British Couple Reacts to What is the Most Elite Military Unit in the United States? 

As I understand it, Delta recruits it's members from the various spec ops forces (green berets, SEALS, marine recon, etc), so if I had to guess I'd say Delta is probably the most elite.

Comparing the Special Operations branches is like comparing apples and oranges. Each has their specific mission that require unique skills. All require professionalism, stamina, and dedication far above the average service member.

PJs are who Delta, Green Berets, SeALS, and other units call in an emergency. They will drag you out with one hand while laying down suppressive fire with the other. I have standing orders from my father to buy any PJ I meet a drink - he had buddies who were saved by the PJs jumping into Vietnam to rescue them.

Much love and respect to ALL military personnel!!

Fun fact: Air Force PJ's are all Paramedics and can immediately work as civilian paramedics. They are the only medics trained to that level in the military.

The 2 delta force guys had a movie based on them. Well of the entire battle. Blackhawk down. It's a wild story.

As a civilian, I don't think I'm qualified to say which of these units is the most elite, but I will say that I'm super thankful for their service and what they do.

Imo its Delta Force. They're crazy...and the biggest thing is you'd never know you're near one. Plus they recruit from ALREADY recognized SF units such as Rangers.

My father was a member of the original SEAL Team 1. He didn't come back from Nam, but I am still proud of him. He was my inspiration for going into Naval Intelligence and staying there for 22 years until one too many mission related injuries permanently sidelined me. Really upset me that I got medical'd out rather than at least let me push paper to get my 30

As a former Marine, as much as I hate to do it, I've gotta tip my hat to the Navy Seals. Much respect squids. That being said, no other unit comes close to the P.J's. Greatest respect goes to them. Semper Fi to all my brothers and sisters who have served.

Horses are still used today in modern warfare and scout missions. It all depends on where the operation is located on what will be used for transport. There aren't many modes of transportation as silent and nonthreatening as a horse.

The military is split into 3 categories. Tier 3, tier 2 and tier 1. Tier 3 is your regular military personnel like army, marine, air force and navy. Tier 2 are the special forces within the branches like for example the us army rangers or marine raiders and navy seals. Tier 1 is where it gets complex but its essentially a step up from tier 2 units but are completely different in a way. For example tier 1 would consist of delta force, ISA, Devgru, seal team six, 101st para rescue and a few others but all of them are assigned different objectives and commands. ISA would be considered the most classified of the group since they are within the CIA or perhaps an entirely different entity. But nobody really knows who is the most elite. Im pretty sure there are commands and forces we've never heard of as they kept under wraps.

They completely left out 160th soar(special operations aviation regiment) the night stalkers

Delta force. Hands down. Watch Black Hawk Down. You will see the Army Rangers and Delta Force. As a former Ranger I was not good enough to make Delta. There may be a video on Delta Force and you’ll see it’s only the elite of the elite that make it. Delta takes a lot of pride in know one hears about them.

I love the PJs Military's paramedics. They're the ones who patch you up and take you to the hospital. Mass respect.

1st Cavalry at Fort Hood Texas has plenty of horses.

They're all at the top of their respective games, each unit has a specific set of tasks to excel at. But it has to be said... when any SF unit encounters extreme adversity, the PJs are called in for relief and extraction.

Top choices hands down are DELTA and SEALS (6). However, I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a “Group” that is a combination of all of them. We will never hear about them, because we’re not supposed to. EM1 (SW) USN-RET.

the units have different missions. whose best for what job? all great.

Watch the movie 12 Strong. It's about a US Special Forces team who coordinated an attack against the Taliban after 9/11 with the Northern Alliance. They operated on horseback, calling in air strikes with their radios.

I would say Delta Force since there missions are kept more of a secret and because of the stories I’ve heard about them but I respect every single military personnel❤️🇺🇸

Special Forces have joint bases to help learn from each other. They even have a college where they teach them about cross cultural communications and other non-fighting ways to complete their missions. They really have to do everything.

The most elite is not known. They talk about the Seals and they are a force to deal with. Who is the most elite is not talked about.

