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"A Special Forces soldier who makes it to the final exercise, known as Robin Sage, has come a long way, said Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Peters. “He has only aged one year, but has really aged light years,” said Peters, the top enlisted soldier in the 1st Battalion of the 1st Special Warfare Training Group. “He now understands the subtle difference he can make. That is a maturity you just can’t get in any classroom.”
A year is 365 days and a light year is a distance -- how far light, cruising at 186,000 mile per SECOND, travels in a year. (whew). It might not be gramaticly correct but it is true. The Q course is about how far you go not how long it takes.
Do they still do the Civil Action Project at the end? We built a pole barn on an out of the way farm. I learned that you nail through the top ridge of corragated sheeting not the trough, that it is really hard to hold a nail steady on the curved top, that when I'm tired enough I'll hear the hammer hit my thumb rather then feel it. And, when your teammate's hammer slides off the roof he'll probably follow it because he fell asleep! After we were done the extended family of this G arrived and covered two picnic tables with a Thanksgivng feast -- then they stood back! It was so great! (In my day Robin Sage was based on a point system. It wasn't hard to keep a rough tally of your standing) All but two of us had "tabbed out" on points before the final mission so this meal was our Victory Dinner. It was the first time I ever tasted wild turkey -- the bird kind. (That last mission might have looked like an ambush but it was really about making sure those last two graduated. It became the academic equavalant of "taking a bullet" for them.) Is there a RS "NSTIW" story thread?
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