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Old 01-19-2005, 15:21   #11
Airbornelawyer
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Originally Posted by Grendel
Hello-

My name is Phil, and this is my first post, so I'll briefly introduce myself. I'm a 20 year old college student majoring in Mass Communications with a Concentration in Audio / Visual Broadcasting. I'm also minoring in History as well as Speech Commnuication (English & Arabic).

How long did you all serve in your units before applying to SF? I'm posting in this forum because I would one day like to be apart of the 5th SFG, my apologies if this question is in the wrong forum. Thanks in advance,

-Phil
You are talking about enlisting in the Army? You say you are in college; I assume you are not in ROTC or considering applying for OCS out of college? If you were an officer the course is pretty much set. You have to be a 1st Lieutenant promotable (1LT(P)) to apply for SFAS and have completed your branch's captain's career course before going to the Q course. So that's about three years there.

If, based on the Arabic study, you think you might enter the Army as a linguist or MI soldier, there is a chance you could get assigned to 5th Group in a support position right out of your initial entry training. That might help you decide whether it is the life for you. Based on your major, there is also psyop.
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