It may be they loosened that requirement around '05-'08 when I was going through the recruitment-process due to issues with 'Stop-Loss' on moral and the desire to get boots on the ground for the 'surge.
-Anyways, that was as far as I got. Which is like saying you didn't get your hand caught in the door, but it sure did crush your leg.

*Decides to continue discussing the RP in the roleplay's context of screened individuals being trained as unwitting space-marines... or space-desceant infantrymen.

And agreed on the psychological aspect.

[s]The ridiculously brutal training [to the point of Hollywood-style hell-training from Divergent] I had for Marlene's original psych profile probably will not apply; the result will likely be a softer and kinder person, [i]hopefully[/I].[/s]
-No, wait... that was Alexi... I haven't killed her yet. Scratch that.

Marlene is probably going to be a bit grittier and jaded than recent efforts since this isn't an upbeat anime-inspired highschool-RP.
-Having a good chunk of her team get splattered on the desert sands and then discharged purely for political reasons would probably make her a bitter tsundere.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapa_Kapa_Trail#32nd_Infantry_Division_march]A tiny youtube/wiki-trek reminded me of my late next-door neighbor[/url].
-In 7 weeks, nearly 3 out of every 10 Americans of the 32nd division had to be carried-out on a stretcher of which one would be dead.
[hider=Sentimental search found this]"Here in the jungle, I sit up on the edge of my slit trench to escape several inches of water in its bottom. I look at my watch, mentally trying to slow the hands as they move toward zero hour. My breathing is shallow and more rapid than normal. I am conscious of every heartbeat. A pencil of sunlight pierces the dense overhead and glistens momentarily on the razor-sharp edge of my bayonet.
...
For some reason, everything was quiet on Christmas Eve -- no firing from either side. Suddenly, out of the darkness came soft harmonica music playing 'Silent Night.' A 20-piece orchestra couldn't have done it better. Now it was indeed Christmas Eve."
~Sgt Leland C. Atkinson; 32nd Red Arrow Division[/hider]