12-19-2007, 19:59
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Asset
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Fort Carson CO
Posts: 11
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Introduction
Hello everyone. My name is Dave. I'm currently in C/2/10 ODA 0235. I got here to Colorado in 06. Before my SF career started, I was with the 101st and then the 82nd. I've been in for ten years now and plan on at least another ten.
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12-19-2007, 20:10
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#1187
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Georgia
Posts: 27
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My name is Ken, I retired from the Army in 1995, nothing special, no high speed stuff here. I was attached to 3/75 for year or two. I own and operate a firearms and self defense training company in Georgia. We have been in business for about 5 years. I am also a training junkie myself and have taken classes from Hackathorn, Tom Givens, Andy Stanford, SouthNarc, and more. I am also a Law Enforcement Instructor in Defensive Tactics and Firearms for the state.
I recently attended the International Sniper Competition at Benning to watch the son and his team compete and met some of the guys from Bragg (SOTIC). I will be lurking for a while, reading and becoming familiar with posting rules and protocols. I also know one of the guys in SOTIC at 5th.
Looking forward to sharing information.
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12-19-2007, 22:03
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#1188
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Asset
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Earth, when I'm not out of town.
Posts: 21
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Hello,
I became an SF guy because that is what SF guys do. Seemed like a no brainer. I saw Doc Farr on here. And yes, I can still explain the life cycle of Malaria. Summer of '86 FSH, Oral Boards. Back then it was CPT Farr. Ut oh, flash backs setting in.
Arwr
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12-19-2007, 23:51
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#1189
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Richmond, ME
Posts: 3
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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
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i read them
did i do something wrong 
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12-20-2007, 08:47
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#1190
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Area Commander
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Raeford, NC
Posts: 3,374
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Originally Posted by DiveCon
i read them
did i do something wrong |
Simple answer, Yes. Read them again.
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D-3129 Life
"If one day you decide to know yourself...you'll have to choose the warrior path...You'll reach the darkness of your spirit.... Then, if you overcome your fears....You will know who you are."
"De Oppresso Liber"
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12-20-2007, 10:26
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#1191
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Free Pineland
Posts: 24,823
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Originally Posted by DiveCon
i read them
did i do something wrong |
Didn't you have a link posted in your sig line?
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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12-20-2007, 10:32
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#1192
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 20,929
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Originally Posted by DiveCon
i read them
did i do something wrong |
Yes
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Originally Posted by Snaquebite
Simple answer, Yes. Read them again.
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Didn't you have a link posted in your sig line?
TR
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Yes he did and I removed it.
Divecon, we have a forum for the Grammatically Challenged, use proper English, ie; capital letters, or you wil find your next posts there.
We will not allow this website to denigrate into a children's or lazy teenager's board.
Team Sergeant
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12-20-2007, 11:42
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#1193
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SF Candidate
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: NC
Posts: 28
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Originally Posted by Razor
Recruiters don't have many jobs for a one-eyed, fat man.
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lol. ooo, oooo, do me too! 
Greetings to the upper echelon from a lowly cadidiot. My name is Laomar Q.
I'm a humble college student--soon to be an 18x. Thank you for the resources and the additional peek into SF culture.
(ky or vasoline please, k thanks)
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 "If you would rather work your biceps (beach muscles) than your legs in the gym - do your legs twice. You will not be asked to curl your rucksack."
-NousDefionsDoc (on training the mind)
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12-20-2007, 12:22
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Free Pineland
Posts: 24,823
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Originally Posted by systaltic
lol. ooo, oooo, do me too!
Greetings to the upper echelon from a lowly cadidiot. My name is Laomar Q.
I'm a humble college student--soon to be an 18x. Thank you for the resources and the additional peek into SF culture.
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You might reread the TS's guidance about spelling and grammar.
This is not a graded block of instruction, but first impressions are lasting ones, and people in positions of authority view with disdain those who cannot spell, capitalize, or use proper punctuation.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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12-20-2007, 12:27
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Asset
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Richmond, ME
Posts: 3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
Yes
Yes he did and I removed it.
Divecon, we have a forum for the Grammatically Challenged, use proper English, ie; capital letters, or you wil find your next posts there.