It's tough to single out one of the Elite units as the best because they all have their roles to fill & have have specialized training. There's some that you hear about more than others. There's tv shows & films based on them - but remember that they are entertainment & not necessarily exactly what happened or how their missions are run. I am sure lots of actual specific military procedures are still kept under wraps for their protection & covert mission abilities. I went to school with many who joined the military after graduation (in all branches - even Coast Guard since I live an hour from the Duluth/Superior Ports on Lake Superior) & I know that some were SEALs, Green Berets, etc. There's a strong military history in my region with the Great Lakes & the Canadian border so close - my Dad & other extended family members have served as well as neighbors & family friends. We have quite a few National Guard Units up here in Northeastern Minnesota & there's an Air National Guard base in Duluth, so I know many people currently & retired from the Guards. I would like to Thank our Military members for their Service - Freedom isn't Free & my family is grateful for you all! We would live in a completely different world without our Military members.

Everyone loves the PJs

This would be a perfect time to suggest you guys watch and react to Lone Survivor (Navy Seals) and Black Hawk Down (Delta Force/Army Ranger)

If you remember the guy John Chapman from that "first medal of honor ever recorded" video, he was a Air Force Combat Controller as well.

Delta force because Navy seals become delta force, but delta force doesn't become navy seals from what I have been told

The unit is delta force is the us most elite

Pararescue guys are insane. They are basically like paramedics, but the pj's evacuate casualties in the worst possible circumstances. They literally will fly in a firefight going on jump out, retrieve the injured all the while they are no doubt being shot at while they do this.

Beesleys, around 8:00, where the subject moved to Ranger units, it was mentioned that they started during the French and Indian War, which was the setting for Last of the Mohicans, starring your own Daniel Day-Lewis. Several of these I've never heard about until now.

Remember, every Navy Seal, every Green Beret, every PJ Ranger try to get selected for DELTA FORCE!!!

My friend from high school was a ranger. Fought in Syria when he was around 21-22. Such a great guy has some cool pics on deployment

Para-Rescue is the only force (last I heard) trained to get into the best position to get shot. Pretty grim training. But certain missions have a high probability of being hit.

Delta Force, in my opinion.

When I lived in Aniston Alabama about 20 years ago, British soldiers were being trained to defuse bombs at Ft Macellan (not sure I spelled that correctly).

Tier 1 in the US is Delta aka The Unit aka CAG. Operators from DEVGRU (Seals), Green Berets, 75th Ranger Reg and other SF tryout for The Unit not the other way around. There’s never been a Delta move to be a Seal but there’s been many Seals that have tried out for Delta. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I note he missed USMC Anglico, basically the same as the Army Tactical Air Control Party with the addition of being skilled at Naval Gunfire Support.

Those medal of honor recipients were in the movie "Black Hawk Down."

Black Hawk Down is a great movie that essentially shows what Shughart and Gordon did, worth watching if y’all haven’t already.

You should do a review of the movie 12 strong. It starts Cris Hemsworth. It's about Green Berets in Afghanistan.

I just watched a documentary that talks about a black ops unit that is so secret that although there is a name for it. It's never spoken of. They recruit from the elite if the elite of all tier one operators.

Detla aka SFOD-D or Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta aka CAG or Combat Action Group.

Delta Force contains several individuals from other elite special training units.

Watch "Black Hawk Down" for the 93 conflict if you want a bit of a more cinematic take on the 93 conflict In Mog. They did a very good with the movie and is an absolute classic too.

I'm surprised he didn't mention C.I.A. Special Activities Division. Those dudes are who I'd consider to be the absolute pinnacle of U.S. military SF.

There is one special operations unit they didn't talk about that I heard about in another video called The Activity they are above all the units mentioned here.

many of these groups have core missions but have some overlap and often train together, delta force recruits operators from many of these other groups. and has the widest scope of operations.

also look up ranger reconnaissance company they are a premier tier 1 unit

Support teams is like having an attack dog (or team of attack dogs) in case something unexpected happens. If all goes well then the support guys will stay out of the fight or just protect the parameter of the objective. If, however, all goes to crap the support guys come in and help handle or destroy the problem encountered by the original team. Believe me, a direct action force should not be underestimated.

When they reference the battle of Mogadishu there may have been a little movie you may have heard of Black Hawk Down

Every one of the units are genuine bad asses in a straight up fight. Beyond that they each have highly specialized skill sets. If you need to turn a screw you don't grab a hammer. The unit that is the "best" depends on what mission needs to be done and which units are available within the time frame the mission needs to be completed in.

Troops take horses to not leave tire marks, more quite as well

Watch the movie about it. It's name is "Blackhawk Down" and it is an excellent film!

