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I'm very disappointed to notify everyone that I will not be attending RASP as I could not pass the APFT pushups to BAC standards. At the risk of soundinf flippant, I am a member of the 41 Club. I earned 57 push-ups on my last APFT at basic. But they are much more stringent here and I just wasn't up to the task. I lost fair and square- the black hats were nothing but professional. This failure is on me. I will stay up beat- I despise self pity. I will go be a good 11B and prep for another shot at RASP or, more likely, SFAS. Hopefully in the next year. For now though in going to shoot, PT and "de-shitbag" myself.
 
DasBoot said:
I'm very disappointed to notify everyone that I will not be attending RASP as I could not pass the APFT pushups to BAC standards. At the risk of soundinf flippant, I am a member of the 41 Club. I earned 57 push-ups on my last APFT at basic. But they are much more stringent here and I just wasn't up to the task. I lost fair and square- the black hats were nothing but professional. This failure is on me. I will stay up beat- I despise self pity. I will go be a good 11B and prep for another shot at RASP or, more likely, SFAS. Hopefully in the next year. For now though in going to shoot, PT and "de-shitbag" myself.
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Sorry to hear that.
Was this a RASP washout, or Basic Airborne Washout?
 
DA SWO said:
Were there more Soldiers than slots?
I ask because screwing trainees was common in the 80's.
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I can't say with confidence either way sir. I'll err on the side of caution and just take the blame. I didn't make it twice and that's on me.
 
DasBoot said:
I'm very disappointed to notify everyone that I will not be attending RASP as I could not pass the APFT pushups to BAC standards. At the risk of soundinf flippant, I am a member of the 41 Club. I earned 57 push-ups on my last APFT at basic. But they are much more stringent here and I just wasn't up to the task. I lost fair and square- the black hats were nothing but professional. This failure is on me. I will stay up beat- I despise self pity. I will go be a good 11B and prep for another shot at RASP or, more likely, SFAS. Hopefully in the next year. For now though in going to shoot, PT and "de-shitbag" myself.
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Since you've been patted on the back so far, I'll go the other way at the risk of sounding like a dick. You couldn't do 50ish push-ups in two minutes? That's pitiful. For someone who not too long ago talked about making it to the "other side" and "that one unit," that's an embarrassing performance.


DasBoot said:
Two weeks ago I signed an 11x Op. 40 contract with a recruiter up here in MA. I ship the end of January. I am extremely excited to be going. How I came to the decision to go this route is a bit long and I don't feel that at this point it's worth telling. I will happily post once I've made it on the other side and have that nice green avatar lettering. I cannot say what the future holds, specifically how I will fare in the service or how long I will stay in, I would like to follow a 10 year path similar to what @Tropicana98 laid out in one of his intro posts (Battalion-RRC and/or "that one unit"). This is all beyond even a 2000m target, and I am realistic about my chances. I am focusing on simply getting to my ship date in good shape. I will always keep those long term goals in my head as motivation and as a reminder of how to carry myself. I will keep everyone posted on my progress and any developments.
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At the same time, kudos to you for coming here and owning it. It takes balls to stand up and accept the fact you've failed. I have a lot more respect for people who can own up to failure rather than making excuses. Use this performance as motivation in the future. Remember how embarrassed and disappointed you felt, and use that as fuel to move forward and crush everything put in front of you at your next unit. If down the line you feel like you want to go back and make good on the initial goals you set, then so be it. However, next time go back prepared. Any SOF selection course will be light years more physically and mentally demanding than the BAC. Good luck and go Gators.
 
DasBoot said:
I'm very disappointed to notify everyone that I will not be attending RASP as I could not pass the APFT pushups to BAC standards. At the risk of soundinf flippant, I am a member of the 41 Club. I earned 57 push-ups on my last APFT at basic. But they are much more stringent here and I just wasn't up to the task. I lost fair and square- the black hats were nothing but professional. This failure is on me. I will stay up beat- I despise self pity. I will go be a good 11B and prep for another shot at RASP or, more likely, SFAS. Hopefully in the next year. For now though in going to shoot, PT and "de-shitbag" myself.
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As I have been talking to you over your time in the Army and before that I'm sad to see this, on the other hand I'm glad you didn't disappear. When you go back, just make sure you crush it. When I was in the 82nd and got back to my room from some stupid parade, I had "Cast or Tab" on my computer background to look at and it's all I thought about. Even when you get here, everyday you have to perform...it never ends. A team leader will crush you if you can't make the standards. Well...they will crush you anyway because that's Regiment haha.

