Introductions V

[jmo325]

Hi all,

I am 20 years old and a former college student with 2 years completed. During this period of time I decided school was not the best option for me at the moment due to various reasons and decided to go SF (which I have been considering since before enrolling in college). I am waiting for a response from a med read in the next week or so where I will then most likely need a medical waiver. In great physical condition at the moment with optimal scores, just need to wait a couple months for that waiver before I can get my contract.

[Midwest]

Hello, I am a 25 y/o from the state of Kansas. I have a wife and daughter. I spent 3 years on active duty (Army) from 2009-2012 and have been a civilian for the last 3 years. Afte r much consideration and countless hours of soul searching I made the decision to reenlist and go through the 18X pipeline. The military is the only place that feels like home. I am here searching for questions I won't find the answers to searching the forums and would appreciate any QP with the time to pm me.

Midwest

[Port Hasty]

Hello everyone. I'm 22 and I've been wanting to pursue the 18X contract since I found out about it my senior year of high school. After a couple years of working and going to community college I decided it was time to make a choice whether I was going to commit to the career I really wanted or keep stagnating. I decided about a year and a half ago that this was worth devoting all of my time to prepare for and I lost a bunch of weight and got in shape over that time, checking in with my local Army recruiter once every couple months until I felt I was ready to enlist. I enlisted at the end of October with an 18X contract and I look forward to the months and years to come.

[dantheman]

Hello all. I'm a 26 year old Marine Corps veteran from NC. I spent 4 years on active duty in the Marines from 2007 to 2011. After a 4 year break in service I have signed an 18x contract for the Army. I leave soon and am excited for this new chapter for my family.

[SFRECRUITINGCO]

My name is SFC Doughty and I have recently transferred here to the Colorado Army National Guard. Prior to this I was the recruiter for 2/19th SFG(A) in West Virginia. I am just trying to reach out and build my network here in my newly assigned area.

Thank You,
Chad

[wahoo]

I missed the intro area. I'm prior service with 2 contracts completed 7years 3mo active duty (stop lossed 485 days first term) 2 years 7mo inactive between contracts.

I'm on terminal leave until December 9th and enrolled in college.

I attended SFAS in 08 and tried to go back in 13 on my second term, was unable to attend. Had a SF packet completed but had to cancel and do ncoes school instead, then deployment.

[sustainthefight]

Hello all,

It has been awhile since I have been on the forum so I am going to go ahead and post another introduction. I have served as a PL (since 2012) in the "Big Army", as well as the 75th RR. I've completed a few military schools and participated in some great training over the years. I have always admired those in the SF community and I appreciate the sometimes heated rivalry. I am a big believer in different strokes for different folks within the greater SOF community; every section brings something key to the fight. Nothing but the utmost respect for anyone willing to put on the uniform and take on the challenges that come with that decision.

I am just looking to pick up some knowledge for my bag of tricks and to keep growing and developing as a leader and person. Maybe I can reciprocate the same for some of you; tabbed or untabbed.

-SUSTAINTHEFIGHT

[anon411]

Occupation: analyst/researcher

Biography:

• former DoD FFRDC think tank assistant analyst
• Provided analytic research support for the Gilmore Commission Advisory Panel to Congress to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
  
• co-authored research on Intelligence for CSS Units during Urban Operations, Automation and Visualization of Intelligence for Ground Force Operations in Urban Areas and Deception in Network Defense

I look forward to learning from you. Thanks!

[Brutus Fidus]

I joined this forum in 2011, but I see that my earlier posts are no longer here; I just want to make a quick update so that you can know a little about whom you are talking to.
I know that my bio states that I was planning to enter the 18x program; I spoke too hastily. By the time the dust settled, I signed and swore-in for 35P (Cryptologic Linguist); this was the culmination of nearly 12 months’ work with my recruiter. 5 days prior to my ship-off date for basic, I received a call from the recruiting office telling me that the student loan repayment I had been promised in my contract “fell through” and that I needed to come in for a “contract renegotiation” with no student loan repayment. Needless to say, I was disappointed and I have my suspicions that the loan repayment was never something that they were in a position to give me, but merely dangled until the zero-hour. Anyhow, because they broke the contract, I was released and told I could sign without the student loan repayment or I could walk away- which I opted to do. Se la vie.
I now work as the Director of Clinical Operations for a pharmaceutical research company based out of Ohio. I still have close ties to Hawaii, the Pacific NorthWest and Colorado; I visit these places often. I continue to visit this forum and I am extraordinarily appreciative of the information that these professionals have offered.

[dparker]

Bryan parker

Hi not much of a poster or talker more of a read and learn person

[Freddy Krueger]

Hello All,

My name is Freddy Krueger; I just returned from a deployment under SOCAF doing FID in North West Africa, I am an active duty Seabee who has deployed with Fleet Navy, Marines, And NAVSOC. I look forward to learning a lot of great information and hopefully some of my experiences can help out other users in this forum.

[DG_Hero]

Hi, my name is Daniel Guerrieri. I am a 23yr old college student in Tampa, about to move up to Charlotte. My family all comes from either a medical or military background, and I want to try and do both as an 18D. I'll be joining ROTC in my junior year when I start at UNC Charlotte. I was trying to enlist as a REP63 earlier this year but decided to hold off due to the move. Thank you all.

[Squatch]

Greetings All,

I'm currently Active Duty stationed in GA, here to observe and learn as much as I can in hopes to become as prepared as possible when I finally do go to SFAS.
Very grateful for all of the helpful information available here, and looking forward to learning more.
Thanks.

[BigRod163]

Hello my name is Rod. I served 6 years in the MT national guard as an 11B. I'm an OIF veteran and entrepreneur. I help people better their lives physically and financially.

[johndoe1990]

Currently serving as an infantryman attached to a cav unit tasked with long range reconaissance in a NY ARNG unit in western NY. I've always admired the Army Special Forces and read every book I could get my hands on regarding the community. Although I'm just your typical grunt I try to hold myself to the physical and intellectual standards that the Special Forces community adheres to. As of late I've started to consider trying to go to selection via the 19th/20th group route although I need remediation regarding some fundamental soldiering skills before I would even feel remotely qualified to attend a drill weekend with the aforementioned units. For now, I joined the forum as a tool to get in better shape and to hone my fundamental skills in an effort to be a better soldier.