SITREP for Dntwishforitwrkforit

[Dntwishforitwrkforit]

Rangers,

Thank you again for allowing me to be a guest here. Currently I am in the enlistment process and working on finding a MEPS date. My recruiter has yet to see any 11x Option 40 contracts, so I am going to wait it out for now. I've been waiting for about a month on it with no luck so far. Currently, he and I do the Insanity workouts 6 days per week, and on my own time I am doing muscle failure PT on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with runs on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I will continue to wait it out for now, however I plan on signing an 11x contract by Memorial Day if no Option 40 contracts open up. To be honest, I was not even aware of the Option 40 contract at first, I was fully planning on going 11x and working my butt off for a shot at RASP, so Option 40 would be an added bonus to me if I get it, but if it does not come up I will go my original plan of action.

Current weight is 230, this is down from 244 on March 14th. Just gotta keep finding things I can do that push me past what I thought were my limits.

Thanks for reading all.

[Dntwishforitwrkforit]

Off to MEPS 20110608...hoping for the elusive Option 40, if I can't get at least Option 4 to get to Airborne I'll be walking out without a contract.

[Jim]

Good SITREP. Keep pushing and never, never quit!

[Dntwishforitwrkforit]

Roger Ranger Jim, and thank you.

[mjk175]

Good luck, and don't kill yourself over the contract, you sound like you're busting your ass. A contract will get you there, but it won't help you graduate. There are opportunities on Sand Hill for the worthy as well. Keep up the hard work!!

[Dntwishforitwrkforit]

Thank you Ranger mjk175, I appreciate it!

Rangers, here is my latest update:

I was going to go after Memorial Day and just take an 11x and go from there...luckily that small voice in the back of my head told me hell no. I asked my recruiter to call the ROC, but he stated what was on the computer was what they had (bullsh!t). So, I asked him to keep looking, and I'm really unsure if he did as he was getting upset and pushing me towards just taking the 11x. Eventually, I decided it looked like this was going nowhere, so I went to my current recruiter. Luckily for me, when we checked jobs today only 13F showed up. At which point my recruiter flew into a crazy rage and called the ROC and promised me "I'm not getting off this phone until I have you an 11x Option 40." Took about an hour of being on the phone, but thankfully I now have my reservation for an 11x Option 40 contract. MEPS on 20110726, and as long as everything goes well (big if but I'm praying), I should be sworn in by then. Amazing what a good recruiter can do for you.

Anyway, thank you all for following along with me so far Rangers, I appreciate it and I will update again on Tuesday.

[Ranger Ron]

Good luck young man!! Keep us posted.

[K.Ingraham]

Good for you, now don't blow it.

[Dntwishforitwrkforit]

Rangers and my fellow DEPs,

I am proud to announce that all went well at MEPS and I am sworn in and good to go on everything with my 11x Opt. 40. Quick MEPS process today...I was sworn in and done by 1100 CDT.

I will update more right now later, right now I'm just sitting back and taking a sigh of relief that this first stage went off without a hitch.

[Jim]

Good SITREP. Never, never quit!