He either doesn't know why or he does know but didn't tell me. He knows that his PT score, while not the best (284) was above minimum and his ASVAB scores were high enough (85ish overall and a 118 on some kind of combined score). He is now heading toward Ft. Bragg and the 82nd Airborne. He is happy to be going to the 82nd. He is hoping to go to a unit getting ready to deploy to Afghanistan, because he wants to be in the action and learn first hand what "it" is. He also figures that going to Afghanistan will teach him alot about what he needs to better understand the next time he puts in for RASP. He plans to re-enlist at some point with RASP as the hook. In the mean time he has expressed interest in trying to get on a Scout unit and he also talked about wanting to become a Sapper. So, while he is disappointed he didn't get in this go around, he plans on learning as much as he can and working on his weak points so that when the opportunity is there again he will be even better prepared.
I will try to periodically check in to keep a "sitrep" going.
Until next time.....
