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My uncle was part of SEAL Team 1. The dude was so busy and secretive, I never got to meet him. However back when I was a kid, he would send my dad and I gifts in the mail (one of the coolest things I ever got was a shirt from Fallon Naval Air Station.) He passed away several years ago due to sickness, but I inherited his wooden paddle and his Seiko dive watch. Dude was a badass.
Fallon is a pretty significant bombing range. Red dots go on things... those things go boom. There's literally nothing there but that base, farmland and planes
I was blessed by Charlie a Delta retired operator working as a SWAT sniper. He watched me shooting on their range and spent time improving my pistol shooting.
Thank you for the information. My husband was special forces in delta. I had no idea what he went through. We weren't married at the time. He never really talked about it. But his brothers with him visited us. Love them all and knew they were special. Men of dignity and honor. My husband is with the good lord now, but his brothers in the service came from throughout the USA to be at his service for him and comfort me.
Ma'am, I was an E-6/SSG in the Army national guard. I was a cav scout with 2 tours in Iraq (OIF 07-08;09-10). I just wanna say I salute your brave husband🫡! I am so grateful and thankful for his honorable service! I know in my heart and soul that God holds a special place in His heart for soldiers.....especially special operators! Because NOONE else on earth knows the meaning of 'Sacrifice' like them! I have no doubt that your courageous husband is indeed with The Lord today, completely at peace, surrounded by pure Love and joy! And he is also with all his brothers that went before him! Love and Respect to him, you and your family ma'am! I am humbled and honored for the chance of you seeing this. May America NEVER FORGET what our special operators gave for This Flag and country! As for me, I will ALWAYS remember these heroes....I will NEVER forget what they gave for us! And what they continue to fight for on a daily basis!
0:00 Intro 0:55 CAG 2:15 Ad 4:21 Back to the video 8:34 DEVGRU 13:00 24th STS 16:14 Regimental Recon Company 19:24 ISA 21:55 Honorable Mention: 160th SOAR (Night Stalkers)
The crazy thing about Tier 1 and 2 units in the US is that because of the population of the US, we have a LARGE special operations contingent in our military compared to our allies. SEALs alone number close to 4500-5000 Operators and support personnel alone
I had the pleasure of working with a Delta Force unit when I was stationed at HQ SFOR at Camp Butmir, Sarajevo. Highly professional unit and their commander was an expert on urban warfare and the siege of Sarajevo was his dissertation for Army War College.
As a former Intel guy with one of the mentioned units, I can say the 160th SOAR guys are the freaking shit!!! They make stepping off a skid onto a rooftop the easiest part of any mission. Straight up magic what they do with RW assets!
Not in my experience(none), but I know a former tier 1 guy, and always asked him the generic questions about the other units. By far the people he was most in awe/fanboy/appreciative of were SOAR, and how incredible they were with maneuvering to put a skid next to a window God knows how many stories up with speed and precision to step off rapidly.
@@mikedawson5835, You were Pararescue in the Air Force ? If so..... I've heard that your " boot camp" to see who qualifies is so rigorous that if the D.I. decides that nobody meets the standard, they'll fail everyone.. 100% attrition when necessary. Is that true ?
Thank you for bringing up Chapman when talking about the controllers. That video brings me to tears every time I see it. That video makes me so proud to be an American he was the definition of a badass. Rip John Chapman 🇺🇸
The Full Chapman footage is so hard to watch. Just knowing, a real soldier was down there, bleeding out, scared to death, knowing he wasn't going to make it off that mountain, but he made sure he took as many terrorist bastids with him as he could. RIP Chapman. Gone but not forgotten
He was a USAF-CCT but I understand your point… Nvm I understand why he added that into the video. Didn’t realize Chapman was part of STS. Just thought he was a CCT attached to a SEAL team. My bad for the misunderstanding. 👍
@@scottrackley4457they left him there. They tried to hold it up because they didn’t want him getting the medal he deserved and earned because they knew it’d bring the story to light.
the chapman footage made me cry and sob, not only for his fate, but that was a proud and sad moment for America and really shows how tough some of these guys are. he was a true warrior. Rest In Peace John Chapman.
Hey GD in 1991 US Marines came to the aid of Bangladesh after one of the most devastating Hurricane in our history. Some of them Stationed at Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport(ZIA). Me and my brother were heading there to receive my father as he returned from Hajj, on the way we meet a very friendly USMC Sergent at 6'3" looking down at 5'2" 15 year old kid he smiled as i thank him he gave me a chocolate bar and a Salute! Love you guys
During the Battle of Mogadishu (aka Black Hawk Down) SEAL Team 6's Gold Squadron had an unarmored Humvee with no doors or roof as part of the Task Force Ranger convoy. The 24th STS sent a team of PJs and CCTs as well. Two of the PJs, MSgt. Scott Fales and TSgt. Tim Wilkinson, were aboard Super 68, the CSAR bird with CCT Pat Rogers. CCT Jeff Bray was attached to the Delta assault force, and CCT Dan Schilling was with the ground convoy. I can't remember the fourth CCT's name but he was attached to one of the Ranger chalks. During the battle, Wilkinson repeatedly exposed himself to enemy gunfire around the first crash site to retrieve medical supplies and earned an Air Force Cross for bravery. His treatment of Ranger John Stebbins was wrapped into the scene of Sanderson treating Grimes in the movie Black Hawk Down.
Howard Wasdin was one of the two DEVGRU guys. He got shot up bad. Wrote a book on the whole ordeal. Definitely worth reading. BTW he was killed (and his dog) last month on the way to work, when he stalled his airplane on final approach into a small airport in GA. He was a chiropractor.
@@OMG_No_Way actually there 5 DEVGRU operators in country. Four guys for the Humvee and their team leader. It was sad to hear about Wasdin's passing. That was like hearing about Super 6-2's pilot, Mike Goffena, dying in a private plane crash in 1998 while learning to fly. It's so weird hearing about badasses like Howie and Mike losing their lives in such bizarre circumstances after all they had been through.
"Mogadishu" ......You Americans only know how to fight poor people who dont shoot back, then you try to make yourselves look like warriors.. you couldnt even beat goat farmers in Afghanistan
Finally looked at your site today, I’ve been retired for almost 20yrs, but found it difficult to look at things I did. You didn’t act like you were some kind of hot shot. That tells me your telling the truth. While training with several of these tier one units worldwide use of rank was a common thing, first names only, you’ll quickly figure out who’s in charge. I was attached do to knowing the local tung, some unique skills, and having worked closely with the OC. The men who do this everyday give a lot of their life to do it, and I’m glad they do. Liam
i loved that a lot of the initial seal team footage had them with chainsaws, and the imaginary idea of them running around with tactical chainsaws is just very entertaining to me
They make bad people go away. These are some of the scariest people the us has. Anytime we worked with any of these units, it was hard not to fanboy at times. The dudes from the Unit are some of the most notable. They're all older, with significant combat time before even showing up for selection. Most of those dudes youd never guess who they were if they didnt tell you or you knew otherwise.
When I was on Bagram we befriended some guys from the UAE army and got invited to hang out at their compound where we got some world class food prepared by chefs who flew fresh food in every day from the UAE, and spent alot of our time playing cards and smoking in their hookah lounge. Some of the other American guys who we played cards with were in civvies most of the time and we had no idea who they were. One day the SGM came buy in his uniform and we saw his saw his patch and realized "holy shit, these guys are Delta". Just regular dudes hanging out and having a good time with us lowly Army Reserve pukes.
The operators shoot 1000 rounds a day for the most part. Check their trigger finger if you think you've found one of these ghosts. They've got some serious calluses.
My Geometry teacher was an active army Ranger and in Delta Force. He would tell the absolute best stories and had some of the wittiest come backs. Guy was a legend and I’m thankful for his service
As I understood each Tier 1 unit has its specialty, except the 24th STS. They are the jack of all trades that not only need to be experts in their field but also compatible with all other specialites of every category. For that reason they have more training then any other branch and are more effective per soldier. They not only have to have the guts of a SEAL but the brains of a paramedic/air traffic controller.
A few other units you may want to look at are 66 AOS, 427th SOS, 1st JSOAC, JIB, JMU, JCU, JCOG, 28th Ordnance Co. , ATO, Army Special Forces Group's Critical Threat Advisory Companies (CTAC), SF Group's SFOD-E (Regional Support Elements) /F), SF Group's SFOD-G Jedburgh teams/H, COMTECH, Special Collections Service/F6, the DIA's Strategic Expeditionary Group and Global Security Division.
There are many in the US military who are considered badasses. When I was ship’s company on the USS Theodore Roosevelt we had a team of EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) who would do shit like swim out to mines and eliminate them in pitch black water and night. Check our own hull for tracking devices and other things we didn’t want attached to the hull. Total badassery
FYI…Navy EOD can also go to Green Team and to the assault squadrons at DEVGRU. They have their own 6 month selection prior to joining the SEAL’s for Green Team
@@dsumner1234 Kid already went through SWCC, he got pulled out on medical just prior to A&S. Shin splints. Did 12 weeks med at Chapman and decided on EOD. They have 24 month waiting period to redo SWCC in USAF. In Eglin at NAVSCOL now. Going to cycle out after graduation and on return likely look at a SOC attachment.
15:15; Chapmen was abandoned by the SEALs, those of us monitoring the Predator feed told the Senior Chief they were leaving a live man behind. After they abandoned him, the SEAL community pulled a JFK and awarded the seal a MoH and then spent over a decade trying to bury Chapman’s award upgrade! I respect most SEALs, just not the ones that left a fellow American behind just because he wasn’t a team member.
@@Elmo914 agreed, SEALs stole a mission from us once that we had trained a week for in Afghanistan, the day before the actual op and they flubbed it hard. I won't embarrass them by saying who it was but it wasn't 6. Not all SEALs are as great as everyone says.
