My ranking of the best and worst U.S. SOF units. Be sure to whine about it in the comments. (160th is Army btw, meant best aviation unit not Air Force unit) #greenberet #specialforces
My bad gents, 160th is obviously Army, not Airforce. Brain was thinking aircraft and said Airforce. I meant they are the best AVIATION unit I’ve ever worked with. Had the privledge of flying into multiple combat operations with them in Afghanistan.
I was a Marine and due to our mission I worked with a few different spec ops units in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nothing crazy, mostly just sharing battle space or supporting missions. I was always impressed by the SF units, bunch of good dudes both humble and capable. One of my Marines ended up getting out and joining the Army, eventually becoming SF. Years later a bunch of us went to Ft. Bragg for his funeral, afterwards they had us over to their establishment out in town and we had a few beers with his unit, once again just a good bunch of guys. Of note was the huge wall of pictures dedicated to Green Berets that lost lost their lives on operations. Very humbling, but I was also very proud as an American of these guys. Top notch.
As a former Force Recon turned MARSOC guy I agree with what you said. Rankings and the figuring out what they want to be. We started with 2 platoons of Force dudes supported by a platoon of Marine grunts. That changed quickly. It was supposed to model a squadron. The selling point of MARSOC was conducting Company ops which they rarely do. A Marine general after telling us recon marines that we had no right to be there, said he wanted us to do 1st class SR, he didn’t know what that was or what it looked like but that’s what he wanted. That changed. The main point he said was that we would do everything including windows. The big problem with MARSOC is its Higher Leadership. Ex. Kyle Morgan having Raiders being called and told not to support the hotel hostage rescue. Because they would compromise their mission in country at that time. This was while they were clearing rooms. Also in the beginning of MARSOC formation 3rd MRB was filled with just grunts. Caused big problems and they gained rank and leadership positions. But in the eyes of people in charge that Never took selection, “A Marine can do anything. Because we are All Marines! Something something you’re not special something Marine!” I’ve been out of it for a decade now so it’s probably better.
I will put Green Berets on top of Raiders. When it comes to fighting I believe Raiders may be a little more Aggressive. Now this is definitely biased! I never had a bad time serving and fighting alongside Green Berets. Outstanding professionalism! Great F’ing Dudes. Especially 7th Group.
I believe they're shifting towards modeling after the A-Teams now, I've heard of a few SF dudes at the schoolhouse,the structure is like A-Teams but 14, it's a good idea I think,if you want work 24/7
@@Frank-uw5xq SF dudes helped write the beginning curriculum sop for ITC. Especially for UW. They were instrumental in helping turn MARSOC into what it is today. The one thing we have over SF in initial training is our CQB course which includes breaching with basic explosive charges. This was something that came from us Force Recon guys. Everyone can, “Push the Fight!”
Actually, Delta actively recruits out of Special Forces as well as Rangers, sat in on one of their presentations in Okinawa. Regards, Denis Berte' SFC 1st Group 18E (84-95)
Much appreciate the recognition and respect put out on the CCT community. I worked with ODA 391 my last deployment in 2004. Bar far the most professional group of operators I worked with. Stone cold killers and ground hammers. They did EVERYTHING right. Priorities of work, work ethic, leadership, tactically sound as it gets. The medic "Mike" was a freaking magical in saving dudes. NEVER seen such calm and confidence while in the fire. For what it's worth: "CCT prefers to work with ODA over SEAL's any and every day of the week." God bless, JB
