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- April 9th, 2012, 11:21 am
- Forum: Recruitment Process
- Topic: SITREP David
- Replies: 4
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Re: SITREP David
So, I've got a couple of mentors over on armyparatrooper.org. Through that I was able to link up with and Ranger Instructor who is at Muskcatatuck Urban Training Center near Camp Atterbury. He is going to allow me to come down and shadow him for a day or two and sit in on some combat classes he teac...
- April 3rd, 2012, 2:58 am
- Forum: Recruitment Process
- Topic: SITREP David
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2095
Re: SITREP David
Thank you Ranger Jim. Running is my main area of focus right now. I was a wrestler and swimmer all my life, so I've always had great upper body strength. I just need to work on my cardio more. I'm going to add a swimming routine in as well. My recruiters told me to notify my Drill Sgt. right away th...
- April 3rd, 2012, 1:27 am
- Forum: Recruitment Process
- Topic: SITREP David
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2095
SITREP David
Well, I did it. Two weeks ago I signed my 11x contract. Ship date 20120904 I'm going into MEPS next Thursday to do an Airborne physical and try to get option 4 added on. Everyone says MEPS is terrible and you have to wait around all day. I have to say I enjoyed it thoroughly. I got to meet some grea...
- February 22nd, 2012, 6:33 pm
- Forum: Introduction Archive
- Topic: Introduction - David
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2303
Re: Introduction - David
Thank you Ranger Jim. For the past few weeks, after finding this site, all I have done is searched and read through the posts. I have found an answer to every question I've had about the Rangers on this site. I've also learned quite a bit about things that I hadn't even considered yet when making my...
- February 22nd, 2012, 6:34 am
- Forum: Introduction Archive
- Topic: Introduction - David
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2303
Re: Introduction - David
Thank you Ranger Ron and Ranger CharlieRanger for the warm welcom.
- February 21st, 2012, 11:08 am
- Forum: Introduction Archive
- Topic: Introduction - David
- Replies: 5
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Introduction - David
Hello, My name is David and I will be joining the United States Army soon. I am scheduled to go to MEPS sometime in the next few weeks. I was originally going for an 11B contract but am now considering going 68W. I am 29 years old, which appears to be about 10 years older on average than most of the...