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Old 08-27-2006, 19:21   #9
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Originally Posted by 82ndtrooper
TR, out of curiosity what was the success rate of initial entry soldiers once upon arrival at SFAS and SFQC ?? Did this endeavor prove a dismal failure rate or where candidates chosen upon entry to SFAS due to being the "TOD DOG" out of AIT and BAC ?? Obviously you made it, and had the "Right Stuff" but how many of the other candidates found themselves at the 82nd Airborne ?

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You do understand that SFAS was not conducted separately from the SFQC till 1988 or so?

At the time I attended in 1984, many AD soldiers just applied for the SF training to get PCSed back to CONUS from Korea, Germany, etc. and arrived with no intention of attending the Q Course. They just showed up, failed the PT Test or Swim Test, or terminated. Then they were reassigned around Bragg IAW their MOS.

The initial entry soldiers did fairly well, though there were a lot of maturity problems. Some made CSM, and some fell by the wayside. Just like any other group.

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