We will not allow this website to denigrate into a children's or lazy teenager's board.
Team Sergeant
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I'm sorry, I was attempting to put an image in my sig, It didn't work.
As for grammer, I have never been good at that.
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12-20-2007, 12:39
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 20,929
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Originally Posted by DiveCon
I'm sorry, I was attempting to put an image in my sig, It didn't work.
As for grammer, I have never been good at that. |
Roger, learn from your mistakes and you will go far.
Team Sergeant
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12-20-2007, 15:39
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Fort Hood
Posts: 8
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Hello all,
My name is Chris, and I'm a Cadet (Cadouche, Cadidiot, Cadot) at the University of Illinois. A few months in to my Freshman year as a cadet, I realized that I wanted a career in the Army, and wanted as much training as I could get. So, I joined the National Guard as an 11B. I spent a little under 2 years as a PFC in my unit before I gained my contracted Cadet status, so now I wear the dot and get to work with the leadership in planning and conducting training.
My first choice of branch is Infantry, and I'm confident the accessions gods will see that I get my crossed rifles (again). Right now, I'm training with a few of my friends to do the Bataan Memorial Death March in the Heavy Military grouping. I came upon this site while looking for boot reviews. In any case, I'm grateful for the information you all provide. As far as a possible career in the Special Forces, I realize that the possibility of going to SFAS is several years away, so I'm more focused on honing my small-unit tactics and leadership skills. At the same time, I'm studying up so that if I do decide to try out, I'll be able to do so with a good skill set.
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"In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not a good idea. So, too, it is better to recapture an army than to destroy it."
-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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12-20-2007, 21:17
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#1198
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Asset
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Currently back and fourth between fob Orgun-e, Shkin, Sharana, airborne, Wilderness, and many other fobs
Posts: 1
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new guy
Hello all,
I'm a prior Air Force guy that now contracts here in Iraq. Recently a buddy of mine who is tabbed made it out this way at a nearby FOB and he's been educating me on the SF way of life. On top of what he has told me I sometimes have the privilege of helping some 5th group ODA guys in regards to air transit all throughout theater here in northern Iraq. Since working with SF for the first time ever, it has opened my eyes up to a whole other world that is very attractive to me and what I want in life.
I'm at a pivot in life in regards to whether I should finish my degree and then go SF or leave now. Probably finish my degree first just in case I don't get selected for some reason out of my control (breaking something while at SFAS).
If any of you know a ODA commander (CPT.) who's first name starts with the letter “T " here in Northern Iraq-(Q-WEST), he's a very stand up guy from what I know of him and so is the rest of the ODA. They all have been giving me a lot of insight as to what I would need to do if I really wanted to become SF.
You can't beat first hand information from team guys.
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12-20-2007, 22:42
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Asset
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: McLeansville, NC
Posts: 29
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Intro.
Evening All,
Thought i would go ahead and post my intro. I have been lurking here for quite awhile soaking up information on the career field that i would like to pursue. I am 27 and currently work as a Manufacturing/Design Engineer just outside Greensboro, NC. I have been fascinated with the military for as long as i can remember and have decided that i just can't sit here any longer doing nothing. Don't get me wrong, i enjoy designing and building automated machinery but feel that i have a higher calling. I am taking the PE exam (Professional Engineer exam) in April of next year and once i pass that, i plan on enlisting with the 18x program. I obviously don't need the PE license for what i want to do with the military but i set that as a goal for myself back in college and i intend to meet that goal, besides, i have two engineering degrees so i might as well become certified in the fields that i received my school learnin' in. I always enjoy pushing myself to new limits and trying new things. I get bored if I'm not learning something new everyday. Like i have always heard, a day without learning something new is a wasted day.
Thank you guys for the opportunity to be a member here and learn new and fascinating things. Thanks for your service. Back to lurk mode for awhile.
rourke
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12-21-2007, 07:13
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#1200
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Asset
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 10
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sf hopeful
I'm currently in the MD National Guard and reading everything available on SF standards, lifestyle, etc. I'm also in the process of putting a packet together to attend OCS. I plan on eventually serving with the SF unit in Glen Arm, MD. This site has supplied really useful knowledge and I hope it will continue to do so. Merry Christmas everyone.
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