My name is Orlando Romero and I am 18 years old. I have just begun my journey into my goal of becoming Army Special Forces, protecting my country and the people in it. I hope during my duration on this board that I am able to take in and contribute as much information as possible.

Romero

Romero,

If you decide to join your duty will be to defend the "Constitution of the United States".

Good luck young man.

Team Sergeant


"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

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Hello everyone! I am interested in becoming an 18D. I am native of Ecuador, but I have served the 5yrs as a Recon and Hospital Corpsman in the U.S.Navy. During my time in the Navy served with Marine Recon and a FAST company. I was selected to attend 18D, but was unable to do so do to a training injury. At the end of my contract I worked as a military contractor. I returned stateside and tried working in the civilian world in the healthcare field, but I miss the comradery that I had with my fellow operators.
I will attempt to return to service as a member of the National Guard's 5th Bn, 19th SFG here in California. Unfortunately, I missed tryouts, so I am concentrating on preparing for the next set of tryouts this Oct/Nov. To prepare I have also picked up warrior-mentors book and am following the program to the "T" in order to better prepare for SFAS. I look forward to learning as much as possible from all of you.
V/R,
Doc

Welcome all.

Doc, I think you might be mistaken. You might have been selected to attend the Special Operations Combat Medical Course, but I doubt that you were chosen to attend the Army SF MOS producing 18D Course. Were you already SOCM qualified?

TR

Bienvenido chipirón! Si necesitas algo, diga no mas!

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Hey guys,
Currently a Medic in the Army now. Originally wanted to crosstrain to become a Pararescueman. While downrange, the Scouts and I had the opportunity to work with Special Forces and I learned a lot about the 18D and the diversity in their career field. So, I go to Selection on October 22nd. Thank you all for the helpful advice that's been posted.
-Nick

Hello to all,
I am currently (and have been) in "Lurk and Learn" mode and thought I should make an introduction. My name is Steve, I am from So. CA and am strongly considering joing the NG. This is such a fantastic site with endless amounts of information. A BIG thanks to the QP's for putting this together.

In our Recon Corpsman pipeline we must attend the 24week Special Operations Combat Medic Course and the 22week Special Operations Medical Sergeants couse(we group those up in the term 18D, eventhough the second one is really it).
Our pipeline runs a total of 72 weeks. The other schools in our pipeline include the 7week Field Medical Service School, 12 week Basic Reconnaissance Course, 3 week Airborne Course, 8 week Combatant Diver Course, and the Diving Medicine Course.
I, along with the rest of Recon guys are considered SOF qualified after graduation of Recon School.
By the time I was able to attend the 2 above named courses, I was at nearing my eaos. I was faced with the choice of reenlisting in order to attend or finish up the last 6months in service. I chose to try civilian life...which I have found not as fulfilling as I thought it would be......
So now I want a crack at operating again, but this time I want to do it right with SF. Having being a part of Naval Special Warfare and working with various SOF units(Recon, SEALS, SF, CCTs, PJs,etc), I can honestly say that the quality of men in SF units is far and above greater then all others. This is just my opinion, but you guys made a great impression on me.

Estoy entrenando y preparandome para esta nueva oportunidad, entonces voy a tener varias preguntas. Gracias senor, eres muy amable.

Intro.
 

Lurking here for several months and decided to become a member - although you'll hear very little from me (exception being if you ask a question about Maple Syrup). Been in the Army for almost 12 years in a variety of MOS' and positions and love every minute of it.

I was drawn to the forum b/c my two early heroes were instructors of mine in college (both SF). They taught ROTC at Norwich University. MSG J.G. in 96-97 and MSG "Uncle Andy" A.Z. in 01-03. Quiet, confident, funny, great instructors, not ones to brag, always there with cool heads and great advice - never sweating the small, unimportant stuff. I (still) want to be like them. Reading some of the posts here reminds me of them. Additionally, I had the chance to work with (read: support) a team (not sure which group - didn't ask) during OIF III when I was a PL. Smart, calm and collected - they never put on airs and helped train some of my guys during their downtime on the FOB. True professionals. If you guys are members here, thanks.

Since I'm in the VTARNG, there's no SF in my forseeable future, although I train everyday as though I'm headed to SFAS tomorrow. :lifter

Thanks for letting me sit and listen.

Welcome to the board gents.


Team Sergeant

Welcome aboard!

Stay safe.

Proud army son and Prior service navy vet.
 

Hello all. I am the proud son of a 28 year army veteran and myself a veteran of the U.S. Navy (should have listened to dad and gone in the army like he said). I am re-enlisting in the army and am hear to learn as much as i can about what it takes to be a "quiet professional" as that is my career goal with the army. I look forward to learning from you all.

Welcome all. Thanks for your service.

ArmyPride:

You might want to review your profile.

We are not going to talk about the unit you are looking to join, and we take a dim view of people going to SF as a springboard to another unit.

TR

Is that "unmentionable unit" not considered SF?