Whats your GT score? WOuld you score a 300 on the APFT? Can you run 5 miles in under 8 minutes per mile? Can you pass the combat water survival test? Are you red/green color blind?x007x wrote:. I want to be a marine and a Army Ranger.
I did talk to the recruiters and I've been told what I need to do first. Which is get in better shape.
Here, I am just writing out my feelings needing to talk about this. I am 25. I want to tell the parents, but I still don't feel its time yet.
If anyone else is in this type of situation; join the conversation and post how you feel too.
Once you earn E4, you can toss in your hat to be an 18X. You will go through several schools, and you will not go SF straight out of boot. You might get RASP and if you pass you might get attached to a Ranger Battalion but you won't be a Ranger (yet). They say RASP is the easy part. Work out, run a lot, and be patient. Also, find what MOS they do take - they don't take every MOS.
Marine's special force is Recon.
Feel free to tell your parents because until you have that 18X behind your name, you aren't special forces. You have to earn that 18X, which is why the community is so small. Consider researching Don Purdy - he's iconic. Study the Ranger book, and run a lot. Run with gear, in gear while sopping wet, run in gear while its hot and humid. You will need a clearance. (Know your life from birth to present, where you lived, where you worked, what you did - crime to include juvi records that were expunged. Document everything because you will be filling it out on an SF86. )
Research Don Purdy, he's iconic.
Considering that all branches pay the same, why not look at doing intelligence for the Air Force? Once you get it, you will be thankful for the better conditions and you can also apply to be a Paratrooper.