How a SEAL Team 6/DEVGRU Operator joined DELTA Force 

YES BRO

Has to for sure man

💯

I would love to see Sal guinta on the SRS.

Legit. Shawn has to get this dude

That buys some serious bragging rights, but he couldn't be more humble and self-deprecating. I take my hat off to you sir.

Becuz killing people under the banner of ‘merica’ automatically means one is fighting for freedom. Sure guy

Lol, "enemies of freedom and America". You sound like a high school senior on his way to boot camp with no knowledge of geopolitics.

@@HC-wo2tz what unit were you with, and when?

@@markbeames7852 I have extensive combat experience in the Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific. Mostly in the online/virtual world. I was in a variety of units, but I swear to you, not once did I use the N-word on any online comrade slowing us down, or enemy players. In all seriousness though, if you're going to take the path of military service as some gotcha, try again. JIngoism isn't a good look.

That’s incredible! Any videos with this story?

That's kind of sad that fathers and sons are fighting in the same war.

@@stephen3762 it was a common thing in the past

@@flatsurfaces1913 in what past? Unless your referring to maybe the draft or something but deff wasn’t common

​@@lilslicknick93 I think he's referring to the Civil War. Lmao

Charlie Beckwith and my cousin fought together at Plei Mei SF Vietnam in 65'. Beckwith was a southern gentlemen and the founder of U.S. Special Forces.

i was also a recon scout at first, was gonna get out but signed another contract and decided to go sof and rs. no regrets

@@goldguard2k proud of you brother. I'm 34 and got out at 28. Spent 7 years as a scout. Prepared myself for Ranger School after leaving fort Campbell and into Fort Irwin. Fort Irwin sucked the life out of me. Lost the drive I once had. I fell victim of a weak mind. Godspeed brother

@@goldguard2k congratulations bro that has to be awesome. And stuff you should be very proud of. That is sooo cool.amd I bet it was fun. And going that far ya you would have no regrets at all. Thanks for serving the nation and for being soft/sf. What a cool job I bet that was. Hey I have a question and your the perfect gentleman to ask. Are SF and SOF the same thing basically or different?

And one more thing I wanted to add. None of you men have anythig to regret. You all served your country bravely. And all of us Americans are Greatfull for all of you that did. Thank you gentlemen...

I’m turning 26 is it too late

Most of them have the hardest training of any police force. Think about it. Remote. Practically no backup. Everyone they encounter is armed. Even a fisherman has a knife... At minimum. And then there's the wild animals and terrain to contend with.

Game wardens are usually a different breed. I've never seen an overweight one. Most of the guys I've ran into were country cowboys and all military vets.

He was in SEAL team 6 before he was a game warden. he was trying to get back in after 911. they said he would have to do a deployment with a regular SEAL team. He wanted to go back to tier 1 operations, so he apllied for Delta.

@@TheHypernaught well they told him he could go back to team 6 but first he had to do two deployments with a regular team first. Then he could go back to team 6. Then his friend told him about Delta Force. And he changed his mind and wanted to try out for them. Since ethry we're the only team higher then team 6. If he disnt make selection there he would have gone back to team 6. But he made Delta Force. What a cool career

Or a navy cook ?

😅😅

it goes both ways - Tim Robinson, "I think you should leave"

Most people don't have what it takes, and no shame in that.

ay' you had what it took to raise your hand and swear an oath that's more than what most do i quit college to enlist in the corps and do things that most only read about you got salad( ribbons ) on your chest that means that you've been places and done things that most people fear to dream of and you came back from places where your spiritual brothers did not come back from you army bros say follow me we in the corps say semper fi bro

How the hell do you serve your country in another country? Anyone that went to Iraq did the opposite of serve their country. Y'all served for these oil companies over a lie.

#Bluecordmafia

U may have. Did u even try? Don't sell urself short.

Who is this guy thanks bro

@@zico1583 This is MSG Kevin Holland, of CAG (aka Delta Force) formerly of DEVGRU (aka Seal Team Six), one of the very few operators known to the public to have served on both of these two "Tier 1" JSOC Special Missions Units as an operational member.

"Well let's back up."

If someone you don’t know tells you, during a round of golf, that he was in CAG, then he definitely wasn’t in CAG.

Delta was formed in 1977 with a limited crew. Vietnam was over in 1975. Marines were the first and last out of Vietnam since they secure the U.S. Embassy. Lots of things don't make sense.

This is easy to verify - Do you recall the gentleman’s name? Everyone saying the times don’t line up…I’d like someone to name one person who took part in standing up SFOD-D who had not previously seen combat in Vietnam. Now…as far as SELECTION in that time frame, unless he went SF, Ranger, or was a combat engineer or a standout medic at the time, the likelihood of his version of events is more questionable.

