My forthcoming Introduction

[JakeDubbleya]

This is not my first post, or first introduction, but it wasmade clear to me that it would be a good idea to post an introduction here, so here it is.

I am a 6'6" 18 year old male from park city Utah currently living in Salt Lake City Utah. I enjoy and am in my humble opinion very good at, stock gun paintball (pump gun/one ball style), I also enjoy skiing and basketball as well as history and philosophy.

This past fall I attended college in California but found that I could not succeed without first structuring my life and so dropped out. First I looked at various colleges across the country with a more structured system of learning but found them to be quite pricey and also found that there would be no way to both work and attend such schools.

I then looked into joining the armed forces. Originally I informed my parents of my decision to join the United States Army, but my father, who was looking out for my health insisted that I enlist instead into the Navy. Seeing as I loved being on the water and traveling extensively this was a viable option. I then talked with various Captains, Lieutenants and others who had many years of experience in the Navy. I was convinced that a life in the armed forces was not only acceptable, but something I felt I was meant to do. I proceeded with confidence to the Navy recruiters office, filled out the paper work and was soon at MEPS taking my test. I scored a 93 and was given the option to try for the nuclear program. At first I was excited seeing as this was the most elite of technical jobs offered in any branch, but then it dawned on me what the life of a nuclear engineer would be like, sitting at a control booth all day until retirement. But my mind was made up for me when I was denied entrance due the Navy's strict rules of entrance pertaining to ADD. I was consequently referred to of course, the Army, my original choice. Because I was never actually diagnosed with ADD but had merely taken medication for it (it didn't have any effect and I was promptly removed from the medication) over five years ago, I was told that it would be very easy to get past and get into the Army.

So, I looked into the different career paths in the Army and because of my high test score was told that I could go straight to Ranger training after boot camp. So here I am, realizing that my path to the army was eerily fated, noticing the way that all the other things didn’t work out for me. I have just completed for the second time all the paper-work required to get into the Armed Forces, and I will probably go in for my physical tommorow, I'll update on how I do.

[Bell]

You little piss ant. Did you make me do something stupid. Jeezus...all those fucking beers...

Welcome again...fuck it. Read the other welcome I gave ya.

RLTW
Bell

[Kilted Heathen]

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[Joseph PrettyDeepWater]

Welcome JakeDubbleya, pm sent


~Joseph

[Kilted Heathen]

I wouldn't sign shit tomorrow if I were you.
You need to give us time to get you oriented.
If you can shut up for a week or so and read the forums we may entertain your questions.
Fair enough?
Good.
We cannot with a clear conscience let you go to war with your head so far up your ass!
Poor fucker....can't even hide in the Navy.

[chkray]

Yeah, I was eerily fated to join and volunteer Ranger myself.

Parents said, "Get the fuck out of our house, Asshole."

Welcome, research, and drive on.

[Chiron]

What he said, oh and welcome.

[Earthpig]

Welcome.
RLTW
EP

[JakeDubbleya]

My physical has been delayed for at least a week, I will use this time to further research the Army Special Forces and familiarize myself with this board.

Ranger cryhavoc, allow me to clarify my post in relation to what you said so that you may better understand my intentions. I found college too loose, not too structured. I found myself partying at the beach nightly and doing only one hour of homework instead of five. I needed something more fast paced.
When the Navy offered me the nuclear path I was only excited because it was the ELITE of the techical jobs. I was not driven in any other way to a job as a repairman and/or operator, no matter what sort of machine it was for. And let me reiterate that the Navy as a whole found me unsuitable due to supposed ADD, not just the nuclear program, I never even went in for a physical.
I am not looking for, and have always dreaded a desk. Last night I researched for over ten hours on the topic of Ranger, as I will likely do again tonight. I now understand to a general extent what the Rangers are, and I know without a doubt, that this is not only what I want, but what I need and have always needed.

I appreciate the welcomes, and am grateful to be here.

