"I Search" Paper and Interview

[Nachtschleicher]

Hello everyone! I am doing a paper that my English teacher calls a "I search" paper. My History teacher last semester caled it a "term paper". Either way, it's a paper that takes about 2 to 3 months to do, and has little "checkpoints" along the way.

I am thinking of doing it on Military Special Forces. I've already got most of my sources. I'm still deciding between the Army's SFOD: Delta, Army Rangers, Marine Force Recon, or Navy SEALS. Here's what will make my decision... I need to find somone that I can interview... how easy would it be to find someone I can interview, preferbly on-line?

Finding someone from Delta would be, no doubt, hardest, with the SEALS 2nd, then Force Recon, and Rangers. So basically, I'm asking if you know anyone from these military branches I might be able to get in touch with.

Thank you for your time, and have a good 'un!

[hood]

That might be difficult, but there's a lot of people in the groups that you mentioned on the following website. If you make sure to ask politely like you did here, you might get a positive response. Don't take it personally if you get a negative response though.

http://www.socnetcentral.com/vb/

[Nachtschleicher]

Thanks for the reply Hood. I’ve got some questions regarding that forum though…

I. Should I copy and paste the first post above you, or should I make it more complicated? By that, I mean adding more details, more politeness, and a little info on what the questions would be like.
II. Will my name: Nachtschleicher (German for Night Sneaker) have the possibility of offending someone?
III. Where do I post my question for maximum effectiveness? If I were to post it in the Delta, SEAL, Reconnaissance, and Ranger forum, it would, no doubt, piss them off, so where should I put it for 2nd best effectiveness?

Thanks for your time, and have a good ‘un!

[hood]

There's a general all around forum on there if you scroll down a bit. It's monitored by the forum admins, so they can probably point you in the right direction if they want to. I'd probably leave the delta one out as there's about a 0.000001 % chance of someone responding to that, but the SEAL and Ranger one should be fine. I can't really say about the German name. If they're going to give a negative response, it will be because of other reasons, and not only that.

[Nachtschleicher]

OK, this is what I'm thinking of posting over there. You seem to have more experence over there than I do, what do you think?

"Hello everyone. I am Jason Anderson, also known as Nachtschleicher, which in German means Night Sneaker (I did read the thing about Wannabes, and I believe the name won’t pose to be a problem, but if it is, let me know immediately).

I am 17 years old, in High School, and I am very much interested in joining the military. I don’t believe I can, however, since I am hard of hearing. I’ve been told that I MIGHT be able to join, but I doubt it. I went to the Marine Corps recruiting office, and asked if I could join, but was told that I couldn’t. I’m somewhat of a wannabe, but only because I cannot be.

If any of you have any questions, please feel free to ask as I have nothing to hide.

Now for the reason I came here:

I am doing a research paper that my English teacher calls a “I Search” paper. It’s a big paper that takes about 2 or 3 months to complete, and there are “checkpoints” along the way. I am thinking of doing this paper on one of four military branches: Army's SFOD: Delta, Army Rangers, Marine Force Recon, or Navy SEALS. My decision will be made by who is willing to be interviewed, if any. I will not ask stupid questions, and if something is of inappropriate material, I will disregard that question, no questions asked.

If any of you believe that doing a paper is a bad idea, please let me know.

Thanks for your time, and have a good ‘un!"

Thanks for all your help!

[hood]

:) That should do nicely.