Posted on Aug 6, 2020
Other than Special Forces and Rangers, what are some other “high speed” and high specialty jobs in the Army?
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There’s a lot of comments with people who do great things in the Army below. But if you want to be special you need to be in or support a “special” unit. The easiest way to do that is to be “special” yourself or be a high priority MOS that those units need (intel/medicine) to support those “special” soldiers.
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The comments from “non-high speed “. Are hilarious . People got defensive with a quickness.
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I was a pretty good athlete in several sports in HS and college. I even went to the National Jr. Olympics in one and qualified for the NJO in two out of the five sports I competed at state in at least once. Plus when I went in I had an AAS in forestry. That meant that I could use a compass, read a USGS map and use the map and compass together and get to where I needed to be per the Labs we had to do in college. And read Ariel Photos, do flow rates of streams, us my thumb to est BF and Cords of wood standing, Use snow shoes, survey and I knew several types of trees and other plants by their foliage, limbs and outer skin. And could type them on photos and other things.
And when I was growing up we lived in a house like it was back b4 there was much elec. in houses. And that was in grade school and could shoot and butcher animals and cook them by age 10. Not to say I could not learn more cause I could.
One thing I can say is with all I could do u have a mental aspect also. I am not the Top level athlete but I was better than 80 percent or more of the people in five sports. And I did very well on my ASVAB. I was asked by my recruiter with my dad who put in over 22 years and two wars and had been a very good recruiter standing there. I was asked If they offered U West Point Would U take it.
I loved working out with people better than I was and only once was really careful going up against a person but her out weighed me over 250 lbs. The people that are really good at something operate differently mentally and usually do not look like they are anything special physically and will usually only engage when pushed hard to do so, cause they have nothing to prove.
If u do not have the mentality of a Grunt which to me is Never Stop, Never say die and push forward at all costs. But they also have to have Brains and make good observations and good decisions on the fly, as well as be able to work well in a group, be able to lead and take orders and know how to train properly and take care of themselves. And u have to be able to complete tasks when nicked.
I have been told that if I would have accepted going to OCS which is something else I also turned down. As I didn't want to do it. I was where in the world I wanted to be, doing what I wanted to do. I worked hard to get that and with help I got all that I really wanted. But I have been told by several enlisted and officers that if I had gone to OCS they would have likely tried me out for Sp Forces. Its not that I could not do a lot of the stuff I understand they do already I just didn't want to do it.
And when I was growing up we lived in a house like it was back b4 there was much elec. in houses. And that was in grade school and could shoot and butcher animals and cook them by age 10. Not to say I could not learn more cause I could.
One thing I can say is with all I could do u have a mental aspect also. I am not the Top level athlete but I was better than 80 percent or more of the people in five sports. And I did very well on my ASVAB. I was asked by my recruiter with my dad who put in over 22 years and two wars and had been a very good recruiter standing there. I was asked If they offered U West Point Would U take it.
I loved working out with people better than I was and only once was really careful going up against a person but her out weighed me over 250 lbs. The people that are really good at something operate differently mentally and usually do not look like they are anything special physically and will usually only engage when pushed hard to do so, cause they have nothing to prove.
If u do not have the mentality of a Grunt which to me is Never Stop, Never say die and push forward at all costs. But they also have to have Brains and make good observations and good decisions on the fly, as well as be able to work well in a group, be able to lead and take orders and know how to train properly and take care of themselves. And u have to be able to complete tasks when nicked.
I have been told that if I would have accepted going to OCS which is something else I also turned down. As I didn't want to do it. I was where in the world I wanted to be, doing what I wanted to do. I worked hard to get that and with help I got all that I really wanted. But I have been told by several enlisted and officers that if I had gone to OCS they would have likely tried me out for Sp Forces. Its not that I could not do a lot of the stuff I understand they do already I just didn't want to do it.
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We also have the army DELTA Force compatible with the Navy SEALS. These guys go undercover in places where no other units go!
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As far as high specialty, don't forget the electronics 94 series mos. They can set you up to go support for special ops units, 160th soar, and the like. Can also set you up for an 80k+job when you get out. Don't forget about EOD
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Not all high speed means physically tough...intelligence is high speed and civil affairs units are comprised of very high speed tough soldiers who work with spec ops to blend in and gather intel...definition of high speed means situational awareness in a dangerous environment...doesnt matter what color cover you have on your head or what guts you puked out in selection
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