SITREP THREAD. Post your Progress Here.

Yeah, he was the one I was thinking of originally, he was the first of the Spearlings to make it through from start to finish, but his odyssey wasn't captured in this thread.

So it looks like Tropicana98 might be the first.
 
I really wished I had something like this forum when I first started out. It would have saved me some stress, time and my dick wouldn't have so many vibram prints on it from my stepping on it.

All the nay-saying wouldn't have mattered, either. It would just make me try harder.

I'd like to see some more blue-to-green transitions here.
 
8654Maine said:
I'd like to see some more blue-to-green transitions here.
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Hoping to be one of the next in the group. Having to get a stupid waiver for some medical history and should be good to go in the near future. Hoping to leave in June/July for BCT. Hoping to sign my contract in the next month or so.
 
Thank you to everyone for all the support so far this site is awesome and it's the people who frequent this corner of the interwebz who make it that way.
 
See, its a quick process for the babyRangers to make the transition here. All they have is BCT + AIT + 8 weeks of RASP and Shazam! All the other folks have pre-indocs and Indocs and selections and courses and SERE and on and on and on. The timeframe is stretched a bunch!
 
goon175 said:
BCT+AIT+Airborne+Pre-RASP+RASP on the short end if you are an 11 series or support guy

BCT+AIT+Airborne+Pre-RASP+RASP+Pre-SOCM+SOCM if you are a medic

BCT+AIT+Airborne+Pre-RASP+RASP+RTO Course for all fire support and commo guys
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On the short end for 11 series? What's the longer path for those guys- Ranger school before battalion?
 
Tropicana98 said:
Yeah but that doesn't really happen unless you're coming through RASP as an untabbed E-5.
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Gotcha. I wasn't sure how it worked- I read something about the Regiment starting a pipeline of sorts that put guy through RS and some other school (EMT/Breacher) after they went to RASP. Thanks for clearing that up.
 
It's been a joy of mine to keep coming back to this thread and track everyone's progress. Congrats to everyone's recent successes. Keep at it. Never quit.

Looking forward to seeing Tropicana98's title change in the next few days.
 
Alright so I've been pretty absent from this thread and for the most part this forum for a little while. It's awesome to see everyone's progress and even some big accomplishments to which I say congratulations. As to where I am at and what has happened is why I'm posting. I am a Pararescue hopeful, so I began to teach myself to swim and get in actual shape. I tested three times for the PJ PAST only to fail the swim time as well as the run.

Eventually my recruiter told me to drop the swim and take it for TACP which I did and passed despite catching some of this sickness floating around. But when they tried to swap out my jobs (my original being 2W1X1, Aircraft Armament) it was denied due to my ship date being only a month away. So I fly out from Des Moines on Tuesday for basic. Simply I did not push my self hard enough, but I'm not going to bitch and moan.

25m is basic, then tech school. After that its to do the best I can as a 2W1X1. I'll continue to train and push harder, and when the time comes and I'm ready ill do my best to earn it. All of you have helped me grow these past four years, thanks a lot for that.
 
Grey said:
25m is basic, then tech school. After that its to do the best I can as a 2W1X1. I'll continue to train and push harder, and when the time comes and I'm ready ill do my best to earn it. All of you have helped me grow these past four years, thanks a lot for that.
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There is not a career field in Operations which wouldn't allow you to crosstrain provided you meet their requirements like medical and PT. Bottom line, if you are in the AF, and physically qualified, there should be little to nothing standing in the way of any airman wanting to crosstrain into the 1XX careerfields.

Put in your time, be the best 2W1X1 in your unit, PT, and things will fall into place for you even if you have to wait a few years. The wait may suck now, but know that hard work will overcome all of this in due time.

Good luck.
 
If no one minds, here is a list of my progress.
(This all has been from about 2010-present)


ASVAB (69, passed SOWT/TACP AFSC qualified)
MEPS (DQ'd SOWT/TACP - Depth Perception failure)
DEP'd in
Passed PJ PAST (Initial)
Failed PJ EAD (1st, 2nd, 3rd Attempt)
Injury - ITB Syndrome/Rehab 2.5 Months/DEP Discharge ( Extended over 1 year while injured)

ReDEP'd
ASVAB Expired - Retaken (71, SOWT/TACP AFSC qualified)
Passed CCT PAST (Initial)
Failed CCT PAST EAD (1st, 2nd, 3rd Attempt)
DQ'd by Chief from all BA-1 jobs due to failure of run test on 2 career fields
Informed of options, put SERE on list of jobs or exit USAF DEP

UnDQ'd from BA-1 Jobs (If run is sufficiently lower, 8:30-9:30 time)
MEPS Medical Expire (Currently waiting to retake full medical in hopes of passing DP for SOWT/TACP)
 
Freefalling said:
Put in your time, be the best 2W1X1 in your unit, PT, and things will fall into place for you even if you have to wait a few years. The wait may suck now, but know that hard work will overcome all of this in due time.

Good luck.
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Thanks Free, I'll keep you guys updated as to where I'm at in everything.
 

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