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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT AIRBORNE AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES BUT WERE AFFRAID TO ASK (all unclassified information). More and more young hooahs are turning to "paratrooper.net" for information on how they can serve as paratroopers. We mainly get questions about the Army but over the past year we have answered questions about our sister services too. I just wanted to post some links here that could point those future young "hooahs" in the right direction; we could refer them to this string. If you guys would like to add something to this list feel free. I begin with "Army" info. For soldiers already serving I guess our best advice is for them to put in a "DA Form 4187" for "jump school" and hope for the best; or wait until it is time to "re-up." For men/women off the street they should simply ask for it in their enlistment contract or walk away until the recruiter gives them what they want. SOF assignments are not open to females but some jobs in the 82nd Abn Div are. For information on HALO/HAHO training go to the "Military Freefall school" link below (you must first be static-line jump qualified before applying for HALO training and your unit must have a need for HALO qualified personnel). All "special operations" units listed below train for missions in "air, land and sea," the Navy SEALs being the most capable "water ops" unit. It is best if soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines first gain experience in their first 2, 3 or 4 year enlistment before applying for an SOF unit. One exception is the 75th Ranger Regiment which can be joined off the street by those that have the right stuff. For the Navy, USAF or USMC check with your recruiter for info on joining an SOF unit off the street. In the Army it helps if you first serve in units like the 82nd Abn, 101st Abn or the 75th Rangers for at least a couple years as an infantryman, combat medic (91B), combat engineer, communications tech, or in intelligence (pay grade E-4 or E-5) before trying out for the "green berets" or SFOD-D. As you will see below, our Armed Forces offer many opportunities for those who want to join the ranks of the Airborne.
<img src=badge_abnwing.gif border=0 align=middle>WHERE IT ALL BEGINS: EVERY PARATROOPER'S REGIMENT<img src=badge_abnwing.gif border=0 align=middle>
Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines go here for basic static-line parachute training:
U.S. Army Basic Static-line Parachute Jump Training - Ft. Benning, GA[/url]
[url="http://www.goarmy.com/basic/index.htm"]This comes before AIT: Basic Training[/url]
[url="http://www.goarmy.com/jobs/index.htm"]This comes before "jump school": AIT - not all these jobs have an Airborne option[/url]
www.cast.ilstu.edu/msc/training/airborne.htm
www.afoats.af.mil/pdt/AAT.htm
www.calguard.ca.gov/128qm/airborne.htm
http://104lrsd.com/schools.htm
[url="http://www.goarmy.com/"]Army Recruiting[/url][url="http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/airborne/patches.html"]
Airborne and Special Operations Unit Patches[/url]
[url="http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/airborne/crests.html"]Airborne Crests[/url]
[url="http://www.shawnclark.com/Military/D-Day/Misc/pprayer.htm"]Paratrooper's Prayer[/url]
Airborne school aircraft:
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/c-130.htm"]C-130 Hercules[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/c-141.htm"]C-141 Starlifter[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/c-17.htm"]C-17 Globemaster[/url]
[url="http://www.pioneeraero.com/nn/products/t-10_mc1.html"]T-10/MC1 Parachutes[/url]
[url="http://www.qmfound.com/parachute_badge.htm"]Blood Wings[/url]
[url="http://www.redhatrigger.org/authorized_parachute_badsges.htm"]Authorized Parachutists Badges[/url]
[url="http://www.qmfound.com/aerial_delivery.htm"]Hats off to Army Riggers[/url]
[url="http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/goldenknights/index.htm"]Golden Knights[/url]
[url="http://www.americanairborneassn.org/aboutus.html"]American Airborne Association[/url]
http://www.natick.army.mil/warrior/01/janfeb/softer.htm
[url="http://www.nightstalkers.com/creed/airborne.html"]Paratrooper Creed[/url]
CIVILIAN JUMP SCHOOLS
[url="http://www.skydivetulsa.com/training_outline.htm"]Skydive[/url]
