Not Selected!

[alfonzapayne]

Hello. An Armor CPT at my unit went to selection last November and completed training and was a non-select and was told not to try again. Of course he said he got 'fucked' on peers, however didn't care to elaborate other than saying he was black. My question is what could he have possibly done to finish training but not get selected as a CPT. And are officers targeted at selection, should we not finish first in every event or excel while we are there? I mean someone has to lead from the front, someone will always finish in the top 3 in every event. If its an officer whats wrong with that? Someone told me SF is not looking for that guy who finishes first in everything and has never failed at anything in life, because that guy will not know how to handle failure and has never had to struggle. It's the guy that fails and keeps trying and giving it 110% that they want. Im not trying to stir up a hornets nest or anything, but if the peering system is anything like Ranger school then I'm f edit I had to give up bookoo MRE's in order not to get peered!

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