You have an important question to ask yourself.

Do you want to be a Ranger, or do you want to be SF?

Then you need to work toward it with every resource you have. Focus.

Trying to be both before you even get started is a bad idea.

And if the Rangers find out that you are going SF, you are going to be in the hurt locker.

Best of luck.

TR

Greetings!
 

Gentlemen,
After reading many threads/posts/stickies I wanted to take a moment and properly introduce myself. I am 23, interested in a career in law enforcement or military, have spoken with AD and NG recruiters, found them lacking in intergrity and complete and accurate information, and have found this site to be an outstanding resource. I wanted to say "THANK YOU" to all the QP's and other servicemen who have shared their wisdom and provided guidance to the rest of us observers. Your unselfish service and devotion to country and fellow man has not gone unnoticed. Thank you in advanced for your continued service; I will observe (unless, on occasion, my input is appropriate in a reply/post) and continue to prepare myself mentally, emotionally, and physically, and use these and other resources for the journey ahead. Godspeed.
-DC

hello everyone, im 20 years old and I attend Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. stumbled across this site while doing some SF research online. Been interested in a career in Spec Ops for some time now. My father retired after almost 20 years in the Navy SEAL teams. I always thought SEALs was what I wanted to do, but doing my own research, something about SF stood out to me. I look forward to my time on this site, and thank you for your service.

SF it is...

I'm going in as an E-3, so I'll be applying as soon as I hit E-4. Until then; lots of PT and land nav.

Thanks.

Wecome! Commitment is what it takes. Drive ON!

Welcome All to the board....

Welcome aboard Hokie!

MFF3705 intro
 

greetings gents - recently retired 30 yr SF officer raised / tolerated by the team members listed in the profile. actually found this site by accident and had wondered where you all had gone to - clearly here. i strongly endorse the attitudinal basis i see here, borne out of our collective experiences last few decades. good job in maintaining the flame. appreciate the opportunity to straphang. al c.

Welcome aboard Al. For those of you curious enough to check out his profile you should not be drawing any conclusions about the Duke and I corrupting this young troop as a 2LT in his first SF assignment:D

Welcome aboard.

Hello Gentlemen,

I have spent a lot of time researching and contemplating whether or not to go for SF. I have finally decided to go through with it and have recently signed an 18x contract. I will be shipping 20080128. I realize I have a difficult task ahead of me, but I am confident in my ability to persevere. I feel very fortunate to have been exposed to this site. It is well run and has been very informative. Thank you and keep up the good work!

Not Snyder?!?!?!

I'm Not really sure what to put here, so here goes.
My name is Sgt. Axel, I joined the army in 99' as a 11X (now 11B). Spent 3 yrs at Bragg with 1-505th PIR in Aco,HHC and Bco. Ranger class 5-01,EIB,Airborne and a few other misc. things. In 02' I hit my ETS date and went to school for a while, then sighned back up in 04', for a fun 22month deployment to good ole' Iraq, with the MN guard. Now I am planning to tryout for A 2/20th and take it from there. I'm just here to observe for the most part.

Thanks
Sgt.Axel

Hello All, while in the basement of the McClure building a friend recommended this site. And since it is rude to be a total parasite I figured I’d log in and introduce myself… After shipping over from the Marines I attended SFAS and was selected to be a medic in May ’94. I attended the last 300F1 class in Ft. Sam and ‘med lab’ at Ft. Bragg before becoming the team medic on ODAs 041, 044, and 794 and finally the Team Sergeant of 797 in ’05. I look forward a good exchange of information, but don’t be surprised if I am not the most punctual at replying, it all depends on my internet connection and time management. But I do look forward to the opportunity for a good exchange of information...

Hello all,

I am currently a Reserve O1 (25A) trying to get into Civil Affairs. I was not prior enlisted. I've been lurking here for a long while (years) without the need to register. Recently I needed to PM someone, so I finally registered. My civilian background is in software in the Defense Industry. I get to make things that fly figure out how to make things that don't fly go boom.

This may well be my only post. So I will take the opportunity to say thank you all for this resource.

QP's

My name is Dan and I am 21 years old. i work at an insurance company dealing with Xerox employees and retirees. I came to this site to find out more about SF. I am currently talking with my recruiter about getting an 18x contract.