[url="http://www.skydivetulsa.com/equipment_procedures.htm"]Equipment/Procedures[/url]
[url="http://www.pcprg.com/inflate.htm"]Parachute inflation[/url]
[url="http://www.parachuting-uk.com/c_static.htm"]Parachute School[/url]
[url="http://www.skyleague.com/"]National Sky League[/url]
[url="http://www.pioneeraero.com/nn/products/happs.html"]Military "square" parachute: HAPPS[/url]
[url="http://www.usairbornefire.org/smoke.jumpers.htm"]Job for retired military jumpers[/url]
82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION
www.bragg.army.mil/www-82DV/
[url="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/82abn.htm"]82nd Abn Div[/url]
www.bragg.army.mil/www-82dv/index.htm
[url="http://www.bragg.army.mil/AFVC-A/Default.htm"]504th Parachute Infantry Regiment[/url]
[url="http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/matrix/82ABD/82ABD-Matrix.htm"]Lineage & Honors[/url]
[url="http://www.fayettevillenc.com/airborne82dassn/"]82nd Airborne Division Association[/url]
[url="http://www.redhatrigger.org/"]Red Hats[/url]
[url="http://www.shaw.af.mil/shawfest/ShawFest98/aircraft/82nd.htm"]82nd Airborne Freefall Team[/url]
[url="http://members.tripod.com/~swoopper/82teampics/Mission.htm"]Freefall Team Pics[/url]
[url="http://users.pandora.be/dave.depickere/Text/82.html"]WWII History[/url]
www.goarmy.com
www.shawnclark.com/Military/Airborne/82ndAirborne.htm
www.shawnclark.com/Military/index.htm
www.paratrooper.org/
[url="http://www.bragg.army.mil/aas/"]Advanced Airborne School[/url]
U.S. ARMY AIRBORNE LINKS (units other than the 82nd you can serve in)
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/173abnbde.htm
www.173rdairborne.com/
www.173abnbde.setaf.army.mil/
www.jrtc-polk.army.mil/OPFOR/Opfor.htm
[url="http://www.jrtc-polk.army.mil/"]JRTC[/url]
http://home.earthlink.net/~brimelow/history.html
www.usarak.army.mil/1501/default.htm
www.thedropzone.org/units/501history.html
www.bragg.army.mil/AFVC-B/Default.htm
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-508abn.htm
www.specwarnet.com/americas/army_pathfinders.htm
[url="http://www.bragg.army.mil/18abn/"]XVIII Airborne Corps[/url]
[url="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/ca-psyop.htm"]PSYOPS[/url]
www.campbell.army.mil/
75th RANGERS
www.goarmy.com/job/branch/sorc/75th/rangers.htm
www.goarmy.com/job/branch/75th/enlisted.html
www.ohiovet.com/lazydog/bucyrus/75th.htm
www.pipeline.com/~bco175-ranger/selection.html
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/75rr.htm
[url="http://www.goarmy.com/job/branch/75th/history.html"]American Ranger History[/url]
www.75thrra.com/
www.suasponte.com/
www.trrausa.com/about.htm
http://rangermaxims.com/images/USArmyAirborneRangersI.htm
www.paratrooper.net/aotw/commo/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=885
www.paratrooper.net/aotw/commo/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=870
[url="http://www.benning.army.mil/rtb/"]Ranger Training Brigade[/url]
[url="http://www.benning.army.mil/rtb/LRSLC/index.htm"]Long Range Surveillance Unit (LRSU) training[/url]
www.ranger.org/main.htm
[url="http://www.ohiovet.com/lazydog/bucyrus/ranger/special.htm"]Special Ranger Teams[/url]
[url="http://www.benning.army.mil/rtb/ranger/HDBOOK/TABLEOFCONTENTS.htm"]Ranger Handbook[/url]
[url="http://www.benning.army.mil/rtb/RANGER/CDR_VALIDATION.htm"]Ranger school prerequisites[/url]
[url="http://www.benning.army.mil/rtb/ranger/rangerschool.htm"]Ranger School[/url]
[url="http://104lrsd.com/lrslc.htm"]Long-Range Surveillance Detachment[/url]
[url="http://www.benning.army.mil/rtb/ranger/HDBOOK/Chapter05.htm"]Ranger Recon and Combat Patrolling[/url]
[url="http://www.benning.army.mil/RTB/Best_Ranger/bstrgr_2001.htm"]Best Ranger Competition[/url]
[url="http://www.bestranger.com/"]Best two-man Ranger team[/url]
[url="http://www.sfahq.com/US_Army_Rangers/"]Ranger links[/url]
www.specwarnet.com/americas/lrsu.htm
www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Base/4399/LRSU.html
[url="http://www.nightstalkers.com/tfranger/blackhawkdown/"]Blackhawk Down[/url]
www.airborneranger.com
http://globalspecops.com/ranger.html
[url="http://www.rangerblackberet.com/"]EARNED, NOT ISSUED!!![/url]
[url="http://www.nightstalkers.com/creed/ranger.html"]Ranger Creed[/url]
SPECIAL FORCES: THE MEN WHO WEAR THE "GREEN BERET"/EARNED, NOT ISSUED!
