18X Enlistment Option Qualifications

[Austin J Rogers]

My name is Austin Rogers. I am a Junior at Olympia High School at Stanford, IL. I am turning 17 in 5 days. I will be enlisting in the Army around May of June this year. I have done a lot of research on this topic and I still have been reading different things. My recruiter personally told me that I can not join the Special Forces until I am 21 years of age. But according to my online research, under this contract you can join right after Basic and AIT, which would put me at almost 19 years old. My question is how old do you how to be to obtain this contract and what other qualifications are there besides the physical standpoint and mental standpoint (GT score and overall ASVAB score)? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Please and thank you,

Austin Rogers

[Lars]

Sometimes I wonder if people do this just to get the regulars all fired up. Good luck kid.

[Chairborne64]

If I were you I would READ the sticky and maybe follow directions before starting a new thread. But that is just me.

[Austin J Rogers]

I understand, I'll keep looking. Sorry for the post. Thanks,

Austin Rogers

[kozak]

Like someone already said, read the stickies and search. I know what sort of information you're looking for though. Go to the SFAS forum and you will see there are a lot of threads in there that have exactly what you want.

[blue02hd]

Too early to worry about being a Green Beret. Try being a 16 year old first. Live your life, enjoy!! Get in trouble, or avoid getting in trouble if you like. 17? Great! Bang the Prom Queen, shoot a deer, build a car,,,,, Get drunk in a bar at a minimum!

Or maybe you could use that energy to read and research??

SF (or any other unit worth shooting for) will always be there for those who are worthy.

Whats the rush?