JSOC Operator | Finishing Delta Force Selection and Working With The Best 

The first time I went to selection, I failed, but during the exit interview, was invited back, the second time I got hurt, but again was invited back. The third time was the charm.

I find the most important and best stories are told by the ones who fail and come back for more until they succeed. Never Quit.

I did a selection in 2004 after my Iraq deployment. I had the opportunity, during the interview portion, to ask a question about anything I wanted. I asked what I was assessing for, and he said that he couldn't tell me. It wasn't overly difficult, but the strangest part was the ruck portion. I started as one of the last people, only passed two people but when I finished there were literally only 5 of us that got in the van together out of about 30. To this day, I have no idea how far we walked or how long we walked for.

No one, except the guys who run Selection, knows what the selection standards are. Those are highly classified but it is said that they look for specific traits, not necessarily the strongest and fastest.

These guys are like Olympic athletes period . I never went higher than Airborne but I also joined the army when I was 35 . I wasn’t the fastest guy but I was always in the front pac of dudes never quit anything they threw at us completed every Ruck march . We had one kid who quit every one even the 2 mile we started with all the way up to the 25 mile ruck at the end with the steak dinner lol it was literally like 6 Oz steak with nothing else lol it was so good then we drank the punch it was awesome I wish I could re do life n join when I was 17 , 18 yrs old . I did 8 yrs in the 82nd n my hip blew out when I was 43 and I had it replaced. No regrets now I’m waiting for my other hip to be replaced. It would if happened with or without the army

I was part of the tail for 15 years from 1979. What an honor to serve there. I proudly display the Unit colors I was presented at retirement

great talk, gents

the Omega Man, has to be one of the greatest movies ever

I understand special operators living with the injuries of serving physical injuries but I don't understand why a person would become a special operator knowing that mentally there's a really good chance you will never be the same i.e. Depression PTSD... To me that's a heavy price to pay especially for your loved ones that will be around you

Kyle Morgan said he got past Stress Phase but didn't make it through the panel interview and was invited back; did he have to do Stress Phase all over again?

Rick Merritt!!!

Facts... me and my brother went through hte same spring class when C Squad ran the course. the course is really a joke. its the commanders board that get u to OTC but theyll fail u last day of the course. and the girls at G Squad always outsourse from the Unit because they either marry into the unit or dnt wanna be found on the JIANT global. and half of D Squad failed the shoot in to SOTIC. how do u go back to the Unit command and say I failed the shoot in?

British SAS selection is the pinnacle. In my opinion.

“Was it everything you hoped for?” That was a question on your list of questions? I’m pretty sure he died a little in side and regretted the interview when you asked that question.

I'm an ultra elite member of MEAL Team 6. They drop us deep behind enemy lines and then we eat everything of their food we can get our hands on. It's devastating and my stomach suffers from severe PTSD...

They care bc your committing legal murder and they have to clean up the illegal mess