I also will checkout the airforce combat control position. It would be
Different than my original firearms interest but it would be a SF job.

A friends brother was a airforce combat control and I should talk to him and see what it was like.

But my main interest is small arms.

About the Rangers: My buddy joined last year, like I said, he had a special forces contract and made it through land navigation selection but then got med-pulled with 2 or three days left. He is now doing Ranger selection, but what you do is go through BASIC then, RASP, then you get deployed for x amount of time, come back then do Ranger school. You don't really do HALO training for Rangers unless you do Ranger Battalion, I think. Also you have to do Airborne first.

When I was younger, Special Forces Assessment & Selection required a prior Army enlistment (ie - you serve your 4-6 with a perfect record and then apply for Selection) or cross qualifications (Navy UDT or Marine Recon with Para and Scuba).

Special Forces Qualification Course (Q) had an enormous failure rate even among Tri-Bodies (Jump School, USMC Recon or Ranger School, and Scuba).

This information is coming from a pre-SOC knowledge. Now that Special Operation Command is basically a branch of military within all the branches of military I can't speak to the SPAS process.

The SF selection process has changed greatly over the years. For a more up to date idea watch 2 weeks in hell. Except right after that show it changed to a 3 week process.

I need to watch that.

MB - thanks for the updated info.

soon i hope to talk to the Marine and Air Force recruiters.

Remember to go early in the month so they aren't in a bind to meet their mission.

thanks JJ. I am getting every book I can find about taking the ASVAB.

I highly recommend "ASVAB for Dummies." I joined at 28 years old and was worried I had lost a lot of the high school skills/knowledge that would be on the test. To help with that I went to the library and picked up the Dummies book. It helps one find what they are weak in and just focus on that. I scored really high after using that book and that opens up all the jobs for me since I scored high enough to qualify for all of them.

it is in my library book pile right in front of me with some ARCO, kaplan, and other books on it.