I'm currently on Active duty stationed at Ft. Bragg in the 3rd Special Forces group. I was prior infantry, before joining the Special Forces. You must transform a regular, soft civilian into a soldier. It just doesn't happen. I've been through the hardest training in the world, and I can tell you a few things first hand. DURING the training, the person will start to lose some of their "Self" and become somewhat brain washed. But as soon as you complete it, or fail out, and return to the regular world, you become your old self again. During SFAS (Special Forces Asessment and Selection), I definitely felt like a different person. No food, sleep, or comfort changes you into something else. Afterwards, things that most people think SUCK won't suck, so you'll be able to operate in harsh conditions and not take the same mental hit as a regular person would. During SERE (Survive, Evade, Resist, and Escape), which is said to be the most intense training in the world, people are put into TRUE survival mode. No food, sleep, or comfort coupled with getting beaten half to death. But afterwards, once again, you become normal again. That's how it works. You train to the edge, and when you come back, your stress level and pain level have increased ten-fold. Even easy schools, like the Army's Airborne School, remove the civilian side of people, so that the fear of jumping out of a plane dissappears, solely because "everyone else is doing it". Soldiers train hard, and they have to kill for a living. That's how it is. I anyone has questions about the Army or Special Forces, let me know via PM, or just post here. Been active for 7 years, so I know a thing or two about the Army, compared to people who base their opinions on documentaries and TV shows.
Also, if you live around the Fort Bragg/Fayetteville, NC area and want to LAN, hit me with a PM.