Wow! Thanks for this! I’m just your normal citizen but I’ve always been fascinated and in awe about our military elites and their capabilities! This video sums up all! So much gratitude to all our servicemen!
I worked with one once, he was a delta force medic and was retiring from the army so they moved him to the hospital man knew more things medical than most of the doctors. Soft spoken and oddly intense somehow? Anyways he was an amazing teacher to everyone in the emergency room. Last I heard when he retired he went to work as a medic on the presidents detail.
There are no "Delta Force Medics". Usually, they are augmented with USAF IDMT SOF Medics (Eglin AFB, FL). Or Para-Rescue when caught in impossible, high casualty, behind the lines scenarios. I remember a few (highly skilled) Navy medics (corpsmen ?) being selected for this mission too. Rarely - if ever (don't recall one instance), were there Army Medics attached
I believe you. I just never saw it in my 8 year career as Aeromedical Evacuations/PJ and IDMT. Even though I augmented Army Rangers/Green Berets all the damn time. ALL my time attached to Army SOF -- not once did I see them. Worked w them in Iraq field hospitals though. But that's not "Delta Force" or "SOF". @@delvint9966
When I was around twelve my aunt dated a guy from SEAL Team 6 he was a great guy. He could cook gourmet meals, he was very polite and nice, and when playing touch football with my cousins would destroy us with tackles he said sorry kids used to playing with seals. I once went with my aunt to pick him up from the base in the rain, they were not there in the parking lot, lighting flashed and they were in the parking lot out in front of their barracks, they just appeared it was spooky. My grandfather was a Master Chief Petty Officer and XO at the base so we got to go everywhere on the base.
When I was attached to SOTG, you run into a lot of these guys and you never know what units they're really in. But the brass observers usually give it away just by being there.
The mystery about the ISA, it's cool as fvck nickname of The Activity, and the fact they have likely been involved in almost every high level mission with hardly a hint at their involvement fascinates me to no end.
One of the things you forgot to mention is the writing portion of l navy seal selection. They want to make sure you’re going to write a best seller when you’re out and not some garbage. Edit: Oh wow! Is this the part where I thank all 188 of you kind strangers who I’ll never meet who liked my comment then call my mom and tell her I made it? Where do I collect my social credits? Do I have to get new friends now?
The most fascinating thing about this video is that you can tell there's also organisations that we still don't know about who are even more elite than these guys.
I like the 24thSTS the most because it can be used for more than just combat purposes. Humanitarian efforts, civilian search & rescue, exploration and supporting NASA missions.
CCTs and PJs are some seriously trained soldiers, the stuff they do is absolutely insane. Hey, you guys, we're jumping into a disaster zone after an earthquake, your jobs are setting up landing zones for supply. Oh, btw, triage the whole damned thing.
You guys should bring back the history of special operations units such as the history of the Green Berets, Army Rangers, Marsoc, Swcc, etc. Some videos of some of about our foreign allied units such as the British Gurka regiment would be cool too. Also the return of the VS videos but of our allies military and the US military would be awesome; example, Royal Marines vs US Marines.
Have several friends that are retired SF, and those that have fought beside them in combat have said every time they pulled the trigger someone dropped, and they were seriously impressed.
Yeah "friends" 😂 Also do your yank tier one units not have any LMG to provide suppressive fire? I can tell youve never served which means you do not have friends that are SF or maybe you think you do but they all laugh at you behind your back
@ImaSMACKHEAD982 obviously you never served tier 1 units will use weapons appropriate for the mission which means not always hmg or smg. Thanks for your novice input though. Your insight is amazing for a keyboard warrior. Go on tell us all how you served as a triple canopy in Falkland then Panama and Iraq and Afghanistan, and how you earned the medal of honor Victoria cross. You the man, a real soldiers soldier wink, wink.
@@flintlock65 like i said the tier system is american NOT BRITISH in my 11 and half years half of which was in a PARA unit and after being trained by SF units throughout my career i have never heard any british soldier name any kind of tier system We have the SAS and SBS and a shadow unit thats attached to MI5 and MI6 who have the SRR and SFSG units from the PARAs, RMC and RAF REGT. The pathfinders are a small unit that operates between said units and thats it, youll also find that our SF operators also operate with our light and armoured infantry units.... youll also find that many SF operators also leave their SF units to go back to their parent units 🤦♂️ I dont know where you got this idea i was slagging any off which had triggered you out of nowhere If American SF units dont use suppressive fire and as suggested kill with every bullet i wouldnt call them "tier 1" because all good units have LMG gunners that suppress fire and their buddies can advance and if yank SF units dont use that, well i would hate to be serving with a selfish soldiers that doesnt provide covering fire Fire and manuvers lad its the basics of soldiering And further clear my point up us BRITS DO NOT USE TIER SYSTEMS And of we did our SFA Units would be miles above them because all SF units are based of the British SAS and SBS Its pretty common knowlegde for us and im sorry it doesnt fit with your narrative
@@flintlock65 You need to take "a good judgement of character" off your cv/resume Not my fault your butt hurt because is brits do not have tier systems like the yanks 🤦♂️💀
I know a retired delta guy that got out in early 2000’s. To this day I drool when he tells me stories. It’s kinda cool too when he says, I can’t tell you every part of this story, but I can tell you some.
@@lakinthrift1776 nah nah I mean like a high profile target low profile op type thing, a super VIP, like SAD supposedly does, although what the hell SAD does im very curious about too lol
@@archsys307 He did a lot of hostage stuff and some recon. He did do some contract work for the agency, but it was just basically security at embassy’s
In the very few Delta training videos out there, they make ST6 folks look weak in the shooting and room clearing ability…and I’ve seen any number of former SEAL/6 vids. As they have said, no Delta guy ever goes to any other Tier 1…but other Tier 1 seek out being Delta.
You sound stupid, they use damn near the same tactics and clearing techniques. With slight deviations. CAG used to use fellow operators as hostages with live rounds to shoot the silhouettes near them that simulated OPfors. Overall their styles of room clearing are very similar because they crosstrain. CAG, cannot make DEVGRU look bad in room clearing.
"The very few" mfr. Former Delta operators post their vids on instagram. And they don't make ST6 look weak you're just a wannabe fanboy with zero knowledge.
DEVGRU and the Unit seem to, in broad strokes, emphasize different things in their CQB training. There's crossover however, obviously, and each operator is an individual. But on the whole, the Unit is more focused on hard skills and marksmanship. They also seem to have a greater preference for dynamic entry, and white light clearance. DEVGRU has a preference for many more reps of shoothouse scenarios rather than range time, building their CQB proficiency. They also focus more on combat clearance and NV CQB. Again, broad strokes, the various squadrons and teams will have different broad preferences as well.
@KeterMalkuth They use the same basic of CQB, there are some differences, but overall they basically do CQB the same. Devgru seems to favor the high port to getting small and punching out to getting big again for entering and clearing a room. I have seen a lot of CAG guys favor the low port approach, but i also see CAG guys adopting the high port more than they use to especially when sprinting for cover. Contrary to popular belief they do cross train.
I think Delta is the most versatile as they recruit at all branches of the military for their needs. While ST6 has the tightest bond for their exclusivity, the only issue I see with being exclusive is that you are not exposed to other ideas and solutions
They almost never deploy alone though, they can deploy with Delta one month and the next be with Seals and the next doing work with the CIA. I think they are probably the most versatile because they are exposed to all the other units from across all the branches .
Done a video on SERE? Was maybe the best school I've gone through. We were activated during "Operation Unified Response" - the humanitarian mission in Haiti. We had to evacuate 100s - 1000s of patients by ourselves. With NO support from other SOF Operators. Was the most horrific and scary mission I'd seen. Love the guys in this video. Best troops to watch your 6. Wish they were there.
Another unique piece of CAG’s recruitment requirements, my understanding is they can recruit just about anyone from big Army. While they do recruit the majority of their operators from SF and 75th, you can be a cook and go to selection but you of course have to prove you’re worthy of attending selection by meeting the minimum requirements. Also CAG has their own support squadron with their own separate pipeline. In an interview with Jamey Caldwell, he was advised to try out for OTC first since everyone who goes to selection wants to end up an operator, but if that doesn’t work out, you can go through their support pipeline. You won’t be an assaulter, but you’ll still be at the Unit attached to whatever squadron you’re needed at.
This is true. One of the longest serving Sergeant Major in the unit came from the Army's Combat Engineers. In his selection class, only 2 people made it through.
