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Old 10-19-2010, 18:19   #18
Blitzzz (RIP)
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Originally Posted by ZonieDiver View Post
I knew that JJ, but was afraid some of the younger ones didn't!

By the way, here are 7 "Special Forces physiques" - 1971 vintage...

Edit: To answer Big T's question - I am the one in the tee shirt, kneeling.
11B/C course - just after New Year's, '71. We called ourselves "The Magnificent Seven"!
(Yes, we were full of it!) But the only guy with a "big" physique was J. Gehres, with his head above and on the left side of mine.
I feared I'd be the "smallest" guy in SF training, and it wasn't so...
That's pretty much the way I remember it too, and most never had any "pre" SFAS training or mentoring. Just "the guts", "the will", and "the want".
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