I suspect he is cunning (in a good way) using his "folksy demeanor". He knows what he's doing.

The dude is very charming. I'm sure that folksy demeanor serves him extremely well in many situations. "I'm sorry officer my foot slipped on the pedal when one of the chickens broke out of the cage."

He wasn’t giving you a coin even if he had 100 more on him, bro 😂

Sounds like he may have been telling you a sea story.

Dont you find it odd that special forces let alone Tier one units make up about 1/10000th of the population and yet, weve all met at least one or 10 of them?😉

@@brandonjordan2516 silence

He lied to your face

At that time that he is referring too, CAG needed more personnel like most of the military anyways

uh yeah.. ok

Riiight. You lost that battle last time I checked so save the fairytales for someone stupid. My dad got me some boers in that battle though! Also, it's spelled "Cuito Cuanavale".

You also lost 3000 unita allies killed in that same battle. Don't flatter yourself.

Yup on Ardennes street

I was in 2/505 at the time, I remember that day. We switched our run to area j after the shots started popping off.

Hey I have seen a video of him telling his story at his church. And what it is , is him on stage and only him . Speaking to everyone telling his story m I just looked it up again. And I don't know how to save the link to my phone to be able to post here. But I know the name of the channel. You can look that up and watch it. Channel name is Songen Look up that channel and you will find that video. A great watch

@@jermf35 yeah exactly! But it’s an amazing story that’s for sure!

Because of the amount of classified missions and materials guys like him were involved in

Capex, roach coach, and DRB1, terms near and dear to my heart.

@@papatom5780 Haven’t heard those terms in years lol!

Field problem

Was it Towles Stadium? I have ran a many a mile on that track, but names escape me now.

A Legend

Pardon my ignorance, I'd like to know more about him...who is he?

@@freethinkingamerican80 glad you asked. I know of a video where he is at his church telling his story in detail. And it's only him speaking no one else. So he drops a lot of info on his career. Here is the name of the channel where that video is Songen That's the name of the channel. It's a great watch

He was a SEAL, did not pass PJ school because of injury, and he never went back to try and finish it. He went to the Ranger leadership school, which is Ranger School, but not a Ranger from the 75th Ranger Regiment. He is badass, but he is not known in the SEAL community as a badass.

@svdclvlnd ah, correct TACP thank you for the correction.

Goggins is a pt freak but his issue was he was hurt several times and couldn’t deploy for years after his heart surgery but he was doing a lot of running and marathons and pt outside of the Seals and rubbed off the teams the wrong away. They didn’t give him orders to re-enlist with the Seals and was rejected for Devgru and he was approved to tryout for Rangers. Long story but they wanted him gone. Great pt guy but not so much for the teams. He even admits that after work he didn’t want to be part of the teams and wanted to do his thing solo. The fact is the Seals are a tight fraternity. If you are not tight with the teams and can’t think teams first before you they will push you out.

@@deathfire096 )) I'll let him know you're input. Respectfully where are You Posting From in a General Vicinity? I'm from the Omaha ✨🌽✨ Nebraska Area.

@@friedmac7146 😂 is not my input but from his own mouth. I’m in Utah.

Not true. Coast Guard or National Guard have NO combat deployment and Delta will take them. Devgru only takes the top senior Seals from the teams with years of combat deployments. Devgru only takes from the Seal community making the teams real tight together. They all know each other and had training and combat deployment together. To be consider for Devgru you need to be a senior SEAL E-5 or above active with the Seals with plenty of combat deployments. Devgru is also tier 1 and are very demanding.

@mike boyer Combat MOS doesn't mean you have combat deployments. You have a job training and preparing for combat and if you are an E5 you've been doing it fr sometime most likely and when you've been recruited you've more than likely shown them something. Like the 18 Airbrne has an additional required 4 mile run and 12 k road March in addition to the army's bi annul fitness test requirements. Versus the seals takes volunteers newly in the navy and marines with zero combat training and leadership training.

@@anthonymckay9404 Seals are tier 1 and tier 2. There is a 2 year pipeline to get to the Seal teams and once you make it you are the new guy in the team deploying with veteran Seals to be deployment ready. Devgru Green team is another level in the Seals. You need to be top 1% in the teams with years of combat deployments just to be consider for Green team. Most Seals selected for Green Team are E-5 and above. Both tiers in the Seals is about deployments with the teams. The reason the Seal teams are tighter because they stay within the community. Seals have their own leadership training in the community. You think Seals make E-5, E-6, Chief and Master Chiefs with no leadership training in the pipeline? 😂

Not accurate.