MARSOC is a tier 1 Unit. I was 2nd Force Recon Special Operations Capable, which was a tier 2 Unit. Rangers are a Tier 2 Unit same as Force Recon and USMC Recon. A Recon Marine has to go through Army Ranger School, Army Pathfinder School and Army Jump School. After Jump School you earn your basic jump wings, when you return to Lejeune or Pendleton, you you have to continue Jump School to earn your Recon Wings. If you want you're Gold Jump Wings you will have learned Static Line Jumps from the Army. Basic Freefall Jumps back at your Marine Base for Recon Wings. HALOS AND HAYHOS to earn you're Gold Jump Wings. 75th Ranger Battalion is a great Unit with very skilled Operators, but they are still a Tier 2 unit same as Recon Marines, and Force Recon Marines. In 2006 The Corps started to dismantle 2nd Force Recon to build MARSOC, which would become The Corps only Tier 1 Unit. Force Recon was invited to join SOCOM, but the Comandant at the time said "all Marines are special" and didn't let us join SOCOM. If we did, we would've had a better budget and and probably more training then we had, which was A LOT. Force Recon is a 0358 MOS that means you have you're Gold Jump Wings and earned your Scubahead. Force Recon Special Operations Capable is an 0326 MOS you have you're Gold Jump Wings Scubahead, and went back to Panama City Florida to earn you're Combat Diver Badge. 0358s and 0326s go through the same training at first 0326s have a few extra School's. Both 0358s and 0326s have both LRPS and DAPS. Long Range Reconnaissance Platoons and Direct Action Platoons, both have Green and Black Missions. 0326s do more Black Missions than 0358s. Both Force Recon and Force Recon Special Operations Capable Marines float around on Aircraft Carriers because like SEALS we had to be able to react to a terrorist attack, Hostage Rescue, or whatever Operation within 48hrs. Iraq changed how Recon, Force Recon and Force Recon Special Operations Operatated. We weren't Grunts we didn't go door to door, but we had to many times. Afghanistan we were able to Operate like we were trained to. Operating in small Teams doing Raids on Villages, Towns, and Cities hunting HVTS, doing Long Range Reconnaissance. We were able to be Ghosts again. Inserted by air, The LZ 5-10 klicks away and Hump in to our AO. Our Snipers could do Over Watch. We mainly Operated at night with a QRF waiting for a call, C130 Spectra Gunship circling us at 15,000ft ready to rain Hellfire down if called, we had our IR Lights mounted on our Helmets so the Gunship could tell us apart from Taliban or Mujahideen. Our QRF was typically another Force Recon Or Recon Platoon standing by, with Army Rangers doing security for us on the roads leading into and out of the Village our Tango was in. Most of our intel came from Recon Marines, Military Intelligence, NSA, Homeland, DEA, CIA or local villagers. All had their own agendas except for our fellow Recon Marines. MARSOC should have been on this list!
Appreciate your service bud… but SOCOM doesn’t recognize MARSOC as a tier 1 SMU. They’re only considered tier 2 along with Rangers, SEALs, JSOC/TACPs, CCTs, etc. Though I do agree with you, MARSOC should get more attention than it does for what it does. Sadly, Force Recon and Recon Marines aren’t even considered SOF by SOCOM…
Marsoc is not a tier 1 unit it is a tier 2 unit just like the Army 75th Ranger Batt, the tier 1 Ranger unit they are referring to is Ranger Recon Regiment. The marine corp has no tier 1 units. Cry about it.
I'm late to the party here, but I feel I can contribute some insight into the SEAL Teams operations while I was in Vietnam. I've read all the books about SEALS but will only relate stuff I've observed while serving on US Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam circa Aug. '68 to Aug. '69 out of Da Nang and Chu Lai. My first encounter was in late 1968 while stationed at Da Nang. PCF-16 took a SEAL squad.... probably 7 or 8 guys down to patrol zone G (We called it Patrol Zone Golf). I honestly don't remember them coming on board. I was acting as the coxswain and had my duties to perform. I do remember the SEAL squad leader entering the pilot house to check our map and our position. He was in full SEAL regalia. He had the green face, frumpy jungle greens with no tags of any kind... and no weapon... the weapons were in the main cabin, out of my line of sight being prepared by the other members of the squad. At a mutually agreed to drop point, I killed the port engine so the SEALS could enter the water on PCF-16's Port Side... we were heading South .... the target was West of our Position so their water entry wouldn't be observed. When working with SEALS, there really isn't any communication... you communicate via radio clicks. Their call sign was 'Working Party'. Yet, they'll never respond to that call sign. You can broadcast their call sign but you'll only get a radio click back. This is how we knew when to reembark the squad. I'm not going to share the mission objective. I will, however, share that one of the SEALS on that mission was a man named Earl Ballard. Earl was a neighbor to my maternal grandad. Earl always told us, "I'm a US Navy Diver'.... whenever quizzed by Gramps. He didn't lie, he was, in fact, a US Navy Diver. After my tour, and many years later, I was at my Grandpa's house when I bumped into Earl.... He told me about the mission that late evening in 1968. He said, 'Mark, I had to remain in the main because I saw you and I was covert ... so I couldn't say hello. Sadly, Earl has passed away. I've lost a friend and a great neighbor to my Grandpa. To this day, I remember the Op with my neighbor, Earl Ballard BMSC. Mark Bell PCF-69
And brother, I 🫡 salute YOU and thank you for YOUR service as well! I was an E-6/SSG in the Army...19D Cav scout/combat vet w/2 TODs in Iraq (OIF 07-08;09-10). I am honored AND grateful for every brother that served!
The PJ’s are the most badass group out of all of them. Delta is a close second. However, when you jump into a hot zone while fending off enemies and patching up the wounded - I give that a badass rating of 1,000.
Just as an update to the info on the 24STS, TACPs have a much much larger role than you’d think. They are the best JTACs in the DOD and are trained recon operators as well as SMEs in comms
There are only two tier 1 units. That is Devgru (Seal tm 6)& CAG (Delta). The other units w/ the tier 1 units form JSOC. Joint Special Operations Command.
I'm still kind of surprised the Marines haven't successfully pushed to have a Tier 1 unit in JSOC yet. I know that they have the MRR (Raiders) in MARSOC, which is still a relatively new component of SOCOM, as well as the Special Operations Capable unites like Force Recon... but it's surprising to me that they haven't carved out their own T1 unit yet. Perhaps they don't need one because several of the Tier 1 units recruit from outside of their mother branch for the best of the best from other SOF groups anyway and the Marines have fewer personnel than the Army, Navy, or Air Force so it might not be cost effective to add another unit at that level that may not exactly bring a unique skillset not covered by what JSOC already has... but it's still just surprising if only because of the reputation and successful media campaign the USMC has managed to cultivate around itself, its image, and its culture.
The marines are the red-headed, free willed child of the military. Thought about and funded second, and then pumped up on self-elitism. This why it took so long to get a socom representative (marsoc) because marine command said there was no need to further separate the corps because they're already "elite." I'd love to see a tier 1 usmc component, but they'd probably be relegated to task given to RRC, seeing as how most of them come from that reconnaissance background, and the maritime specialty is already covered by devgru.
There literally isn’t a need for another tier 1 group, I mean really Delta and team 6 are the only ones on this list that actually matter, the others are pretty much support/ thrown out there, like seriously as much as I love rangers, their tier 1 unit is a joke, the real operators conduct the same exact missions but produce better results.
How to join Delta/ACE - be insanely intelligent, extremely confident and courageous, be in such shape that Batman himself would approve, and be pretty much insane. Seriously, the face that there are men out there that can pass the training for these Tier One units is amazing. Definitely not the type of dudes that I’d go pissing off; I’m crazy, but I’m not suicidal. Edit: this is the first that I’ve heard of Master Sergeant Chapman and his posthumously being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, or at least I think it is. Air Force gets a lot of crap about having to do five sit-ups but only if the AC is running that day, but clearly he (and the others in his unit) are seriously bad dudes! Edit 2: I just read about Master Sergeant Chapman, and I can state with 100% certainty that he was one bad dude. Insanely courageous and selfless. I’m surprised to see how long it took for his Air Force Cross to be replaced by the Congressional Medal of Honor, but I’m glad that it was as he definitely deserved to be awarded the MoH. Rest in peace, Master Sergeant Chapman, and thank you for your sacrifice.
0:55 Delta Force (US Army) 8:34 US Navy SEALS (SEAL TEAM SIX) 12:59 US Air Force's 24th Special Tactics Squadron 16:12 Regimental Reconaissiance Company/ 75th Rangers (US Army) 19:25 Intelligence Support Activity 22:15 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers)
What’s crazy is all of the forces that have trained on Air infiltration, their Jump schools were designed/built using the 101st Airborne’s Air Assault schools. There’s 2 Air Assault schools. Basic and Advanced. In order to get into the advanced schools you have to be invited. My Grandpa was invited during his time in the 101st Airborne back in Korea.
Hey Discharge! Im still a little bit new here but I wish to recommend a video on the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA). Specifically their emergency response team. I think it would be really cool.
I've met a few guys from "the compound" on Bragg/Liberty. What's funny is they always claim, "I'm just supply." Whole compound of bearded supply clerks. 😆
Can you guys do a video on Army Counterintelligence? They have some really cool opportunities like the Great Skills program and some of the little known intelligence SMU’s. They have the opportunity to be in the ISA along with 35M’s and other intel personnel. I’d love to hear what you guys think of Army CI and I think a lot of people would be interested in the career field.
Hey dude... know ur stats. Seal buds has about a 17%-20% pass rate. Green beret training is about 8% - 12%. So if 50% of seals pass green team, then that means you have a chance to make seal team 6 of 8.5%- 10%. On the other than at 10% (or less) for delta that means you have a .8% - 1% chance to make delta. I think that makes delta quite more prestigious
The DEVGRU selection comes from existing SEALS. So the acceptance rate should be higher. They are already operators moving into a more specialized role.
Delta pulls from all branches. SOF or special forces training most certainly does not have an 8-12% pass rate. It's less. There was SFPC or prep course on top of selection and then the Q course and Robin sage. People wash out in every part of that. You traditionally need your infantry cross rifles + parachutist badge to even attempt selection. They will put MARSOC, foreign trainees, etc through the Q course which would be the only exceptions that a little birdie saw. A little birdie told me that he had a friend from Navy EOD Reds teams that came to transfer to be 18 series 18C. they will pull various other branches, including marines, airforce, etc to reclassifly upon completion of the Q course to Army 18 series. A little birdie told me that in his class of 18x recruits (42 people) only one person ended up in group. When people say "Special Forces", they are directly only reffering to green berets. Different missions, different skill sets- but i rarely hear people praise green berets, instead using "Special forces" interchangeably with SEALS, Rangers, etc which is false. Green beret = it's own MOS (18 series), Q course, + Dive or Halo school qual part of which is learning a language. You can have your ranger tab and still wear it as a green beret. If you're a ranger you're still an 11B or 11C. Maybe some fun facts for some people reading Edit: More common for 18X pipeliners to wash out since its jumping from one school to another often as privates, guys from big army fair a lot better since theyre seasoned
Spot on comment, dude! The fallacy in all of this begins w/ BUDS. Let's be real: BUDS candidates are NOT the type of soldiers that have already gone through infantry school or other training. In effect, BUDS candidates are the run-of the mill blokes from the NAVY. BUDS candidates don't have the background or experience required to attend other military training programs OUTSIDE OF THE NAVY. That is irrefutable! Your run of the mill BUDS candidate does not have enough experience under his belt to even sign up for "Selection," let alone think of the Q-Course. Conversely, if you take an Army grunt going through the Army's Special Forces Q-Course, there is a high probability that such a soldier has (most likely) already gone through infantry school (AIT), Airborne school, has already served in an infantry unit, and some may have already passed Ranger School (tho yet only be a "tabbed" Ranger). Additionally, that soldier would (by then) be an NCO. What I am trying to say is that the passing rate and attrition rates/percentages are not comparable across branches because the quality and MILITARY EXPERIENCE of the candidates are not the same. A high attrition in BUDS does not make BUDS the toughest school in the world - given the poorer quality of the candidates and their military (lack thereof) experience. In my view, SEALS are overrated surfers. And when it comes to TIER 1 Units, I'll take CAG any day over a glamorized, loud mouth surfer from DEVGRU.
