John "Shrek" McPhee
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You know what I mean?
Crossing over.
No, he was going from 11 to 18 to get promoted in the unit.
Gotcha.
Back in the day, special forces guys used to get promoted a lot quicker.
So the infantry guys would go to the Q course, pass, right, if they pass.
Now they're a special forces guy.
They go back to the unit, and then they get promoted on the special forces track instead of infantry.
Okay.
And back in the day, that was just quicker for guys.
I told him fucking not only no, but fucking hell no.
And then curiosity killed the cat.
You know what I mean?
I showed up anyway.
None.
And he said, he did tell me that.
I was like, I'm in no shape to take this fucking PT test, you know?
And he was like, all you got to do is pass the Army standard to get in.
Which, that's pretty fucking wild.
Fuck, I'm squared away.