Joining the Regiment without Opt. 40

[Wrestler_1]

Crystal copy, x SF med. I'm going to stick with my vision therapist for a while, improve my vision as much as I can. It will also give me some time to up my PT standards. Part of me wants to get out already and go live my life, but I know I'll be much better staying home and building myself up to be as best as I can be.


I just wanna say from the time I've been on this site(Less than two days) I've received and learnt more information than any recruiter has given me. For that I'd like to thank all of you, and I hope to continue learning from your experience and insight. You guys rock.

 

[x SF med]

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I just wanna say from the time I've been on this site(Less than two days) I've received and learnt more information than any recruiter has given me. For that I'd like to thank all of you, and I hope to continue learning from your experience and insight. ...

You came looking for information, and were willing to do some of the research yourself. You did not come here as a self proclaimed expert in things you've never experienced/learned, and you were humble enough to accept that there might be people who could steer you in the right direction based on the information you provided, even if it was not the exact thing you wanted to hear.

If your path gets you to a Ranger medic, HooAh!! or... If your path leads you to a medic in a line or hospital unit... be the best, and always keep in mind that whatever job you are tasked with is important in the military... and as a medic live "Primum non Nocere" all of the time... don't settle for minimums, strive to beat maximums.

 

[Wrestler_1]

Will do x SF med. I have this nagging feeling though, perhaps you can help me with it.

I've thought about joining for a very long time. And at first I was interested in going straight 11B but then I started learning about 68W and decided that is what I wanted to do. But I keep getting this feeling of wanting to be an infantryman, and experience life as one. I hope this doesn't seem too naive or immature(which I'm sure it does) but I want to experience the life of being out in front. Don't get me wrong, there is no greater desire of mine than to help others, especially brothers in combat, but there is that little voice that tells me to go 11b. This decision has been bugging me lately and I'm really not sure what to choose here; I hope some of you can possibly shed some light on this for me.

Is it possible, just maybe, that I can re-enlist as a 68W, if I were to serve my initial contract as an 11B? If I am mistaken in anyway, please correct me so that I may learn for future occurrences.

 

[x SF med]

I started as an 11B, went to the Q course and was an 18B, then reclassed to 18D.... I also got to go through NBC School:dead:

 

[Wrestler_1]

Hmm. I've never looked into SF, but you're making me do some research! If I understand correctly from various internet sources, SOCM is the first part of the 18D pipline?


Also, it is possible to go 11B first, and then re-up as a 68W?

 

[Ranger Psych]

I won't say it would be one lick easier in the 75th as a medic at all, but I will say that it would be much easier to get A SHOT at Regiment as a medic, since it's not easy to find medics that are uber-hard-chargers like you need in the 75th, let alone can pass all of the prerequisites. Especially given your optical issues you've mentioned previously.

Also, while this is like a 500m target and you should retain focus on the 25m, there are issues inherent with reclassing MOS'es. Specifically, the fact that you'll be X rank at 3-4 years when you reup, and have missed out on that generally critical 3-4 years as Y mos, coming in there as X rank... which has led in the past to basically someone in a duty position who doesn't know their ass from a hole in the ground.

But, should you want to be an infantryman once you've been in Ranger Regiment, provided of course that you pass RASP, SOCM, Ranger school and survive both Regiment itself as well as all the trials by fire that you'll end up experiencing in this day and age.... you'll have a secondary MOS of 11B by the fact that at that point, you'd have your Tab. Should you want to reclass, it's literally a couple pieces of paperwork and tada, you're now infantry. You can even do it and stay in Regiment if there's room for you as a grunt at your rank at that point.

Also, as long as you can get Airborne somehow, you can either attend a Ranger Recruiting meet and greet and get the paperwork squared away to volunteer, or flat out walk your ass up to Regiment and ask to speak to the Ranger Recruiting team.

 

[Il Duce]

Not sure if it's still applicable but there was an Army policy (at least as of 18 months ago) that any Ranger qualified person of any MOS could reclass to 11B.

 

[Wrestler_1]

@Ranger Psych, ah I see. So it will be easier for me to make the transition from 68W to 11B rather than the other way around. That makes sense. Squared away, thank you sir.

@ II Dice, Good to go thanks!