@@Pterodactyl-kn3ve What about BUDS candidates? Are they studs that have already gone through infantry school, jump school, Ranger school, etc? NO! They are the run-of the mill NAVY dudes who most likely have never served in an infantry unit at all. In sum, BUDS has lower quality candidates than their counterparts in the Army and Marine Corps elite training programs (TIER1& TIER 2). . If one is to argue that BUDS is the most insane stuff on earth, that would be fallacious -- especially if one is to argue about their "attrition rate" (given the sorry candidates that go through their training). Furthermore, unlike DEVGRU, CAG has an "actual selection." DEVGRU uses its own cadre and biases to pull guys from the Seal teams DIRECTLY into their OTC. CAG makes their candidates physically and mentally earn a spot in the SIX MONTH OTC after selection, with an over 90% attrition rate! You've been fed too much Hollywood gibberish,....
The thing about delta is that they recruit from all branches so they know many things from different backgrounds. Devgru is about pride hence why they select from seals. Each tier one is not superior to the other, they all have their job to do. I personally will try out for RRC when i get through rasp on my second try
Are you sure that you recruit in order to know things? I would think that someone just being recruited would need to learn things in order to become elite. Aren't there like competions and workshops to share ideas and discuss new developments in the special ops business? I would have imagined that they are constantly in contact with each other, at least on commander/ trainer level.
This is a comment that I got from a friend of mine who was u.s. military for a while. He said A buddy of his went through the ranger training came out the other side and then had fun with Canadian tier 1 ops. The JTF2. Apparently throughout the mission. His squad was consistently blown away with the skills and capabilities of the Canadian jtf2 group they were with. He said if it wasn't the Gurkhas that he was going to work alongside..... he wanted to work alongside JTF2. I would be remiss to not add in the fact that JTF2. Can Have 1,000 Applicants... And a pass rate of 2-5 some years.... And it is definitely interesting to learn a little bit more about T1 OPS stateside
Before Canada went wrong, they had a reputation for having pound for pound the best military in the world. Budget cuts have gutted their capabilities, but I'm not surprised to find their top operators are still extremely high quality.
There is a story, no idea if true, of the Rangers and JTF2 in Afghanistan. Some high value target of opportunity (would have been Taliban or Al-Qaeda back then) popped up. Time sensitive and high risk of collateral damage to civilians. Rangers were scrambled to assault the building/compound. They get there and civilians are going about their business but the target location is silent. Kick down the doors and indeed the place was full of bad guys, but they were all very recently deceased. Every single one of them. Turns out that in the time between the Rangers being scrambled and getting there, JTF2 had swept through undetected.
As a SF sniper and instructor I had joint drills and training with a few tier 1 units from around the world.. I think the unit that impressed me the most is the delta force, which I really underestimate before when compared to other tier 1 units
Personally I think its embarrassing how much NAVY SEALS talk. They won't shut up about their training, what they did, how bad ass they are, etc. Books, videos, speeches, you name it, Navy Seals will do it. I want to know why forces like delta don't tend to talk much about what they do while SEALS tend to be everywhere telling everyone EVERYTHING they did.
Maybe you have selective outrage. Plenty of Delta, Green Berets and Rangers books in AMAZON and many former DELTA on social media talking. Sounds like jealousy.
Jealousy? Naw……. I was in the navy in the early 90’s. I tried out and didn’t even make it into training because of sight issues. I served my time in the fleet which is fine with me. My BIL who was army served with all these guys after the military for a certain company that did a lot of dirty work the military didn’t like to touch. Anyway, it was a running joke how much SEALS wouldn’t shut up about their exploits. Sure many of the other groups would talk but no one more than the Navy Seals. They are definitely bad ass but they also talk a lot.
@@lilbrother45 I'm Navy and 99.9% Seals that I met doesn't write books or have a podcast or talk a lot about their missions. Like the rest of the Navy. Only less than 1% might write books or have podcasts but that's for other communities and branches also. I personally don't have a problem on the 1% as long that the stories are legit and interesting.
The only reason they been talking so much lately is because they been trying to make it believable that they really shot him laden and dumped the most sought after target in history in the ocean instead of escort him back home and extract everything he's ever been apart of before letting him become a highly paid U S citizen because we have a senior citizen president instead of a successful business man lol😐
I'm still pissed about not being able to go to SFOD-D because I got blown up in Iraq 16 years ago. Was supposed to go to fall assessment, then the army changed my deployment from 06-07 to 06-08 and changed it to spring assessment. Then I got hit by an EFP and my life crumbled. I'd love to just hang out with guys from CAG.
@@Darksoil4555 had my left hand partially amputated and a hole through my ankle. Blast damage to my face taking out 8 teeth, part of my upper and lower jaw, and part of my tongue. And a little TBI too boot. Oh, and an 18th month recovery.
@@Darksoil4555 there was no reason for us to be in Iraq at that time. Saddam was already dead, the elections were done, and yet, there we were. Supposedly to help rebuild but my question is, why were there IEDs? The only answer I can come up with was because we were there. The US should have just given the people of Iraq what we were spending on having troops there and let them rebuild how they wanted. So no, I wouldn't do that again. I'd probably have left the army and became a politian to get that war shut down sooner, way sooner.
Whats general discharge's personal experience with the Tier 1 units or 2 units for that matter? Has he even ever served in the military or is he just an enthusiast?
Can you do a video comparing America's Special Forces to other countries special forces their strengths and weaknesses , and can we get a video explaining the strength and weaknesses of Tier 1 and tier 2 units because it just feels like Delta Force can do the same as SEAL Team Six and Seal Team 6 can do the same as Delta Force?
I would argue that most tier 1 units in NATO militaries are about as good as the other ones. At least when it comes to training. Rather it be between CAG, SAS, 1RPIMA or between DEVGRU, SBS, Commando Hubert, etc... But the thing that set US tier 1 units apart from the similar units from other countries is the amount of funding and support they get. I doubt SAS or 1RPIMA gets funded as well as CAG.
@@phyo1716 of course, none of the SF units of NATO countries are even close to being fixed as well as CAG and DEVGRU. This is simply impossible, no military department from NATO countries has such financial capabilities as the Pentagon.
A lot of the skills overlap. But Delta is going to pull from Green Berets and Rangers mainly. But they have been know to pull from all branches. Seal team 6 is only pulling from the Seals...and maybe MARSOC. Skills overlap ..but Seals would be mainly near water.
Being the son of an elite operator is a whole different upbringing, isn't it? My dad was Spanish Legion Special Ops in the 80's. Rangers and Green Berets come over to train with them. And yes, stories for days, but basically it's hard to be scared of anyone when your dad is the scariest mf'er you'd ever want to cross.
@@albertograssi3675 Si. Pero tranquilo, que fisicamente los Americanos no podían con el fondo que tenían los Legionarios. Después de tantos kilometros, los Rangers llamaban por sus helicópteros. Los Legionarios seguían. Eso me contaba mi padre.
@@tree_addict280 All DEVGRU are Combat Divers. Mandatory to even become a regular SEAL. Only 1 out of 6 Army SF are Combat Divers and not in the same league as SEALS since the ARMY CD is onky for ways to get to land, they don't lock from submarimes or take over a ship or oil rig. That's why DEVGRU onlky takes SEALS. You can't be consider for DEVGRU if you are not a NAVY Combat Diver. Comprende?
They also have skills or budgets for each member to specialize in. Like stealing and flying foreign planes and helicopters, computer skills that involve extracting information or forwarding information to wherever they are told. They specialize in medical training, concealment in foreign environments specializing fluently in many languages. They also learn being able to perfect the culture to blend in perfectly while doing surveillance. As well many other special skills. Best thing they all do is being military advisors in foreign countries.
@mitchconner2021 Delta’s training is molded off the British SAS’s training so it’s definitely one of the most hardest in the world. I remember watching the Shawn Ryan show with former Delta Operator Kyle Morgan who was in Delta for like 11 years and had just gotten out in like 2022. He said his Operator number was #965 I believe so it’s crazy to think that Delta started in 1977 and his number was so low. Just shows how hard and how they are very strict on their selection.
Hearing all the stories and things I’m reading on the comments is just one of the reasons why I’ve decided to go into Army and try out for 1st Special forces airborne. I want to be the very best of the best. I’ve geeked out on tactics and gear since I was 12.
I wish u put force recon in this video, Ik there’s not much footage/ information about them. But they are badass, point blank period. My dad was a second force recon marine, I’m leaving in about a month to become a infantry marine. I have heard stories from him that are crazier than a lot of movies and stories I have heard online. It’s unfortunate that a lot of the things force con does is super classified, which makes sense. But if it had a little less security on everything they did I personally think they would be at the same tier as all these units. I may bias, but I truly do believe this. I DO NOT DISRESPECT ANY OF THESE FORCES/ BRANCHES, just speaking my mind.
