After looking at my 201 file he wanted to know what I was doing there as I had been with the Marine's Force Recon, jump qualified, Ranger qualified, MOS of 11C4P, and combat recon. Shortly after getting there a SGT from the 10th came around looking for volunteers. When I got to Germany was assigned to 2/54th Inf at Bamberg with the Recon Plt. Did a cycle and a half, promoted to E-6 and came down on orders for Germany. I kept waiting and waiting and with my leave ending I checked with the nearest Recruiting headquarters. ![]() I passed the test and returned to the states awaiting orders to Bragg. The recorder would give a question and I had 60 seconds to give the best answer, the worst answer, the next to the best and the next to the worst. I had a paper that gave 4 answers to each question. I sat at the recruiter's desk and he gave me a test whereby questions were given by a tape recorder. At the time all I did was talk to a SF recruiter and took a weird test. In 1967, while still in Vietnam, I had volunteered for SF. I brought that up because I was one of those. Take away's from this version of the handbook, a lot has changed significant amount from the version I remember (from early to mid 2000s).Īpparently this is now a requirement for individuals going to SFAS to have completed and signed as well.Ĭlick to expand.There have been a lot of ways to qualify people during shortages.I know/knew several men who were in the 10th shortly after activation.they were not considered qualified until they had completed three years in the unit and demonstrated proficiency to suit the commander.there was no Q course at the time.one acquaintance was qualified by 10th Group and then subjected to proving his worth in 7th Group when he returned to the states, spending another year or two getting qualified.ĭuring the Vietnam era, some men volunteered to serve in SF and were assigned to A teams without benefit of the course.and then you get to the officers.if you check out the biographies of several of the prominent SF officers of the early days, you'll see where some of them went from the 82nd to SF, never attended any SF related training.COL Beckwith comes to mind immediately.officers were needed and there was an opinion that a good officer could make the necessary adjustments to the environment.Įven in my day, several of the officers I served with and served under were not formally SF qualified.before the tab, we called them paper flashes, but there were quite a few who never completed any formal SF training, or took the SF Operations correspondence course.and a good number of these men went on to command battalions, groups and the JFKCMA (before SF Command and ASOC existed).ĮTA: I believe 1st and 8th Groups ran their own qualification program.and for several years after the Vietnam era, these units ran their own HALO and SCUBA schools, as well. I looked back to see if anyone has posted the handbook yet, and did not find any search results based on multiple variants of keywords and acronyms, so sorry if this is a repost as well. ![]() If the link does not work, you can find it on the home page of the JFK Special Warfare Center and School The US Army Special Operations Center of Excellence. This is the only SFAS physical training plan approved by the USAJFKSWCS Special Forces Branch Proponent. Give this handbook a gander and it is free of charge from the official source itself. ![]() For all those currently serving (Army,USMC, Navy,etc) or 18X/rep63 individuals that are preparing for SFAS and those whom seek a training program that will help guide them to physically prepare for the selection process.
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