Selected
 

Selected, class 05-06, 18 Delta, Spanish.
Thanks again for all the help that this board provides...Also, I'm looking foward to finally using the other sections of the board besides the ISOFAC and SFAS sections.
Now, back to work.......

Congrats and thank you very much!

Martin

:D Congrats

Now you get to start the hard stuff! Good luck and stay focused!

Congratulations
 

You appear to have a good grasp on the proper path to follow. It's not an easy path as you have learned from the QPs and others on PS.com. But then again, it cannot be. Keep up the work and stay focused. Look forward to hearing continuing updates. Let me know if you will be in the Fort Bragg neighborhood May 24-27. I'd like to introduce myself and shake your hand when I'm there to attend my son's graduation from SFQC.

All my best,
18 X Dad

Congratulations.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Bien Hecho!

Congrats!!! I hope to be in your shoes around the end of June.

Congrats!

You earned it
 

Congrats....buy me a beer when you see me someday! You should figure out who I am by reading my profile!
Good Luck!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

I was in class 05-06 too. I got selected too. 18E & Spanish.

Congrats to both of you! You gonna change your name from doc to commodude now? :munchin

doc22584 Congrats, sorry about that Echo thing, only two Charlies to a team I guess!:p

No...really good job, now get ready for all that ditty-dot-dit!!!:D

Well done Doc.

cc

Congratulations to both of you fine soldiers.

J,

CONGRADs on getting selected.

If your not good at Math, get to it. Review your High school days math, its all basic stuff. But not looking at the basics can kick you in your butt.

Congrats to you J!

Congratulations lads. You have shown that you have the potential,now the rest is up to you. Good luck!

Step 1 - complete. Congratulations. Now the rubber really hits the road, good luck!

Congratulations and all the best guys. Know, we are all pullin' for you.........

Well done, all three of you.

07-06? I heard that was a horrible class. :p :D

Well I am sure that I can make arrangements for you to go through another class if you were dissatisfied with being selected in this one.:D

Recycle!!

Lost paperwork!!

Re-board him!!

TR

NOO!!! It's cool. I was very satisfied. Just bustin balls.:D

vvvv

Myth beater
 

There were many myths crushed in class 07-06. The select rate was 36% active duty enlisted. The total class when NG and Officers are included was still only around 40%. That is low compared to recent classes. The class as a whole was not as good as the past few classes. The weather was HOT HOT, and WET, WET!
BLUF fellas if you're coming to SFAS;
1. Ruck your asses off... then ruck some more!!

2. Learn to walk in the woods with a compass. Yes, it still is important!

3. When you are doing team events....be a TEAM PLAYER. We will spot all you slackers, spotlighters, slugs, and duds. Trust me...ask those 36% guys why their buddies didn't make it!

4. If you want to be IVW..INVOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL, go ahead and disrespect a CADRE or fail to follow the no shit safety instructions we give you. Failure to launch a flare because you were sleeping during which time 30 cadre were searching for you and 400 candidates stood in formation during a tropical storm (Alberto) until we had accountabilty is NO EXCUSE. Trust me, you will be on the short bus home that day.

5. Finally, don't quit. Old as time itself!
For those of you coming to class 501-06...The Summer class, bring your cameback. It's OK to have.

Good luck.

Daver out!

Thanks much, Dave.

If you want to pass go, listen to what The Man is saying, or BPT do it again.

TR

Summer Advice
 

Guys in the Summer Classes - you are not superman - drink water!! I repeat, drink water - lots of it. During the heatwave of 1980 I went through Airborne School - we had a LOT of heat injuries - but the interesting part was about 50% were the instructors, trying to prove they were tougher than everybody else. Smart is better than tough, and a heat injury if severe enough can get you into a REMF job for the rest of your career.

X SF MED,
You are so right on this one. We managed to ONLY have 8 heat casualties from the last class and no heat stroke issues during team week. The cadre spent alot of time watching the candidates making sure they were taking care of themselves. However, like you said, drink lots of water and they aren't superman.....consider everything an assessment. Guys who had to be poked or prodded to drink were definately doing all they could to DE-Select themselves. We need smart, strong guys who play well with others and who realize that they are human as well. The July class will be crushing from a heat perspective (we hit heat Cat 5 everyday before 1020 Hrs during class 07-06) Candidates can expect Heat Cat 5 by 0900 everyday in July so be smart or you'll be on the shortbus home or to the hospital. Here is how it breaks down...Heat Cramps suck, but you'll RTD soon enough....Heat Exhaustion = 3 Month Profile, drop from SFAS and possible reclass to a REMF job or...... Heat Stroke = End of a possible SF career....if you're lucky you'll remain on active duty! IN ALL HEAT CASES, if a guy goes down in SFAS with a suspected heat related problem, he gets a thermometer inserted to check for BODY CORE temperature (it's not under the tongue either!) right there in front of everybody present. We don't take chances and we don't screw around, you'll get equal treatment from the medics.
If you're coming to class 501-06, start hydrating NOW. You can only ingest 12 quarts a day regardless of how much you exercise or work. More then that is bad for you. That information is straight from the head Fort Heat casualty expert. Get ahead of the powercurve or you'll be left behind...just ask the Class 07-06 guys.

Yes, standing in formation for 5 hours. PLEASE, dont screw your buddies.

Yes that sucks, however drawing attention to yourself by sniveling like a rat eating onions over something that at worst is inconvenient and at best character building is not a smart move.

Roger.

ORS may taste like shit, but drink it anyway. Oral Rehydration Salts keep the electrolytes up, prevent cramping and help you survive the heat.

WM - in the olden days the only thing they'd let us have outside of issued food at Camp MacKall was Gatorade powder or Pedialyte powder to mix in every 4th canteen of water (remember that guys, don't overdo the electrolytes) so that we wouldn't go hydrostatic from electrolyte loss.