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Originally Posted by Mills (Post 565163)

Pump the brakes slick. Its one thing to agree with what has been read, its another thing to actually offer up your .02 cents in regards to what wearing a Green Beret actually means.

I suppose you are correct and I apologize. I would hope it means standing by your brothers in arms and fulfilling important missions. But I agree that I am unqualified.

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Originally Posted by conco303 (Post 565162)

I feel like it needs to be said that if you are doing this for the more superficial reasons of becoming a "badass", getting laid, wearing a Green Beret or being "Special" you should probably not even show up. You don't work THAT hard to get a hat. You work that hard to show that you can uphold the responsibility that the beret represents. The duty to the United States, your friends and family back home. The insurgents of an oppressed regime who turn the tide of the war when your ODA shows up and begins some intensive FID.

It's not about the glory. It's about wanting to live up to the glory.

And to clarify, because I got a little ahead of myself and read "No Easy Day" and then grilled a retired SFOD-D close relation of mine (he secretely enjoyed me taking such an interest, despite me asking questions for which I was not allowed to have the answer to around 540 times), you are saying in SFAS the Gray Man is good? Because I hear that being Gray gets you bucked from CAG or DEVGRU training.

Are you asking questions, or giving advice now?

Based on what?

You might want to slow your roll here, and read the stickies.

You are now on the RADAR.

TR

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Originally Posted by The Reaper (Post 565170)

Are you asking questions, or giving advice now?

Based on what?

You might want to slow your roll here.

You are now on the RADAR.

TR

I agree. That is why I apologized in the post above yours. I was a little overstimulated by all of the wisdom floating around here and I foolishly contributed in a manner that was inappropriate.

A couple things:

Step 6 - be prepared to fail

Would an inclusion of something along the lines of "OWN your failure and LEARN from your failure" be worth including?

As well as:

Acceptance of, or comfort with, ambiguity?

Put effort(where possible) into your mental/emotional/social conditioning as you do your physical conditioning?

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Originally Posted by Flagg (Post 566174)

There is a huge difference between quitting and failing.

If you start rationalizing or excusing your failure before it has occured, that is not helpful.

The mind is to the body as two is to one, grasshopper.

Total dedication to the cause will carry you farther than you might imagine.

TR

I cheated as I only used:

Step 1 - Know what you are getting yourself into.
I talked to a SF SGM at the university in my hometown at the ROTC program. He explained what SF was going to be like after the course and didn't tell me shit about what was going to happen in the course, except for Step 7.

Step 3 - Dominate humbly
First time go at every station but there were better men in there than I.

Step 5 - Ask questions, show respect
The cadre answered every questioned posed to them. Sometimes in unexpected manners.

Step 7 - Never, ever ever ever EVER give up
Damned straight the most important step.

Thank you TR for this post and advice. Every time I am on this site, I find something new and amazing to read. All QP's on here, thank you for your time and dedication to this site. It is a true privilege to read and learn.