AFSOC is widely regarded as the toughest special forces. They have a tier 1 special forces unit called “24th Special Tactics Squadron”, which is the highest tier. For comparison, seal team 6 (now DEVGRU) and delta force are also tier 1. 24th STS consists of the best combat controllers, PJs, Special Reconnaissance and TACPs. PJs and Combat controllers also embed with other special forces, such as the various seal teams and delta force. They were also present at the battle of Mogadishu also known as “Black Hawk Down”.

They left out Coast Gaurd Rescue Diver. They are incredibly elite

Horses were used as recently as Afghanistan that I know of. The first SF ODAs in country used horses to get around out of necessity

Update yeah needed donkey's and horses where used or the mixed mule for mountain's when vehicles wasn't good to use

Army Special Forces used horses in the intial invasion of Afghanistan in 2001-2002 before we had infrastructure to support vehicles in country. They fought in the mountains with the Northern Alliance and relied on horses for transport because there were no roads. It's portrayed in the movie 12 Strong staring Chris Hemsworth and based on actual events (although the movie sucked)

John Chapman an Air Force Combat Controller was the most elite 1 man team. There I said it.

(Dev Gru) Development Group is basically what Seal team 6 is called now, is a tier 1 unit like The Unit, often called Delta. All of these units mentioned in this video are Operators but not all are tier 1 Special Operators. But in the end the most beautiful woman or man in the world is a matter of opinion. However, tier 1 special operator like Delta or Dev Gru are amongst the most elite. ISA is an intelligence gathering group, because of the nature of their work and how they must operate they must be able to setup, disassemble, and if necessary, fight their way out of deep enemy territory. Since many special operators do similar work and operate with intelligence ISA provides, it is beneficial to recruit special operator like Delta and Dev Gru. Cuts down on training time and they come with experience as well.

Former ranger Nicholas Irving said when the seals need help they call us We rescue seals they never had to rescue us

Always remember the crew brought in to support the other is usually because the first team couldn’t get it done

I’m a former us marine raider and yes we use horses or any other forms of transportation to get across difficult terrain that can be accessed by vehicles so we train to use anything we can to complete or mission lover your channel and Semper Fi

They probably acquired the horses along the way and improvised.

for the quesiton about horses ,the first special forces unit to go inside Afghanistan rode into battle in Afghanistan on horseback

Hi, I'm a former US Marine and I can answer your question about horseback riding in US special operations... Yes horses were used much widely in the military in the past however special operations teams are trained to use horses and donkeys when conducting mountain warfare... Animals can go farther and survive longer in high altitude mountainous environments far better than any vehicle can. I would say that mainly army green berets are primarily trained in modern combat while using horses and pack animals... The most recent use of horses were in the wars in Afghanistan where Green berets and various special operation units would ride horses alongside allied tribal forces in the mountains of Afghanistan. There are many accounts of US special forces teams patrolling the mountains in Afghanistan on horseback.

My uncle was a green beret in Vietnam and was dropped off in the middle of the jungle with like three other people and tasked with recon missions and search and destroy missions and tasked with killing certain people

Seal team 6 - best of the best but I'm biased. Each has their own theater of operations where they're the best.

When SEAL Team 6 took out Osama Bin Laden, there were members of SEAL T 6 who were publically bragging about the operation and a couple were bragging about being the one who actually killed Bin Laden. That's what makes Delta operators the best of the best and the true "quite professionals". Delta operators complete their mission and remain anonymous and, like they said in the video, you wouldn't know it if your were standing next to a Delta, or any Army SF soldier, or not.

I'd say Delta is the most elite. One of the reasons for this is because a lot of them are chosen because they are the elite of other elite forces. But they may seem more elite due to most of there operations being classified. You don't hear many stories about their escapades. The seals are right there with them though. The truth is one force may not be any more elite than another. They all do specialized things. They all have specialized training. They're all tough guys. It takes all of them to keep us safe. I'm just happy that there are still guys out there willing to do this stuff. They are truely the best among us and elite human beings.

My guess before watching is Delta Force due to the combination of their training and the relatively small size of the unit, but the Navy SEALS are also up near the top due to their intense training and successful missions.

What is so deadly about Delta Force is because they recruit from all branches of the us military so you could have someone who can be an engineer that is also trained to do everything else that a special operator can do

Horses and donkeys were used in the mountains of Afghanistan. Sometimes the choice was a horse or a donkey or a chopper - if the chopper wasn't available your choice was made. Not sure if Green Berets are still trained on horses - but I know 5 years ago they were.

