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**Team Sergeant** · 12-07-2006, 08:20

Welcome aboard Gents.

Team Sergeant

jaytee · 12-07-2006, 12:38

Good Afternoon Gentlemen,

This is my introduction and so my first post. I am very thankful to be here, I got the link from my Commander, and I have to say that this is the most helpful site out there. I am a AGR National Guard soldier in a CST(WMD) Team, which doesn't make me very special, but it tells you what I do. I am drilling with an SF unit here in Rhode Island and will hopefully go to Selection next year. I recently got the book "Get Selected" by MAJ Joe Martin, and have been steadily making progress. My unit is very supportive of me going SF, and I have an SF CPT to mentor me. I will continue reading and learning as I lurk, and keeping my mouth shut, so my posts may be few and far between. Thank yYou for accepting me, and I know I will learn alot from all of you.

"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence of Arabia

Genseric · 12-08-2006, 09:26

Hi there!
My name is Gustav and I come from the north of Sweden. I found out about this forum via snooping around on wikipedia about the special forces, wich I hold a great intrerest and admiration for.
I am grateful for being able to learn from you guys, and one day, maybe, I will be a member of the Special Forces, if god wills it... and my physique, and my mental assets.

I hope this presentation will suffice, for now. I will gladly answer almost any questions you may or may not have, and I am glad to be a part of this message board.

To all of you soldiers out there risking your necks while fighting terrorism and other threats: GIVE 'EM HELL!

**Team Sergeant** · 12-08-2006, 09:45

Welcome jaytee and Gustav, glad to have you both on board.

Nice to see that some of our European cousins believe in what we do.

Team Sergeant

iceberg · 12-08-2006, 13:30

I know I left a bad impression of myself in my previous posts. I came to this site to learn more about SF. I learned a little more about myself than SF. I should think a little more about what I what I have to say before speaking. Sometimes you may not intend to insult someone but the way you say it could. I also need to work on my grammar. I am almost 32 and should know better. Again I apologize for insulting the NG soldiers. The fact that AD soldiers were insulted meant a lot, causing me to rethink these thoughts. I am a squared away PFC who plans on driving on with the BS around here and focusing on my goal to become a Quiet Professional.

x SF med · 12-08-2006, 13:45

Iceberg-
Please, at least put one space after the periods, your posts are tough on the old eyes. It's Friday, my eyes are tired and I really don't want to have to strain them anymore. A period shows the end of a thought, the space(s) after allow the brain time to store that info, no spaces mean limited comprehension.

I'm being nice, hoping that will help you comply.

(Ah, trying out the new Army, kinder-gentler NCO mode, y'know this really isn't working for me....)

Scimitar · 12-09-2006, 03:50

Thanks x_sf_med

Sorry about the tearoom comment.....a current SFer used the term, thought it may have been something you folks called the lunchroom. I was raised overseas and we call it the tearoom there. (lol)

Copy that on the stickys and profile too...will do

SM

dvollmer · 12-09-2006, 15:32

Hello all.

I've been lurking here for about 3 months, learning what I can from the guys who've Been There. I'm 20 years old, working toward a history degree. Waiting to get the hell outta this self-serving, morally bankrupt, way-left-of-sane institution they call "higher education" and go 18X.

I've read just about everything on this site, and found it to be an excellent resource. Thank you. I hope I'll be able to put into practice some of the wisdom you've archived here.

**Team Sergeant** · 12-10-2006, 08:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by dvollmer

Hello all.

I've been lurking here for about 3 months, learning what I can from the guys who've Been There. I'm 20 years old, working toward a history degree. Waiting to get the hell outta this self-serving, morally bankrupt, way-left-of-sane institution they call "higher education" and go 18X.

I've read just about everything on this site, and found it to be an excellent resource. Thank you. I hope I'll be able to put into practice some of the wisdom you've archived here.

Good intro, good luck and welcome to the forums.

Team Sergeant

x SF med · 12-10-2006, 11:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean Mullane

Thanks x_sf_med

Sorry about the tearoom comment.....a current SFer used the term, thought it may have been something you folks called the lunchroom. I was raised overseas and we call it the tearoom there. (lol)

Copy that on the stickys and profile too...will do

SM

Sean-
I'll bet he said Teamroom

I understood the reference, just playing.

biggnaw · 12-10-2006, 13:05

Hello

Thanks for allowing me to become a guest.
Let me say I am sorry for not introducing
myself on my first post.

My name is Richard. I have no military experience. I found your site while looking for information about someone in my family who was in the Special Forces. I am a Supervisor at a Coal Fired Power Plant in Louisiana. My hobbies are riding motorcycles, hunting and target shooting. I have enjoyed reading the threads posted here.

Richard

Scimitar · 12-10-2006, 15:36

LOL

Yeah.......Teamroom....that sounds more appropriate now I think about it.
Tearoom.......sounds like your the SAS or something

SM

SeanBaker · 12-10-2006, 18:26

It seems I'm up for re-introducing myself, with due apologies to Simon and everyone else. I'm 26, a former 98GKP (4 yrs), current EMT-B, and ROTC cadet. Thankfully, that last part is almost a thing of the past and hopefully in a few weeks I'll be replacing it with "USUHS student". In any case, I've been on and off the board for a few years, but will hopefully get more time to spend here over the ensuing months. I appreciate the information to be found here and will now return to keeping quiet and learning like a sponge. Thanks.

Simple Simon · 12-10-2006, 19:16

No apologies to me needed I was out of my lane. Back to lurking for me as well.

amwport · 12-10-2006, 22:05

Hi,

I am currently a senior in high school who is very interested in Special Forces. I will be attending college next fall and plan on joining the Army after I graduate college. I am trying to decide between enlisting and going in as an officer through ROTC or OCS. I guess I have plenty of time to decide, but I am starting to do my research now. From what I have gathered (from this site and others) if my priority is Special Forces, I would probably be better off enlisting 18x (if that option even exists 3-4 years from now).

I've been snooping around this board for the past few days and have obtained some very valuable information, so I figured I would go ahead and post an intro even though I won't begin the process for several years. Thank you very much for providing this resource. It is great to hear information from people who have been there and know what they are talking about, and I must say that I am even more interested in SF after reading some of the posts on this site.

If there is anything I left out in the intro process please let me know and I will correct it.

Thanks,
Max