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Special Force Personal Statement Examples

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During my time in Special Forces (SF) as a Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) I have had the opportunity to experience a wide variety of the SF core tasks. This has allowed me to see nearly the full spectrum of what we are not only capable of as individuals and as an Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) at the local level, but what we can affect at the strategic level as well. And while I will always credit my knowledge and experience that I have obtained to my time as an NCO, I have always felt the desire to move into higher levels of responsibility where I am not just the one advising commanders, but the one making decisions that directly impact our mission based on the inputs from my subject matter experts. I feel the best way to serve not only my personal desire to progress to higher levels of responsibility and authority but also the regiment is to become a Special Forces Warrant Officer. I have always had the …show more content…

This State Department team would be what most in our community would consider hostile. But through our professional demeanor and the delicate methods in which we to sensitized the country team, we were able to not only start the implementation of several new concepts in the area but also change the way the country team viewed SOF as professionals. We were seeing firsthand the third order effects of what can happen when operators and support elements act unprofessionally in nearby countries and how that reputation can make things very difficult to overcome. It was mostly during this experience where I got to see the big picture of what our ODAs were doing, and how having the right people in the right positions can mean the difference between a mission failure and a mission success at a very high

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