Thank you for taking the time to post here and share your experiences.

Working tactical medic, here mostly for the medical section. Profile complete.

Ernie Snyder, aka Duke!

Introduction
 

Good afternoon everyone,

My apologies for not having done this sooner. I am a former Marine 0351 with L Co. 3/5 from 2002-2006. I decided after 3 tours that I should give college a try. So, I traded in being a "Hollywood Marine" to becoming just another SOCAL beach bum. Well to keep it simple I realized not everyone is meant to wear a suit and tie and do the 9-5, some of us are meant to play in the mud. I plan on talking to a recruiter to go 18X after the semester is up.

Thank You for all the information.

"Hollywood Marine" when said by others just shows a twinge of jealousy :p

...proceeding to run for cover from expected incoming

Hey I am a SSG, just finished the 18D course and I am currently in Arabic I am slotted to go to Sage in March. I have been in the Army for almost six years I was Intell prior, spent a year in Iraq and went to the Q course. Hope to be heading to 10th group but we shall see..... focusing on Arabic is what I am doing now.

Greetings Gents, My name is George, nick-name is Grog. I entered AD US Army in 1985, right out of high school. I served 5 years, and ETSd after my father fell off a couple sections of scaffold and royally messed his back up. Military pay wouldn't support the family, so that decision was made for me. I entered the PA State police academy in 1990 and have been serving the Commonwealth ever since. I entered the criminal investigation section over a year ago, and am looking forward to retiring in 7 months. I enjoy exchanging information, and am currently studying terrorism and related subjects, which will give me something to occupy myself in my latter years. I have been a member of socnet for a while now and a friend there pointed me in this direction. I'm looking forward to renewing some old friendships, and making some new ones here. Seems like a nice place to pass some time, and share experience. As a side "job/hobby" I've been developing new 40mm munitions, working with ALS Technologies on newly developed flash/bang type and other rounds. I own an M-203 and am presently working on restoring a Springfield Armory M-79. I am very pro-constitution, as I believe every LEO should be. Proud to be here!

Back on Track
 

Hello, Gentlemen.

After a somewhat long hiatus I am back on track. I took a little over a year off from active duty, having worked for the SWC and the 18x program establishing the original medical and processing facility (aid station) back in 2002-2005. I was in the pipeline originally but an injury and two subsequent hip surgeries put me out of action (from actual training) for quite some time.

During my "time off" I was able to heal, and decided to give it another go around. I'm back on active duty, currently in the sandbox with a medical unit and looking forward to going back to the Special Operations community not long after re-deploying. I miss the men of the Spec Ops community as you have been the truly upright professionals and I prefer to work with no others. Needless to say, this deployment with "mother army" has been a proverbial nightmare.

Those of you who have already 'been there and done that' have my utmost respect and admiration. I look forward to working in your midst once more.

Strength and Honor!

Introduction
 

Salute to all, I'm here today, gone tomorrow and back again. For those that don't know me, Mike Kim (Axe), 18Z retired, but still kicking around in the danger zones.

Always great to see old friends. Hang in there.

Served in the following SF units, 5thSFG, 40thSFGR, 8thSFG, SFQC, 3/7SFG, SFOC, SFFTB, 1/7thSFG...

Axe.

Welcome
 

Thanks for the e-mails Mike. I sent you my phone numbers....Welcome aboard.

Mike glad to see you on here, and to know you are alive and well, it's been a long time bro, send me an email and let me know how you are doing.

Welcome aboard Mike! As Billy stated, glad to see you are still alive. :D

Introducing myself to the forum
 

Hello all. It's good to be aboard such a fine forum and I have enjoyed reading and catching up on some of my old comrades from the past and present.

I served in 7th SFG(A) from 94 to 04. I feel fortunate to have been a part of not only an outstanding unit such as the 7th (my heart will always be there) but in SF in general. So much tradition and honor and a history that must be carried on. I can say this, every 18 series I had the pleasure of serving with or knowing will remain with me.

