03-03-2005, 14:03
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Selected or Not?
Whats the difference in the Soldier that complets SFAS and gets selected, than the Soldier who completes SFAS and doesnt get selected?
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03-03-2005, 14:11
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Trick question?
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Originally Posted by elmntskater1588
Whats the difference in the Soldier that complets SFAS and gets selected, than the Soldier who completes SFAS and doesnt get selected?
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One gets to try and make it through the course.
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03-03-2005, 14:25
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The other returns to his unit to try again later (Non-Selected), or go away and never come back (NTR=Never To Return).
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03-03-2005, 14:50
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I mean, why would someone who completes SFAS not be selected to continue on in training?
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03-03-2005, 14:55
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Stud Muffins
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I mean, why would someone who completes SFAS not be selected to continue on in training?
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Sometimes Stud Muffins in SFAS are like cookies in the oven. They're just not ready to come out yet.
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03-03-2005, 14:56
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I mean, why would someone who completes SFAS not be selected to continue on in training?
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"surviving isn't selection" got that from a website put up by an SF soldier somewhere, not sure if he is a memeber on here.
as far as i can say, if you're just "sandbagging", or you got a case of that asian desiese, "draggin' ass" then why should they select you? PPl that just aim for the bare minimum probably dont last to long.
I dont plan on slowing down one step as soon as i step foot on ft. bragg, gonna be all out wide open balls to the wall, at every task im given. no need for less then 110%
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03-03-2005, 16:10
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I dont plan on slowing down one step as soon as i step foot on ft. bragg, gonna be all out wide open balls to the wall, at every task im given. no need for less then 110%
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And you will quickly learn your first lesson in decision-making for SF guys. Sometimes, taking a short moment to assess a situation and quickly make a semi-informed decision will reap far better results than to employ brute force. I think your Land Nav practical exercises will help you in this regard.
Its very similar to the old joke of two bulls sitting on a hill, overlooking a herd of cows. The young, strong bull looks at the old, scarred bull and says, "Let's charge down this hill and [mate with] a couple of those cows." The older bull shakes its head and says, "No, let's WALK down this hill and [mate with] ALL of them."
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03-03-2005, 14:59
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I mean, why would someone who completes SFAS not be selected to continue on in training?
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The same reason that sitting through four years of college does not necessarily give you a degree.
As long as you show up for every event, and pass some of them, you can continue in the SFAS class.
It is called SELECTION AND ASSESSMENT. Sticking around through the course means that you have been assessed. It does not mean that you have been selected.
This seems pretty obvious to me, do you still not get it?
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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03-03-2005, 15:05
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I understand fully, thanks.
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