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The National Guard is looking for Special Forces Candidates. If you feel you have what it takes to be one of us, contact Staff Sergeant Brito at (562)900-0575. Must be willing to travel or relocate to Southern California. We offer extreme challenge, pride and the right to call yourself one of the elite.

http://www.iguardcalifornia.com

The Special Forces soldier trains on a regular basis over the course of their entire career. The initial formal training program for entry into Special Forces is divided into four phases collectively known as the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) or, informally, the "Q Course". The length of the Q Course changes depending on the applicant's primary job field within Special Forces and their assigned foreign language capability but will usually last between 56 to 95 weeks. Entry into the United States Army Special Forces begins with Phase I of the Q Course known as Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS).[1] Getting "Selected" at SFAS will enable a candidate to continue on to the next four phases of the Special Forces Qualification Course. If a candidate successfully completes these next four phases he will graduate as a Special Forces soldier and will generally be assigned to a 12-man Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA), commonly known as an "A team."

Special Forces Assessment and Selection (Phase I)

The basic eligibility requirements to be considered for entry into Special Forces training are:

Be a male, age 20-30.
Be a U.S. citizen. (Excepting 48 annual slots for foreign military students)
Be a high school graduate.
Score a General Technical score of 110 or higher and a combat operation score of 98 on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.
Qualify for a secret security clearance.
Qualify and volunteer for Airborne training.
Take Defense Language Aptitude Battery or Defense Language Proficiency Tests.
Score at least 70 points on each event and overall minimum score of 229 on the Army Physical Fitness Test.

Two Ways To Become A Special Forces Operative

There are now two ways for individuals to volunteer to attend SFAS:
As an existing soldier in the US Army or Army National Guard with the Enlisted rank of E-4 (Corporal/Specialist) or higher, and for Officers the rank of O-2 (1st Lieutenant) promotable to O-3 (Captain), or existing O-3s.
The other path is that of direct entry for civilians with no military experience. Here an individual who has no prior military service or who has previously separated from military service is given the opportunity to attend SFAS. Contact Staff Sergeant Brito at (562)900-0575 to enter through the National Guard program.

Training at SFAS

Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) is the first phase of the Special Forces Qualification Course, it is 24 days of training held at Camp Mackall. It is a mentally and physically demanding course designed to see if the soldier has the twelve "Whole Man" attributes to continue in Special Forces training and to serve on an ODA: intelligence, physical fitness, motivation, trustworthiness, accountability, maturity, stability, judgment, decisiveness, teamwork, influence, and communications. Approximately sixty percent of all candidates attempting SFAS are unsuccessful.

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  • are they classified as in do they have to conceal their identities. if you enjoy that video this is a mad doco on the SASR australian special air service regiment. classified ranks and sandy berets. search for SASR selection documentary

  • Berets are the real men uncle was a black beret... Looking to meet a beret if it's you respond to sonitardas7 I am sexy white and female from Pittsburgh....

  • I bet Obama hates this. Did he ever serve in the military? Little boy couldn't make it through this. Hell, he got a free ride all the way through college with our tax money

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  • Hash Browns!!!

  • I got to say, atleast the hasbrowns guy wanted to keep on going. Shows some heart, some motivation.

  • @MetalSights -This is US-SF. It is SFAS: Special Forces Assessment and Selection. Bone up on your groups as you are short a couple, and learn the SF mission, as what you have stated is WAY off. Nice effort though, shows you have an interest, just do a little more diggin before making bold comments like that.

  • uhh... hash browns?

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