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Originally Posted by Eagle5US
So, what you are advocating here is to look at the research, and based on the document of which course was easiest (or where the candidates were most successful) THEN CHOOSE the MOS you want to train in?
If that's the case, that is one of the most keen demonstrations that you do not have a clue how Special Forces Soldiers think that I have ever come across.
There are reasons that we excell at our chosen profession moreso than any other subset of Soldiers in the Army-
We do not care about statistics
We do not care how hard it is
We do not look for the "easy" anything
Finally, I am going to borrow a phrase that has been used here before...
SF is not a choice, it is not something that we "thought we wanted to do"...it was a calling. A calling that has huge challenges attached to it. And that challenge is one of the reasons it called to each of us. It is the thing that sets us apart.
Please, feel free to choose the easy route with as few cobblestones on your perfect roadway as you can manage. That way, should you make it to SFAS, it will be that much easier for you to take that same road right back where you came from.
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Terrific job explaining to that young man what SF is really all about,it starts with the calling........
Big Teddy 
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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