Introduction-Marcel

[ChinoEMP]

Hi all. My name is Marcel. I am 18 years old, have graduated high school, passed an accelerated five week EMT-Basic course, and now I'm trying to give college a go at my local community college. I haven't talked to a recruiter. I like all of the MOS' that the Regiment has to offer, but I do know that with my EMT certification I have the ability to enlist as a specialist as a 68W upon joining the Army.

Current stats - 6'0 140lbs, currently trying to gain weight to improve rucking performance.
RFT Numbers:
HRP 45
Plank: 2:13 Plank
10 Chin Ups, dead hang
42 Minute 5 Mile

I've been floating around in life like a bum to put it as blunt as possible. I have been trying to help my dad manage his ranch and vineyard, assist his assistants at his oral surgery practice, go to classes, and try and find a job as an EMT. As much as I will be providing for my community, I help my dad, and have the ability to find success as a young man. My interest is wanting to go and join the Regiment.

Before I graduated high school, I read Lest We Forget by Leo Jenkins and Violence of Action that opened my eyes to what the Rangers did in the span of the GWOT. My high school's priest was a Ranger during the LRRS era and in one of his homily's he spoke about his training which planted a seed in my brain about what I could be pursue. The 75th Ranger Regiment is where you can expect to perform your job to the highest degree and be held to the highest standard. That is where I want to be and where I want to go.

Still, as have previous parents hold, and for good reason, my parent's want me to go to college rather than join the military. My father and mother both served as doctors in the military. They know what can happen and have been through the military. And, as they know being an officer is better than being enlisted.