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Wow 😳
24th also has the best pilot that will fly a can on a string. They have licensed to fly every form of aircraft for specific tasking.
@ 0:43 comparing our Royal Marines to JSOC?
Well take that as a complement
Outstanding show today!
Way don’t you show ur face below all lies
Its so crazy how much we know about the Navy SEALs and how little we know about the Delta force. I think that in itself says everything it needs to.
Doesn’t help that every SEAL writes a book when they retire and Delta mostly doesn’t
Or maybe the Delta guys DO all write books, but publishers won't print them because textbook perfect operations are too short and boring 😂
Yeah, it's a requirement for SEALs and DEVGRU. Applicant MUST brag about who they are, what they do to everyone, everywhere at any time for free.
@@brindlebucker4741 So they're like Vegans?
@@drichmo Seals can write a paragraph. Delta can’t.
My uncle was part of SEAL Team 1. The dude was so busy and secretive, I never got to meet him. However back when I was a kid, he would send my dad and I gifts in the mail (one of the coolest things I ever got was a shirt from Fallon Naval Air Station.) He passed away several years ago due to sickness, but I inherited his wooden paddle and his Seiko dive watch. Dude was a badass.
Fallon is a pretty significant bombing range. Red dots go on things... those things go boom. There's literally nothing there but that base, farmland and planes
Thats cool. i am a paralyzed ARMY SAPPER (Please look up SAPPERS, LOL). All "SEAL Teams" are Tier 2 Units, accept Team 6 (which is mainly Tier 1).
Interesting! I often wonder what the preferred diver's watch is for professionals? Clearly your uncle favored Seiko.
awesome!!! that sucks that he passed away, i'm sorry about hear that and thank him for serving this country with highest honors!!!!
@@YESHUASlaveThank you for your service. Sappers are critically underrated.
I was blessed by Charlie a Delta retired operator working as a SWAT sniper. He watched me shooting on their range and spent time improving my pistol shooting.
I fly American Airlines
That would be a great honor if given the chance to have one mentor you.
Recently I have switched Pam Am. They have this cool retro vibe. And all prop planes. And you have ashtrays in the arm rest
Charles Beckwith?
thats fucking awesome
Thank you for the information. My husband was special forces in delta. I had no idea what he went through. We weren't married at the time. He never really talked about it. But his brothers with him visited us. Love them all and knew they were special. Men of dignity and honor. My husband is with the good lord now, but his brothers in the service came from throughout the USA to be at his service for him and comfort me.
Wow. Im so sorry ma'am, I hope your husband is resting in peace now. I also hope you find solace in this unforgiving world.❤️
Sine Pari, ma'am. I salute our fallen hero. My condolences to you and yours.
Bless you
Ma'am, I was an E-6/SSG in the Army national guard. I was a cav scout with 2 tours in Iraq (OIF 07-08;09-10). I just wanna say I salute your brave husband🫡! I am so grateful and thankful for his honorable service! I know in my heart and soul that God holds a special place in His heart for soldiers.....especially special operators! Because NOONE else on earth knows the meaning of 'Sacrifice' like them! I have no doubt that your courageous husband is indeed with The Lord today, completely at peace, surrounded by pure Love and joy! And he is also with all his brothers that went before him! Love and Respect to him, you and your family ma'am! I am humbled and honored for the chance of you seeing this. May America NEVER FORGET what our special operators gave for This Flag and country! As for me, I will ALWAYS remember these heroes....I will NEVER forget what they gave for us! And what they continue to fight for on a daily basis!
As for myself, I will ALWAYS remember them! I will NEVER forget what they gave for us! And what they still fight for on a daily basis!
0:00 Intro
0:55 CAG
2:15 Ad
4:21 Back to the video
8:34 DEVGRU
13:00 24th STS
16:14 Regimental Recon Company
19:24 ISA
21:55 Honorable Mention: 160th SOAR (Night Stalkers)
Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
Thanks Sir 🫡
I got another ad at 5:21
Thanks man
He forgot to mention GB
The crazy thing about Tier 1 and 2 units in the US is that because of the population of the US, we have a LARGE special operations contingent in our military compared to our allies. SEALs alone number close to 4500-5000 Operators and support personnel alone
And CAG has had less than 1200 in its entire history
@@matthewwhite876probably because so few make it in
@@Frost_actualthat & it also wasnt even founded till the 80s
Doesn't mean anything with crappy Leadership in Washington & a Country that's literally failing from within it's own walls.. due to crappy Leadership.
@@doejon9424 Relax. We’re doing fine. Focus on raising your kids and watching out for your neighbors
I had the pleasure of working with a Delta Force unit when I was stationed at HQ SFOR at Camp Butmir, Sarajevo. Highly professional unit and their commander was an expert on urban warfare and the siege of Sarajevo was his dissertation for Army War College.
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We appreciated you brother!
RLTW
😂 shut up!
As a former Intel guy with one of the mentioned units, I can say the 160th SOAR guys are the freaking shit!!! They make stepping off a skid onto a rooftop the easiest part of any mission. Straight up magic what they do with RW assets!
NSDQ
Say less
Not in my experience(none), but I know a former tier 1 guy, and always asked him the generic questions about the other units. By far the people he was most in awe/fanboy/appreciative of were SOAR, and how incredible they were with maneuvering to put a skid next to a window God knows how many stories up with speed and precision to step off rapidly.
Facts brother. As a former PJ, I can’t say enough great things about 160th SOAR.
@@mikedawson5835,
You were Pararescue in the Air Force ?
If so.....
I've heard that your " boot camp" to see who qualifies is so rigorous that if the D.I. decides that nobody meets the standard, they'll fail everyone..
100% attrition when necessary.
Is that true ?
Thank you for bringing up Chapman when talking about the controllers. That video brings me to tears every time I see it. That video makes me so proud to be an American he was the definition of a badass. Rip John Chapman 🇺🇸
The Full Chapman footage is so hard to watch. Just knowing, a real soldier was down there, bleeding out, scared to death, knowing he wasn't going to make it off that mountain, but he made sure he took as many terrorist bastids with him as he could.
RIP Chapman. Gone but not forgotten
He was a USAF-CCT but I understand your point…
Nvm I understand why he added that into the video. Didn’t realize Chapman was part of STS. Just thought he was a CCT attached to a SEAL team. My bad for the misunderstanding. 👍
The fact that the SEALs tried to hold up his medal is despicable. I lost a whole lot of respect after that.
@@scottrackley4457they left him there. They tried to hold it up because they didn’t want him getting the medal he deserved and earned because they knew it’d bring the story to light.
the chapman footage made me cry and sob, not only for his fate, but that was a proud and sad moment for America and really shows how tough some of these guys are. he was a true warrior. Rest In Peace John Chapman.
He exposed himself to the enemy to draw fire from the landing QRF helicopter. Truly a hero.
@@williamwchuang"First there, that others may live"
Could you imagine the movie and cut scenes going through this guys head? RIP. If I go out, I always swore it would be in a pile of brass.
Hey GD in 1991 US Marines came to the aid of Bangladesh after one of the most devastating Hurricane in our history. Some of them Stationed at Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport(ZIA). Me and my brother were heading there to receive my father as he returned from Hajj, on the way we meet a very friendly USMC Sergent at 6'3" looking down at 5'2" 15 year old kid he smiled as i thank him he gave me a chocolate bar and a Salute! Love you guys
Marine corp has no tier 1 units
Isn’t MARSOC a tier 1 unit?
@@WanderingPassportswrong
@@joerichie5555correct
During the Battle of Mogadishu (aka Black Hawk Down) SEAL Team 6's Gold Squadron had an unarmored Humvee with no doors or roof as part of the Task Force Ranger convoy. The 24th STS sent a team of PJs and CCTs as well. Two of the PJs, MSgt. Scott Fales and TSgt. Tim Wilkinson, were aboard Super 68, the CSAR bird with CCT Pat Rogers. CCT Jeff Bray was attached to the Delta assault force, and CCT Dan Schilling was with the ground convoy. I can't remember the fourth CCT's name but he was attached to one of the Ranger chalks. During the battle, Wilkinson repeatedly exposed himself to enemy gunfire around the first crash site to retrieve medical supplies and earned an Air Force Cross for bravery. His treatment of Ranger John Stebbins was wrapped into the scene of Sanderson treating Grimes in the movie Black Hawk Down.
Howard Wasdin was one of the two DEVGRU guys. He got shot up bad. Wrote a book on the whole ordeal. Definitely worth reading. BTW he was killed (and his dog) last month on the way to work, when he stalled his airplane on final approach into a small airport in GA. He was a chiropractor.
@@OMG_No_Way actually there 5 DEVGRU operators in country. Four guys for the Humvee and their team leader. It was sad to hear about Wasdin's passing. That was like hearing about Super 6-2's pilot, Mike Goffena, dying in a private plane crash in 1998 while learning to fly. It's so weird hearing about badasses like Howie and Mike losing their lives in such bizarre circumstances after all they had been through.
"Mogadishu" ......You Americans only know how to fight poor people who dont shoot back, then you try to make yourselves look like warriors.. you couldnt even beat goat farmers in Afghanistan
You mean when the US got wrecked by a bunch of barefoot skinnies using cheap RPG's and 60 year old AK's?
@@Cokehead_Drug_Addict_Zelensky Well bless your heart.
Finally looked at your site today, I’ve been retired for almost 20yrs, but found it difficult to look at things I did. You didn’t act like you were some kind of hot shot. That tells me your telling the truth. While training with several of these tier one units worldwide use of rank was a common thing, first names only, you’ll quickly figure out who’s in charge.
I was attached do to knowing the local tung, some unique skills, and having worked closely with the OC.