Hello
 

My name is Jim. I am 23 years old and am currently attending a local community college in Phoenix, Arizona. I am an Army brat; my father, mother, and stepfather have all served in the Army and my mother is a Desert Storm veteran while my father recently returned from Afghanistan where he was supporting JTF-82. Over the past few years I have a developed an interest in the elite fighting forces of our nation and I have, more specifically, become quite interested in the Special Forces. My current life goals are to continue my schooling until I receive my degree (I am still debating what my major will be, but I am leaning towards History), run the P.F. Chang's Rock'n'Roll 1/2 Marathon in early January 2008 and continue to develop a healthy and active lifestyle. Thank you for allowing me to be a member. My interests here will be entirely in gathering knowledge of the Special Forces lifestyle; I do not plan on posting much, considering I don't think my knowledge would be of much use to the professionals. Once again, thank you. Not just for allowing me to be a member, but also for your service and sacrifice.

Hi my name is Dustin and I've been reading around on the boards for and 3 months now and i love it lol. My friend and i are currently getting ready to leave in march under a 18x contract and I'm looking forward to the closer i get.I've lost about 60 lbs trying to get in to fight for my country.

Intro
 

Greetings,

I've been a long time lurker, now seems as good a time as any to introduce myself. I went through the Q-course as an 18B in 5/84 right after OSUT/Jump School. After a medical recycle I finished as an 18E in class 4/85. Did B team time in 3BN 10th group BOP, then spent some time on ODA 072 at Devins with some truly amazing guys. Had a great time at SOT school, then turned down HALO/DLI to go back to college. 20+ years later I still wonder often if that was the right choice. Did the ROTC thing, Armor, Reserve training Bgds, IRR, etc. in the guard/reserves for 14 years, resigning my commission in 2002. When I was on active duty in SF I had no appreciation at all for the gulf in quality and professionalism separating the guys on this forum from those in the regular army. But, as they say, you can never go back. Now work at U Mich as a pol sci prof.

-- Al

Goog day gents.
 

Gentlemen, My name is Jason. I am a Boatswain Mate in the Navy. I joined this site mainly for some of the reviews on gear and such. I have quite a few friends in the NSW community, but it is always good to hear what other people think. Primarily, you guys still use 1911's a good bit, my pistola of choice. I am also interested in the Pipeline section of the forums. I am still waiting to see if I will re-enlist in the Navy or come to the 18 community. I plan on reading more than posting. Thank you for this opportunity to talk amongst you.

Interesting conclusion...:munchin

Welcome Al!

We're always open to great discussions! Glad to have you aboard!

Team Sergeant

Cool name for a SGT. It would make you to young to ask if your parents were G&R Fans, but it's coming...:D

Welcome to the Board.

Introduction
 

Hi, my name is Ed and I appreciate all the great information on SF you provide on this site.

Thanks,

Welcome to the Board....

Good morning.

Here is my first post as requested. My profile has been created. I currently work at a phone company making sure phone calls get answered. I'm currently looking for something that actually requires some serious work and commitment, possibly SF. Registering here so that should I have any future questions about the SF that stickies, googling, and recruiters are unable to answer, I'll be able to get information from those who have been there.

Thank you all for letting me be a guest in your house.

Accomplish the Mission
 

Morning all!!.....:p

Name's Drew. I did C 1/7 (732) early '90's, B Co. SWTG and SFAS (mid '90's). Anyone who had me as a walker will remember 'Accomplish the Mission' and 8 hours of staring at a blank sheet of paper....lol....:munchin.

...and C 3/7 'til I retired '04 (knuckledragger '95 / RST '97). TripC after that.

Callsign is still the same as Bdad.....here and elsewhere...

BTW---DC sucks, rely on WTOP for all the answers....:rolleyes:

Introduction
 

Hello everyone my is Jay. I'm currently in the Q-course in Language Re-Train, (Arabic got me the first time around). I'm going through as an 18E and was previously in the 782nd BSB as a 94E,(Radio Comsec Repair). If all goes as planned then I'll be in 5th Group by early April. Also, this forum came highly recommended to me by a good friend of my Father-in-Law's, Retired CW4 Ed Lowrey. That's all for now so thanks for having me here and God Bless.

yip yip
 

yip yip, is the chief your F-I-L or friend of your F-I-L?

Some of us know the chief when he was a NTIG E-6:D

Welcome all.

Pete