Australian Special Forces

What kind of special operations may I be able to sign up for as an Army Cav. Scout?

I was wondering, because i enlisted as a Cavalry Scout and I am very soon to be completely fluent in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. Are they any "special missions" or operations, or anything I may sign up for being a Cavalry Scout with these languages fluent? Could anything possibly keep me from Afghanistan?

Public Comments

1. If you want to stay away from Afghanistan, don't join the military.
2. YOU WILL GO WHERE THEY NEED YOU!
3. they have 19Ds in regiment, which is part of USASOC. you'd have to sign up with airborne school and option 40 in your contract though. or volunteer for airborne school then RIP/ROP depending on your rank later on in your carreer. but no, you cant walk over to 5th groups HQ and be like "hey i speak this this and this can i go on a mission with you guys?" just not how the army works, and speaking a few different languages doesnt make you any more elite than the next private whos a cav scout. deployments are based on unit, so if your unit goes there, you're going. btw a "scout platoon" and cav scouts are 2 completely different things. right now infantry and cav scouts are doing the same job. mounted for most patrols, dismounted for the cities and for raids and stuff. a scout platoon is SRRP, or short range recon platoon. its job is similiar, but less "elite" as that of a LRS-D. its main jobs are reconassaince, target aquisition, and providing a designated marksman (you would probably call this a sniper) for missions that require them.
4. To see what a Scout Platoon does check out: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/call/call_01-10_parker.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/call/call_99-6_spevac.htm http://www.furorsniper.cz/data/manuals/FM_17-98_Scout_Platoon.pdf http://cavhooah.com/units.htm#bnscoutplt
5. If you do not want anything to do with Afghanistan , do not join. because more than likely you would be heading there as a Cav Scout, and even as a Spec ops soldier. as a Cav Scout, you could apply to start Ranger training to beocome a US Army Ranger, which is Special ops. or you could put in a packet for Army Special Forces. but as a cav scout, ranger, or SF, you will no doubt be sent to afghanistan.