and factual, intended to give you a glimpse of who I am.

As my profile implies, I'm addicted to languages. I am a fan of cultural immersion. I have traveled internationally and plan on continuing to do so as much as I can aside from military commitments.

I will be in the military (most likely Navy) either on a scholarship as a "college boy" or as enlisted by the end of the year. I would consider an option 40 contract with the Army as a stepping stone to SF, but I am still praying/studying about my options. I will serve even if I am not in a SOF unit. My goal is to be put to the best use our country can find for me.

I am an amateur radio operator and have been for years (it's almost time to renew). I make a hobby out of OSINT collection.I am committed to serving as AD and I am addicted to PT. I prefer swimming/underwater drills (nothing stupid) to any other form of PT, but I am only a novice crawlstroker. I am fairly efficient with the CSS, surpassing minimums for the SEAL Challenge Contract with the Navy by a minute or two. I love anything that uses combustibles.

I currently score in the neighborhood of 250-270 on the AFQT. I ruck at about a 16 mile pace with 60 lbs (using a MOLLE pack). I use a combination of PT regimens from the Army, Navy, and Marine corps. I am currently out of shape in my running due to failure to comply with my plan, but that is actively being rectified. I am also sick and tired of flight deck combat boots (Bates 21500s are excellent boots for everything but running)!

I expect to be a primarily read-only user, and thank all the BTDTs for the wisdom they share!

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I attempted to submit a post and don't know if it took.

I served in SF from 88-03 and did all my time in 3/7SFG except my SWCS time at the end of my tour.

I currently have a training company SSTI and work for a tactical outfit in Washington DC.

I look forward to using the site.

Frank

Introduction
 

Great to see some old friends on this site. My name is Mike and I currently work in Europe managing Security Assistance chaos. I guess I shouldn’t say “currently” since I’ve been here since 1996.

Started my military career (retired in 2000) at the Ranger Battalion, went SF, assigned to 5th Group for a few years, then ended up doing the rest with 10th.

It is an honor to be part of this site.

Introduction
 

Hello,

I am a 21B currently serving in Iraq with the 82nd ABN DIV. I am looking for anything that I can use to better myself as a soldier and set myself apart from my peers. I look forward to continuing the learning process. AIRBORNE!