HUGE changes in my life
I know I swore off livejournal, but I've dropped out of school to enlist in the Army. I'll be around for a few more months, so if anyone wants to contact me, I'm at my dad's house now:
8269 Via De Ronaldo
Tucson AZ 85747
wannabecadet42@email.arizona.edu
(520) 909-8544 Cell
(520) 574-8911 Home
Don't respond to this entry through livejournal; I don't read livejournal anymore and it just makes more spam on my old email account which I only check once every few months. If you feel the need to contact me, do it by phone or email. And don't try to talk me out of this; there is only one or two people who might be able to and they don't read this.
I scored a 94% on the test they administer to enlisted people. I can get pretty much any job in the Army with that score. The recruiter has told me about a really great special forces program. If I qualify, I'll be going to FT. Leonardwood ("Fort Lost in the Woods") for infantry school/basic training. After that, they train me for the test for special forces for a few weeks, then evaluate me. If I pass the evaluation, I get to go to a really intense program. I get to go to airborne school, the defense language school (where my dad went [they have the highest suicide rate of any military school because they teach language through intense imersion, which can really mess with some people]), then SERE school (aka special forces school). SERE school is a program where you go through a simulated plane crash, and you have to hide from the instructors for two days and make it back to an extraction point without getting caught. Of course, they plan it so you get caught at the extraction point. Then, they teach you how to resist physical and psychological torture. They make you sign a waiver that says they can break small bones in your body. Then, depending on your specialty within SF, you get extra training, like engineering, medic training, HALO training (High Altitude Low Opening, a really special type of paratrooper trained to deploy behind enemy lines), SCUBA training, or others. When I get it out, I will have a two year degree in a language (in six-months to a year), and a SECRET clearance (which costs more than $20,000 for a company to get someone cleared for. Plus, I get a bunch of cash to go back to college when I get out.
Well, sorry if this catches anyone off guard.
8269 Via De Ronaldo
Tucson AZ 85747
wannabecadet42@email.arizona.edu
(520) 909-8544 Cell
(520) 574-8911 Home
Don't respond to this entry through livejournal; I don't read livejournal anymore and it just makes more spam on my old email account which I only check once every few months. If you feel the need to contact me, do it by phone or email. And don't try to talk me out of this; there is only one or two people who might be able to and they don't read this.
I scored a 94% on the test they administer to enlisted people. I can get pretty much any job in the Army with that score. The recruiter has told me about a really great special forces program. If I qualify, I'll be going to FT. Leonardwood ("Fort Lost in the Woods") for infantry school/basic training. After that, they train me for the test for special forces for a few weeks, then evaluate me. If I pass the evaluation, I get to go to a really intense program. I get to go to airborne school, the defense language school (where my dad went [they have the highest suicide rate of any military school because they teach language through intense imersion, which can really mess with some people]), then SERE school (aka special forces school). SERE school is a program where you go through a simulated plane crash, and you have to hide from the instructors for two days and make it back to an extraction point without getting caught. Of course, they plan it so you get caught at the extraction point. Then, they teach you how to resist physical and psychological torture. They make you sign a waiver that says they can break small bones in your body. Then, depending on your specialty within SF, you get extra training, like engineering, medic training, HALO training (High Altitude Low Opening, a really special type of paratrooper trained to deploy behind enemy lines), SCUBA training, or others. When I get it out, I will have a two year degree in a language (in six-months to a year), and a SECRET clearance (which costs more than $20,000 for a company to get someone cleared for. Plus, I get a bunch of cash to go back to college when I get out.
Well, sorry if this catches anyone off guard.