The men who do this everyday give a lot of their life to do it, and I’m glad they do.
Liam
And then you KNOW there are units operating in our military that have no widely-known names or identities.
You had better believe it.
Don’t forget the ones that are in the contractor sector, they don’t subscribe to Geneva Convention
If you know about them , so do our enemies. Easily a case of misdirection.
Whats there name@thetraveler1182
i loved that a lot of the initial seal team footage had them with chainsaws, and the imaginary idea of them running around with tactical chainsaws is just very entertaining to me
*desire for a lancer intensifies*
Ah yes... the ol stealth tactical chainsaw *VVRRRRRTTTTT VVVVVVVRRRRRRR*
I thought the same thing. Real JSOC guys use the explosive charges like in the movies duhhh
Lol I think as well.... but I think it's mainly for after op recovery, like bodies and intelligence
FOR THE EMPEROR
They make bad people go away. These are some of the scariest people the us has. Anytime we worked with any of these units, it was hard not to fanboy at times. The dudes from the Unit are some of the most notable. They're all older, with significant combat time before even showing up for selection. Most of those dudes youd never guess who they were if they didnt tell you or you knew otherwise.
When I was on Bagram we befriended some guys from the UAE army and got invited to hang out at their compound where we got some world class food prepared by chefs who flew fresh food in every day from the UAE, and spent alot of our time playing cards and smoking in their hookah lounge. Some of the other American guys who we played cards with were in civvies most of the time and we had no idea who they were. One day the SGM came buy in his uniform and we saw his saw his patch and realized "holy shit, these guys are Delta". Just regular dudes hanging out and having a good time with us lowly Army Reserve pukes.
Pride comes before the fall. These guys have no time for ego. It’s all business and then fun. I enjoyed reading your comment.
The operators shoot 1000 rounds a day for the most part.
Check their trigger finger if you think you've found one of these ghosts. They've got some serious calluses.
The voice changer detracts from the quality rather than adds to it.
I think he does it for personal reasons. Some people dont want to be “internet famous”
I agree. It sounds like the trans voice from FL Studio, which I found really distracting. Also find it pretty gimmicky
He does it for privacy issues because he needs to be anonymous due to certain reasons that he has mentioned in a video
He sounds gay
@@Will.wasnesky There's tons of voices to choose from for security, this one is too distracting.
My Geometry teacher was an active army Ranger and in Delta Force.
He would tell the absolute best stories and had some of the wittiest come backs.
Guy was a legend and I’m thankful for his service
As I understood each Tier 1 unit has its specialty, except the 24th STS. They are the jack of all trades that not only need to be experts in their field but also compatible with all other specialites of every category. For that reason they have more training then any other branch and are more effective per soldier. They not only have to have the guts of a SEAL but the brains of a paramedic/air traffic controller.
Huah 24th!!!
A few other units you may want to look at are 66 AOS, 427th SOS, 1st JSOAC, JIB, JMU, JCU, JCOG, 28th Ordnance Co. , ATO, Army Special Forces Group's Critical Threat Advisory Companies (CTAC), SF Group's SFOD-E (Regional Support Elements) /F), SF Group's SFOD-G Jedburgh teams/H, COMTECH, Special Collections Service/F6, the DIA's Strategic Expeditionary Group and Global Security Division.
It's good to see that the alphabet is being fully used by our military
When all are special forces, none are special forces.
@dsumner1234 I retired out of one of 'those units' thanks for letting the rest of the world know they exist u dumb ass!!
@@specag31 SOF make up a very small percentage of the US military.
MARSOC (Marine Raiders 0372) RET USMC
There are many in the US military who are considered badasses. When I was ship’s company on the USS Theodore Roosevelt we had a team of EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) who would do shit like swim out to mines and eliminate them in pitch black water and night. Check our own hull for tracking devices and other things we didn’t want attached to the hull. Total badassery
that’s amazing 🔥
FYI…Navy EOD can also go to Green Team and to the assault squadrons at DEVGRU. They have their own 6 month selection prior to joining the SEAL’s for Green Team
I was also going to comment similarly.
USAF EOD also attach to the 24th and can go Delta. Both are in limited numbers but it’s a highly valuable skill set.
There's a whole EOD squadron in DEVGRU. The 24th has a modified selection course for EOD and radio operators.
@@dsumner1234 Kid already went through SWCC, he got pulled out on medical just prior to A&S. Shin splints. Did 12 weeks med at Chapman and decided on EOD. They have 24 month waiting period to redo SWCC in USAF. In Eglin at NAVSCOL now. Going to cycle out after graduation and on return likely look at a SOC attachment.
I've known a couple Navy EOD guys. They always go hard; even their recreation time is more intense than most people's bad days.
15:15; Chapmen was abandoned by the SEALs, those of us monitoring the Predator feed told the Senior Chief they were leaving a live man behind. After they abandoned him, the SEAL community pulled a JFK and awarded the seal a MoH and then spent over a decade trying to bury Chapman’s award upgrade! I respect most SEALs, just not the ones that left a fellow American behind just because he wasn’t a team member.
I notice they do this alot. I see why the 75th has its own tier 1 unit now because of mistakes the seals made in Afghanistan.
@@Elmo914 agreed, SEALs stole a mission from us once that we had trained a week for in Afghanistan, the day before the actual op and they flubbed it hard. I won't embarrass them by saying who it was but it wasn't 6. Not all SEALs are as great as everyone says.
@@rayortiz758 Seal teams need to be reformed from top to bottom.
@@Elmo914 I can't say yes to that because I'm not one of their operators, but that particular team, I agree, needed to be reformed and retrained.
Wow! Thanks for this! I’m just your normal citizen but I’ve always been fascinated and in awe about our military elites and their capabilities! This video sums up all! So much gratitude to all our servicemen!
I worked with one once, he was a delta force medic and was retiring from the army so they moved him to the hospital man knew more things medical than most of the doctors. Soft spoken and oddly intense somehow? Anyways he was an amazing teacher to everyone in the emergency room. Last I heard when he retired he went to work as a medic on the presidents detail.
There are no "Delta Force Medics". Usually, they are augmented with USAF IDMT SOF Medics (Eglin AFB, FL). Or Para-Rescue when caught in impossible, high casualty, behind the lines scenarios. I remember a few (highly skilled) Navy medics (corpsmen ?) being selected for this mission too. Rarely - if ever (don't recall one instance), were there Army Medics attached
@@zpettigrew it technically a nurse in terms of training, but the mos is 18D and some do get attached to delta
I believe you. I just never saw it in my 8 year career as Aeromedical Evacuations/PJ and IDMT. Even though I augmented Army Rangers/Green Berets all the damn time. ALL my time attached to Army SOF -- not once did I see them. Worked w them in Iraq field hospitals though. But that's not "Delta Force" or "SOF". @@delvint9966
I know they are highly skilled operators and well trained. Just never saw them in SOF missions/deployments.@@delvint9966
I heard everyone in Delta is proficient as a medic, and when on a mission every man has medic supplies.
When I was around twelve my aunt dated a guy from SEAL Team 6 he was a great guy. He could cook gourmet meals, he was very polite and nice, and when playing touch football with my cousins would destroy us with tackles he said sorry kids used to playing with seals. I once went with my aunt to pick him up from the base in the rain, they were not there in the parking lot, lighting flashed and they were in the parking lot out in front of their barracks, they just appeared it was spooky. My grandfather was a Master Chief Petty Officer and XO at the base so we got to go everywhere on the base.
Delta only comes out for use when it’s to be done with zero attention but within Delta there’s multiple teams for use in all areas of operations.
Thanks!
God bless this channel! God loves Special Operators!
When I was attached to SOTG, you run into a lot of these guys and you never know what units they're really in. But the brass observers usually give it away just by being there.
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The mystery about the ISA, it's cool as fvck nickname of The Activity, and the fact they have likely been involved in almost every high level mission with hardly a hint at their involvement fascinates me to no end.
"Army of northern Virginia" sounds so damn ominous and badass tho
One of the things you forgot to mention is the writing portion of l navy seal selection. They want to make sure you’re going to write a best seller when you’re out and not some garbage.
Edit: Oh wow! Is this the part where I thank all 188 of you kind strangers who I’ll never meet who liked my comment then call my mom and tell her I made it? Where do I collect my social credits? Do I have to get new friends now?
Don’t forget the podcast assessment. Only a few that pass that and get special selection for Joe Rogan.
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@@ceehadsproof positive that the highest tier is not being in the military at all.
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The most fascinating thing about this video is that you can tell there's also organisations that we still don't know about who are even more elite than these guys.
"dont shoot the guy in the backward hat"
That is nothing but conjecture. ...no need to make ups stuff without evidence....
They are born to be stand out specialists. So thankful for you all 🇺🇸
I like the 24thSTS the most because it can be used for more than just combat purposes. Humanitarian efforts, civilian search & rescue, exploration and supporting NASA missions.
NASA is only good for one thing and that’s lying
I personally believe they are the most elite unit. Look at technical student John Chapman.
You got it! Thanks for the call out from Patrick AFB!
CCTs and PJs are some seriously trained soldiers, the stuff they do is absolutely insane. Hey, you guys, we're jumping into a disaster zone after an earthquake, your jobs are setting up landing zones for supply. Oh, btw, triage the whole damned thing.
@@scottrackley4457 SR too.
Wow, right on time. Before I get into the video, thanks for all the hard work!
You guys should bring back the history of special operations units such as the history of the Green Berets, Army Rangers, Marsoc, Swcc, etc. Some videos of some of about our foreign allied units such as the British Gurka regiment would be cool too. Also the return of the VS videos but of our allies military and the US military would be awesome; example, Royal Marines vs US Marines.
That’s tier 2 units
ROK operators scared the crap out of Viet Cong
This is a good idea. History videos would be awesome
@@WLBarton4466almost as scary as the men with green faces
@@JoeMcCohn The Gurkhas would smoke every self declared "tier 1" US unit and laughing while doing so.
