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Originally Posted by Kar358
I've heard about the cadets going to SFAS, but I don't believe that program is still operational. Playing devil's advocate, I would argue that any cadet of similar quality to the one's selected for CDQC would be significantly more qualified than the average 18x. After all, pretty much all of these kids have 3.7+ gpa's, 370+ pt scores , and have demonstrated impressive skill/competence in their battalion or the MA for their first two/three/four years. Is it a "waste" if they don't proceed directly to SFQC, even if they will likely be there a few years later?
I'm not intending to be disrespectful, just curious what you think of that.
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Sure you don't want to join the SEAL's?.
And you want to join us and work with these third world indigenous people which by your post appears to be several echelons below you in your mind.
This is the kind of arrogance we are dealing with in the Q the self entitled holier than thou ego that we are getting. And we see it every class and every class I make it a point to humble or relieve these guys. Imagine this guy with his ideology sitting with a chief in some village somewhere in the world on a blanket with no formal education!?.
This "kid" with not a single day in the military wants us to share his values of what the perfect soldier is?.
Kid GPA's and college has nothing to do with being a Green Beret, college is indoctrination we want intelligence, drive, initiative, humility and many times more intelligence is found in that 18X or GED soldiers little finger than those 3.7 gpa 370+ PT score super soldier you describe.
Being CDQC does not make you a good Green Beret, there are quite a few CDQC grads who cannot understand our mission and are more concerned with tattoo's of sharks on their legs, long hair and their team shirts than our mission. There is no truth to the CDQC grad is on average a higher quality GB there are alot of GB's who have no desire to be a CDQC q'd soldier. And many very good swimmers feel that if they had wanted to be CDQC then we would have joined the SEAL's or MARSOC/Force Recon.