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"Cadette"..."Cadidiot".......Stop this political correctness. Every derogatory word has its place! In the end either of these can be used as an effective derogatory term at the right time to toughen up a slacker OR ALSO as an affectionate term among those who have developed comradery and are...

As AROTC-dad mentioned, an NCO can apply to USMA, hopefully get commissioned and become an O-1. After that, a commissioned officer serves about 3-4 years to get experience at which time he/she can apply to attend Special Forces selection. It IS the purpose of the Academy to commission officers...

To clarify - There are far fewer officers than enlisted inside of SF (after the Q Course). That being said, SF is rarely fully manned with officers. The biggest challenge for SF is for officer candidates to successfully get through selection. Although selection is difficult for all, the NCO...

Not really, I am sure there will be those as you that will still read it. As long as the fat lady isn't singing! Cheers!

Wow, a couple of interesting topics in this one.... I have to say that I am pretty disappointed in the quality of this conversation, very negative. I can only surmise that these two professors are disgruntled and fail to understand the environment they were/are in and the big picture they...

In general, for an officer, combat arms, specifically Infantry is the best path to US Army Special Forces. You cannot replicate the infantry experience in any of the other branches. Although there are officers representing other branches that will make it through the Special Forces Officer...

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