[baran]

Thank you everyone who has replied. All the information has been very helpful. blue02hd, thanks for the Ranger insight and that makes sense that it would be very helpful to have as much of that training and knowledge that can be learned through Ranger bn.

I told my recruiter that the SF mission was my inspiration for wanting to join the army and that if there was a possibility of a spot opening up in 18x that I would be willing to wait. I had also talked to my wife and if a spot didn't open up soon we decided that we would go the Ranger bn. route.

The next day when I went in to talk to my recruiter, he said that after learned that SF was my primary reason for joining he called another recruiter fried and Ft. Bragg and one spot in 18x was open because a future soldier had to drop out for some reason and couldn't leave on his ship date.

Anyways, of course I was excited about that and my recruiters friend was able to freeze the spot open long enough for me to do my paper work, practice asvab, and get my waiver for having too many dependents to join, and my 18x spot was pulled today temporarily for 7 days until I go to meps next thursday.

I am thankful that the spot opened and I am looking forward to joining next week. I got a 70 on my practice asvab also, so I think my GT score should be high enough to qualify for the 18x contract.

Again, thanks for all the help and I will update when things are finalized next week or if anything has changed.

Thanks,
BA