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Damn man. Sorry to hear.
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Damn man. Sorry to hear.
Good attitude bro. You will get it soon enough. Get to your unit and be a good Paratrooper.
F.M.
F.M.
A good test of one's character is to see the reaction after failure, not success. Some of the most die-hard, driven folks are those who capitalize on failure.
Losers never learn.
Losers never learn.
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Fort Rich is 4/25 not 173rd. Also Ft Rich is the hunting and fishing capital of the Army, AKA the 75th retirement home, the frozen snot capital is Ft. Wainwright, home of nasty legs.
Reed
Isn't there a detatchment of the 173rd still at Ft. Rich, I know they have an airborne detatchment...
Yes, 4/25 is an airborne brigade. It used to just be 1/501st, originally as the only surviving battalion of 6th ID and then as part of 172nd brigade.
Reed
Bro. So, this happened. You are handling it well. Good job. In response to an Airborne unit...Why not the center of the universe? Bragg? Though, I would not mind Italy.
F.M.
Yeah I'm on worldwide. Waiting for those orders to come through. Word on the street is that 4/25 at Richardson or 173rd at Vicenza are where most guys are going, with a few getting the 82nd. I've heard awesome things about Italy, so I'm hoping that happens. I'm already counting down the days until I can come back to SWC.
Wouldn't an assignment to the 82nd make it easier for you to re-try selection?
From what I've been told- not really. I can drop a packet again for selection after six months and it'll just be a plane ticket away. Only difference being that I would have to wait a whole year to PCS back to Bragg if I do go to Italy.
Ultimately I'm going where I'm sent and I'm pretty sure my wishlist isn't going to factor in there much. I won't be disappointed whether I get stationed at Bragg, Richardson or over in Italy.
Good attitude. Be the best troop you can while you wait for your next opportunity. I'll also add that some of the best things in my life have happened as a direct result of me not getting something I thought I really wanted, right when I really thought I needed to have it. Good luck bro.
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Keep at it young man. Run the straight and narrow. 6 months will pass before you know it. Stay in shape and drive on. You finished, that is more than most
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Are you already an E-4? If not, you need to be first.
Either way, don't focus on going back to selection- like @Marauder06 said. Focus on being the best rifleman/ammo bearer whatever you can be. That will make you more valuable once you make it through. Keep the fact that you want to go back to selection to yourself- make sure everyone knows that your #1 priority is to be a good soldier. Then, when it comes time for you to leave they won't give you hell about- you can't argue with a squared away dude who wants to take it to the next level.
Makes sense. Appreciate the advice guys. It definitely helps.
Sitrep: I submitted my RASP packet painlessly with the full support of my chain of command around three months ago. Got jerked around about any type of orders. Finally just called HRC and got talked to the SFC at the 75th who does orders. He said he would start working on it.
I'm just glad my year time on station is coming to an end here. It's been quite a long wait to have a chance to start my career. Hopefully orders come at some point. I should have asked the HRC NCO if I could just sit at Pre-RASP and maybe get a early shot at RASP.
I'm just glad my year time on station is coming to an end here. It's been quite a long wait to have a chance to start my career. Hopefully orders come at some point. I should have asked the HRC NCO if I could just sit at Pre-RASP and maybe get a early shot at RASP.
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dirtmover
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Well it has been along time since I posted in this thread. I have mulled it around on what I wanted to Dow with my career..... did I want to make the move to MI (CI) or do Civil Affairs. I chatted with my best friend on which would be a better choice for me. She said that CA would be a great fit. The more I thought about doing CI the more I realized that it was more about the places and high speed jobs that I "could" do and not about wanting to do the core responsibilities of being a CI agent. On my previous deployments I had actually enjoyed engaging the local population, and would love to do it more.
I talked with my 1SG as my current PL and PSG are not very supportive in my decision and he was willing to talk to the CA personnel on Shindand and see if I could talk with them and go out on a mission with them. I really would like to chat with them about the CA mission in peacetime to see if it was something that would be up my alley....... I refuse to chose CA as a new job if I do not feel as great about their wartime mission as their peacetime mission.
I feel as if I have grown a lot as a person and soldier after being dropped from a previous course. I will update you guys when I can get to KAF to take the TABE and DLAB.
I talked with my 1SG as my current PL and PSG are not very supportive in my decision and he was willing to talk to the CA personnel on Shindand and see if I could talk with them and go out on a mission with them. I really would like to chat with them about the CA mission in peacetime to see if it was something that would be up my alley....... I refuse to chose CA as a new job if I do not feel as great about their wartime mission as their peacetime mission.
I feel as if I have grown a lot as a person and soldier after being dropped from a previous course. I will update you guys when I can get to KAF to take the TABE and DLAB.
