06-17-2005, 23:31
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Get Selected for Special Forces
Get Selected For Special Forces: How to Successfully Complete Assessment & Selection by MAJ Joe Martin with MSG Rex Dodson.
Are you looking for answers how to prepare for Special Forces Training?
I know how you feel.
Here's why...
When I was preparing for SF Assessment & Selection (SFAS), I felt the same way when looked for a book to help me prepare. There wasn't one. Lots of stuff about SF and the history. Nothing on how to prepare for the training.
Here's what I found...I had to go from person to person...anyone I saw with an SF tab, asking them:
- What did you do to get ready?
- How did you prepare?
- What would you do differently?
It was crazy. I was at Fort Bliss, TX and there weren't many SF guys there. So I had to figure it out the hard way. I kept training while I was at Ft Benning in the Infantry Advanced Course...although there were more, there still weren't that many SF guys available to ask for advice...so I kept training.
Since then I completed the SFQC and served as a SF Team Leader.
In November 2001, I was tasked with re-engineering the Special Operations Prepartion Course (SOPC) to meet the needs of the 18X Program. We found out the 7 reasons why candidates fail out of SFAS, then we built a program to minimize or eliminate each of the factors.
It worked. 18Xs started completing SFAS and getting selected at TWICE the rate of Active Duty Enlisted Soldiers (Over 70% vs 30-35%).
When the Commanding General asked us:
"How can we better prepare SF Candidates for BEFORE they report to Fort Bragg?"
We knew the answer was to capture the lessoned learned and write the book.
So we did. We based it on the question:
"If your son was getting ready for SFAS, what would you tell him?"
GET SELECTED FOR SPECIAL FORCES is the answer to that question.
When we realized the book would make money, we decided the right answer was to donate ALL of the royalties to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation ( www.specialops.org), which provides college scholarships and eductaion counselling for the children of Special Operations Personnel who are killed in training or operational missions.
Our goal is to raise over $20,000 for the Warrior Foundation in order to fund a scholarship. In order to GUARANTEE we do that, we shipped over 1,000 copies directly to the Warrior Foundation Headquaters in Tampa. All we have to do now is get the word out and let future candidates know this resource is available to them.
If you are serious about going Special Forces or just want to know more about the Special Forces Training Pipeline, GET SELECTED FOR SPECIAL FORCES is right for you.
Want more details?
Check out www.warrior-mentor.com
Can't Wait to get your Copy?
Get yours directly from the Warrior Foundation at http://www.specialops.org/news.asp#book
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06-18-2005, 14:53
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Just ordered one, Thanks. Hope it comes soon.
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06-19-2005, 18:19
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Thank you for making the book available, Sir.
Order sent.
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"So we can suffer, and in suffering we know who we are" David Goggins
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Der, der Geld verliert, verliert einiges;
Der, der einen Freund verliert, verliert viel mehr;
Der, der das Vertrauen verliert, verliert alles.
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06-29-2005, 17:10
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Originally Posted by elmntskater1588
Just ordered one, Thanks. Hope it comes soon.
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Did you get it yet?
Just so you know, the books go out MEDIA MAIL, so it's a little slower than normal priority mail.
Looking forward to your feedback...
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06-29-2005, 20:04
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Received this from someone just finished reading GET SELECTED.
With his permission, here's his comments:
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Sir,
Received the book last Friday-- sat down to have a quick look and didn't get up until I had read it through cover to cover. I read it again over the weekend and now my wife is reading it. Outstanding... the only word that will do it justice. This is exactly the book I was looking for. This will be my constant companion for the next six months until I ship out for OSUT. Thanks again and I look forward to receiving updates from the website.
Sincerely,
Robert J
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Robert,
Thanks for the feedback!
With your permission, I'd like to post your note on www.professionalsoldiers.com.
Please let me know.
Thanks again,
Joe Martin
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Sir,
Absolutely! No doubt there are hundreds of guys like myself out there looking for the same kind of critical info to help them on their road to SFAS. I'm more than happy to help spread the word.
Sincerely,
Robert J
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Reason: Edited to reduce last name to initial !!!
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06-29-2005, 21:23
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Sir, this book is incredible. I received it on Monday, and haven't been able to put it down. So far, many of my questions that were stilll un-answered, are no longer that way.
Many thanks to you for the work you've put into this!!
Dave
I'll post up again in a couple of days, once I have had a chance to finish it 
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06-29-2005, 21:29
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If you are planning on dancing, unless the book weighs 65 pounds, is OD green and has shoulder straps, you better be putting it down at least 2 hours in the morning and another 2 hours in the evening. Try reading in the front leaning rest.
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He knows only The Cause.
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06-29-2005, 22:56
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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
If you are planning on dancing, unless the book weighs 65 pounds, is OD green and has shoulder straps, you better be putting it down at least 2 hours in the morning and another 2 hours in the evening. Try reading in the front leaning rest.
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Sir, going to do my reading in the front lean rest now.
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06-30-2005, 09:02
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I recieved the book, on Saturday, ironically the same day I got home from Meps. Couldnt put it down, im starting the 30 day prep plan and re-reading it for a second time. The most infomative, and easy read on the subject. Thank you Sir.
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06-30-2005, 10:08
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Originally Posted by The Dave
Sir, going to do my reading in the front lean rest now.
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NDD...sir...hmmm...i'm gonna get my earplugs... 
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""A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder. if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.""- GEN George S. Patton
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06-30-2005, 10:28
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I do apologize if I addressed him incorrectly. Just want to make sure I show the proper respect.
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06-30-2005, 10:32
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Originally Posted by The Dave
Just want to make sure I show the proper respect.
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just keep doing push-ups, maybe he won't notice...
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""A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder. if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.""- GEN George S. Patton
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07-01-2005, 19:52
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funny
was wondering how long it would take someone to say something along the lines that NDD did.
When I say the title of this thread I thought, "save your money, use the search button on PS.com" The black pearl of wisdom.
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07-01-2005, 20:26
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Originally Posted by NG_M4_Shooter
was wondering how long it would take someone to say something along the lines that NDD did.
When I say the title of this thread I thought, "save your money, use the search button on PS.com" The black pearl of wisdom.
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All the royalties from the book go to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.... I'd say that's money well spent.
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07-01-2005, 20:36
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Originally Posted by NG_M4_Shooter
was wondering how long it would take someone to say something along the lines that NDD did.
When I say the title of this thread I thought, "save your money, use the search button on PS.com" The black pearl of wisdom.
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Ask the guys who've read it if it was money well spent.
JM
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