[Kilted Heathen]

Yes,well...don't take offense at this but at this particular time neither Ranger or Special forces is for you.
Right now your interest is piqued. When you find yourself in the very grown-up world of survival of the fittest you will yearn for the wistful hours spent partying on the beach after a challenging day of paint-ball combat daydreaming of the fine warrior you will no doubt become as soon as you bring yourself to the attention of the Army's less exclusive
minded talent agents.
You may have spent ten hours researching Ranger, but the very next day your primary concern is to revive an old thread concerning a boys game of fuckin' cowboys and indians that has obviously met with professional ridicule from the very men who can actually teach you something.
This is not the place for that shit. Go to a paintball site and swap shit-talking stories of the simulated "battles" fought.
If you found college too loose at the age of 18 then the problem is not the college...the fuckin' problem is you. Don't place fault where it doesn't belong, you have no goddamn self discipline and that's that.
I strongly suggest that cancel your physical entirely until you develop enough of an attention span to actually stick with a subject for an entire week. I'm not slamming you for the sake of slamming you, I'm slamming you because you sorely fuckin' need it.
Do not respond to this with any "allow me to" or "let me clarify" bullshit.
I'll just call you a cunt.
You have nothing to teach me or my colleagues except how to duck a goddamn paint ball.
The only reason I've taken the time to write this shit to you is because you can take an ass-chewing without crying like a bitch.
Here's something the Navy or the fuckin' recruiting command will not tell you.
Cancel ALL plans to join the military, pull up some debris and get comfortable and fuckin' shut up. Learn from us and you will one day make your parents proud. If you take your own course of action not only will never be accepted among the best but you will make your parents cry as they accept a flag over your goddamn coffin.
The Honor Guard won't be firing paint-balls.
Do not post for a week.

[Bugsy]

When the Navy offered me the nuclear path I was only excited because it was the ELITE of the techical jobs.................

I researched for over ten hours on the topic of Ranger.....................

I now understand to a general extent what the Rangers are,

and I know without a doubt, that this is not only what I want, but what I need and have always needed.

You know what young man, I'm not going to slam you for two reasons.

1. You have two intro's on this site and I responded on the other "intro".

2. My Ranger Buddy Ranger Kilted Heathen gave you some very sound advice, I would advise you to "heed" it.

My take on you is that you fundamentally "Quit" something because you lacked the "self discipline" to continue on with your "Original" Goal which (I assume) was to obtain a college education. It appears from your comments that when faced with the responsibility to "Do what's required to complete your mission" you fall short, even when the primary benefactor is YOURSELF.

The reason you've been slammed is that those are "Not" the traits of a Ranger.

Another misconception is that you believe you were destined to become an Army Ranger after only 10 so called hours of research, you still have no concept of our unit. You never will fully understand until you begin your journey of "first" becoming a soldier (unless you're an Army Brat or actually seen Rangers in action with your own two eyes).

Finally, and I don't mean this in any mean spirited way because I could be wrong, you "might" just be the type to "find yourself" after joining the military and actually make it. However the odds seem to be against you, what I'm getting at is that for many of us, we embodied the qualities of a Ranger long before we ever got within a hairs breath of RIP. Most of us were cocky, liked to win, loved a challenge, and always tried to be the best at practically everything we do. We don't particularly like the word quit let alone actually do it.

I get the impression that you have wandered from one pipe dream to another throughout your life and you seemed to be excited by the Recruiter who is basically a Salesman (for some, not all but some..... here me SFC Hit_it ), their primary objective is to get you into the Uncle Sam's Army. If you think you're Ranger material then in spite of what anybody has said on this board, make us out to be liars and FUCKIN DO IT!!!

There wouldn't be one of us if you were to complete that mission that would frown or turn their back on you. But I gotta tell you son, your character traits so far don't really look all that good. My advise is that you really search your soul, think about all the times you wanted to do this or that and it never worked out for you, (don't make excuses just look at the facts). If I were you I'd seek some professional counseling and talk it over with a trained professional because I think you're lost in your life and you "think" becoming a Special Operations Troop will make you "somebody" or satisfy your ego, I'm not quite sure. But I don't hear all the right reasons just all the wrong ones in addition to your past experiences.

Welcome, good luck and THINK (OBJECTIVELY) before you ACT.