Former PSYOP here, I started as an 18x (ended up being a non-select at the end… yes make your jokes, I’m a failure 😝) and went PSYOP because it was either that, Rigger or go to RASP. I realized I just did not want to be in the SF community as bad as I thought. Nothing against SF, I think they are exceptional at what they do. No excuses. I chose Psyop because I wasn’t going to be a rigger. I didn’t go to Rasp because I knew a lot about the culture at Ranger Regiment and I quite frankly just did not want to be in that unit and realized I was not door kicker material. Just calling it how it is 🤷♂️. Unbiased opinion.. I agree completely that PSYOP and CA definitely do NOT fall under the Operator category and the PSYOPers that do are just trying to make themselves feel better. I never was one to try to compete with other SOF forces or prove my worth on the tactical side of things because quite frankly it’s just two completely different things. It’s like trying to compare apples to oranges. Having said that, PSYOP falls under the SOF umbrella for the reason being that in the ARSOF core tasks (I.e Special recon, FID etc…) one of the core tasks is MISO (military information support ops). With the type of black psyop that is done on deployments and operations (influence without someone knowing) there needs to be a much higher level of compartmentalization (I.e you need a TS clearance). That is why Psyop falls under the SOF umbrella. I think Psyop gets a bad rap because a lot of the force tries to say they belong in the stack with the GBs and Rangers when in reality they absolutely do NOT 😂. Not trying to be something I’m not or justify my existence on the tactical side of things, but I do believe Psyop has its role in the SOF community. Especially where the world is headed with limited DA conflicts and more Information warfare oriented things. Ironically enough all the TS clearance schools such as Touchstone is FILLED with GBs now as SF is starting to see the lethality and legitimacy of it. I hear what you’re saying when you were working with PSYOP and they offered nothing to you guys. Unfortunately you probably just worked with crappy dudes. There are some legit PSYOPers in the regiments that actually know how to support the mission and am ODA effectively. Having deployed on a CFT with all the ARSOF branches, the biggest issue they got in the way of actually getting work done was massive Egos on ALL sides. I believe that there would be a lot more efficiency in the force if the PSYOP dudes stopped trying to run the in the lanes of the GBs and Rangers, and the GBs and Rangers gave a little more space for the capabilities of what MISO can offer on the battlefield. Basically In short everyone needs to get their egos in check.. but anyone that has spent time in any SOF field knows that Special Operations is a breeding ground for massive egos 😂🙏. Not singling out anyone, it’s just a fact.
I was in a precursor unit to SFAB in '08. We were called Military Transition Teams (MiTT). MiTTs were modeled to "mimick" the indig mission of the ODAs - 11 man team, each with a MOS specialty (I was the Commo Chief). Obviously, we were in no way "operators". At one point, the Army was debating giving us a "Combat Advisor" tab🤣. I spent a year living with an Iraqi Infantry Battalion - what a shitshow!! We did, however, spend that year living on our own away from conventional forces, and that was actually pretty awesome. Spent some time on COP Cobra w/ a team from 1st Group. By late '08, Army was requiring coalition forces to conduct all missions with Iraqi Forces involved, so the ODA had us bring the Iraqi jundis out on a couple partner missions. That was mostly cool. We pretty much just had to babysit the Iraqis and make sure they didn't get blown up...but they always managed to find a way! Anyway, looking back, even though that deployment was a total dumpster fire, I sometimes feel that was the best time I had in the Army.
you forgot the ranger regimental reconnaissance company and the Intelligence support activity(who go on recon, SSE and surveillance missions for intel on certain missions that Delta and Devgru go on) and the 24th Special tactics squadrons(Mainly flies the tier 1 units and provides, PJs for medical expertise, CCTs, TACPs and JTACs trained at the tier 1 level) you also have JMAU, or the elite covert surgical unit meant to covertly operate on operators who've been injured and Cas-vac isn't possibly.
Exactly! Air Force SR has an attrition rate of 93% apparently and they learn a lot of different trades like CCT's. I think the Air Force SFU's don't get enough recognition, but again that's my opinion 🤷🏼♂
I’d have add a few to the Tier 1 department, like ISA and the 124th STS from the AFSOC side of the house. RRD as well, those dudes are total studs. But I think you nailed it otherwise 🤙🏻
Great material, finally I found someone who can say what experience he has with a particular unit and which one seems better to him and not like most others "it doesn't compare" BS.
1:22 I think the best evidence of Delta being #1 is the fact that we literally NEVER hear about Delta compared to numerous "Seal Team 6" missions disclosed (not long after they happened, for that matter). I think the whole "Seal Team 6 is the top unit" thing is like those times when the Mafia had a fake boss as a "lightning rod" and only insiders knew who was really running things.
