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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
One thing I am curious about, but if one sustains such an injury during SFAS (broken foot or wrist for example), how do you know whether you should keep going or not, because if you have an injury, even if you are mentally capable of completing the training, couldn't you permanently injure yourself and thus prevent yourself from being able to become a Special Forces soldier? For example,
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Debating whether or not to quit and self assessing your injuries or perceived injuries and quitting to preserve yourself is exactly what selection is for. You cannot quit real world when isolated in a jackpot or on an escape and evasion corridor. What we want for our foundation to build our GB's off of is the guy who continues the mission despite his personal discomforts. We have doctors, lawyers and scientist who go through SFAS and all that succeed have the character trait described above and that is they value mission and team above self despite the pain and injury.