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Originally Posted by weeman
I didn't start this thread to have my belly rubbed or to tell you I want to to quit and join the peace corp. I was referring to the fact that hard working students are getting screwed becuase like you said someone was "sensitive" to some sh%$bags and they slid through. I absolutley do not think that just becuase I was selected I am entitled to be in SF. I fully understand that I was selected to ATTEND the SF QUALIFICATION Course and I fully understand that everyday I have to bust my @$$ to be here and to stay here to QUALIFY to be in SF. I also completly understand your frustration. When I was a SQD LDR/ PLT SGT the Army has the same mentality of "your SQD LDR/PLT SGT will teach you", but isn't it our jobs as NCO's to mentor, train and influence others to accomplish the mission by providing purpose, direction, and motivation? I do believe above average guys should be in SF and all I was commenting on was that the new policy was getting rid of some above average guys.
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So why did you start this thread? Still sounds like more of the same to me. Minus the last nine months at the SGM Academy, the last 14 years of my Army life has been spent in an SF company. So unless you have any amount of time close to that, I doubt you understand my "frustration" as you call it.
I find it amusing that in the same thread you have graduated from an NCO that viewed going back to the regular Army as "babysitting"; to schooling me on what my responsibilty is as an NCO. Give me a break.
The Army is full of above average guys that did not make the cut for one reason or another, that's life. I have always considered myself a average Soldier who had the ability to accomplish above average goals, through self motivation, drive and the want to do or be something few people could. Maybe that is why I worked harder to accomplish my goals, instead of hoping someone else would set the right conditions for me to achieve them.
But, I guess it is always easier to blame the system than to examine oneself and determine what one's weakness really is and how to make it one's strength.
I guess I'm glad there was no internet and books about how to make it into SF when I went through. Otherwise I might have sat around and felt sorry for myself instead of just doing it, whatever the outcome. Nah, never.