Introductions I I- Your first post on this board goes here. (CLOSED)

[tataczesiu]

Welcome and thank you for letting me joining this forums.

Regards,

tataczesiu

[dave_az]

Welcome.

[Gregor Olson]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Introduce yourself with your first post.

When you come into our house we'd like to know a little about you. This assists in framing a response to post from a Professional Soldiers member.

De Oppresso Liber

Greetings to all at Professional Soldiers, Our scout/sniper platoon is having a good deployment conducting operations in and around the Baghdad area. Almost 6 months in with 6 to go I am seriously looking to step it up after this deployment, I believe S.F. is the place for me to go. With Ranger School on schedual upon return next august I'd rather get started down the SF road instead, always open for suggestions. "Deads not Words" (1-10 mtn. motto) Spc Olson

[Jack Moroney (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Gregor Olson

I believe S.F. is the place for me to go. With Ranger School on schedual upon return next august I'd rather get started down the SF road instead, always open for suggestions. Spc Olson

Welcome aboard and thank you for your service to our country. Ranger School won't hurt you and will provide you with some good skill sets that will be useful in SF should you elect to pursue that route. If you get through Ranger School and don't make the cut for SF it will give you even greater options as an Infantry soldier and a path in to the Ranger Regiment should you want to try that aspect of SOF. Why do you think SF is what you want to do?

[Gypsy]

Originally Posted by Gregor Olson

Greetings to all at Professional Soldiers, Our scout/sniper platoon is having a good deployment conducting operations in and around the Baghdad area. Almost 6 months in with 6 to go I am seriously looking to step it up after this deployment, I believe S.F. is the place for me to go. With Ranger School on schedual upon return next august I'd rather get started down the SF road instead, always open for suggestions. "Deads not Words" (1-10 mtn. motto) Spc Olson

Welcome aboard, thank you for serving and please extend my sincere thanks to the rest of your platoon. Godspeed and stay safe.

[Jason Gillespie]

Hello and thanks to all here who protect our country from threats around the globe. I am visiting on the recommendation of Bill Harsey.

I was an Army Scout briefly from 1986-1988.

I am an artist, (don't think stereotypical artist though), but am currently a student in the New York Academy of Art's MFA Sculpture program.

In my opinion history is one of our greatest teachers and it is the neglect of its lessons that caused the latter part of the 20th century to be such a mess and....why political correctness and appeasement have been allowed to run rampant today.

I look forward to tapping into the shared wisdom on this board.

[swesty70]

After 9 years in the Navy as an SH-60B aircrewman I am now a student at the University of Maryland. It seems I can't get the military out of my blood, however, and would like to join the Army and earn the SF long tab. I am unable to enlist under the 18X program due to my age (31). My options are to enlist active as under another MOS and apply for SFAS and wait a year if selected or go NG. I am not quite sure which way to go. Hopefully, this forum may help me decide. By the way great forum and thanks for having me.

[CATAtonic426]

Good morning. Thank you for hosting such a resource, it has no doubt been a help to many a soldier, including this one. I am a Student working on an undergrad while serving this great country. My spare time finds me in the outdoors, doing extreme sports, or reading this board.

By Sword, Deed, and Word

[Bill Harsey]

Welcome aboard all and thank you guys for your service.

Jason, Great to see you here!
My college degree is a BFA in sculpture and design and they still let me log on here.

[kwu]

Hi all,

I'm 23, in DC area, work for government contractor, and am about to sign a rep 63 contract with a 20th SFG unit to start the pipeline in late summer/September. Recently ordered "Get Selected" and am looking forward to reading it. am here to keep my ears open and listen for any insight you might share.

[pursuedream]

First off thank you all for your service, it is greatly appreciated. I am a full-time student at TCU studying business management and strategy, I work full-time at my parents company as a business development strategiest, and I have a wife and three little girls. I am 23 yrs old and love to run, read, and spend time with my girls. I want to pursue my dream of becoming a memeber of the SF community, particularly the Green Berets. I am not afraid, but my wife is, what advice can you provide me to help her understand the nature of the sacrifice of time and energy towards pursuing such a dream. I have prayed and talked and sought many counsel, but none from anyone who has had experience in special forces and has a family, your advice will go along way in helping to develop my strategy and preparation for this life altering move. Thank you again.

[JPH]

welcome

[Kraut783]

Hello to all !

I am a LEO in the Dallas Metro area, was USAR in PSYOPS and did a deployment to Afghan in 2002. Best thing I ever did, our POC was attached to 3rd SFG (A) at CJSOTF-A and my three man team was sent downrange to be with a 19th ODA. Just an incredible experience with those guys. Still a LEO and now in the TXARNG as a 31D, but don't hold that against me

Thanks for allowing me to be part of this forum.

[Jack Moroney (RIP)]

Originally Posted by pursuedream

I am not afraid, but my wife is, what advice can you provide me to help her understand the nature of the sacrifice of time and energy towards pursuing such a dream. .

Welcome to the forum. The tone of you post indicates to me that you really have no idea what is going to be required of you in the pursuit of your goal to become a Special Forces soldier. Let me be as direct as possible, your wife and family are also going to "sacrifice" a lot. It takes a really good woman to deal with the trials and tribulations that she is going to have to go thru as you pursue your dream without turning their life into a nightmare. My wife gave birth to 2 of my 3 kids not having a clue as to where I was. She also had to hold the family together and be both Mom and Dad for most of the years my kids were growing up and there are going to be challenges for your kids that will take a father's hand in guidance and a husband's support. It doesn't get any easier for her when you come home because she has set the rules and game plan for the kids while you were gone and you are the one that is going to have to adjust to that. There are a lot of "tricks" of the trade to parenting that she picked up to make it easier, but it was tough and the only regret in my military career has been the difficulties my family has gone thru because of path I followed as a professional soldier. Now I am not saying that it cannot be done as a lot of folks have and many will continue to do so but you really need to fully understand that your family, regardless of all the lofty phrases you might have heard from others, is going to come second. You need to sit down with your wife, have a long and hard discussion about what this all entails, but first you need to understand that what you are about to do is enter a profession that demands your total commitment to its values, goals, missions, and most importantly the men with whom you are going to serve. We are not about producing corn flakes here; we produce warrior-statesmen to do the bidding of our country at the peril of our own lifes and the fickleness of politicians.

[Kyobanim]

Welcome all