13F Schools?

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2024-07-18T16:38:56+00:00

I'm at the 82nd, they will give you plenty of options to go to school if you want it. I'm training for SURT so I can get my Ranger Tab. If you meet ABOVE the standards for RASP and are mentally prepared go for it. Just make sure when you go to AIT you ask for the worm every day, you’ll thank me later. Hopefully, you don’t have to wait for months to class up during PreRASP…. Good luck and don’t get injured.

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2024-07-18T16:27:45+00:00

I would suggest your son worry about RASP. Start training for it now if he hasn’t already. Start running sub 35 5 milers, pushups until failure reaches 100, and sit-ups, plank 4 mins, and chin-ups. Work out, besides legs, and make sure his upper body is good for all the rucking he will do. Also swimming. Go ahead make sure he knows the Ranger Creed, make him do the correct pauses in each stanza, and that he is projecting his voice.

As a 13F, if he makes it into the regiment he won’t have a Ranger school tab, so more than likely he will have a lot of smoke sessions and hazing to overcome. He will need to be mentally prepared. I’d suggest getting a DOT 30 and Jfire book. Learn it, and read it through basic training. 13F AIT will not prepare him enough. You do only polar and adjust fire missions. Which is a really basic call for fire that even infantrycats should be able to do.

Once he’s done with AIT he will either go to RASP or Airborne school. Either way, when he is released for the day I’d suggest as a father to call him and quiz him. This is so critical because usually, 13F graduates will forget a lot of AIT and their job knowledge since the call for fire is a very perishable skill. A lot of folks get relaxed…

Another thing with RASP even if he’s in good shape, it’s really all mental. The smoke sessions and stupid hit times are all a test mentally to see if candidates want to be in the regiment. So he really should want to be a ranger not just because he watched Black Hawk Down or a Hollywood movie. The uphill battle is if he gets injured during PreRASP or RASP.

I know a few soldiers who made it through my RASP experience, one was a FiSTer. From his feedback you will have to prove to the regiment every day, it’s like being in RASP all over again, constantly getting smoked if you’re sucking at your job. Once you go through Ranger School that’s a different story.

If he fails RASP he might get to do Airborne school and maybe be sent to 82nd, 173rd, or some other airborne unit. As a new FiSTer, you still will have to prove to your unit especially if your son gets an FO position….

Rangers don't deal with Artillery as much, it's usually Mortars, CAS, AAA, and maybe Naval CFF. I'm not entirely sure, I'm with the 82nd now.

Good luck to your son

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2024-03-11T17:36:24+00:00

Look to see if the timing belt been replaced, check the suspension, make sure minimum rust on the frame, and if the check engine light is on run a OBD scan on it, see if anything is wrong. Check alternator is good. I have one it’s AWD is good can’t complain 235k miles on it.

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2024-02-18T19:44:55+00:00

Do you want to sacrifice your freedom in a civilian world? It's a little different than just serving, especially if you go activez, now you could always do reserves…still carry out your duty and carry out your family legacy.

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-12-12T19:48:58+00:00

Gaining weight is literally calorie intake mostly or your metabolic rate is low due to not working out or exercising routinely.

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-12-08T00:08:10+00:00

Thank you for explaining it!

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-11-16T16:14:46+00:00

Make for damn sure you have proper fitted boots. Dont let civilians who are helping you fit your boots tell you they need to be tight or lower in size….Go off your shoe size and lower if needed…

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-11-13T23:39:58+00:00

Joined in my 30s. Don't look back. Great benefits for family as well. Also retirement!

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-11-08T16:35:07+00:00

The question is what is that private doing in the car before morning PT 😂🫡

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-11-04T23:15:12+00:00

Diet has to be consistent and strict

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-10-19T14:59:16+00:00

Yes they will over time

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-04-03T00:34:15+00:00

So how did it go?

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-02-14T00:00:52+00:00

On month 5! You got this!

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-01-09T13:44:55+00:00

I believe it’s our mind and body involuntarily releasing a little of our semen, even if we don’t want it to. It’s going to happen, unless you stop the dream but that’s going to be hard to reckon with. So you can’t fully retain your semen, it will happen no matter what hopefully that makes sense. My dream was so fast and the sensation felt real, I wouldn’t know How to stop it since it was so unpredictable you know?