That's true. That's what Delta says. It's not the best guy. It's the right guy. Cuz they can train them. So they get the right guy and train them up to be Delta

ALL Tier 1 selections are the same. They are looking for candidates that can blend in the unit and work as a team. The difference here is that Devgru only takes from Seals because they have worked together years in combat deployments and they are a tighter crew. Delta takes from all branches but the negative about that is that doesn't guarantee that they all will work tight together once they hit combat deployment.

Maybe the right guy is the best guy.

@@deathfire096 actually not really - Just look at each units selection process. CAG is looking for more of the loner type who is comfortable being alone and working out problems alone but can work with the team. "Eagles are not a flocking bird" as one of the operators put

@@tyronetrump1612 and Green Team is looking for a football team? Are you familiar with Green Team? it's nothing like BUDS or SEAL Qualification Training (SQT). Devgru is the same as CAG just add the ocean. Seal Team 6 was formed 3 years later than CAG because of their failures in the beginning. There is a reason both are TIER 1 under JSOC. If you are comparing CAG selection to BUDS it explains your confusion.

Because that’s JUST the selection course. that’s to weed out the bulk of the applicants.

I wondered the same about why he didn't just get back to the teams, i haven't watched that Danger Close pod episode yet, maybe the explanation is in it. Edit: The explanation is definitely in the pod episode.

I can't imagine they'd just let anyone back in after being out of the military almost decade, no matter what you did prior. I bet getting into Dev in 2002 wasn't the same as it was in 92.

Agreed

He obviously heard of Delta...they cross trained and his friend was attached to them in Mogadishu. He had been out of the military and probably never heard of the cover name "CAG" (Combat Applications Group)

Am I following he’s timeline correctly? He went from DEVGRU to Game Warren to CAG?

@@praductjunior1519 yes

@@ydb6564 thanks buddy.

He was Devgru and left to be a civilian for 5 years. We don’t know the circumstances why he left but he left. Then after 9/11 he got the urge to go Commando and went to Devgru for his job back. They said No, he could deploy 2 times with the regular Seal and see if he is invited back for the selection. He said NO. He heard that the Army had a quick path to tryout for Delta and he took it. It took him a year. Like I said, We don’t know how he left Devgru the first time. How he left will say a lot why he went the Army route. Normally if you are tier 1 in either Delta or Devgru and quit and you have been out for 5 years they are not going to hold the slot for you. Why would they take you again and then you quit again.

Lol he did

Jack carr - Kevin Holland

10/27/95 at Towle Field

Nah.... just another non member

a bullet can't tell the difference. The enemy only has to be lucky 1 time.

@@deathfire096 I means in term of their skills. Yes bullets and bombs don’t discriminate.

All tier 1 are super professionals. Devgru is a longer pipeline. No direct shortcut from other branches. You need to pass Buds and get to the teams and have years of combat deployment just to be consider for Devgru.

@@deathfire096 you missed the joke dude r/woosh

@@MrSwccguy LOL

@@deathfire096 r/woosh

You can’t try out for DEVGRU if your in DELTA

@@BGrunty you must not get out much

@@Ranger_k16 DEVGRU only selects from the SEAL Teams, so why would a Tier 1 operator step down to “Try” out for another Tier 1 unit? He is correct a Delta Operator can not just sign up for a DEVGRU spot.

@@78ramjr LOL, We never tryout to be in NASA by his logic. Because We can't. There is NO path or shortcut for Delta to be Devgru.

Why would they hold a job for him when he was in the Army killing people? He left the job to go Army. They should give that job to a poor unemployed person looking for a job since he already had a new job with the military.

@@deathfire096 Next time you can take his place completing special forces training and risking your life for the rest of us practically for no pay.We want have anything to worry about with you on the job.

@@johndeere8594 that’s weird. You get paid in the Army since day 1 plus special pay for special training. Is not free. Thanks for the laugh.

He needs to be in the Oval Office instead of President Joseph Biden, and likely instead of any other American! Hey There, Kevin! Duty is calling! The 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses will be held on January 15, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. If you get with Ryan "Bird Man" Parrot, perhaps he can talk his friend Mr. Musk into throwing you three billion dollars (before you get the show on the road, so that is legal). Iowa native and 12 years a SEAL Mike Ritland (having interviewed that former SEAL Mr. Ryan Parrot on his Mike Drop podcast, who was so brave he gave out his phone number for people who might be hurting and need his help!) would love to see you win with most other Americans also! Thanks for your service for our Land of the Free and Home of the Brave with the red in our flag representing the Americans who gave their blood and lives for our United States to be a free country under God and Americans, whose rights were given from God, not from leaders; for instances: whose foundation for existence had required violence and deceptions of man evolving man from less complex animals, almost like Islamic the terrorists' foundation for existence requiring violence and deceptions of man today for Jihad.