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by JollyGoodfellow
December 14th, 2019, 7:36 pm
Forum: Introductions - Future Soldiers and Other Civilians
Topic: Introduction - Jonathan
Replies: 23
Views: 11508

Re: Introduction - Jonathan

Thank you Ranger Centermass for the permissions access. I will go through as much information as possible in the next two weeks before I ship.

Ranger Disinfertention, thank you for the encouragement. I have sent my introduction on Discord and will message Val1234 who shares my shipdate.
by JollyGoodfellow
December 10th, 2019, 7:25 am
Forum: Introductions - Future Soldiers and Other Civilians
Topic: Introduction - Jonathan
Replies: 23
Views: 11508

Re: Introduction - Jonathan

Hello Rangers, I wanted to update everyone with a Sitrep. I signed my 11x Opt 40 contract with a ship date of 20191230. I am excited and feel pretty ready to go, both physically and mentally. Here are the scores from my APFT and other assessments last week: Push-ups: 60 Sit-ups: 61 Chin-ups: 11 2-mi...
by JollyGoodfellow
January 30th, 2019, 11:59 am
Forum: Introductions - Future Soldiers and Other Civilians
Topic: Introduction - Jonathan
Replies: 23
Views: 11508

Re: Introduction - Jonathan

Thank you Ranger Disinfertention, I will take yours and Ranger Lunch's advice. Its easy for me to feel the timeline crunching for me to be physically ready, especially since I havent done any of this before and its hard for me to gauge where I am and at what rate I will progress over the next few mo...
by JollyGoodfellow
January 21st, 2019, 2:40 pm
Forum: Introductions - Future Soldiers and Other Civilians
Topic: Introduction - Jonathan
Replies: 23
Views: 11508

Re: Introduction - Jonathan

Ranger IntelToad, Good point. It does have me doing alot of Hand-Release Pushups and such. Their Chassis Integrity work probably refers to the other stuff they add in like, 1-sided deadlifts, Russian Twists, Hang Squat Cleans, Scotty Bobs, etc,which do seem to be helping me build a more functional a...
by JollyGoodfellow
January 15th, 2019, 4:05 pm
Forum: Introductions - Future Soldiers and Other Civilians
Topic: Introduction - Jonathan
Replies: 23
Views: 11508

Re: Introduction - Jonathan

Ranger IntelToad, Chassis Integrity is a term that the program uses. I would describe it as mid-section/body-frame training and hardening to build functional stability and strength. My most recent run times are 3 mile unloaded run (23:53) and 4 mile 45lb ruck (45:03). Ranger Disinfertention, I do pl...
by JollyGoodfellow
January 15th, 2019, 4:05 pm
Forum: Introductions - Future Soldiers and Other Civilians
Topic: Introduction - Jonathan
Replies: 23
Views: 11508

Re: Introduction - Jonathan

Ranger IntelToad, Chassis Integrity is a term that the program uses. I would describe it as mid-section/body-frame training and hardening to build functional stability and strength. My most recent run times are 3 mile unloaded run (23:53) and 4 mile 45lb ruck (45:03). Ranger Disinfertention, I do pl...
by JollyGoodfellow
January 3rd, 2019, 12:50 pm
Forum: Board Support
Topic: No Avatar Options [Resolved]
Replies: 3
Views: 7111

Re: No Avatar Options

Thank you Ranger xray.

I will keep a lookout for when the category goes back up.
by JollyGoodfellow
January 3rd, 2019, 12:34 pm
Forum: Board Support
Topic: No Avatar Options [Resolved]
Replies: 3
Views: 7111

No Avatar Options [Resolved]

Hello Rangers, I see the forum rules are for me to choose an avatar from the "Newts" category however I am encountering an issue with selecting one. Whenever I go to edit my avatar, the dropdown for the Avatar type only provides one option, "Gallery avatar" Below this it states: ...
by JollyGoodfellow
January 3rd, 2019, 12:28 pm
Forum: Introductions - Future Soldiers and Other Civilians
Topic: Introduction - Jonathan
Replies: 23
Views: 11508

Re: Introduction - Jonathan

Thank you Ranger Lunch, I appreciate it. I'll go over my current plan here and if any of the Rangers on this site have any tips/advice/or suggested changes it will be greatly appreciated. Otherwise I will continue gleaning the articles here. For physical preparation I have been using Mountain Tactic...
by JollyGoodfellow
January 2nd, 2019, 11:29 am
Forum: Introductions - Future Soldiers and Other Civilians
Topic: Introduction - Jonathan
Replies: 23
Views: 11508

Re: Introduction - Jonathan

Hello Ranger Lunch and Ranger Disinfertention, Here is a bit of my background and my motivation as well as my answers to the questions above. My family has some military lineage (Grandfather fought in WW2 in the 70th infantry division, uncle fought in Vietnam, Cousin fought in the invasion of Iraq, ...
by JollyGoodfellow
December 27th, 2018, 8:50 am
Forum: Introductions - Future Soldiers and Other Civilians
Topic: Introduction - Jonathan
Replies: 23
Views: 11508

Re: Introduction - Jonathan

Ranger CharlieRanger1FFV,

Thank you for the warm welcome. Looking forward posting and reading a lot more over the next year.
by JollyGoodfellow
December 18th, 2018, 9:32 am
Forum: Introductions - Future Soldiers and Other Civilians
Topic: Introduction - Jonathan
Replies: 23
Views: 11508

Introduction - Jonathan

Hello, My name is Jonathan. I am 28 years old, have a Bachelors in Broadcast Journalism, and for the past 5 years I have worked in Recruitment and Talent Acquisition for large call centers across the US. I have always known that I would regret not serving in the Military and a few months ago decided...

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