Awesome video! I'm a big fan. I have four questions. I'm not sure if you have complete insight on these, but if you do, I'd love to know. I understand that your expertise is on the SF side so I understand if you don't. 1. Have you worked with DevGru personally? Do you think they have better leadership that perhaps maintains a balance of respect for the Navy side? 2. Where would you rank Force Recon in comparison to the SEAL teams and Ranger Battalion? 3. What are the differences between Ranger Battalion and other infantry units? 4. Despite the common perception that Marines are underfunded, based on your experience working with MARSOC, are they adequately equipped and trained for successful missions? Also, I've never understood why Marines are considered underfunded, especially since they're often referred to as the first to fight.
@Tacoma411 I'm guessing you played too much football and got hit in the head too many times. Look at the video you're commenting on, no one is saying there is an absolute best, just having fun discussing who could be considered.
@Tacoma411 yes I said would as in if I had to pick, its literally what the video is on. Everyone knows they all excell where others don't. Talk about being dense.
AF Special Tactics are all enablers and force multipliers. There has been some talk about creating ODA style teams composed of all the AFSOC AFSC, I don’t see what role they would play that isn’t already filled by another branch. CCT (not sure about SR) is the only AFSOC AFSC that is uniquely special operations. TACP and PJs are both assigned to conventional units
I feel like CCT’s and PJ’s are the only special operators who do things that Green Berets aren’t trained to do. But even then, if the Army and really wanted too, they could extend the training and train 18E to do what CCT’s do and they could also train 18D to do what PJ’s do, they already got all the medical knowledge if not more, they just don’t train to do rescues like PJ’s, from my knowledge at least.
We do a bit of it, I was. JTAC as an 18E, most our 18D can do a lot of PJ type stuff. But we are wayyyy less trained than they are in those specific tasks.
I would’ve either gone in as GB or CCT. The force multiplier effect they bring to theater just excited me. They’re like the mature daddies of the battlefield
The OP has talked about his experience with attending SOTACC. PJs medical training is as a paramedic, but their specialty is on the rescue, specifically the high angle methods. An 18Ds unique skill set is going to be keeping person alive while before reaching the next level care. This is a generalizes statement but think of PJs as the EMTs and the 18D as the trauma care/emergency room care portion.
A million years ago when I was in the Navy I was a SARC with recon, a lot of people thought we were SOF, I responded 'kinda but not really.' Pre-MARSOC. Thanks for explaining 'tiers', people don't understand that.
Im a guy from Spain, Im currently waiting for the green card. By the time I get the green card, then the naturalization, secret clearance and all that I estimate I could go to RASP (I would like to try for the 75th Ranger Regiment) I’ll have like 28 years. I’m quite concerned about my age. What do you guys think about it? Any recommendations? Blessings to the US from Spain 🇪🇸❤🇺🇸
Ranger battalion is a young man’s org typically, still doable at that age though. SF is more age appropriate but do whatever route you want bro it’s your journey.
Just know rasp is the easy part. As a private you will get hazed and literally made to fight other new guys every day until you get tabbed and prove yourself. If you’re not a savage then ranger infantry is not for you.
I realize SFAB isn't SOF, but still think it has its place. Mainly because if you don't have SFAB, and you don't have GBs doing that mission, then you just go back to us yokels randomly thrown back into it with NO training whatsoever for it. When I was a PFC just out of fort sill, as FDC, with no knowledge whatsoever on advising anybody, I was lined up, separated from most of my other battery, and just told I would be doing an advising mission in Africa. Then we didn't even learn any advising skills. We just did battle drills to prepare for it. I'm sure this made sense to somebody somewhere. SFAB might not be GB level, but they HAVE to be better than I was as a private with NO relevant training. Hell NCOs with no relevant training would be better than a bunch of PFCs and SPC. I would hope SFAB have been more proficient lately after getting their legs under them. In Africa I once saw three CA guys in civilian clothes ride camels to some place out in the desert in Ethiopia. I thought that was kinda cool. It was literally not high speed, but it was different.