www.goarmy.com/job/branch/sorc/sf/specforc.htm
[url="http://www.specialoperations.com/Army/Special_Forces/default.html"]Green Berets[/url]
[url="http://www.specialoperations.com/Army/Special_Forces/SF_Info/Default.htm"]Green Beret Information Center[/url]
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/arsfc.htm
[url="http://www.specialoperations.com/Army/Special_Forces/SF_Info/A-Team.htm"]A-Team Organization[/url]
[url="http://www.soc.mil/pao/factsht/SF/Ateamfs1.htm"]A-Team[/url]
[url="http://specialoperationsforces.net/flashes.html"]SF Beret Flashes[/url]
www.specwarnet.com/americas/ussf.htm
www.sfahq.com/Special_Forces_Association/
www.sfalx.com
www.specialoperationsforces.net/
[url="http://www.redhatrigger.org/background_green_beret_and_parac.htm"]History of the Green Beret[/url]
[url="http://www.friends-of-sof.org/yoda/greenberet.html"]History of the Green Beret II[/url]
[url="http://www-perscom.army.mil/opsf/sfhomepage.htm"]SF Officer Branch[/url]
[url="http://www.nightstalkers.com/creed/sfcreed.html"]SF Creed[/url]
ARMY Special Operation Forces (SOFs)
www.goarmy.com/job/branch/sorc/index.htm
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/arsoc.htm
www.soc.mil/sofinfo/primer.htm
[url="http://members.tripod.com/~thede/halo.html"]Military Freefall school[/url]
[url="http://www.pioneeraero.com/nn/products/happs.html"]HAPPS[/url]
[url="http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/airborne/freefall_badge.htm"]Military Free Fall Parachute Badge - HALO/HAHO[/url]
[url="http://members.tripod.com/~thede/sere.html"]SERE school[/url]
[url="http://members.tripod.com/~thede/scuba.html"]SCUBA school[/url]
[url="http://www-benning.army.mil/29thinf/SNOVERVW.HTM"]Sniper school[/url]
[url="http://www.asomf.org"]Airborne and Special Operations Museum[/url]
[url="http://www.friends-of-sof.org/"]Friends of SOF[/url]
[url="http://www.nightstalkers.com"]Task Force 160th[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/oh-6.htm"]AH-6J Little Bird[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/uh-60.htm"]MH-60 Spec Ops Blackhawk[/url]
[url="http://www.sikorsky.com/programs/blackhawk/mh-60k.html"]MH-60K[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/h-47.htm"]MH-47E Spec Ops Chinook[/url]
[url="http://www.usarotc.com/tabbad.htm"]Hooah Badges & Tabs[/url]
[url="http://www2.powercom.net/~rokats/todaybadges.html"]Specialty Badges[/url]
[url="http://www.specwarnet.com"]Specwarnet[/url]
[url="http://www.specialoperations.com"]Special Operations[/url]
[url="http://www.specialforces.net"]Spec Ops[/url]
[url="http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/airborne/index.html"]Airborne and SOF insignia[/url]
[url="http://www.friends-of-sof.org/sof/history.html"]Brief History of Army Special Operations Forces[/url]
[url="http://www.friends-of-sof.org/sof/softruth.html"]SOFs TRUTHS[/url]
www.sfahq.com
http://members.tripod.com/~combat_arms/army.html
[url="http://www.campbell.army.mil/ass/air_assault_school.htm"]Air Assault School[/url]
1st SFOD-D (remember OPSEC)
www.specialoperations.com/Army/Delta_Force/default.html
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/sfod-d.htm
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[url="http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/matrix/Matrix.htm"]ACTIVE ARMY DIVISIONS[/url]
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Other paratrooper units in the U.S. Armed Forces:
USAF PJs - "That Others May Live" [maroon beret]
http://members.tripod.com/~thede/airborne.html
www.specialoperations.com/USAF/Pararescue/default.html
www.blarg.net/~whitet/pj.htm
www.specialtactics.com/
www.specialforces.net/airforce/Pararescue/Default.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~thede/kirtland.html
[url="http://www.hurlburt.af.mil/stn/pj/"]Pararescue Recruiting[/url]
www.specialtactics.com/scuba.shtml
[url="http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0200/pjsb2.htm"]Training like they fight[/url]
USAF CCTs [red beret]
www.specialforces.net/airforce/CCT/CCT_links.htm
www.grunts.net/usaf/usafcct.html
www.specialoperations.com/USAF/CCT/
www.combatcontrol.org/
www.specwarnet.com/americas/cc.htm
[url="http://www.combatcontrol.org/recruits/pipeline.htm"]CTT Recruiting[/url]
USAF TACPs [black beret]
www.specwarnet.com/americas/softacp.htm
USAF STTs [red/maroon beret]
www.specialoperations.com/USAF/Special_Tactics/Default.htm
USAF CWT [grey beret]
www.specwarnet.com/americas/sowt.htm
USAF Special Operations
www.specialoperations.com/USAF/default.html
www.specwarnet.com/americas/usaf.htm
[url="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/afsoc.htm"]Air Force SOC[/url]
[url="http://www.airforce.com/"]Air Force Recruiting[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/csar.htm"]Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR)[/url]
