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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
magician,
IMO to audit is to attend a course of interest without receiving the "credit" or in this case the "MOS".
The Q-Course is nothing like Ranger school, which is a leadership school and those that successfully attend receive an ASI. The Q produces soldiers ready to go on to an "A-Team", where they reveive further training and become members of Special Forces. Also IMO, if you passed the Q-Course and never served on an A-Team you are not Special Forces. This has already been discussed at length concerning a certain female that threatened a lawsuit after she audited the Q-Course.
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I agree with much of this.
Ranger School is obviously a leadership school. We all know that. Graduates receive an ASI, and usually term themselves "Ranger-qualified," or "graduates of Ranger School," with most people reserving the simple term "Ranger" for members of the 75th Infantry.
Before the foundation of 18-series, graduation from the Q-course also earned an SQI, for enlisted it was "S," and as I recall for officers, it was "G." Since the establishment of Special Forces as a Branch, graduates generally receive 18-series MOS's.
I also agree that graduates of the Q-Course who do not serve on an ODA should not be called "Special Forces." The problem, as we have all seen, is that a person who receives a certificate of course completion can be considered privileged to term themselves "SF-Qualified."
In the case of one of the Marines who went through Class 4-84 with me, he reenlisted in the US Army, and was awarded an 18-series MOS based on previous course completion. As I recall, he went through some sort of admin orientation deal that lasted a few weeks to get his records transferred over and to get him oriented to the US Army, and he was then off to 7SFGA, where I understand that he served honorably for several years.