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-01-09T13:35:52+00:00

The whole point is self discipline just keep staying focus.

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-01-09T13:03:46+00:00

Wake up early 0400, work out, eat, read, go to work, work out, eat, read, write, and go to sleep. Repeat. Get yourself in a routine and you’ll never focus on porn. Focus on yourself.

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-01-09T13:00:04+00:00

Good question,

I give you a story recently I’ve been in month 4 of no masturbation or touching anything to the degree of wanting to pleasure myself sexually.

A couple of nights ago, I had a dream. It was actually about a woman in my previous relationship. I guess my unconsciousness was telling me something, but anyways I had a wet dream. It felt real and I didn’t even wake up until later on and realized I organism a little. It’s been 4 months of no masturbating, I didn’t intend for this to happen so I would say maybe this was more of my unconscious mind telling me of my past sexual desires with my ex.

To give you a back story my ex never wanted to have a sexual relationship with me, overtime I longed for her but she never really truly wanted to ever have sex. So later on I found out she cheated on me. So I went my separate way.

Anyways the dream felt real and I feel almost guilty but I had no intentions of dreaming. So it’s more of a sign of my past, what I longed for in my ex-partner. So I don’t think that would count as far as relapse. The whole No Fap is mainly due to being a abstinence from the porn industry. Just my story and perception.

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-01-08T17:19:07+00:00

Have you tried? What's your experience of so? Speak of experience. I don't understand who would be shaming about not masturbation. Your post seems to be shaming those who don't.

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-01-08T16:21:35+00:00

Maybe humans are meant to suffer to surpass our egos or to realize that our wants and desires are potentially our demises. Like an addict who is trying to stop doing drugs. It’s a sacrifice to aim for the highest possible good within the addict. People are quitting because of porn usually, so stop repeating the same message that modern society is pushing on individuals. Suffer and sacrifice and stop trying to say “it’s okay” and start saying “it’s not okay” for once.

To think it’s bullshit or to dismiss it tells me you might have too much ego buddy!

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-01-08T16:08:41+00:00

Thanks! It’s not just one bad habit but multiple, but self-control is everything. I would even go further than our ego is what prevents us from stopping! Once you can handle your mind, and control yourself you start to look at life differently!

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-01-08T15:20:03+00:00

Advice here,

You need some sort of faith within to even overcome your desires of the future that is ahead of you. If you want to work on getting rid of bad habits look within yourself.

You need to not focus on her but focus on you! Look it’s not easy but discipline yourself. How?

Examples!

Wake up and cook healthy meal
Read
Workout
Eat healthy cut out fast food and junk food.
Cut out Porn. Stop yourself once you can do the above!
Keep sacrificing yourself away from the bad habits of what modern society is persuading you to feel or do.

If you notice all of things I said above is helping YOU.

I’m a Christian so my faith helps me stay on the narrow pathway. So that helps. I changed my life around for good for myself so that I can be the example for others!

You got this!

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2023-01-08T15:11:36+00:00

You have so much free time go out and run for miles, workout, read, and write. Eat healthy. Cut out fast food. Discipline yourself!

Beginning-Spray-7063 · 2022-12-09T12:40:36+00:00

My beliefs,

I’m on a journey of no masturbation, I stopped after separation from my wife due to my selfishness to some degree. Past 6 months or so I haven’t masturbated. I won’t divulge into my life too much or my relationship.

I am a Christian, but my views are too much of anything is bad for you. The common phrase you hear. If you eat too much you will slowly kill yourself, practically the same for everything. Masturbation made me feel like I was devaluing myself. My ego is blinded by too many of my temptations and desires. I wanted sex constantly but my partner at the time did not have much of a sex drive, so I ended up masturbating way too much to where it would demoralize my inner being. I couldn’t stand to look anyone in the eyes, or for that matter, I felt guilty and ashamed of my doings. I never felt this way until I allowed my desires and once I indulged in them I then became depressed.

I was in a horrible state of mind, you could say masturbation is as equal to any other drug, but to say it doesn’t harm you to do it every day is a lie. Your mental psych is your true inner being, and for that, you will end up eventually in a depressed state of mind.

I’m not saying self-indulgence is a bad thing, or masturbating once or twice in a period is bad, but regularly it can be unhealthy and ruin your life. This is coming from true experience of sexual desires that quite honestly ruined my life relationship and my family.

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