11-04-2015, 06:29
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I Failed Selection, and It’s One of My Proudest Accomplishments
I think it's well written and insightful..
1st time I have read breachbangclear site?
Comments??
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This is a guest post from Eric Hack, a former Regular Army soldier and currently serving member of the Texas Army National Guard. Eric is an Iraq veteran and aspiring actor (he even has an IMDB page). He's also one of Mad Duo Chris' soldiers. Eric tried SFAS, failed, and found victory in that failure. You should read, and take to heart, the message he has for us. Mad Duo
I Failed Selection, and It’s One of My Proudest Accomplishments
Eric Hack
October 2008. North Carolina. I, the newly-promoted SPC Hack, had an undisclosed distance to ruck within an undisclosed time. It was raining and dark, and I had three days of backed-up shit trying to force its way out. This was the end of my first week at Special Forces Assessment and Selection. I was Candidate 140, still dizzy from log and rifle PT and improper hydration, stumbling along the dirt route through the pine trees of the Star Course.
We had been bussed to the site. Some have said they rucked out to the site, but we rode busses. The ruck in the rain made up for the comfy bus ride. I zombied out shortly after starting, and was still dizzy from puking earlier in the day. That morning we got up from our usual three-and-a-half hours of sleep, ate MREs (mine was beef stew) and were split into two groups. My group had the logs first.
Not only was I scrawny, I’m also short. And I wound up at the end of my mounted log. The strain from the log work made the freshly-eaten food in my stomach fight back. When we had to roll right, roll left, or roll over the weak my own weakness came out all over the rubber tire chunks. Fortunately there was a polite Green Beret hovering overhead to provide immediate instruction: pick up my weakness and put it in my pocket.
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11-04-2015, 08:28
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Good read!
I especially like his quote:
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Fuck ‘em. At least I tried.
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11-04-2015, 09:41
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I went to SFAS two years prior to the author. Story sounds really familiar. I was also candidate 140, and a 21 day non-select. I too plan on going back.
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11-04-2015, 12:35
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He did not fail,
he was non-selected.
Big difference.
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11-04-2015, 13:16
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I received one of those 21 day consolation prizes.
I am proud of one of my many failures as well.
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11-04-2015, 13:28
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Good read but I didn't like the title. I don't think I'd list it as one of my "Proudest Accomplishments"..... then again he's a young lad and probably not too many accomplishments, yet.. 
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11-04-2015, 14:16
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[QUOTE=Go Devil;596418]I received one of those 21 day consolation prizes.
I am proud of one of my many failures as well.
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"Attended". I've never seen that before.
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11-04-2015, 15:02
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kalanis
"Attended". I've never seen that before.
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Maybe it could have been "Selected".
I got boarded.
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11-04-2015, 17:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Go Devil
Maybe it could have been "Selected".
I got boarded.
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Your SSN is on that certificate, BTW.
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11-04-2015, 18:24
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Originally Posted by head
Your SSN is on that certificate, BTW.
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That's odd...it's the same SSN that I just put on a credit application  .
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11-04-2015, 18:46
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Lots of military diploma's say 'attended' which simply means met the full time requirement of the course but not the final standard.
Be proud of the 'try' but not the failure...we learn from failure.
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11-05-2015, 05:17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CSB
He did not fail,
he was non-selected.
Big difference.
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BINGO!!! That what I was going to ay too.
Great read, some good points here.
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11-05-2015, 05:20
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Originally Posted by PRB
Lots of military diploma's say 'attended' which simply means met the full time requirement of the course but not the final standard.
Be proud of the 'try' but not the failure...we learn from failure.
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You could get a certificate for U.S. Army Advance Land Navigation as "Attended."
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History teaches that when you become indifferent and lose the will to fight someone who has the will to fight will take over."
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Intelligence failures are failures of command [just] as operations failures are command failures.”
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11-06-2015, 20:57
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F.A.I.L.: first attempt in learning
A heartfelt post. I can relate.
Won some, lost many, still picking up the pieces on some.
I can accept failure. I cannot accept not giving my best, or quitting.
Reminds me of these powerful quotes from outstanding characters:
“All I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.”
Louis Zamperini
Olympian, Japanese POW camp survivor
""When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves."
Viktor E. Frankl
4 concentration camps survivor
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12-05-2015, 17:26
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He should come back identifying as transgender and then he WILL pass.
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