Enlsitment update / Mentor request

[zuluzerosix]

Take care, man. Godd luck and thank your for wanting to serve this great Country during wartime.

[AFTAC85]

good luck bud...just keep pushing until you get what you want. you'll get it.

[zuluzerosix]

You know, we are all really pulling for you. You have shown drive and determination to serve with the best America has to offer. You can do this. Getting in, is half the battle. Staying in is the other half. Don't blow it. The day you graduate Basic/AIT, you will be standing there in your Dress Uniform with your chest pushed out as far as you can, and then some. You will have completed a right of passage a lot of Americans are unwilling or unable to complete.

You will be able to look upon your reflection in the mirror with great satisfacton knowing what you have completed. You will be looking forward to your next challenge, which will hopefully be Jump School. There you will join a brotherhood of soldiers who have graduated and earned those silver wings since May, 1942.

Take every day, one day at a time. No matter what happens, at the end of that day you must be able to tell yourself that you did your best.

Make sure you are prepared mentally and physically.

Once again, good luck.

[Zimmy]

Good Luck!

[AFTAC85]

just do us all a favor....don't be like the dude on the old school army commercials for SF and wash out of something he was POSITIVE he was going to be. we all are pushing for you and you'll be fine...hell i've got a bullet lodged in my skull and i'm still out operating so i think you'll be A OK...

[SOWT]

Good luck, my son is in a similar situation and I hope he has the guts to re-engage.

As for AFTAC 85, he thinks it's a bullet, in reality it's a microchip planted by an AF doc. We used it to convince him to cross over; MM11C has one too.

just do us all a favor....don't be like the dude on the old school army commercials for SF and wash out of something he was POSITIVE he was going to be. we all are pushing for you and you'll be fine...hell i've got a bullet lodged in my skull and i'm still out operating so i think you'll be A OK...

[AFTAC85]

Good luck, my son is in a similar situation and I hope he has the guts to re-engage.

As for AFTAC 85, he thinks it's a bullet, in reality it's a microchip planted by an AF doc. We used it to convince him to cross over; MM11C has one too.

touche salesman...touche

no wonder i like the AF so much...i'm programed to...

[Ferret_LE426]

Gentlemen,
He can and will !

[frybyrd1]

Gentlemen,
He can and will !

What?

[Har]

What?

He will fucking make it.

[Skyshark]

He will fucking make it.

X2

[Sprinter922]

My mentors have received this update, and the men and women on AR.com have as well. Over the past month and a half, things went out of line from plan. The army is not accepting ELS waiver, at all. I tried writing my congressmen, I jumped the loopholes, I did everything I could. The Army will absolutely not take me under any circumstances until the recruitment standards are accepting ELS waivers, tattoo, and medical. I have nearly 4 waiver to get put through. My recruiter recommended I look into other branches, so I did. The Marines won't accept me, nor will the Air Force. However, the Navy said they MIGHT be able to help me back in early June. So I retrieved every single miltary document known to man, I have 2 book sized folders full of it. I handed it to them and they said let's get started. I pushed and called every single day, asking questions, checking progress, making sure MEPS was being pushed. They told me it may not happen at one point then I got around that. So after all was said and done, I made a trip to MEPS last Thursday and did a full physical, I passed everything. Only problem is: I was disqualified. This was to be expected though, my recruiter said there was a 100% chance I'd be disqualified because I was kicked out of the Army for Scoliosis, so I'd need a medical waiver, although I thought the waiver was already pushed through. So here I am at the last step waiting on my last of 4 waivers, this one being for my back. I plan on enlisting Corpsman with S.E.A.L. option. There's spec. warfare men that come down twice a month to look at my recruiting stations DEPS for S.E.A.L. candidates. I've passed they're entrance PT tests for Special Warfare and PT'ed with them 4 times now. The Chief has said I he can secure me a S.E.A.L. slot, under the circumstances I secure myself a Navy contract, which I'm steadfast in doing as I type even. There's been a lot of forks in the road, and unfortunately I'm not being granted the opportunity to become a US Army Ranger / Paratrooper, yet. However I can still push myself into special operations, via US Navy S.E.A.L.'s. It's not my original plan, but it's part of the ultimate objective of become a certified military special operations soldier. I have not quit, I have not slowed down, I have not let up, I have merely changed my course of action. I will make it happen one way or another. This is my 3rd reenlistment process in 2 years. I've jumped through tons of hoops, gone through basic and infantry school, got kicked out, been told to wait wait and wait, lied to. However I feel it'll be worth it when I get pinned with whatever badge I'm given the opportunity to try out for. I'll know what I'll have gone through to make it to that day. I will make it happen. Never quit.

[Eric]

My mentors have received this update, and the men and women on AR.com have as well. Over the past month and a half, things went out of line from plan. The army is not accepting ELS waiver, at all. I tried writing my congressmen, I jumped the loopholes, I did everything I could. The Army will absolutely not take me under any circumstances until the recruitment standards are accepting ELS waivers, tattoo, and medical. I have nearly 4 waiver to get put through. My recruiter recommended I look into other branches, so I did. The Marines won't accept me, nor will the Air Force. However, the Navy said they MIGHT be able to help me back in early June. So I retrieved every single miltary document known to man, I have 2 book sized folders full of it. I handed it to them and they said let's get started. I pushed and called every single day, asking questions, checking progress, making sure MEPS was being pushed. They told me it may not happen at one point then I got around that. So after all was said and done, I made a trip to MEPS last Thursday and did a full physical, I passed everything. Only problem is: I was disqualified. This was to be expected though, my recruiter said there was a 100% chance I'd be disqualified because I was kicked out of the Army for Scoliosis, so I'd need a medical waiver, although I thought the waiver was already pushed through. So here I am at the last step waiting on my last of 4 waivers, this one being for my back. I plan on enlisting Corpsman with S.E.A.L. option. There's spec. warfare men that come down twice a month to look at my recruiting stations DEPS for S.E.A.L. candidates. I've passed they're entrance PT tests for Special Warfare and PT'ed with them 4 times now. The Chief has said I he can secure me a S.E.A.L. slot, under the circumstances I secure myself a Navy contract, which I'm steadfast in doing as I type even. There's been a lot of forks in the road, and unfortunately I'm not being granted the opportunity to become a US Army Ranger / Paratrooper, yet. However I can still push myself into special operations, via US Navy S.E.A.L.'s. It's not my original plan, but it's part of the ultimate objective of become a certified military special operations soldier. I have not quit, I have not slowed down, I have not let up, I have merely changed my course of action. I will make it happen one way or another. This is my 3rd reenlistment process in 2 years. I've jumped through tons of hoops, gone through basic and infantry school, got kicked out, been told to wait wait and wait, lied to. However I feel it'll be worth it when I get pinned with whatever badge I'm given the opportunity to try out for. I'll know what I'll have gone through to make it to that day. I will make it happen. Never quit.

good luck to ya man

[Ops NCO]

Was just asking Har about you the other day. I admire your perseverance.

Corpsman on a Team isn't a bad way to go. Like Ranger medics or Medical Sergeants on an ODA, they are the rock stars of the medical field. You get that under your belt and you'll be in a position to write yourself a good ticket, whether that be in the military or out.

Keep on keeping on, young man.

[Altimeter]

Good luck in whatever you do. BUDs is an ass kicker, from what I hear.