Welcome Gents

Nice to have you aboard!
MM

Hi to all

My name is Con George-Kotzabasis and I'm a former board director of SBS TV Australia. Being a tyro, in this field, among professionals the reason that I've joined this forum is to learn from them while at the same time attempting to make a contribution.

Already I've made some mistakes by jumping the gun, i.e., not introducing myself before posting to a thread, which I did, and I apologise for infringing this rule.

Now that I introduced myself I'm ready to jump with both feet into the fray of fire, and while getting burned hoping to learn from it.

New to the boards.
 

Hello everyone,
My name is Mike and I'm shipping out to Benning in a few weeks. My contract is for 18X. I'm very excited and looking forward to it immensley.
I will hopefully learn a few things about Special Forces before I ship out.
Until next time,
-Mike

Thank you for allowing me to poke around
 

Hello Everybody-

Thank you for allowing me to peek around your house. I frequently stalk these and similar site. I have been a huge supporter of those who serve for as long as I have been alive. In fact, it was all I wanted to do until life decided it had different plans.

But, to make a long story short, I am in formation with the Capuchin Franciscan Order and I wish all of you well.

Believe me, I have many friends who serve and I will keep all of you also in my prayers and hopes.

Good luck.

God Bless

-Matthew:D

Howdy Gents,

Just a civilian here reading anything I can about everything I'm allowed to learn about. I'm mostly hear to read and maybe ask the occasional firearm question - but I'll ensure to wear out that search button before I stick my neck out too far.

I know enough about the military to know that I don't know anything about the military - so it's pretty much mouth shut, ears open from here on out. :D

Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of these forums, and even more so - thank you to the BTDT's for your service.

-Matt

"was an advisor with the VN rangers"


44th Rangers, by any chance?

No, 52nd Vietnamese Rangers.

Introduction
 

Hi all - my name is Mike. First, thank you for allowing me to join your forum. I am prior service 11B1P E-5 looking to come back in on an 18X. I just talked to the recruiter today - he says prior service army can't get the 18X - but since my ASVAB scores are so high, I can reclass to anything else... Seems from what I've found so far on this forum, he may not be accurate. Looking for any information that can assist me in getting to SF!

Cheers!
~mjb

Intro
 

Greetings. I served with the 3d, 5th, & 10th.

Chip

my intro....
 

My name is Tony

Just signed up and decided to post my intro. Thinking about 18B, when I get out of Ft. Sam. preparing while I'm here since theres nothing but time here... I look forward to learning great things from the members here. Thanks for the Opportunity to stalk around...

You got a brother that also served?

TS

Welcome all. Please go back and fill out your profiles if you have not already done so.
MM

Intro
 

4th Infantry Div, 3/7th SFGA, ODA-781, 795, 25th ID, ROTC, SOCSOUTH, deployed to Korea, Japan, Alaska, Germany, El Sal, Honduras, etc. I enjoy reading the posts and keeping up with the Quiet Professionals. Thanks. culebra-perro

Greetings All

Followed a link to this site while reading about the Dragon Skin controversy. Retired SF Company SGM with over 31 years service in SF. Spent time in the RA in 5th, 75-79, and as an instructor in SWC, 84-87, in the Advanced Skills Department. Rest of the time was spent in 20th. Retired in 2004 from 20th after returning from AF. Hope to renew some old friendships and acquaintances and establish some new ones.

Welcome, Mosby Raider! At least one admin is going to love that screen name!

Welcome all.

Remember to fill in your profiles.

Enjoy your visit.

TR

Introduction
 

I'm SGT M., about March of this year I returned from yet another great deployment with the 1/1 AD, and there SF recruiters visiting our post. I was, at the time completely uninterested in SF and had just had a child, but now having spent about 2 and a half months looking into everything imaginable, I have decided to go SFAS. I completed almost everything in about 2 days (physical and all). Now all I have left is to get back with my recruiter in Germany to get a class date.

I have to say that this forum has really helped in me making the decision to go. After lurking around here for about a month as a guest I figured to about time to become a member. So hello all. And thank you.

SGT M. Welcome...good intro and profile....

This part worries me though:rolleyes:
:D

Hello.....I'm a former member of the Air Force, not special operations, I was just a medic. One of my friends who is a member here invited me to join so that I could contribute to the medical section of this site.

Thanks guys
 

Browsed the site a bit, was in the USMC Infantry (0341)
the Legion Etrangere Infantry/Abn.
Have some areas of SF operations during the Vietnam
War I was interested in learning about-was told this was the place
to sit in and absorb data.
Thanks
D

WTF? There is no such thing...

Welcome aboard.

Hello all. My name is Dan and I'm from Indiana. I'm currently a network analyst for a company in the Indianapolis area and my goal to to enlist into the Army as an 18x.

Thank you all for your time and service.

Introduction
 

Hello, my name is Chad, I would like first-off to say thank you for the opportunity the Quiet Professionals have provided by this site and several forums. I have already learned a lot, and hope to to learn more in the future. I am a 26 year old USAR Soldier PMOS 38B who has always been interested in the SF. I come from a military family and have the utmost respect for "Quiet Professionals". Recently I have been going through a few career change options and was hoping to find some insight and/or guidance from individuals with real-time experience. Recruiters can most often than not, have their own agenda. I digress...I look forward to absorbing and retaining as much pertinent information as possible and will be doing plenty of reading. Thank you for your time.

Respectfully
C.H.