Keep us up to date on where you are going.
 
DasBoot said:
I'm very disappointed to notify everyone that I will not be attending RASP as I could not pass the APFT pushups to BAC standards. At the risk of soundinf flippant, I am a member of the 41 Club. I earned 57 push-ups on my last APFT at basic. But they are much more stringent here and I just wasn't up to the task. I lost fair and square- the black hats were nothing but professional. This failure is on me. I will stay up beat- I despise self pity. I will go be a good 11B and prep for another shot at RASP or, more likely, SFAS. Hopefully in the next year. For now though in going to shoot, PT and "de-shitbag" myself.
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It's already been said, but not being able to get 42 solid push ups after OSUT is a big deal.

SFAS is not a second chance to make it to the big leagues. There are a lot of RIP/RASP/BAC/whatever washouts that show up there thinking it is, and they usually leave with broken hearts.

Being a private in Ranger Battalion or even the 82nd is really almost all the PT you would need to be successful in the physical aspect, but you're not in that boat. Going to a Regular Army mech unit is not going to help your PT. It's all on you now to put in the extra work.
 
I am not sure how, but I was given a second shot at airborne. I talked to the RASP liaison after getting dropped just to see what my options were- skip airborne and head right to pre-rasp, anything. We talked for a while and he said the best he could do is see if HHC could give me a retest with some riggers who were getting recycled and then see if there were spots in the new company. He gave me pointers on form and some core exercises to help.

After 10 days or so of that I've passed the BAC PT test and I am holding on to my op. 40. This time I hit 50 push-ups at around 1:10 and was told by the black hat "you're good." I had a lot more in the tank.

I pretty much owe the liaison my soul at this point. This has been the most humbling experience of my life so far and I am not taking this opportunity for granted. I will never be lacking in conditioning again.
 
DasBoot said:
I am not sure how, but I was given a second shot at airborne. I talked to the RASP liaison after getting dropped just to see what my options were- skip airborne and head right to pre-rasp, anything. We talked for a while and he said the best he could do is see if HHC could give me a retest with some riggers who were getting recycled and then see if there were spots in the new company. He gave me pointers on form and some core exercises to help.

After 10 days or so of that I've passed the BAC PT test and I am holding on to my op. 40. This time I hit 50 push-ups at around 1:10 and was told by the black hat "you're good." I had a lot more in the tank.

I pretty much owe the liaison my soul at this point. This has been the most humbling experience of my life so far and I am not taking this opportunity for granted. I will never be lacking in conditioning again.
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Don't blow it. Take your time in BAC to crush PT.
 
This situation reminds me of a Sir Winston Churchill quote.
“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.” - Sir Winston Churchill

Bottom line always be as prepped physically, mentally, and emotionally as you possibly can. You never know when you'll get to call.
 
DasBoot said:
I am not sure how, but I was given a second shot at airborne. I talked to the RASP liaison after getting dropped just to see what my options were- skip airborne and head right to pre-rasp, anything. We talked for a while and he said the best he could do is see if HHC could give me a retest with some riggers who were getting recycled and then see if there were spots in the new company. He gave me pointers on form and some core exercises to help.

After 10 days or so of that I've passed the BAC PT test and I am holding on to my op. 40. This time I hit 50 push-ups at around 1:10 and was told by the black hat "you're good." I had a lot more in the tank.

I pretty much owe the liaison my soul at this point. This has been the most humbling experience of my life so far and I am not taking this opportunity for granted. I will never be lacking in conditioning again.
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A lot of people never get second chances in life.

Make it count. You know what to do. Good luck.
 
I should change my profile name to Aquafina, because I get recycled more than a bottle. Made it through Cole Range. Physically and mentally solid throughout. But I could not unfuck myself on land nav. Got close to requisite points throughout and thought I had it the last iteration. Not sure how I dicked that up. Whatever- I fucked up and now I'm getting sent to pre RASP to sit on the rocks for a few weeks and hopefully learn to read a map before I get in with the next class. I'm just staying positive and using copious amounts of self deprecation to deal with this. It sucks but it only pushes graduation back about a month. And I know I can hang with the best of them now- I did a lot better week 1 during all the physical events than I thought I would. I wasn't even supposed to make this class and got in on a fluke so I'm looking at this as a test run before I go out with the class I was supposed to be in. Staying positive here.
 

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