04-20-2006, 12:38
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Asset
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Hello,
My name is Mark, and I will be leaving for Selection soon. I am just looking around and learning right now.
Mark
"Soldiers are my credentials"
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04-20-2006, 14:48
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Asscrackistan
Posts: 4,289
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Originally Posted by mark.brummitt
Hello,
My name is Mark, and I will be leaving for Selection soon. I am just looking around and learning right now.
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Mark,
Good luck when you get your class date. Let us know what happens.
VG
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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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04-20-2006, 17:36
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Oregon, Land of the Silver Grey Sunsets
Posts: 3,886
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Welcome aboard everyone.
You too scribbler. Thanks for your work.
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04-22-2006, 01:33
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SF Candidate
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Eglin AFB FL
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Love the site... lots of good motivating stuff here...
Active Duty Army 11b1v...
Passed SFAS in December, got 18d-Arabic...
Broke hip (nothing too serious) in car accident in February, and will go to the Q once the hip heals and I can get into shape.
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04-22-2006, 15:34
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SF Candidate
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: TX
Posts: 9
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Getting Closer
After 2 years of struggling, I've made it back in. I've joined the Colorado National Guard. I was able to prove that I didn't have asthma, but I still couldn't contract for Airborne (or SF) because of a Lasik waiver. It baffles me that forward operating soldiers like Airborne and SF are at the top of the list to get Lasik from the military, but if you had Lasik from one of the top civilian surgeons then you can't contract for Airborne.
I go back to complete AIT in June. Once I complete AIT, I hope to transfer to a REC for 19th Group. I absolutely don't like not having things in a contract, but I reached a point where I could either trust that God would continue to carry me on this path or I could take my toys and go home.
I have been soaking up information from this list for months now. This has been a wonderful asset for knowledge and motivation.
Thank you,
Land Shark
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04-20-2006, 18:51
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Asset
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Houston, TX
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Thank you for you guys for allowing me to be a guest and a member on these forum. I am a current college student at the University of Austin, Texas. I have plans on enlisting in the US Army and striving hard to attend Flight School.
I currently own a 16" RRA M4 and my hobbies include military history, shooting, and books.
Thanks for having me.
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04-20-2006, 20:03
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Area Commander
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,355
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Originally Posted by bad aim
Thank you for you guys for allowing me to be a guest and a member on these forum. I am a current college student at the University of Austin, Texas. I have plans on enlisting in the US Army and striving hard to attend Flight School.
I currently own a 16" RRA M4 and my hobbies include military history, shooting, and books.
Thanks for having me.
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Welcome, Longhorn.
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"If simple folk are free from care and fear, simple they will be, and we must be secret to keep them so." - JRRT
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04-21-2006, 15:25
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Asset
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bakersfield Ca
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Hello gentlemen, thank you for allowing me to become a member on this site. Im 21 and i live in california, im currently enrolled in junior college and I am finishing up to botain my AA in Fire Science. I am very active in fitness and staying into shape. I have an older brother who is enlisted in the army and has been for quit sometime. I myself have just joined the army on an 18x contract and I leave for basic june 8th at fort benning.
Zack
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04-21-2006, 16:19
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Area Commander
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Cochise Co., AZ
Posts: 6,206
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Gentlemen,
After several months of lurking, it’s time for a proper introduction.
I found this site while researching whether the warranty on my Silva Type 27 covered the bubble that developed in the capsule. I looked around and found this a site by and for adults who understand service, mission, honor, camaraderie, and valor. And who like to blow things up.
The mentoring of young and future soldiers is the most impressive aspect of the site, in my opinion. Those who find their way here will be well served.
As for myself, I served in the Army for 1967 until 1970. I was Infantry through Ft. Polk and Ft. Ord. I was assigned to the “infantry only” security platoon at an ordnance company on Okinawa. From there I went to the Combat Surveillance/Electronic Warfare School at Ft. Huachuca where I qualified as an Unattended Ground Sensor Operator. Then I went through the Methods of Instruction Course and back to CS/EWS as an instructor.
My only contact with the SF community was some guys from Camp Hardy (I believe) on Okinawa who came to train on some of our “toys” and a SF Capt. I went through MOI with. We later shared an office at EWS.
By the way, in the last 36 years, I’ve never met an 11B from that period who did not serve in Viet Nam. I guess I’m the only one.
Thank you and stay safe out there.
Pat
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04-21-2006, 16:34
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: LA
Posts: 1,653
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Welcome aboard PSM.
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
Still want to quit?
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04-22-2006, 09:32
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Asset
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 1
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just wanted to say hi.
Just recently got selected and cant wait to get to Bragg and start the Q coarse. Looks like alot of good info here. Thanks for your time.
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04-22-2006, 11:29
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Asset
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 1
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Good afternoon,
My name is Brian. I am a 28 year old airline pilot. I work in an industry where integrity, honesty, and loyality do not exist. I want to be a part of something that is more important than just one person (me). I want to spend my life a part of something I can be deeply proud of and that demands all that I am. Flying a jet around doesn't do it. I am at a point in my life I have to be honest with myself with respect to my destiny. My soul is calling for something else.
My hobbies are skydiving (USPA C-35245), shooting (I am attending FFDO training next month), backpacking, and cross-training.
I have done extensive research into SF. The questions I have pertain more to Family issues. "Get Selected" only touches the issues of Family life and family strains. My "mentor" (A current active 180Alpha) has graciously offered me his insight on it but I am looking for a few more opinions to form a better understanding to make the best, most informed decision.
Thank you for the access to this site.
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04-22-2006, 11:31
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Posts: 178
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How's it going,
I found this forum through another forum that I frequently visit. Too bad I didn't know about this site earlier...no matter.
I got selected back in November...actually got the good news on my birthday (greatest birthday present I could ask for)...and I am currently going through some required army training before starting Q course. Since I'm a native Korean speaker, I will be headed to 1st SFG in about a year and a half. I hope to help some people on this site if anyone has questions that I might be able to answer...and of course I hope to find answers to my questions here. Can't wait.
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"Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun" Bruce Campbell a.k.a Ash
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04-22-2006, 14:08
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: America, the Beautiful
Posts: 3,193
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Welcome aboard. Glad to see we're getting guys who've passed SFAS in addition to the guys looking for advice on how to pass SFAS (not that there's anything wrong with that...it's just smart).
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04-24-2006, 16:56
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Asset
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New York
Posts: 6
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Introduction
Hello Quiet Professionals,
My name is Kyle and I'm currently in the DEP. I'm enlisted 18x and I ship 20060713.
I'm 20 and am currently enrolled in a community college. Ever since I was little, I've had a profound interest in the military, especially the Army Special Forces. I have the utmost respect for all of you service members past, present, and future, and I hope to learn as much as I possibly can from you until I ship. It is an honor to be here.
Thank you for your service to our great country.
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