Zak let me be the first to welcome you to ArmyRanger.com, being 16 and a half sounds like being 16 to us here. But we were all your age, I'm not sure if many of us were thinking about becoming a Ranger at that age as opposed to playin football, baseball, playin with new guns, workin on hotrods and gettin laid.Zak wrote:Hello, my name is Zak, I'm 16 and a 1/2 years old, onto my third year into high school. I've lived around my friends and family that have all been in the armed forces and I've been interested in looking for a career in it. My first choice was the air force (like most of my family), but my eyesight isn't too great, but the rangers seems like a good path to follow. My intent is to know that if I do this (In which I'll never give up on) that somewhere wherever I get sent to, I find a way to help someone.
I won't ask any stupid or confounded questions, so no need to worry about me, particularly for two years! Now's the time to start looking in the future, but not the time to decide yet!
My point is you've got plenty of time to decide upon your course in life, some decide earlier than others. From the sound of things you've got a lot on your mind which is good. If your eyesight isn't good you're going to have to get that fixed because vision is very important tactically, you gotta be able to see what your going after son, that's just the way it is plain and simple.
But process it as best you can, learn as much as you can while being our guest here, remain mentally focused, maintain and improve your physical fitness and you'll figure it out one way or another.
Btw, read the rules, capitalize the word Ranger whenever you write it out and never refer to anyone who is a Ranger by anything else other than Ranger and their name i.e. Ranger Bugsy.
Best of luck to ya kid!
