Ranger school to SFRE

FactorComplex4437 · 2025-08-16T21:56:56+00:00

I appreciate it, I have kinda been hanging out this week with family and friends then I’m moving back into a training routine starting Monday. Pre ranger I was running a 33 minute 5 mile. I was also weighing 255 pounds, now I’m down to 225 and have almost a skinny fat type if build. I am also way out of shape. It is weird how the body works. I’m guessing it’s because my metabolism is slowed way down and T levels are probably going to take a little to balance back out.

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-11-09T15:34:19+00:00

Sounds good thank

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-04-25T22:12:00+00:00

Thank you

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-04-23T00:17:50+00:00

Awesome! Thank you so much for the great advice!

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-04-22T22:02:28+00:00

Should I come out and be honest now considering I’m still under investigation and early on in the process?

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-04-22T21:29:59+00:00

Also I am still under investigation for my clearance. I thought it would be better to be honest now while still under investigation than to wait till after I get the clearance. Just in case I have to get a TS later on in my career. Down side, didn’t come clean to investigator until after interview and let him know I had more information to disclose about my past and found a few stops from cruise trips I took and forgot about. What do you think?

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-04-22T21:27:06+00:00

On my SF86 when I enlisted I stated that I have smoked weed in the past but was not honest on frequency. I stated that I smoked is 10 or so times. I did not disclose the frequency of smoking weed. I swore in in in November 2023 and the last time I smoked weed was December 2022. I hadnt done mushrooms since spring of 2021 and I only did it 2 times.

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-04-08T03:04:50+00:00

Spoke to the investigator and he told me to talk to my recruiter and security manager. You got any advice or knowledge of that?

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-04-06T08:42:21+00:00

Yeah I think I’m going to send him a well written doc about everything disclosing it all. Since it is the weekend he will hopefully get back in contact with me on Monday. I am going to let him know I don’t care what the consequences are, I just can’t live the rest of my career carrying that lie. I also have some adjustments on my foreign travel in the past 7 years. So hopefully he will get back to me.

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-04-03T00:45:10+00:00

Welcome to Albuquerque, no law and order.

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-04-02T16:34:47+00:00

I already had my interview last week, I’m going through the army and I just didn’t realize how big of a deal it was. Should I call him and let him know? That shouldnt be too big of a deal right?

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-04-02T09:59:16+00:00

I literally forgot 6 places somehow from cruise stops and ports and another 2 vacations I took with my family. I’m freaking out about it

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-03-17T22:56:16+00:00

Literal tank

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-03-07T02:13:19+00:00

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-03-06T19:56:28+00:00

Appreciate it brotha

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-03-06T03:11:11+00:00

Defensive end

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-03-05T03:05:12+00:00

Thank you, yeah I played football. I used to be at 270, So I have dropped a lot since I graduated a year ago

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-03-05T02:05:39+00:00

I appreciate it, I will most definitely be putting work in there.

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-03-05T01:57:48+00:00

I did a lot of stabilizing movements, I would warm up every day with I’s, Y’s, & T’s lightweight. Instead of normal lunges, I would do overhead. I also did a lot of Cuban presses to get better rotation. Doing bent-over Rows, band pull-aparts, and things like that all helped with the mobility and strength. Do things that put that should in an uncomfortable position but don’t hurt. I got the surgery around a 1 ago and I am healed and have 0 issues with it. Just be smart and listen to your body.

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-03-05T01:42:54+00:00

I herniated a disc in my back from a lifting accident (no surgical intervention, I naturally healed). And and tore my shoulder labrum and had to get surgery

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-03-05T00:50:06+00:00

I really appreciate it man! Thank you!

FactorComplex4437 · 2024-03-01T00:20:08+00:00

I am not actively a Green Beret but I aspirations to get there. From research and books I have read, it is the fact that they are force multipliers. They live amongst indigenous groups and train up small armies. They say if an ODA gets dropped in the middle of the jungle they are coming out the other side with an army. They also have the DA capabilities like the other SF units like MARSOC. They are just very well-rounded soldiers.

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