Feedback and Opinions on today's youth joining the US Army

carterx7 (65)in #life • 7 years ago (edited)

Good evening Steemians, so this evening I overheard two people discussing the topic Joining The US Army

This topic I feel I'm qualified to speak on to a certain extent

So I decided why not talk on it briefly? I mean after all Steemit is a world wide community so the feed back whatever type could be interesting (or aggravating if its haters?). I enlisted in January of 2004 and was in basic by April 20th 2006, it was 3 days after my oldest daughter Rachel's birthday. I enlisted to be an 11 X-Ray better known as an Infantryman/Grunt as I was in Basic training the first Sargeant I had at the time his name was First Sergeant Sharp he was a proven combat soldier who was widely known and conducted and assisted conducting operations with the 10th Mountain in Solimia they named a movie after the incident and I apologize but I can't remember the name of the movie at the moment, back to the point, 1st SGT pulled me a side a few weeks prior to basic being completed and he told me to take a ride with 4 gentlemen in suits 2 other soldiers came with us they were from different places in Sand Hill Fort Benning GA. What i turned out being is a recruitment process for a different M.O.S that was a little more serious they took us to a course called H.A.L.O, then we pit stopped by one of the Ranger school liaisons and he had spoke to us, and then a few other interesting schools there was a comment the Ranger Cadre said that stuck with me," If you make it through out all of these challenges there is a special division that may give you the opportunity to see if your what The US Army calls its 1 percents ( I know what he meant now, but back then I didn't) after all of this the man leading us all said it was an opportunity to join the US Army Special Forces A.K.A Green Berets, he was showing us courses and training environments among other things that would be in it. We had exactly 24 hours to let the 1st Sergeant know if we would do it or not the other two soldiers I guess said No, because I didn't see them the next day when I said Yes, I didn't get to stay with my platoon and we were at this point basically done with the OSUT program I believe graduation was in 3 or 4 days I don't recall its been a while, after saying Yes those same men showed up in regular clothes this time and there were only 2 of them, I left with them and got dropped off at airborne school and I was given instructions and orders form these guys now they were my liaisons and my superiors. 4 weeks later I was picked up and dropped off at another school and before you know it 6 months 3 weeks and 2 days had passed and I was given a 2 week off period where I had enjoyed time with my family like no other.
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It was report day to selection, in which i won't speak much about anything else from here except to get my point across. Selection is the evaluation challenge they use to see if your cut out for SF aka Special Forces, I was lucky enough at this point to pass everything from airborne school all the way up to Ranger school which once tabbed life is expected to be held at a higher standard. After 2 weeks I washed out of Selection, my cadre said I made a dangerous call, however I had not slept in days already and was literally drained so when I was told I didn't tie my knot correctly and the men in my squad could have died I literally washed out, with 11 other people the class that graduated Selection was literally 9 people out of 241. I was tired of the Special shit, and trying to be Mr. American Bad ass I was ready for regular Army shit and to see my family at least a little bit, and I did I then got orders to Fort Bragg, got put with a special Operations unit and I was content then deployed and if you read older post you'll understand my background with the service.

The information above ^ isn't to say I'm a bad ass or better than anyone but its to display the time I had served and a few of the things I've done during my time in The United States Army, with that said heres my opinion
You go through hell with other men and women for periods of time that make you form a type of trust, or special bond if you will this bond is something you just know for example if I'm being harassed and someone sees me someone from the Service they are probably going to back me 110% especially if I'm in the right, you learn to trust these people with your life everyone to your sides and front and back, you learn skills that aren't what you'd learn anywhere else, you'll fight in wars that are dangerous and take a special person to do it for the most part, and you will go through Hell, and at times think its funny or you won't care what comes your way you'll hit it with everything you got NO MATTER WHAT.

above you'll see a few minutes of the US ARMY RANGER SCHOOL surviving the cut.
So when I say you'll hit shit hard you certainly will, and best part about it is, it doesn't matter your color, background, how much money you have, don't have, or any of that you are just the same as everyone else and your color is green.
So if your someone who likes that or doesn't believe in giving up or saying they can't then hell yeah jump abroad.
Who I feel the army isn't for is someone who doesn't pull their own weight, some one who hates challenges, some one who doesn't have morals and really doesn't care, and for some one who enjoys quitting because its easier it again in my opinion isn't for you.. I say this because regardless to how you feel about the service you have taken an oath to protect this country with your life if thats what it takes, now I don't control polotics nor do I know how to make the governments do right but the actual soldiers the men and women on the ground they are only doing what they are told to and they only know that they are doing their job and thats protecting people at home no matter what. So though there isn't much here those few sentences are pretty clear if you like a challenge Yes its for you go for it, if you hate challenges, and give up and can't change at all to adapt to being some one more? Then nahhhhh! Not your cup of tea.

Side note This little summary I made was inspired because of two people who both never served discussing what they think makes men and women good soldiers... The stuff they said.. I won't repeat but it really made NO SENSE.
The image on my header of this post was taken from google images pinterest
Please remember this is strictly my opinion.

#realtalk #army #feedback #soldiers

7 years ago in #life by carterx7 (65)

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paperbackbook (49) 7 years ago

Hey Whats the Ranger's Motto or saying?
Rangers all the way? Sorry I don't remember its been a few.

carterx7 (65) 7 years ago

You were close its
"Rangers Lead The Way"

voteman (53) 7 years ago

For your post propagation.
Upvote/Resteem

american-pie (53) 7 years ago

I love Us Army . . . . . . . . . They are the real Hero

nijhum (48) 7 years ago

Nice Video.

amanda12 (52) 7 years ago

Amazing. . I like it. . Thankyou for sharing

killerkuasha (57) 7 years ago

Touched my heart!!

bikalsiwakoti (55) 7 years ago

Awesome video bro army's are great.

abh12345 (76) 7 years ago

Nice insight into life in the army, thanks.

Borderline ridiculous two people with no experience discussing what makes a good soldier. That's like me saying I know what makes a good deep sea diver. Yeah I think it's really big lungs, right?!

Cheers

Asher

crypto-pro (6) 7 years ago

hey nice post come check me out I upvoted you

abontikazaman (52) 7 years ago

youth is the power be more patriotic for the nation @carterx7.

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