I never even considered anything other than Infantry. I was probably the easiest 'sell' my recruiter ever had. Walked in one morning and said I want Airborne Infantry and I'm ready to sign right now! The recruiter practically fell over himself to get all the paper work together. I had actually taken the written part (GT etc.) just before my senior year in high-school, so that part was already done and that afternoon I was on a Greyhound to Richmond to take my physical and get my contract. Got a guaranteed 82nd contract that left in 2 months time. For all that I was completely clueless though as to what peace-time infantry actually did on a day-to-day basis. I was picturing something not unlike Gomer Pyle, where you spend most of your time raking leaves or something and going out to play 'war-games' once or twice a year! LOL...

I'll never forget our first day at Ft. Benning and we marched (or attempted to march) to the theatre at Sandhill to be welcomed by the Bde CO of the 1st ITB. The entire time he spoke he had a giant picture projected on the screen of Soviet Army troops marching in formation and looking pretty formidable, at least to 1-day recruits. He wanted to emphasize what we were really there for!...

When I finally got to the 82nd, I made the mistake of letting my 1SG know I could type (a rare skill back then) and I spent a fair amount of time in fear I would be made the company clerk! I was a bonus-baby so I wasn't supposed to work outside of my MOS but that didn't make me worry less. They never did but I still would get called down to the 1SGs office fairly often to type something or another for him...

Some skills I maintain to this day... like I never wash my hands before eating even if I've been working outside, I can drop food on the floor or in the dirt and pick it up and eat it, I never wash off the top of the soda can before drinking it like all those p*ssies do that I work with... LOL

1/508th Abn Inf, 82nd Abn Div 81-83

1/4th Inf (Mech), 3rd Inf Div (USAEUR) 83-84

SGT\EIB\Recondo

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." - Groucho Marx

Paul it good to hear that someone else has the same skills that i do.

MIKE LANSAW        

RedDevil, hooah!

Here is an interesting infantry link:

http://www.infantrymen.net/military.html

I scored like 124 or 125 on the GT's

I chose Infantry... i think infantry will be harder and more challenging than working on computers or telecom equiptment. or anything else.

Psalm 144:1Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight

Airborne, Rios!

I still remember being a couple of months from my ETS and calling colleges to ask them for viewbooks and applications.  They asked what I was up to now and when I said I was Army Abn Inf. all of the admissions people took an immediate condescending attitude, like I couldn't hack it in their school.  One even asked what my SAT score was, and when I told him he responded with "well I guess you aren't in the Army Infantry because you have to be".

I just graduated Magna cum Laude with a major and two minors, so all those people can kiss my Airborne ass!!!