Hey everyone I'm brand new to the board here, I should've posted here what I post in my introduction so I'm just going to start a new one :)
Greetings to all! I'm an Airborne qualified Infantryman currently stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas. To be quite honest I'm begining to get pretty desperate and i signed up to this Forum because i'm pleading for help and it seems theres no better place to seek it then here, I will try to make this brief. When I originally shipped to OSUT in Sept 2008 I had RIP in my contract, finishing Airborne School i reported to RIP holdover and shortly after started RIP in late March of 2009. Becoming a Ranger was my dream, its been my goal ever since i joined the Army and i can't think of anything else I'd see myself doing. However, back then perhaps i wasnt in the greatest shape and my running especially sucked, I failed the 5-Mile and fell out of almost every run during the Course. I also sustained an injury to my leg and was dropped from the course. After a brief period on WorldWide assignment I got orders to Ft. Bliss and have been miserable ever since. Since then however i've dedicated every moment to improving my physical strength and knowledge and basically transforming myself to the person I should have been over a year ago. I was promoted to Specialist ahead of my peers and have one of the highest PT scores in my Company. My run went from a 14:40 in GA to a 13:15 at 3500ft ASL here in El paso, PT score jumped from a 245 to a 285 and I expect to be in the high 290's here soon.
Basically what I am asking is help for a second chance at "life" I guess you could say. I want to volunteer for Regiment and for the past 4 Months I've been trying everything I can, I've made countless phone calls to Regimental Recruiting without success along with E-mails. I seem to be running out of options but I've read on this Forums about some people perhaps in my situation that have been helped to successfully navigate there way to a RASP slot. Thank you ahead of time for any guidance.
Assistance Requested
Re: Assistance Requested
Reenlist for RASP. Contact your Reup NCO.
HHC 1/75 mtrs Apr 2000- dec 2003
hang it, FIRE!!!!
"I feel sorry for anyone who is not an alcoholic---How would you like to wake up every moring & know that is the best you will feel all day?" W.C. Fields
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hang it, FIRE!!!!
"I feel sorry for anyone who is not an alcoholic---How would you like to wake up every moring & know that is the best you will feel all day?" W.C. Fields
1st Ranger Bn...We may not go down in history but we will go down on your sister
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K.Ingraham
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Re: Assistance Requested
PT is great but don't ignore everything else, they want thinking soldiers maxing the PT.
Excel in all you do; get as much formal training as you can in anything they'll send you to, especially medical.
Make yourself a worthwhile commodity who is an asset to any unit you serve in. You have to demonstrate that you have matured and become a professional since you were a RIPee just out of high school.
Try to get a RS slot as well.
If all else fails, re-up and consider another MOS.
Excel in all you do; get as much formal training as you can in anything they'll send you to, especially medical.
Make yourself a worthwhile commodity who is an asset to any unit you serve in. You have to demonstrate that you have matured and become a professional since you were a RIPee just out of high school.
Try to get a RS slot as well.
If all else fails, re-up and consider another MOS.
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2d Bn U.D. for 75th Ranger Regt Assn
2d Bn(Ranger)75 Inf 1975-'77
RS 9-76
Former mentor to RANGER XCrunner.
"I am well aware that by no means equal repute attends the narrator and the doer of deeds” Sallust ‘The Catiline Conspiracy’
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Dan B 3/75
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Re: Assistance Requested
Yup...Reenlist for RASP. Contact your Reup NCO.
Bottom line: Ft. Bliss pretty much owns your ass unless you have friends in high places...like in congress, or that wear stars on their uniform...
The Army has a commitment to fill slots in units, and on installations, and once a Soldier arrives, they are expected, and required, to remain for a minimum amount of time. If this were not the case, than we wouldn't be able to maintain any decent type of continuity within an organization, and we would spend gojillions of dollars on shipping costs. You're looking at probably a 2 to 3 year commitment at Ft. Bliss.
No worries. You volunteered to serve, and WERE given the chance to do what YOU wanted to do, which is not bad at all. Fulfill your contract with honor, as that is all that is asked.
There is a LOT of pretty cool shit to do in the Army, and having already knocked out jump school, you have many options to do shit very, very, few people will ever do. AND you will get paid to do it! However, you will have to wait until you fulfill your current obligation, so make the best of where you are at now.
Look into the following when it comes time to Re-up:
JTF Bravo (located there on Bliss I believe and you could sneak into a slot during your initial enlistment)
Ranger Regiment (Re-up for a RASP date)
SFAS (I think SPC-4's can attend, however, you will still be required to fulfill your time at Bliss)
LRS units (small unit ops with access to specialized schools)
Special mission units (later on down the road)
Hell, even a jump slot in the 82nd, 173rd, or the jump unit in Alaska would be a decent change of pace, and offer you more opportunities for school, so don't discount those either.
The Army has much to offer, but it's up to YOU to find it, and EARN the slot.
Good luck.