[url="http://www.sikorsky.com/programs/blackhawk/hhmh-60g.html"]HH/MH-60G Pave Hawk[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ac-130.htm"]AC-130H Spectre gunship[/url]
www.specialforces.net/airforce/SOWlinks.htm
www.massaccess.com/afc/
www.blarg.net/~whitet/sow.htm
USN SEALs
www.specialoperations.com/Navy/SEALs/Default.html
www.pe.net/~xsealtm/sealapply.html
www.trecc.com/seal/but4.htm
www.navyseals.com/
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/navspecwarcom.htm
[url="http://www.specialoperations.com/Focus/News/Volgoneft.htm"]HOOAH real-world SEAL mission[/url]
[url="http://www.hcs5.navy.mil/nsw.htm"]Helicopter Combat Support Special Squadron 5 (HCS-5)[/url]
[url="http://www.sikorsky.com/programs/seahawk/hh-60h.html"]HH-60H Seahawk[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/seal_sdv.htm"]SEAL DV and ASDS[/url]
www.homesafe.com/mudpuppy/buds/
www.specialforces.net/navy/SBU/Default.htm
[url="http://www.specwarnet.com/americas/sbu.htm"]USN Special Boat Units[/url]
www.pollux.com/defenseweb/1996/july96/swcc!.htm
[url="http://www.howstuffworks.com/question632.htm"]How rebreathers work?[/url]
[url="http://www.users.nac.net/pilots/lar-v.htm"]LAR V rebreather[/url]
[url="http://members.tripod.de/dg8fz/rebreather/Draeger/lar7.htm"]LAR V successor[/url]
[url="http://www.specialoperations.com/Navy/SEALs/SCUBA.htm"]SCUBA/UBAs[/url]
[url="http://www.specialoperations.com/Navy/SDV/"]SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV)[/url]
[url="http://www.specialoperations.com/Navy/DPV/Default.htm"]SEAL Desert Patrol Vehicle[/url]
[url="http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/personnel/seals/seals.html"]Navy SEALs[/url]
[url="http://www.sealchallenge.navy.mil/"]Naval Spec War recruiting[/url]
[url="http://www.navyjobs.com/"]Navy Recruiting[/url]
[url="http://www.watreborne.com/"]Tactical Waterborne Operations[/url]
[url="http://www.specwarnet.com//americas/SEALs.htm"]U.S. Navy SEALs[/url]
[url="http://www.sealchallenge.navy.mil/leapfrogs.htm"]USN Parachute Team-Leap Frogs[/url]
[url="http://www.elitefrogs.com/main.htm"]Leap Frogs[/url]
[url="http://www.udtseals.com/"]UDT/SEALs[/url]
[url="http://www.geocities.com/navyseals_2002/"]The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday[/url]
[url="http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/page7.index.html"]SEAL History[/url]
[url="http://www.carldeal.com/seal.html"]What makes a SEAL?[/url]
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/8002/ie/ie_buds_main.html
USMC FORCE RECON
www.specialoperations.com/USMC/Force_Recon/Default.htm
www.specialoperations.com/USMC/Recon/Default.html
www.forcerecon.com/
www.wlu.edu/~tilitzen/ForceRecon/
[url="http://www.marines.com/"]Marine Recruiting[/url]
[url="http://www.reconmarines.com/html/diver.html"]USMC Combat Diver school[/url]
[url="http://www.navydiver.org/NDSTC/default.html"]NDSTC[/url]
[url="http://www.forcerecon.org"]Force Recon[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/h-53.htm"]CH-53 Sea Stallion[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ch-46.htm"]CH-46E Sea Knight[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/v-22.htm"]V-22 Osprey (not yet operational)[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ah-1.htm"]AH-1W Super Cobra[/url]
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/av-8.htm"]AV-8B Harrier[/url]
www.sfahq.com/US_Marine_Force_Recon/index.html
http://www.military-graphics.com/marine_unit.html
USMC ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Companies)
www.anglico.org/
www.marforres.usmc.mil/MFRUnits/3dANGLICO.htm
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SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
www.specwarnet.com
www.specialoperations.com/
www.specialforces.net
www.dtic.mil/execsec/adr98/chap4.html
www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-sof.htm
www.blarg.net/~whitet/specwar.html
www.specialoperationsmemorial.com
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/dod/socom.htm
www.dtic.mil/execsec/adr96/chapt_22.html
[url="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/v-22.htm"]V-22 Osprey (not yet operational with USSOCOM)[/url]
SOF MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES (Abobe Acrobat document)
www.defenselink.mil/pubs/sof/a.pdf
SOF Organization (Abobe): www.defenselink.mil/pubs/sof/b.pdf
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www.defenselink.mil/
www.dropzonepress.com/
www.thedropzone.org/
[url="http://home.nc.rr.com/strick/cbtjumps.html"]U.S. Airborne Combat Jumps 1942-89
www.dropzonepress.com/usjumps.htm
This list does not include the 18OCT01 Ranger task force jump into Afghanistan and other small team actions that may have already taken place there.
AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY...RLTW!<img src=badge_abnwing.gif border=0 align=middle>
note: if an above link doesn't work it may be temporarily down or no longer available on the net.
Edited by - RangerRios on 25 May 2002 17:35:04
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And if I can just mention here, to anyone considering military service, that if you are in college and don't want to go full time, there are Special Forces units in the Reserve Components (National Guard and Army Reserves) as well.
Colorado has got two: The 5th Bn, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and a new unit, the Theater Special Operations Command for Korea (TSOC-K). Both units are Airborne and on jump status.
I don't have a web page link yet, but anyone who is interested and is in (or willing to commute to) Central Colorado, please email me for further info:
martinjmpr@yahoo.com
...and I will hook you up with one of our recruiters. If you have any questions about what we do there, ask me.
Martin
 
"Your superior intellects are no match for our puny weapons!"
Martin  "When I'm in command, every mission is a suicide mission" - Zapp Branigan, Futurama
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Hooahs, I got a question about SOCOM via e-mail and wanted to post the answer here too.
SOCOM stands for Special Operations Command. A command (SOCCENT) that is subordinate to CENTCOM, CENTCOM being subordinate to the DoD. Both CENTCOM and SOCOM have headquarters at MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL (CENTCOM is responsible for operations in the Middle East). Thats in the news all the time so it doesn't violate OPSEC. During the Gulf War it was actually repeated almost daily. For other U.S. commands around the world see the links below.
Units subordinate to SOCOM are as follows:
-U.S. Army Special Opertations Command (USASOC)
-Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
-Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC)
-Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
-Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF)
You can see all of their emblems above except JSOTF.
By default "USMC Force Recon" falls under NSWC. Basically JSOC is SOCOM in theory/training, and JSOTF is SOCOM in practice/execution. JSOC is located in Ft. Bragg. There can be different JSOTFs operating in different parts of the world at the same time. Don't want to elaborate more due to OPSEC.
Hope this did not confuse hooahs here more.
To learn more about other units subordinate to SOCOM (yes, there are more) go here:
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/dod/socom.htm
U.S. Military Commands: www.cdi.org/issues/USForces/commands.html
RLTW!
Edited by - RangerRios on 02 May 2002 09:12:51
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SPECIAL OPS FORCES WEEK
U.S. Special Operations Command will host Special Operations Forces Week June 3-6, 2002 in Tampa, FL. For information visit:
http://soal.socom.mil
RLTW!
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UPDATE: you can now join the "U.S. Army Green Berets" (Special Forces) off the street. Ask your recruiter for the 18X options. Be advised that from the time you enlist with the 18X option 'til your actually serving in an A-team as an "E-5" will take about 2 years (or more). Your initial enlistment I think needs to be for 4 years to get the option. If you "fail" you will end up serving whatever time is left in your enlistment in a leg or airborne unit in one of the following army specialties:
-Infantryman
-Combat engineer (construction/demolitions)
-Radio operator (comunications specialist/radio maintainer/RTO)
-Combat medic (military EMT or paramedic)
-Intelligence/operations specialist
-Forward observer (FO)
Even if you don't make the cut as a "Green Beret" you would still be able to serve your country which is a lot more than most "Americans" can say.
Visit my SPECIAL FORCES links above to learn more about what it takes to become an A-team stud. Not an easy ride but extremely rewarding. Good luck and NEVER quit!
 RLTW!
Edited by - RangerRios on 15 May 2002 21:15:01
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Masters of Hard Knocks from the University of Gravity
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Nice Job.
You ought to be a recruiter. Just joking.
Airborne All the Way
"Si Vis Pacum Para Belum" If you want peace, prepare for war.
  
"Si Vis Pacum Para Bellum"
If you want peace prepare for war!
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