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Blueboy · 05-12-2005, 16:42

Just my two cents......life does not end for an SF officer once you leave an ODA. Sure, you're not fast-roping, shooting, diving, jumping, etc like you were on a team, but there is more to SF than that. Moreover, your role as an SF officer is not to be a "shooter" (although you will be expected to lead from the front)---it is to provide LEADERSHIP, GUIDANCE, and SUPPORT to the teams, and that does not end once your rucksack leaves a teamroom. As a matter of fact, that's when it really starts. Whether you're the BN Asst S-3, S-4, S-1, or HSC Cdr, you're viewed as a more experienced CPT----one who has cut his teeth on an ODA and proved his worth----and, consequently, more is expected of you. As a MAJ, the ante gets upped. But where else in the Army can an O-4 command a company of America's finest warriors? Only in SF. I thank my lucky stars eveyday that I made the decision to go to SFAS---being an SF officer is truly the best job in the armed forces.
Hope this sheds some light for some of the hopefuls.....

05-12-2005, 16:42	#14
Blueboy Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: D.C./ Northern Virginia Posts: 82	Just my two cents......life does not end for an SF officer once you leave an ODA. Sure, you're not fast-roping, shooting, diving, jumping, etc like you were on a team, but there is more to SF than that. Moreover, your role as an SF officer is not to be a "shooter" (although you will be expected to lead from the front)---it is to provide LEADERSHIP, GUIDANCE, and SUPPORT to the teams, and that does not end once your rucksack leaves a teamroom. As a matter of fact, that's when it really starts. Whether you're the BN Asst S-3, S-4, S-1, or HSC Cdr, you're viewed as a more experienced CPT----one who has cut his teeth on an ODA and proved his worth----and, consequently, more is expected of you. As a MAJ, the ante gets upped. But where else in the Army can an O-4 command a company of America's finest warriors? Only in SF. I thank my lucky stars eveyday that I made the decision to go to SFAS---being an SF officer is truly the best job in the armed forces. Hope this sheds some light for some of the hopefuls..... __________________ "I do not know what is true. I do not know the meaning of the universe. But in the midst of doubt, in the collapse of creeds, there is one thing I do not doubt...and that is that the faith is true and adorable which leads a soldier to throw away his life in obedience to a blindly accepted duty, in a cause he little understands, in a plan of campaign of which he has little notion, under tactics of which he does not see the use." Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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