08-08-2010, 06:34
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Originally Posted by rdret1
I always found it kind of amusing when some of the Arnold Jr.'s couldn't pass the PT test, while the little skinny guys had no problems.
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but it was NOT amusing when Mr "I-got-bodyfat-of-less-than 10%-chicks-dig-me" went into energy deficit and could no longer hump a ruck or stay awake in the NDP or even maintain linear thought.
A little fat is good.
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08-08-2010, 07:11
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Over the years I saw:
- Big guys who could make it and big guys who could not
- Small guys who could make it and small guys who could not
- Short guys who could make it and short guys who could not
- Tall guys who could make it and tall guys who could not
- Thin guys who could make it and thin guys who could not
- Heavy guys who could make it and heavy guys who could not
- Athletic guys who could make it and athletic guys who could not
- Etc...
My observation was that you could never really tell who was gonna make it or not until after they had either made it or didn't.
And so it goes...
Richard's $.02 
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08-08-2010, 07:29
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Originally Posted by Richard
Over the years I saw:
- Big guys who could make it and big guys who could not
- Small guys who could make it and small guys who could not
- Short guys who could make it and short guys who could not
- Tall guys who could make it and tall guys who could not
- Thin guys who could make it and thin guys who could not
- Heavy guys who could make it and heavy guys who could not
- Athletic guys who could make it and athletic guys who could not
- Etc...
My observation was that you could never really tell who was gonna make it or not until after they had either made it or didn't.
And so it goes...
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All very true. You can't see into someone's mindset. It comes down to how bad you want it.
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08-08-2010, 09:48
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Guamanian, SFC Efrin Cruz was 5'-2'' tall and weighed 124 lbs. He humped a 50lb rucksack, a Car-15 with 240 rounds of ammo, 6 frag grenades and 2 smoke grenades and a claymore mine or two as he walked point for team Cobra 1-5 in B-36 (Third Mobile Strike Force, Company A, 5th SFGA) 1n 1968.
We were walking into the Saigon PX dressed in Tiger Striped fatigues one day when the MP guard stopped us and said to me, "You can go in but the "gook" has to stay outside." I told the MP, "You tell him that he can't go in, He's an SFC in the American Army." I walked in to the PX as Cruz told the MP to call his supervisor.
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08-08-2010, 14:24
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Originally Posted by Utah Bob
Well..when it came to tunnels I always thought that a fella about 6'4" and 250 had the advantage.
He couldn't fit in 'em.
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UB,
You came close to my stats when I went through.............  I had a 31' waist,was 6'1'' and 240,which of course would have disqualified me also!............. 
Big Teddy
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08-08-2010, 16:25
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Nope, them ain't my stats. I was pointing out when it came to tunnel crawling, Big boys were exempt.
I was a lot closer to Chuckarthy's build when I was a youngster. 
One advantage, I didn't stand out among the little indig troops.
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08-08-2010, 16:44
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Originally Posted by Dozer523
but it was NOT amusing when Mr "I-got-bodyfat-of-less-than 10%-chicks-dig-me" went into energy deficit and could no longer hump a ruck or stay awake in the NDP or even maintain linear thought.
A little fat is good.
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Concur..........
Big Teddy
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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10-04-2010, 23:09
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So I figured I would post an update. I have joined the ROTC program at state school down the road from my school. On my first day at the program one of the MS4's asked me if I wanted to try out for Ranger Challenge, I had absolutely no idea what it was but I said yeah. I made the team and will be competing up at FT Knox in 2 weeks with the team. As a part of the PT I have been rucking, running, and doing skills training at 4am every morning. Since the beginning of RC training I have ended up putting on 5lbs, hopefully I can keep on packing on the pounds!
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10-05-2010, 06:49
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Since the beginning of RC training I have ended up putting on 5lbs, hopefully I can keep on packing on the pounds!
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Strength and endurance are worth more than weight...
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