@@ValhallaVFThow does FID differ from the SFAB mission set? Must the customer nation already have a SOF team the GB are going to train there? What of training an insurgency who don’t even necessarily have skills that the regular army folk in that country already have? Should they be better suited candidates to train than bare bone folks off the streets that are used to build an insurgent force?
@@1anre It was Africa in the early 2010s. Where we were at nothing much was going on. Lemonier in DJ and other places were kind of just jumping off points for more serious things. Both active and reserve CA/PSYOPS were pretty active there though. It seemed like maybe that is where they could be a main effort. Doing all the periphery stuff in an area this isn't exactly hostile, but not exactly friendly either. They would organize medcaps, emplace wells, build schools, do animal medcaps (sorry not sure what the term is here), etc. It was like a way to show the populace that the US isn't dicks. Maybe not as well received by the governments as China's belt and road programs (those guys were everywhere in Africa) but while the governments liked China better, the winning the hearts and minds of the local populace was a clear W, for the USA. I realize this isn't SF stuff, but it's better than what the average Joe is doing. Just being treated like an adult is a huge upgrade over most combat arms. Might not be case now, but it seemed like a sweet gig back then.
Also Ranger RRC and the Activity ISA. Also possibly SOG CIA. I'd put them a close 2nd. Maybe very least at 3rd.or maybe 1st. SOG CIA we never hear of a screw up or with the activity. I also agree with SF green Berets 3rd. They always seem to get the mission done. With little mess ups. And totally professional and most are silent about it.
I'm an currently preparing for BUD/s because my father and grandfather were in the Navy. I couldn't see myself going anywhere else due to family tradition, hopefully I can make it through and the next generation can fix the reputation. My buddy was a PJ and that's something I would love to do, but I chose Navy.
Nate. Love the channel. Reading the comments 160th S.O.A.R. is most definitely ARMY. 24th S.T.n O.S. Air Force. Just curious since you coverd just about everybody in U.S.S.F.C. you didn't mention the 528th S.B. 112th sof signal Bn. Or 389th M.I. Bn. Any comments Also any dealings with the AFSOC C.W.C.T. Now I think strategic reconn. ? Loved the " group personality " and the 18 A. My Son is a T.L. with the " Legion" @ CAMPBELL. Again great channel Thank you
I guess I am in the minority here *Former Marine). I have respect for each of our branches. But there is one in particular that needs a reboot in the worst way. We all know who they are. But the criticism on Marsoc can only be vetted by other Marsoc CSO's and people who have worked with them. It does get old to see the big army constantly looking down on the Marine Corps. It is the Ford Vs Ferrari analogy. I remember judging a super squad competition and being blown away at how well those young Marines performed. In the Okinawan hot sun no less. They genuinely impressed me. I can't imagine what Recon and Marsoc are capable of because Marsoc did not exist when I was in, and I was barely around the Recon Bubba's. I was a part of CIF in the pacific in the 90's. SF where the allstars and we were their cordon force. Their Sgt Major treated us well and gave us high praise. I can remember the ODA's laughing at us and asking why we were so hard on our guys (making them push when they dropped their weapon, ect ect). It was a totally different culture for them, but I do not remember any bad blood. We were happy to work with them. I cannot say the same for other branches and units. We were told to be lords of discipline when we cross polenated with them, but the "stupid Marine" comments got old, and I could only do so much to hold my guys back at that point. We have to understand everyone's role in this game and respect what we can and cannot do for each other. Yes, there are some units that need a complete leadership overhaul and to have their ego's checked, but at the end of the day, I will always let another soldier, sailor, airman and Marine drink from canteen any day, as long as they get in the fight.
Not to be a know it all because I respect you and this list, 24th STS is the Air Force’s tier 1 component with guys attaching to Delta and DEVGRU. 160th is Army SOF pilots and aircrew/aircraft.
thanks a lot bro your info gave me a bunch of insight, i was aspiring to become a seal but after watching this i did a little more research and decided to go marsoc.
