Yeah, slowing down is always good. A ton of my questions are being answered in Dick Couchs' book Chosen Soldier. It has been extremely informative and made me realize how many other things I have to focus on before language training. It also seems that the 18X-Ray is the way to go. They prepare you to the edge. Do they do language training during the Q Course now, or is it still seperate?
I only have one question left for you. Are you a complete idiot or do you just come across that way on military sites?
You do realize that you might possibly be giving your future instructors bad ideas about you, right?
Forget everything you read in Dick Couch's book about SFAS, it changes constantly. Get a copy of Get Selected and learn it.
For Land Nav - join an orienteering team.
For languages - if you can get fluent in a few months - learn whatever one floats your boat, it won't friggin matter.
Learn to STFU and research before asking poorly researched questions about everything - be self sufficient, it's a graded exercise in SFAS, no shit, it really is - but then again so are teamwork, and initiative, and the ability to learn on the fly.... so far, you have served up a big fat ol burger with a ton of fail sauce slathered all over it...
Here's a clue Sherlock... an 18X-ray contract is an opporunity to fail, miserably... all it does is put you on a fast track to SFAS, you still need to make it through the precursors to even get there... the select rate for 18X is about the same as for all other candidates - somewhere in the 25-30% range. You are not special until you graduate the Q course, then the learning really begins. Humility is your friend right now, and forever.... STFU and go do PT.
Oh, in case you haven't figured it out, I might actually know what I'm talking about here.