I respect all units no matter how little or how big they all have their purpose to help each other
General Discharge-Where did you get your background Playlist from
Have several friends that are retired SF, and those that have fought beside them in combat have said every time they pulled the trigger someone dropped, and they were seriously impressed.
Every time I pull a trigger the only thing that drops is my bank balance
Yeah "friends" 😂
Also do your yank tier one units not have any LMG to provide suppressive fire?
I can tell youve never served which means you do not have friends that are SF or maybe you think you do but they all laugh at you behind your back
@ImaSMACKHEAD982 obviously you never served tier 1 units will use weapons appropriate for the mission which means not always hmg or smg. Thanks for your novice input though. Your insight is amazing for a keyboard warrior. Go on tell us all how you served as a triple canopy in Falkland then Panama and Iraq and Afghanistan, and how you earned the medal of honor Victoria cross. You the man, a real soldiers soldier wink, wink.
@@flintlock65 like i said the tier system is american NOT BRITISH in my 11 and half years half of which was in a PARA unit and after being trained by SF units throughout my career i have never heard any british soldier name any kind of tier system
We have the SAS and SBS and a shadow unit thats attached to MI5 and MI6 who have the SRR and SFSG units from the PARAs, RMC and RAF REGT. The pathfinders are a small unit that operates between said units and thats it, youll also find that our SF operators also operate with our light and armoured infantry units.... youll also find that many SF operators also leave their SF units to go back to their parent units 🤦♂️
I dont know where you got this idea i was slagging any off which had triggered you out of nowhere
If American SF units dont use suppressive fire and as suggested kill with every bullet i wouldnt call them "tier 1" because all good units have LMG gunners that suppress fire and their buddies can advance and if yank SF units dont use that, well i would hate to be serving with a selfish soldiers that doesnt provide covering fire
Fire and manuvers lad its the basics of soldiering
And further clear my point up us BRITS DO NOT USE TIER SYSTEMS
And of we did our SFA Units would be miles above them because all SF units are based of the British SAS and SBS
Its pretty common knowlegde for us and im sorry it doesnt fit with your narrative
@@flintlock65 You need to take "a good judgement of character" off your cv/resume
Not my fault your butt hurt because is brits do not have tier systems like the yanks 🤦♂️💀
You guys forgot to mention the SEALs getting too level ghost writing training for their book deals and future movie follow on.
You did a great job with this vid! It was clean, accurate without any BS. Excellent job!!!!
This was quite informative. I guess what surprised me was to learn that Delta Force candidates can come from any branch of the Armed Services.
I know a retired delta guy that got out in early 2000’s. To this day I drool when he tells me stories. It’s kinda cool too when he says, I can’t tell you every part of this story, but I can tell you some.
tell some, he ever assassinate a mf?
@@archsys307 what do you think lol?
@@lakinthrift1776 nah nah I mean like a high profile target low profile op type thing, a super VIP, like SAD supposedly does, although what the hell SAD does im very curious about too lol
@@archsys307 He did a lot of hostage stuff and some recon. He did do some contract work for the agency, but it was just basically security at embassy’s
@@lakinthrift1776 oh cool. well i hope hes stopped taking hostages, best decision I ever made quitting my kidnapping habit i tells you
Love the shoutout to MSgt Chapman. Great video. Learned a ton!
In the very few Delta training videos out there, they make ST6 folks look weak in the shooting and room clearing ability…and I’ve seen any number of former SEAL/6 vids.
As they have said, no Delta guy ever goes to any other Tier 1…but other Tier 1 seek out being Delta.
You sound stupid, they use damn near the same tactics and clearing techniques. With slight deviations. CAG used to use fellow operators as hostages with live rounds to shoot the silhouettes near them that simulated OPfors. Overall their styles of room clearing are very similar because they crosstrain. CAG, cannot make DEVGRU look bad in room clearing.
"The very few" mfr. Former Delta operators post their vids on instagram. And they don't make ST6 look weak you're just a wannabe fanboy with zero knowledge.
DEVGRU and the Unit seem to, in broad strokes, emphasize different things in their CQB training. There's crossover however, obviously, and each operator is an individual. But on the whole, the Unit is more focused on hard skills and marksmanship. They also seem to have a greater preference for dynamic entry, and white light clearance. DEVGRU has a preference for many more reps of shoothouse scenarios rather than range time, building their CQB proficiency. They also focus more on combat clearance and NV CQB. Again, broad strokes, the various squadrons and teams will have different broad preferences as well.
@KeterMalkuth They use the same basic of CQB, there are some differences, but overall they basically do CQB the same. Devgru seems to favor the high port to getting small and punching out to getting big again for entering and clearing a room. I have seen a lot of CAG guys favor the low port approach, but i also see CAG guys adopting the high port more than they use to especially when sprinting for cover. Contrary to popular belief they do cross train.
They are equal and you don't find any seals going to Delta unless they are already out of the navy or doing a blue to green exchange.
I think Delta is the most versatile as they recruit at all branches of the military for their needs. While ST6 has the tightest bond for their exclusivity, the only issue I see with being exclusive is that you are not exposed to other ideas and solutions
They almost never deploy alone though, they can deploy with Delta one month and the next be with Seals and the next doing work with the CIA. I think they are probably the most versatile because they are exposed to all the other units from across all the branches .
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The most versatile and deadly SOF group is the one you'll never hear of.
@@MrJones-yq7wmtrue. There’s a probably units we don’t know of that the best of these guys become.
you are allowed to believe that Activities only pulls from aint released me yet units ...
have a nice day
Done a video on SERE? Was maybe the best school I've gone through.
We were activated during "Operation Unified Response" - the humanitarian mission in Haiti. We had to evacuate 100s - 1000s of patients by ourselves. With NO support from other SOF Operators. Was the most horrific and scary mission I'd seen. Love the guys in this video. Best troops to watch your 6. Wish they were there.
at 4:44 tell me that man isn't wearing a pair of Vans.
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Another unique piece of CAG’s recruitment requirements, my understanding is they can recruit just about anyone from big Army. While they do recruit the majority of their operators from SF and 75th, you can be a cook and go to selection but you of course have to prove you’re worthy of attending selection by meeting the minimum requirements. Also CAG has their own support squadron with their own separate pipeline. In an interview with Jamey Caldwell, he was advised to try out for OTC first since everyone who goes to selection wants to end up an operator, but if that doesn’t work out, you can go through their support pipeline. You won’t be an assaulter, but you’ll still be at the Unit attached to whatever squadron you’re needed at.
This is true. One of the longest serving Sergeant Major in the unit came from the Army's Combat Engineers. In his selection class, only 2 people made it through.
When I was in the 503rd in Korea we had a Delta recruiter visit looking for candidates. I know of one who completed the operator pipeline.
MARSOC is a tier 1 Unit. I was 2nd Force Recon Special Operations Capable, which was a tier 2 Unit. Rangers are a Tier 2 Unit same as Force Recon and USMC Recon. A Recon Marine has to go through Army Ranger School, Army Pathfinder School and Army Jump School. After Jump School you earn your basic jump wings, when you return to Lejeune or Pendleton, you you have to continue Jump School to earn your Recon Wings. If you want you're Gold Jump Wings you will have learned Static Line Jumps from the Army. Basic Freefall Jumps back at your Marine Base for Recon Wings. HALOS AND HAYHOS to earn you're Gold Jump Wings. 75th Ranger Battalion is a great Unit with very skilled Operators, but they are still a Tier 2 unit same as Recon Marines, and Force Recon Marines. In 2006 The Corps started to dismantle 2nd Force Recon to build MARSOC, which would become The Corps only Tier 1 Unit. Force Recon was invited to join SOCOM, but the Comandant at the time said "all Marines are special" and didn't let us join SOCOM. If we did, we would've had a better budget and and probably more training then we had, which was A LOT. Force Recon is a 0358 MOS that means you have you're Gold Jump Wings and earned your Scubahead. Force Recon Special Operations Capable is an 0326 MOS you have you're Gold Jump Wings Scubahead, and went back to Panama City Florida to earn you're Combat Diver Badge. 0358s and 0326s go through the same training at first 0326s have a few extra School's. Both 0358s and 0326s have both LRPS and DAPS. Long Range Reconnaissance Platoons and Direct Action Platoons, both have Green and Black Missions. 0326s do more Black Missions than 0358s. Both Force Recon and Force Recon Special Operations Capable Marines float around on Aircraft Carriers because like SEALS we had to be able to react to a terrorist attack, Hostage Rescue, or whatever Operation within 48hrs. Iraq changed how Recon, Force Recon and Force Recon Special Operations Operatated. We weren't Grunts we didn't go door to door, but we had to many times. Afghanistan we were able to Operate like we were trained to. Operating in small Teams doing Raids on Villages, Towns, and Cities hunting HVTS, doing Long Range Reconnaissance. We were able to be Ghosts again. Inserted by air, The LZ 5-10 klicks away and Hump in to our AO. Our Snipers could do Over Watch. We mainly Operated at night with a QRF waiting for a call, C130 Spectra Gunship circling us at 15,000ft ready to rain Hellfire down if called, we had our IR Lights mounted on our Helmets so the Gunship could tell us apart from Taliban or Mujahideen. Our QRF was typically another Force Recon Or Recon Platoon standing by, with Army Rangers doing security for us on the roads leading into and out of the Village our Tango was in. Most of our intel came from Recon Marines, Military Intelligence, NSA, Homeland, DEA, CIA or local villagers. All had their own agendas except for our fellow Recon Marines. MARSOC should have been on this list!