Get ahold of Jake Zweig he'll give the PDF to train, he's former Seal , he'll advise you to go Army SF, which you definitely need to reconsider, go SF bro
I’ve talked with Jake Zweig. Just email him and get the PDF, don’t even bother talking with him if you didn’t hit semi-passed to good scores on that PDF with data collected. And if you can go to college just do that. I really wanted to enlist as a Pararescue years ago (I was able to perform everything above the minimum standard except my pushups was stuck at 65 in 2 mins) and he immediately shot me down calling me a bookworm 😂 this is when I was rejected by all the universities I applied to. I had completely given up on life. He motivated me to try another year, but this time do it like I mean it, and lo and behold I got into UC Berkeley as physics major while doing Pre-Med. he’s intimidating at first but he got a big heart, great guy.
@@Frank-uw5xqJake Zweigs training is a absolute joke and unethical. Running 50-60 miles a week is not actually building your body, but making it worse. 7-12 miles a week is all you really need.
i knew a cpl who finished the pipeline for Raiders 2 years ago (he's now a sgt) the identity crisis is true however from what he told me, the mission sets and what they are as a unit is very similar to green beret due to leadership changes they made recently. Raider battalions tried to be like the 75th Ranger regiment along with the mindset of recon marines but i think they stopped that since 2018. Marines in general tries to have that mindset of "one mind, any weapon", every marine is a leader, and we're special type of dudes (not really).
As a commo guy, can you give your take on SOT-As you have worked with? It would make a unique vid to just give a cursory overview and your experience with them down range? Love the channel.
SOT-A and the 18E really don’t have anything to do with each other outside of being technical jobs. I have worked with them probably more than any other enabling MOS though so I could do a video on that potentially.
I had a Captain in 1st Ranger Bat. B Co. ( Cpt. Whitmire) who was a former Green Beret and said SF wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be. But, that was in the 90’s.
@@ValhallaVFT SF was rocking and rolling in El Sal /Hondo in the 80's, plus what they did in OJC in Panama and after. Same with Columbia. The beauty of it was they were "Quite Professionals", so no one remembers very well.
Lets not forget the Grunt... GWOT, we took most of the casualties... along with special operations.. Always respected GBs, and special operations ... but these dudes are forgetting why the Infantry is important.... look at the casualty lists from 2001-2012... see how many 0311s/11Bs were KIA..... We need GBs to give back ... tips/training...
I’m sure it was a mistake but 160th SOAR is not Air Force. He did say for the most part, but there have been soldiers who go from SF to the 75th. From what I can tell it seems to be mostly commissioned officers. He hit on a good point that some units are considered special operations by virtue that they fall under a special operations command. Further even if in a special operations unit, doesn’t make someone an operator or even a door kicker. The 75th is compromised of soldiers from every MOS that is vital to the formation of an infantry battalion. There are many AF PJs that are assigned to conventional formations and only select TACPs serve alongside special operations roles.
@@ValhallaVFT either I missed it or it was posted afterwards. On cell phone screens a lot of the content is compressed and only shows if you expand it. Great video and information!
I think what you said is spot on but I’ve got some thoughts I’d like you to weigh in on. It seems like SF, because of their main mission set in Afghanistan, did a lot more day time operating and therefore a lot more of the “responding to long range enemy attacks” type thing. It seems Ranger regiment did more of the delta-ish night raid deals exclusively and therefore ended up in more close range engagements. Am I way off on that?
I did like 20+ night time raids in one deployment so… yea no. We operate whenever it makes sense tactically to do so. I also have valor awards for being in near ambushes at distances as close as 10 meters so, ya.
I hated NAP flights in Korea! Outside of the obvious, most of you all know Korea is generally the first duty station for helo pilots on the UH60 (IE ROOKIE and NP don't mix) Now, I was a nobody in the Army (11B) the only thing I have ever been involved in that including "Special" somewhere in the title was (Special Ed ...IE riding the short bus wearing a helmet and licking the back window) Speaking of Special, I seriously got my buddy to go into Light Infantry with me (11B) telling him it's like leg Infantry but we don't have to carry a ruck. Lastly, 160th SOAR is Army not Air Force
ISR I’ve worked with, not allowed to talk about, the other two I didn’t include because I have very little information on, haven’t worked with them personally.
