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Speaking on social media presence. There’s one admin that helps run the USAF IG page. That guy/gal absolutely cooks up the best memes and the hardest edits that get me fired up. If they could learn to strike a balance between actually representing what life in the branches is like and being the war machine we know they are; they’d get us hooked. Be the America that Chinese anti-America propaganda thinks we are.
As someone who missed the boat on marine enlisted, my only chance is going officer lest at my ancient age of 25 years old I get routinely chewed out by 19 year olds
Lol who would it offend, jealous Rangers or SEALs? If not for being paramedics why do other units request PJ's? Because they want rescue specialists while they're on operations or because they're just extremely professional and have higher odds of success?
@@Zed-ti9uj Those teams request PJs because of their robust capabilities, medicine included. PJs buy down risk in the joint environment. Also, just to be clear, I didn’t say PJs are more professional than any of our sister service folks; just an observation from experience.
This is why the US constantly fails, they think technology is what counts, but Vietnam, Afghanistan and Somalia show its not the size of the dog in the fight its the size of the fight in the dog
Freefall was probably the most fun school. A number of the schools are great (hell, even basic was like summer camp for grown ups), but freefall is special
Joined at 39, got the contact for SWOE going for SR, class 23-05, SIE'd in the pool at PRT... I plan to go back next summer and make it through to Selection and beyond. I'll be 41 by then. I encourage anyone at any (reasonable) age to try out if you want it bad enough. Hooyah green feet, hooyah lightning bolt!
Saw the age change on the USAF website a while back and thought to myself, could I?? I’m 39. Then I quickly realized, even as a former collegiate D-1 track/field athlete (2003-2007) who still works out 7-days a week (run/lift combo), I got no shot. 100% chance I’d get injured from all the punishment I’ve previously inflicted on myself because I’m stubborn and never take rest days even when hurt. Best of luck to my peer group guys on the journey. Show them we still got it, and prove to the USAF this was a good decision to expand the age max to 42.
Unrelated but do CRO's augment with other special operations units as special tactics operators like PJ's do? Since they're not as operational, and as its been said not operational at all when they hit O4.
@@OnesReady Lol, so they don't get augmented? What does a STS composed of just airmen do, compared to when those individuals get attached to other teams?
Because I still wonder why master Sergeant rael seemed like there had to be a priade if one of my family members came on base. Only reason why I said this because when Master sergeant rael snap asking me family members being officers I didn't know any that my family told me about. Idk if my grandfather was. Cw 4 or 5. Back in Vietnam Korea war. Idk why he won't tell me I can't find any information on his rank. Roy Lewis Clark or another family member I don't know about is a high ranking officer in the military.
But would you ever want to bring prime beef or red horse operator in to see their perspective on it they do a job also I would like to know more. Maybe even If you could get my old mti master Sergeant Michael rael
I may still have it in me. But it is a challenge I wouldn't mind trying again but I got some things I gotta work on maybe with my shoulder still needs strengthening. Idk why I try to reach something behind me it's shocking comes back idk it's weird it's like getting shocked by electricity.
Maybe I was a little too stupid as a kid 19 years old isn't old barely out of high school. Don't really know nothing. Should had little more faith in the system. Maybe little talk in the med hold would of work. But didn't realize how much time money and resources that was put in. Should of put more trust in the system
Lots of great stuff here. As an older guy i hit BMT at 41. I had a delayed entry because of covid so I was training a year before BMT and found 6mo in my hip flexors strained. IT takes longer to drop times and build volume. SALT, being 40's was told to reduce salt for heart health...ended up in with the nutritionist because of cramps and sweating like i was under water. they told me to put salt on everything.
So much commercial BS. I appreciate the spectrum of NCO Expertise though. Everything for PJ Selection was cool until I saw the Optometrist in 1987. No corrective surgery. Bounced back to Aeromed. No Waivers. Here to tell ya that proper hydration is Key (50% Gatorade/50% Tap Water in yer Canteen). High Protein/Carb Nutrition on regular meals. Swim like a Dolphin before you arrive. Proven Competence Prevails. Rank Don't Matter as much. That's Universal. Listen to Relevant, Recent Competence/Experience. It may come from Surprising Places. Dang. "doc" in Galveston, ret.
It is relieving that you have so much time. I've learned the hard way that I'm a terrible athlete and my rate of progress seems much slower than average.
