Introduction: Kyle

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Introduction: Kyle

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Hello Rangers,

My name is Kyle, and I am 19 years old. I am currently a freshman studying business at the University of Tennessee. I've always wanted to serve in either the USMC or the Army, and after a lot of thought I've decided that I would like to enlist with an 11x Option 40 contract. The brotherhood and professionalism that the Rangers carry is what really got me interested in them. Serving in the regiment would be a huge milestone and accomplishment in my life. My goal for now is to get some of my general education classes out of the way at school while bettering myself physically and mentally for the tests I will be put through. I will also be spending a lot of time on these forums to help prepare for the future. I have been focusing a lot on my physical fitness and will be posting the results from the test I take today in this thread tomorrow.

Regards,
Kyle
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Rockytop wrote:Hello Rangers,

My name is Kyle, and I am 19 years old. I am currently a freshman studying business at the University of Tennessee. I've always wanted to serve in either the USMC or the Army, and after a lot of thought I've decided that I would like to enlist with an 11x Option 40 contract. The brotherhood and professionalism that the Rangers carry is what really got me interested in them. Serving in the regiment would be a huge milestone and accomplishment in my life. My goal for now is to get some of my general education classes out of the way at school while bettering myself physically and mentally for the tests I will be put through. I will also be spending a lot of time on these forums to help prepare for the future. I have been focusing a lot on my physical fitness and will be posting the results from the test I take today in this thread tomorrow.

Regards,
Kyle
Welcome Kyle, If you want to earn a place in the 75th Ranger Regiment, you came to the right site. We at armyranger.com take a great deal of pride in the young men who pass through here on their life journey. Most of the questions you might have can be addressed by using the search feature, located on the top right of this page. Please read the FAQs, as well as select stickies and threads. Please self-administer a PT test within the next 72 hours and post the results on this thread. Never, never quit!
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Welcome Kyle, never weaken, never quit. TLTW
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Re: Introduction: Kyle

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Pushups: 71
Situps: 67
2 Mile: 13:09

I have a lot of room for improvement, but I'm going to keep working on it over the next year.
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Welcome Kyle!

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Welcome. Spent a few weekends in Knoxville teaching medical classes to the Navy Reserve unit there. Cool town, Knoxville. The funkiest nightclub I ever saw was there. I wonder, is it still open? It was in an old factory, and had like 5 different themes going on inside. There was a giant swing hanging the that chicks would ride, and the ceiling itself was collapsed with a big hole up about 3 floors. It was surreal..
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Re: Introduction: Kyle

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Rockytop wrote:Pushups: 71
Situps: 67
2 Mile: 13:09

I have a lot of room for improvement, but I'm going to keep working on it over the next year.
1. Add pull-ups to your workout. Work yourself up to 12.
2. You now have a PT baseline to build on. Measure your progress as you work-out.
3. Never, never quit!
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Welcome to the site, Kyle.


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You should PM Ranger Silverback. With you being an obvious Tennessee football fan I am sure you have a lot in common.
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Re: Introduction: Kyle

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Thank you for the welcome Rangers.
Tater Nuts wrote:I'll be monitoring this thread to see if your serious before I make a trip across the river to check on you sometime next year.
Roger Ranger Tater Nuts.
Baseplate wrote:You should PM Ranger Silverback. With you being an obvious Tennessee football fan I am sure you have a lot in common.
Thank you Ranger Baseplate, I'll definitely be sure to get in touch with him.
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Rockytop wrote:Thank you for the welcome Rangers.
Tater Nuts wrote:I'll be monitoring this thread to see if your serious before I make a trip across the river to check on you sometime next year.
Roger Ranger Tater Nuts.
Baseplate wrote:You should PM Ranger Silverback. With you being an obvious Tennessee football fan I am sure you have a lot in common.
Thank you Ranger Baseplate, I'll definitely be sure to get in touch with him.
This should be interesting.
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Re: Introduction: Kyle

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Jim wrote:
Rockytop wrote:Thank you for the welcome Rangers.
Tater Nuts wrote:I'll be monitoring this thread to see if your serious before I make a trip across the river to check on you sometime next year.
Roger Ranger Tater Nuts.
Baseplate wrote:You should PM Ranger Silverback. With you being an obvious Tennessee football fan I am sure you have a lot in common.
Thank you Ranger Baseplate, I'll definitely be sure to get in touch with him.
This should be interesting.
Have you contacted Ranger Silverback yet, make sure you tell him how bad it sucked to have Alabama beat Tennessee again this year, for the eighth time in a row.
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Re: Introduction: Kyle

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Have you contacted Ranger Silverback yet, make sure you tell him how bad it sucked to have Alabama beat Tennessee again this year, for the eighth time in a row.[/quote]

Roger Ranger rangerjd, I've contacted Ranger Silverback. We have a very young team that is very talented and continues to grow. I think we will all see a difference over the next couple of seasons here. :mrgreen:

It's been over a month since I've conducted a PFT, and I feel like there will be some major improvement on this one. I will post my scores around 7PM tonight.
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