The 24th STS are JSOC but are still enablers to the tier 1 teams very similar qualifications and standards to the guys the above. They don’t operate autonomously atleast publicly. A cool mention would have been AFSOC fixed wing pilots doing dirty work in contested environments those dudes a psychos much like 160th
Technically Force Recon is not part of special operations command Technically. They do though a special operations capable mission and have similarly to members of spec ops. They dont get used alot though these days.
I don’t even know anything about them, also like the only unit I mentioned I don’t know people personally in. Easier to talk about units like delta because I know a dozen dudes there.
@@ValhallaVFT yea makes sense. I worked with them on a very wierd deployment up in Mez with them in Afghanistan and have a few buddies there now. Awesome dudes. They’re pretty much number one at any sort of recon mission, especially urban recon and deep cover type stuff in countries we’re not at war with. The training they receive after making it through the pipeline is also incredibly unique, they are wizards at photography, topography, and setting in urban hides, etc… I believe they are JSOC’s smallest unit as well Mike Edwards on RU-vid I believe is the only RRC guy I’ve ever real seen talk about the unit
What about MSRT? Or does that not count because that’s department of homeland security? They work with Navy’s seals and SF as well as FBI and CIA and also Rangers, all for training purposes and sometimes missions. MSRT is literally just everywhere it seems and have a good reputation form what I heard. I met a Green Beret who worked with them and he said they were an extremely solid group. I was wanting to go that route
There is a vid short that highlights why it's always a good thing for Allies to have an American CCT in your unit or in a bad situation to hear an American voice over the comm because they always responded "we are on the way..."
@@JoshuaFlashman-oc3wmindeed. Your right. Rangers better at assaults and ambushes too. Most SEALs have never served in an infantry position before seal training.
Probably the best all time U S Military SOF was MACV SOG in the Vietnam War. There has been no Unit since that has done anything close to what they did in Vietnam. The SOF’s today are not even allowed to do what MACV SOG did back then. Many books today are written by the very operators who ran the missions. If you don’t know who they were read about them, sworn to secrecy for over 20+ years they can now talk and write about their exploits. If you read their books, you won’t put them down.
My dad was a green beret in Vietnam, my dad’s best friend was in MAC-V, so ya I am well versed. And you are 💯 right about that. Men more impressive than me no doubt.
I was an Army Ranger and can agree with his assessment of Rangers..I was in the 2/75th Ranger Bn in 1980-1981..I enlisted to be a Ranger,and at that time it took me 5 months from my first day in the army till I step foot into what was at that time RIP..Rangers are young,motivated,smart,crazy fucks..Advanced infantry is right..When you need more than a "TEAM" on the ground yesterday,Rangers get the call..At the time I was in,the next logical step for any Ranger was SF..One of the NCO's in my platoon actual made into DELTA,and from what I was told was one of the few casualties in the Grenada invasion
As a martial arts enthusiast i have a question, since you work alot with Korean and Japanese sof units can you tell us how much combative “exchange” between US and those units? ? ?
Hey man, it'd mean alot if you briefly talked about your time working with Conventional infantry units, pros and cons... we'd like to know where we stand. Your perspective on how the infantry needs to improve etc.. we dont get to work with alot of spec ops by design however we do look up to GBs and Rangers
The only shocking thing about this list was you having MARSOC in the middle. MARSOC was an absolutely cluster when I had to deal with them. From like 2008 until i got out in 2015 they were struggling HARD to be let off the leash so to speak. I'm sure they have figured things out over the years but they had a really rough standing up.
Standing up can be "rough" when SOCOM, MARSOC, and the theater combatant command ALL hang you out to dry by branding the very first MARSOC deployed company as murderers in both the media and amongst all of your in-theater peers. Only to then investigate & courts martial 11 of the NCO's and officers for a decade or more. Yep, that will pretty much ruin a command, Yep. The Army Theater Commander should be court martialed himself for how he handled & biased the investigation, only to ruin the lives of those men. Careers down the toilet, ruined families with divorces, broken families left without income and the lives they had built in service of their country. All for scumbag officer politics (and I was an officer), and to think -- all those men of Fox Company were innocent.