I have friends who served in SF, rangers and some other areas. All of them respect PJs.

the two guys that got the medal of honor in mogadishu are partayed in the movie blackhawk down . its a must watch since its based on a true story .

The British SBS is badass too! I recommend that video

Special ops definitely used horses as recently as Afghanistan.

I think you may have misunderstood the term “support” in regards to the Rangers. They aren’t support troops. They are elite light infantry that conduct their own missions in support of a Strategic objective, Or as part of the plan on a tactical battlefield. That is how they support. BTW, the vast majority of the American troops in the battle of Mogadishu were Rangers. They supported the mission objectives in a direct action role. I hope that helps.

When it comes down to support, Rangers, Berets, all of them are direct SF forces. A huge part of the difficulty of their job is imbedding

I’m assuming they roped DEVGRU into the Navy seals. DEVGRU or Seal team 6 as it’s more commonly known is the elite tier 1 spacial force of the seals.

CCT are actually considered Tier 1 special forces to

I think publicly is delta but nobody knew about seal team six till a couple years ago

It’s not about WHO is the BEST per say. Think of it more as “which is the best for a specific job”

I am retired from the U.S. Army. I believe that Delta is the most elite unit. If you heard the Delta operators come from other elite units, ie special forces or rangers as an example, so then you go to the selection course for Delta force. I have been to a Delta force selection briefing, but by my choice did not attempt to go on to the selection process.

They are different and have different goals and one is no better than the other.

I would like to see you guys react to interviews done like on JRE with Marcus Luttrell (lone survivor) and others to hear their experiences being some of the baddest men in the world.

Love The Beesley’s!!!! Y’all are so cute!!!

NAVY SEALS AND DELTA FORCE ARE THE 2 BEST IN MY OPINION, THOUGH THEY ARE ALL FANTASTIC.

When they say "denied", what that translates to is "we were never there" *wink*

I just love you guys and the respect you have for many things American. I am an anglophile and have studied English History for many years in school, in fact, I just got back from a trip to London last week. Cheers!!!

You should check out Air Force Pararescue (PJ) training. Their selection course, better known as 'Indoctrination' is basically a shorter version of BUDS, which the Navy SEALS go through. But it's just as hellish and unforgiving in my opinion. After Indoc they start a very long pipeline of training which isn't as physically demanding but it's just as tough in other ways, if I remember correctly it's a 2 year long pipeline of training. I joined the AF to be a PJ because their motto "That others may live" really resonated with me, I started working out and ran every day in prep for it. But after a while I lost motivation and quickly realized that kind of thing isn't for me, so they stuck me in AMMO, basically that means I built bombs and missiles for a living. My new motto may as well have been "that others may die" 😂. I went from wanting to save lives to building some of the most destructive weapons in the US arsenal. Uncle Sam has quite a sense of humor!

It's most definitely Delta. They conducted a ton of singleton missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Look up Shrek McPhee. If a bad guy dies of a heart attack or similar somewhere in the world, you can almost guarantee that it was Delta induced.

Airborne is the Army jumping out of planes. Air Assault is Army for repelling out of helicopters. It’s straight up Delta for me! Go watch “Black Hawk Down”, it’s based on the battle of Mogadishu.

Delta, hands down. As an Army vet, it has to be Delta.

When the Seals get into trouble who do they call? Us, the Airborne Rangers...

Parajumper school is tough as hell

Watch the movie 'Blackhawk Down' to learn about those 2 Delta Force operators who got the Medal of Honor in Somalia in '93.

Id personally (to my limited knowledge) say that the Stormtroopers of WW1 on the side of germany were the first special forces unit. They were the utmost elite and fearless soldiers of the german army whose sole purpose was to reach, take, and breakthrough enemy trench lines by any means necessary. Some ran with mortars, rocket launchers and machine guns. Basically anything they could use to break through the lines.

once upon a time. A seal team was deployed for security to Commander Pacific Fleet during his port visit to Vladivostoc USSR. The second highest ranking officer in the US Navy. They were dressed up as a television video crew for the Navy. The leader was walking around the ship taking video of everything he could . He said I dont know how to use this camera but by the time I get to Vlad I will. He never identified himself or any of the team as Seals but You could bounce a coin off any part of the bodies . Navy journalists are in that kind of shape