Hello, I my name is Michael or Mike hence my forum name.;) I am very interested in the SF way of life and I have recieved the answers to most of my basic questions and then some about the Quiet Professionals. I would like to thank each and everyone of you first off for your time and service to this great nation of ours. 2nd thank you for taking the time to provide us noobs with information that we would probably never have been able to find out without actually joining the SF ourselves;)

Intro
 

Hello. my name is SSgt S...I'm a USAF TACP. I've made one deployment to the sandbox. I really look forward to learning and reading all of the valuable info on this website. Thanks for having me..

Gentlemen
 

I am a new member to this site and I hope I will do this justice.
The reason I have sought out this site is for information and some kind of insight in what it takes to be SF.

My brother died February 9, 2005. His name is CPT Gilbert Munoz.
He is commander of a HALO team from 7th. Group. I would appreciate any info you may have or "stories" about him that any of you might have. I miss him terribly and I just need to know as much of his world as I possibly can.

I know that this is a site for past, present and maybe future SF men. Understanding that I do not fall into any of these categories, I am still asking for your help.

My thoughts and prayers are with all of you! I wish you all well!

Thanks for allowing me to express myself and ask that favor of you.


Veronica
18ALPHASIS

Hello to all
 

My name is Sabine, I'm not a soldier but I used to be married to one. I live now in Germany again, this little town that probably none of you have ever heard of, Osterholz Scharmbeck, northern Germany.
I have 2 kids, a boy and a girl, and my boy is really interested in the Army and Special Forces.
We got this side from a friend and if you dont mind we would like to read along and maybe ask a question every once in a while.
Thanks

I'll be up front and say that I'm not SF, and I'm past the point where I could realistically go that route.
As my screen name suggests, I'm a Field Artilleryman.
I spent the majority of my career preparing to fight the Krasnovians in the “high intensity conflict” scenario preferred by the big Army for so many years.
Then Iraq came along, and that experience served as a kind of epiphany for me.
Now I consider myself a student of Counterinsurgency.
I hope to learn from the experience here.

Time for an intro . . .
 

Greetings, All:

I joined this site quite a while ago, a few months before I actually went to SFAS; I got picked up, and between then (Jun 06) and now, I've been extremely busy with the Q Course, as you might imagine. I've recently completed Max Gain and the new Culminex, and we're headed out to the 18E compound for refit, end of course critiques, peers and the like. I thoroughly enjoyed the 18E training, and learned a ton of stuff in the process. We'll be heading out to Language Block III here in two weeks, and I'm confident I'm going to have more time to post here. I'll also be posting a bit more at my second home (airborneranger.com), where my nick is "longrange".

I have to give a shout out to Surgical Crike - drop me a PM dude, and we'll hoist a few brews. We were in Lilac Miller's Lang BL I (French) together.

Some basic info on me, just so you know:
BESD: 28 DEC 86 (yup, got my 20 year letter in Feb, still kickin' it)
Assigned : A Co, 2/20, ILARNG (Chicago SF)
Airborne / Air Assault / Drill Sergeant / CIB w Star - Desert Shield/Storm, OIF II / EIB / JOTC / Sniper / LRSLC PH I / and then some

I know who you are...

Dont plan on having much free time... Blitz is a shot in the jimmy...

PM inbound...

Crip

PM sent Veronica.
We'll answer what we can.

Team Sergeant

Veronica:

Here are the links to his farewells here.

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...ead.php?t=5028

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...ead.php?t=5604

Hope that helps. RIP, hermano.

TR

Never heard of it...heck I lived there! Left in '91 but still miss the little bar downtown...Doolies if I recall! Be sure to fill in your profile and enjoy the site.

My name is Randy and i retired from the Army with 22 years. Spent ten years in SF. Also served with the 82nd, 101st and the 173rd. Spent a bunch in Vietnam and Thailand. Retired again with 20 years in JROTC. I live in Texas.

Welcome aboard, Randy!

Ha ! I heard of it too, even been there (although it's in the "wrong part" of Germany....) LOL !

Welcome Sabine (that's my wifes name too) from Bad Toelz, well, right now Colorado Springs, that is. :cool:

Mike

The main reason I was uninterested was because I didn't really know much about SF. And that recruiter sure did act a whole lot like a regular Army recruiter. Then his boss SFC B. spoke to me, gave me some better info, and now I'm getting divorced and going SF. (The wife wanted me to be stuck in perpetual unfulfill-ment.)

Another Cherry
 

Gentlemen,
I've been hanging out for a while and finally decided to take the leap and post an intro. I was in 1/75 A co and HHC Oct 00- Oct 03. I couldn't find enough Rangers to hang out with :D so I had to come back in w/ 5/19. I just got selected class 06-07 and am looking to go back for the Q for the Sep class. Thanks for all the advice, now back to reading.

Greetings,
I have been a lurker on these forums as a guest for quite a while now and decided to finally register with my upcoming entrance into the United States Army.

A little about me. My name is Ryan, I am 19 years old, and on July 12th, 2007 I will leave my hometown of Wixom, MI for Fort Leonard Wood to begin basic combat training. I have signed up as a 68W with an option 40. Eventually I may attempt to pursue a career change to that of an 18D but that is not my main focus at this point in time.

I just wanted to say thanks to all the quiet professionals who run this site and enlighten us all in your free time. This forum is a wealth of knowledge and should not be taken for granted.

I will continue to make the most out of every opportunity presented before me and hope that one day I may find myself in the company of men as professional and motivated as those I have seen on this board.

Thank you again for your time. De Oppresso Liber.

Thanks for the welcome
 

I'm surprised that some of you know OHZ. It was a very small post there.
Is has gotten a lot quieter here with all the soldiers being gone. L.d.Clay is a german Kaserne now. I work in Bremerhaven and the post there is a big Container terminal now. I'm sure the ones that know OHZ also know Bremerhaven.
But there are some good memories there. ;)