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I was wondering if I am currently in the Regular Army stationed at Fort Carson is it possible I can request to Go to a special forces unit such as 7th group? If yes how is it possible?
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You would need to go to Airborne School first. Then once you're at your new airborne unit you would have to raise your GT to 100 and you could reenlist for an Airborne assignment at Eglin.
The three requirements for Group support are 100 GT, Secret clearance, Airborne. No, you may not go to group first and then go to Airborne School, and yes you will have to reenlist to go.
Airborne school is done through reenlisting with your career counselor when you're eligible or contacting your branch. Your unit is not able to send you, so don't waste your time talking to your schools NCO for a slot.
The three requirements for Group support are 100 GT, Secret clearance, Airborne. No, you may not go to group first and then go to Airborne School, and yes you will have to reenlist to go.
Airborne school is done through reenlisting with your career counselor when you're eligible or contacting your branch. Your unit is not able to send you, so don't waste your time talking to your schools NCO for a slot.
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SPC David S.
This is a tragic mistake I made thinking that 20th Group would send me to jump school. No one at the time explained this bit of info to me - paper work already turned in for interstate transfer and somehow approved. My advice go talk to a career counselor first and then talk to someone in 7th. SFC (Join to see) is spot on - you'll need to work somethings out but this is doable with time and some hard work - Good luck and way to set the bar high.
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SPC David S. unfortunately no one in 7th Group has the power to change anything for him. I just came from an assignment at 1st Group and received calls all the time from people who want to get assigned at a Group. The branch manager alone has the ability to assign E6 and below to a Group in Active Component, and E6(P) and higher must submit their packet to the USASOC slating board, they don't have to be airborne to apply though.
It's a common misconception that you can talk to a SGM/CSM who can request you - that's not how assignments work for support personnel. If I had a nickel for every support person who told me that SGM Soandso was trying to get them an assignment at suchandsuch SF Group, that didn't work out, I'd have a whole lot of nickels.
It's a common misconception that you can talk to a SGM/CSM who can request you - that's not how assignments work for support personnel. If I had a nickel for every support person who told me that SGM Soandso was trying to get them an assignment at suchandsuch SF Group, that didn't work out, I'd have a whole lot of nickels.
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SPC David S.
SFC (Join to see) the talking with someone in a group is more so to get informed about what the requirements are for getting into a group. I was wanting to go group not support group and those conversations did help from an informational perspective. I just remember trying to do this very young and dumb and from my perspective it was not a streamlined process - maybe being NG muddied the waters as some of the information I got was not accurate. As well at the time Army was going through a big restructure - all combat arms were being pushed NG and support units to reserves. Me wanting to go SF was not a big priority for the NG. Seemed at the time everyone in combat arms was scrambling to find a unit. Thankfully today there are resources like RP and other social media - young troops today have a ton of information and resources available to them like yourself for instance pointing troops in the right direction - great leadership and mentoring on your part.
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SPC David S. the requirements to serve in a Special Forces Group are found in AR 614 - 200. National Guard units in active duty units are a completely different Beast and if he was National Guard the best way to go over there would be to walk over and talk to the National Guard unit. In active duty the requirements to serve in different positions and units is public knowledge and published in regulations.
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Civil Affairs & psychological operations are considered special operations and they often work with special forces. The Civil affairs and psychological operations school is also at Fort Bragg. They are also airborne. They're basically the brother and sister of Special Forces.
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If they say no, once you become a promotable specialist, you may want to check out civil affairs.
https://m.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/intelligence-and-combat-support/civil-affairs-specialist.m.html
https://m.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/intelligence-and-combat-support/civil-affairs-specialist.m.html
Civil Affairs Specialist (38B) | GoArmy.com
As an Army Civil Affairs Specialist, you'll be a leader in researching and coordinating civil affairs-related activities and implementing civil-military operations.
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It’s very easy. Have your GT over 100, be in great shape and go see your SF recruiting office. They will have you down in Bragg in no time at all. Before you know it, you’ll be soaking in the sun down at Elgin....
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MSG James Devereaux
I forgot to mention, you don’t need airborne school or any other school. After you’ve been selected they will send you to ABN. While in the Q course you’ll get even more schools, including HALO, SERE and even language school. It’s an awesome time. Then you’ll soak in the Destin sun.....
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Capt Sabrena Goldman
MSG James Devereaux so romantic, and have a mistress for life. Whose favorite color is green and whose initials are S.F.
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