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Originally Posted by Bechorg
Every once and awhile my mind will take me to that place, the numb, detached place in selection where the body is on autopilot. It is hard to remember because it is all a blur, all I can remember is telling myself to just keep going. I decided the only way I would walk away without finishing was to be carried out.
Pretty much lost during land nav, my feet feeling like they were about to fall off. Truth is, I wanted to quit. During SOPC, during selection, before phase 2, during phase 2. I just didn't know if it was for me. Something in my head just told me to follow through and just keep going. Somewhere along the way it finally clicked and I pulled myself together.
At the peak of a mountain in the mid day sun with no water in Afghanistan I wanted to quit. I just didn't know how after being through so much. Resiliency is gained through more ways than one, and failure has always taught me the most. For every stud that runs every ruck and is used to crossing the line first there are hundreds of guys who torment themselves and juggle thoughts that they just aren't good enough and they should just give in. Everyone knows "that guy". I was him many times, I just learned how to work out of the job. I scraped myself from the bottom and I am still average, I can't just show up every day even after 8 years. It's a beautiful thing.
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I was thinking alot about your workout advice.
Great Advice, I felt the same way about SUT I wanted the students to fail because they did not have the drive and could not handle the stress of squad dynamics, not because of no skills. IMO whether they VW or go forward and quit later or not I want every soldier I trained to walk away feeling they had the best training of their career from a Green Beret standard bearer.
Giving advice is not an issue the motivation and initiative to train for SFAS comes from within.
Part of the selection process begins with drawing the right guy and then his initiative for preparation to accomplish the tasks. Initiative is the key, today they have SOPC or SFPC that IMO is gaming SFAS and is creating huge issues by getting low quality guys who have to BE trained under watchful cadre IOT be prepared for selection and even with all the added prep just to pass SFAS these guys are barely getting by and the quality we see in SUT is not as good as it was i the crusher era.