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**Team Sergeant** · 05-09-2012, 07:22

I started my SF career with a separated shoulder, dislocated it once in the hand to hand pit in Phase One. Cadre told me if I did it again I'd be gone. I did do it again on the jump into third phase, freak accident & bad landing. I told the jr. medic to wrap me up and tell no one. He did. The rest is history. I went onto dislocate it again in freefall, hit by another soldier in the air. After that I was operated on and sat on the sidelines for a year. After a year went back to full duty. It always hurt, motrin was (and still is) my friend.

If the pain from your shoulder is enough to give you pause don't go Special Forces. There are too many situations in Special Forces that are far worse than that shoulder pain. If you don't think you can be 110% don't try Special Forces.

05-09-2012, 07:22	#4
Team Sergeant Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 20,929	I started my SF career with a separated shoulder, dislocated it once in the hand to hand pit in Phase One. Cadre told me if I did it again I'd be gone. I did do it again on the jump into third phase, freak accident & bad landing. I told the jr. medic to wrap me up and tell no one. He did. The rest is history. I went onto dislocate it again in freefall, hit by another soldier in the air. After that I was operated on and sat on the sidelines for a year. After a year went back to full duty. It always hurt, motrin was (and still is) my friend. If the pain from your shoulder is enough to give you pause don't go Special Forces. There are too many situations in Special Forces that are far worse than that shoulder pain. If you don't think you can be 110% don't try Special Forces. __________________ "The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy, but where they are."
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