Could you answer a couple of questions for me/us? What is the difference between a CRF and CTAC team? Are they DA teams? Do Guard SF have these teams? Also doesn’t SF have a AFO element that you can’t talk about? I love the info and content you do man! 🤙🏽
So the CRF is designed to be a quick reaction force that can rapidly deploy to a crisis. Think Benghazi and how that should have been handled. For 1st and 10th group the CRF teams are in Okinawa and Germany respectively. They have technically been disbanded, or really renamed I guess, they’re still doing a lot of what they used to do.
Thank you for creating this video. I definitely wanted to see your perspective, as I am highly interested in signing up and I can tell that you are very real and no bs. I'm aware that SF has the 18X-ray program, but I've heard they prefer candidates with experience. In your personal opinion, what would you recommend as the best starting point if I intend to try out for SF later?
I was an 18x. I had zero military experience and was a college dropout shithead when I went in. I made it through the entire course first try. It’s all up to you as an individual as to whether you’ll make it or not.
@@ValhallaVFTI know seals are the most glorified and famous due to Hollywood/series etc, but for me it’s the Green berets,they are really the Quiet Professionals and can’t forget (De Oppressor Liber) Badass!
Could you go into detail on the SF schools? Are they only open to GBs, has there ever been a AFSOC guy in a SFARTAETC class? How does the Army's vs Navy's sniper course stack up? (I read Webb's whole book on it lol)
Could you rank infantry units/divisions? Like the different types of infantry and which units of them are the best airborne, air assault, light, marines, mech, striker, guard, marine reserves?
When everybody is SF - nobody is. Not denigrating the men and women who serve. But when I think of the Best of the Best I'm thinking of a handful of people nobody has heard of, nobody will ever hear of and who report directly to the Head of State's cut-out.
no hate here just my input, Rangers have killed/captured the most HVTs in GWOT by a long shot no unit even came close, they also have some of the best medics and always place good at sniper comps, you also said a lot of people go from Ranger to green beret and not a lot go from green beret to ranger, i'd like to add that's because like you said most rangers are young dudes, 18-25, when they get older they go to units like the green berets where most people there are 32-40, and since rangers are mainly young no green beret wants to go to a place that is full of young people.
Seals seem to be super ultra specialized in a specific job.... but then volunteer/demand jobs that ain't it. Like trying to coordinate 48 Seals to take a airfield in Panama, a job that probably should have gone to the Rangers.
@@ValhallaVFT most people don't read descriptions man. If you would have annotated that during the editing of the video, I wouldve known to look. My bad, didn't mean to make your booty hurt.
You made a video regarding the “dark side of special forces.” While 75th Ranger regiment is not special forces, would you group them in with all the negatives about losing your family etc?
Some of it applies, however not the qualification course portion as Rasp is 8 weeks vs SF being 2~ years. They also don’t deploy as frequently as SF does, but the injuries, family life, mental health issues all pertain there as well.
Seals get way overplayed and then way downplayed. The seal soldiers themselves are incredibly badass in my opinion but yeah there might be some leadership issues
I’ve argued that Delta was the best since the 1980’s. I was never impressed with run of the mill SEALs. I was impressed with SEAL Team 6. Furthermore, I think the Rangers are an incredible unit. But what do I know I was just a regular Marine Infantryman who was lucky enough to see first hand how the above units operated. I never saw Delta though. It as the 80’s and they were a mystery. I just knew they recruited from Rangers an SF primarily and they are great units.
Read Rogue Warrior by Richard NMI Marcinko, O-5 Cdr ret. He started & ran SEAL 6 later called Dev Gru. SEALs have nearly doubled 2X from 2000 to 2020. They added SWCC too.
Nate : I Myself started watching Your Channel , because of the Videos on Women in Special Forces ,and, Foreign SOF Units that You Yourself worked with as a Special Forces NCO, and I Myself assume that, this Video on US Special Operations Forces and Special Missions Units ( US SOF and SMUs) , are based on the Gun Guys that You and Your ODA worked with , respecting OPSEC Protocol.
Most I have worked with on operations or training exercises over the years. Devgru is the only one I personally haven’t worked with, but know enough about to rank them so high
