Sorry for any confusion. I went to edit my profile and all the info I had put in there before was gone. I have since replaced it. I will update it further once I figure out just what really should be in there.

I'm no admin but your profile looks good to me now.

FWIW, when people say it is a long course they are not joking. I have a buddy who started the pipeline in Mar 03 he is now about half way through language school now. So provided he finishes everything else on time he should be in his group by the end of the summer. However I defer the accuracy of my projected time line to someone more qualified.

Parents....thank you.

S:

Well said!

For parents to support their sons in their endeavor to be the best people they can be, ie SF, is truly outstanding!

Terry

You guys are not going to make me feel bad, I'm still dropping a dime on the guy if he makes it through SF training!!!!!!! :D

I notice you stated if, (ie after) he makes it through, so you are cutting him some slack!

Sweet!

Terry

okay...i'm confused...if a phone call costs something north of $.35, what good does dropping a dime do?

lksteve

Good luck to your son. He'll be with the best.

I don't remember any nuns at the BA. But that was 92.

;)

well, they were sisters of a charitable bent, who could work miracles for small donations.... ;)

Is that where the dimes come into play? :D

more or less...

Just heard from my son. It turns out that all of the guys he came in with were put on a one week hold so he didn't start BAC until today. He passed his PT test and sounds really pumped to get things rolling. He said that they lost 100 of the 400 people who started today. 15 of them quit and 85 of them didn't pass the PT test. He was also able to answer one of my questions. He was told that he will not get leave after BAC graduation. He is slated to report directly to Ft. Bragg.

By the way, Team Sergeant, he did get quiet when my wife told him I had posted on here but when she told him that the replies were (mostly) words of encouragement he was ok with it. :)

My "mom" thought Special Forces handed out basketballs, held ping pong tournaments and worked for the USO. (Not that I cultivated that thinking in any way…… :D )

The less "mom's" know the less gray hairs.

I'd wish him good luck, but luck has little to do with what we do.

Team Sergeant

My "mom" thought the same thing and since I was a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, she thought that I was going to be doing "Life Guard" duty with "Special Services" !!! I called home from Benning after my first jump and asked if they remembered the old Flying Boxcars that flew out of Ellington Field. They both said yes and I said, "Well, I jumped out of one today !!" I heard the handset of the kitchen phone hit the counter when my mom FAINTED !!!

Then after SFTG came 5th Group and SOG. It wasn't until Plaster's Books came out that they really knew/understood what I had been involved in.

Take care.
Martin

The less "mom's" know the less gray hairs.


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Hi. This is my first post. Great info here!

I am already a mom with a head full of gray hair.
(I'm also a former Fort Bragg airborne soldier, and I'm very proud my son is an 18X.)

Just glad to be here reading as much as I can to get up to speed.

After some lurking and learning I'm amazed - and somewhat embarassed - how little I really understood SF though I was a reporter/editor stationed at Fort Bragg for 7 years. I'm becoming enlightened, for sure.