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Originally Posted by ZonieDiver
Green Berets in the Vanguard; Inside Special Forces, 1953-1963 by Chalmers Archer, Jr. Interesting read, but with several errors so far - which I attribute to old age-failing memory. (Unless someone from that day tells me otherwise!)
For example; calling them "mass technical jumps" instead of "mass tactical jumps" and stating that in the late 50's EM jump pay went to $110 per month. (If true, I missed out...)
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This part is not right,we still got $55 as far as the late 60's........ 
Big Teddy 
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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