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Well its that time, I leave for Airborne tomorrow afternoon then off to RASP in November, so its my turn to Start one of these threads. Thanks for the help up to this point I am defiantly much better off having come to this site. I also want to offer my help to any other Soldiers applying to RASP from Active duty.I had a lot of questions and was pretty confused at times during the whole process, I didn't want to be nagging the recruiter a whole lot and the majority of the information I found here applies mostly to future soldiers. So If your applying from Active Duty like I did and have questions on what to expect feel free to send me a PM and I will help out as best I can.

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Good luck Doc. Feet and knees together. Follow the guidance of those Men qualified to give it past Airborne, and never quit.
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Great! Keep those SITREPs a coming. Never, never quit!
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Best of luck Doc_Dino! Look forward to your sitreps.
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Well I have in processed Airborne scool and started to identify the other guys that will be going RASP with me. I also identified a potential problem. Unknown to me and all but one of the other guys going to rasp, a new and much more extensive packing list got put out last month and we were not aware. Now we have to scramble to get the complete packing list. Most of it is small stuff that can be easily bought at the px but there are things like the gortex field jacket and cold weather boots that I will probably have to have mailed from home.
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Give 110% all the time and associate only with those who do the same! Never quit!
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Doc Dino. we currently have six mentees in pre-Ranger. Look at the letters from the school thread and prepare yourself for an adventure. Never, never quit!
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Airborne complete! Heading to Pre RASP on tuesday.
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Congratulations!!!! Now on to the "fun" part!!!
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Doc_Dino wrote:Airborne complete! Heading to Pre RASP on tuesday.
Earn this. Never, never quit
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Great news Doc_Dino or should I say AIRBORNE. :D Keep your mind in the middle and hang on tight, cause it's gonna be one wild ride. Remember, no matter what, give everything you've got, every time you give and never ever quit. You can do this. RLTW
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Congrats dude. Don't lose sight of your end goal. RASP will be challenging but SOCM is a whole other animal. Continue to put 100 percent and then some into everything you do.
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Doc_Dino wrote:Airborne complete! Heading to Pre RASP on tuesday.
Congrats Airborne! Good luck, stay motivated.


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Congratulations RANGER! You set your goal and kicked ass until you reached it.

I understand that you'll be busy heading to SOCM, when you have a chance please update the RASP packing list you spoke of for the young men that will follow your path.

We look forward to you joining us back here when you can Ranger Doc Dino.
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Im Back!! Sorry for the delay on this sitrep things were insane for a while. I had to get my orders, set up my move, clear housing and Ft Carson, move all my crap almost 1700 miles across the country, and find a new house in less than a month, but im here getting settled into Ft bragg now and SOCM Starts on the 23rd for me. As far as RASP Goes my Experience was much different that most others not only being prior service but an NCO as well so I think Most of the advice I have to give will apply more to people in similar situations. First off I will say anyone who was any kind of a decent solider in the regular Army will do just fine in RASP as long as your not a shithead. Everyone of our prior service guys did verry well. For NCO's the cadre expect different things from you and even though you are in the same course as everyone else they will end up assessing you and treating you diffently. You will not only have to do all the same things the rest of the guys are doing but you will have to plan and facilitate movement and keep the guys in line at the same time witch is a pain in the ass all by its self. Since I have been back I get asked pretty frequently what the hadest part of RASP was and I always tell everyone it was dealing with the privates, At times it felt a little like babysitting or herding cats. Even though your an NCO and your supposed to be in charge you have no real authority there and the privates know it, most of them dont even know how to be adults let a lone men or soldiers. That being said find some guys that are a little older and mature that you can trust and utilize them as squad leaders and team leaders, that helped us out quite a bit. The best advice I have for any privates reading this is just to remember your not at mommy and daddys house any more that means you have to act like a man, clean up after yourself, and don't forget where your at while your there. Here is good example, some dudes were acting like idiots the night before graduation and one of our mentes here got pushed over and hit his head and had us worried that me might not graduate with us. I could go on and on about stupid shit the privates did but I will spare you. Thats all the advice ive got for nowalso , but If your an NCO or a prior serivice service guy feel free to PM me with any questions I know I had trouble finding information that applied to me when I first discoverd this site.

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