Reaper, I am not a PJ so I won’t tell you anything about that, but what I will say is that you have to fight for what you want. You have to earn your right to be a part of what you want, regardless of what it is. Be it a street gang or an elite military unit, you earn your right become a member of it.
If you are not fully devoted to your goal of becoming a PJ, then maybe you should wait. But if you are in shape and are 110% focused and devoted to becoming a PJ, you should fight tooth and nail to do so… Knowing that if you fail you may be screwed military wise is a good thing IMO. It would tell me that I cannot fail and that they will have to kill me to make me quit or fail in the training.
Only you can decide how important becoming a PJ is to you, but simply quitting b/c of a fear of failure will leave you with a “what if” for the rest of your life. I would make a choice how important it is to you and if it is that important I would give everything you possibly have to make it happen…
I'm using it as motivation, I can almost complete all of the INDOC graduation standards, and I bust my ass 6days/week training. I have enough "what if's" in life, this has been something I have been preparing for, for over 1 year, I have just been plagued with injuries. I'm in this, I'm not backing down, no way, no how. It's a stressful thought that is in the back of my head, but instead of letting it worry me, I'm using it to push me in training. Tomorrow was just going to be a 4 mile run, 3000m fin swim and some pt...instead, It'll be RUN,SWIM,RUN,SWIM,RUN-3miles in the runs and 3000m in the swims/PT in between. If I fail its not because I won't be in shape.
Thanks for your input, I appreciate it, and I appreciate you for your service.
Godbless