Appreciate your service bud… but SOCOM doesn’t recognize MARSOC as a tier 1 SMU. They’re only considered tier 2 along with Rangers, SEALs, JSOC/TACPs, CCTs, etc. Though I do agree with you, MARSOC should get more attention than it does for what it does. Sadly, Force Recon and Recon Marines aren’t even considered SOF by SOCOM…
Marsoc is not a tier 1 unit it is a tier 2 unit just like the Army 75th Ranger Batt, the tier 1 Ranger unit they are referring to is Ranger Recon Regiment. The marine corp has no tier 1 units. Cry about it.
I'm late to the party here, but I feel I can contribute some insight into the SEAL Teams operations while I was in Vietnam.
I've read all the books about SEALS but will only relate stuff I've observed while serving on US Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam
circa Aug. '68 to Aug. '69 out of Da Nang and Chu Lai.
My first encounter was in late 1968 while stationed at Da Nang. PCF-16 took a SEAL squad.... probably 7 or 8 guys down
to patrol zone G (We called it Patrol Zone Golf). I honestly don't remember them coming on board. I was acting as the coxswain
and had my duties to perform. I do remember the SEAL squad leader entering the pilot house to check our map and our position.
He was in full SEAL regalia. He had the green face, frumpy jungle greens with no tags of any kind... and no weapon... the weapons
were in the main cabin, out of my line of sight being prepared by the other members of the squad.
At a mutually agreed to drop point, I killed the port engine so the SEALS could enter the water on PCF-16's Port Side... we were
heading South .... the target was West of our Position so their water entry wouldn't be observed.
When working with SEALS, there really isn't any communication... you communicate via radio clicks. Their call sign was 'Working Party'.
Yet, they'll never respond to that call sign. You can broadcast their call sign but you'll only get a radio click back.
This is how we knew when to reembark the squad.
I'm not going to share the mission objective. I will, however, share that one of the SEALS on that mission was a man named Earl Ballard.
Earl was a neighbor to my maternal grandad. Earl always told us, "I'm a US Navy Diver'.... whenever quizzed by Gramps. He didn't lie,
he was, in fact, a US Navy Diver.
After my tour, and many years later, I was at my Grandpa's house when I bumped into Earl.... He told me about the mission that late
evening in 1968. He said, 'Mark, I had to remain in the main because I saw you and I was covert ... so I couldn't say hello.
Sadly, Earl has passed away. I've lost a friend and a great neighbor to my Grandpa. To this day, I remember the Op with my neighbor,
Earl Ballard BMSC.
Mark Bell PCF-69
R.I.P. Earl Ballard! I 🫡 salute that brave man!! I am so thankful and grateful for his noble service!
And brother, I 🫡 salute YOU and thank you for YOUR service as well! I was an E-6/SSG in the Army...19D Cav scout/combat vet w/2 TODs in Iraq (OIF 07-08;09-10). I am honored AND grateful for every brother that served!
The PJ’s are the most badass group out of all of them. Delta is a close second. However, when you jump into a hot zone while fending off enemies and patching up the wounded - I give that a badass rating of 1,000.
Delta does jumps and has medics, what's your point?
Also yeah the best of the best left Chapman behind.... CAG or Rangers wouldnt have left him up there even if he was dead.
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Just as an update to the info on the 24STS, TACPs have a much much larger role than you’d think. They are the best JTACs in the DOD and are trained recon operators as well as SMEs in comms
SME in comms? Hmm.......i wont hold my breath on that.
@@jrr7031it’s their core competency. Who’s better?
@MP-xe1hs a core competency is successfully delivering ordance on enemy targets. That is not related to communication, except in utilizing radios.
@@jrr7031 pedantic much?
@@MP_Single_Coil constantly. But...yea, i stand by by contention.
Lived on Lackland AFB for a few years and seen the tryouts for the 24th STS take place.
Really don’t know much about any of this so I found it fascinating! Well done.
There are only two tier 1 units. That is Devgru (Seal tm 6)& CAG (Delta). The other units w/ the tier 1 units form JSOC. Joint Special Operations Command.
These operators have a specific set of skills. I'm glad they are out there and that they work for us!!
Work for you? Ja ja, they are at the orders of the oil barons and banksters.
I'm still kind of surprised the Marines haven't successfully pushed to have a Tier 1 unit in JSOC yet. I know that they have the MRR (Raiders) in MARSOC, which is still a relatively new component of SOCOM, as well as the Special Operations Capable unites like Force Recon... but it's surprising to me that they haven't carved out their own T1 unit yet. Perhaps they don't need one because several of the Tier 1 units recruit from outside of their mother branch for the best of the best from other SOF groups anyway and the Marines have fewer personnel than the Army, Navy, or Air Force so it might not be cost effective to add another unit at that level that may not exactly bring a unique skillset not covered by what JSOC already has... but it's still just surprising if only because of the reputation and successful media campaign the USMC has managed to cultivate around itself, its image, and its culture.
Big Marine Corps didn't even want MARSOC so it's never going to happen.
Who knows maybe they do and it's just highly classified and no one knows 😂
The marines are the red-headed, free willed child of the military. Thought about and funded second, and then pumped up on self-elitism. This why it took so long to get a socom representative (marsoc) because marine command said there was no need to further separate the corps because they're already "elite." I'd love to see a tier 1 usmc component, but they'd probably be relegated to task given to RRC, seeing as how most of them come from that reconnaissance background, and the maritime specialty is already covered by devgru.
The job of Marines is to see how much BS can you throw at them and how little equipment you give them, you see how much they can do with how little.
There literally isn’t a need for another tier 1 group, I mean really Delta and team 6 are the only ones on this list that actually matter, the others are pretty much support/ thrown out there, like seriously as much as I love rangers, their tier 1 unit is a joke, the real operators conduct the same exact missions but produce better results.
How to join Delta/ACE - be insanely intelligent, extremely confident and courageous, be in such shape that Batman himself would approve, and be pretty much insane.
Seriously, the face that there are men out there that can pass the training for these Tier One units is amazing. Definitely not the type of dudes that I’d go pissing off; I’m crazy, but I’m not suicidal.
Edit: this is the first that I’ve heard of Master Sergeant Chapman and his posthumously being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, or at least I think it is. Air Force gets a lot of crap about having to do five sit-ups but only if the AC is running that day, but clearly he (and the others in his unit) are seriously bad dudes!
Edit 2: I just read about Master Sergeant Chapman, and I can state with 100% certainty that he was one bad dude. Insanely courageous and selfless. I’m surprised to see how long it took for his Air Force Cross to be replaced by the Congressional Medal of Honor, but I’m glad that it was as he definitely deserved to be awarded the MoH. Rest in peace, Master Sergeant Chapman, and thank you for your sacrifice.
Just appreciate what these warriors do,,dont take life for granted !!!!!!
Can you do one like this on the British special forces like the SAS and SBS?
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22 SAS, SBS, SRR, 18th Signals Regiment and SFSG. It’s the same shit.
@@joesgotya9930it’s Shrouded in secrecy uk special operations is extremely classified atm more than our country
@@joesgotya9930 it is not the same shit. That's insulting
22sas finally started to get nods by around 2006 😂
0:55 Delta Force (US Army)
8:34 US Navy SEALS (SEAL TEAM SIX)
12:59 US Air Force's 24th Special Tactics Squadron
16:12 Regimental Reconaissiance Company/ 75th Rangers (US Army)
19:25 Intelligence Support Activity
22:15 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers)
What’s crazy is all of the forces that have trained on Air infiltration, their Jump schools were designed/built using the 101st Airborne’s Air Assault schools. There’s 2 Air Assault schools. Basic and Advanced. In order to get into the advanced schools you have to be invited. My Grandpa was invited during his time in the 101st Airborne back in Korea.
101st is wack!
That transitional Segway into the sponsor was genius and smooth AF!
Thank you!
Glad these guys are on our side
Can you make more videos on combat controllers? I know you have a few but I would like to know even more
Hey Discharge! Im still a little bit new here but I wish to recommend a video on the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA). Specifically their emergency response team. I think it would be really cool.
Just added that to the list, thank you!
5:21 "Mobile Task Force Unit Epsilon-11 Designated Alpha-13 has entered the facility"
I've met a few guys from "the compound" on Bragg/Liberty. What's funny is they always claim, "I'm just supply." Whole compound of bearded supply clerks. 😆
Delta is so underrated by the general public it’s insane
Can you guys do a video on Army Counterintelligence? They have some really cool opportunities like the Great Skills program and some of the little known intelligence SMU’s. They have the opportunity to be in the ISA along with 35M’s and other intel personnel. I’d love to hear what you guys think of Army CI and I think a lot of people would be interested in the career field.
If we told you , we would have take you out
Sounds like a career 😮
35s
Oh boy
I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night
Hey dude... know ur stats. Seal buds has about a 17%-20% pass rate. Green beret training is about 8% - 12%. So if 50% of seals pass green team, then that means you have a chance to make seal team 6 of 8.5%- 10%. On the other than at 10% (or less) for delta that means you have a .8% - 1% chance to make delta. I think that makes delta quite more prestigious
The DEVGRU selection comes from existing SEALS. So the acceptance rate should be higher. They are already operators moving into a more specialized role.
Delta pulls from all branches. SOF or special forces training most certainly does not have an 8-12% pass rate. It's less. There was SFPC or prep course on top of selection and then the Q course and Robin sage. People wash out in every part of that. You traditionally need your infantry cross rifles + parachutist badge to even attempt selection. They will put MARSOC, foreign trainees, etc through the Q course which would be the only exceptions that a little birdie saw. A little birdie told me that he had a friend from Navy EOD Reds teams that came to transfer to be 18 series 18C. they will pull various other branches, including marines, airforce, etc to reclassifly upon completion of the Q course to Army 18 series. A little birdie told me that in his class of 18x recruits (42 people) only one person ended up in group. When people say "Special Forces", they are directly only reffering to green berets. Different missions, different skill sets- but i rarely hear people praise green berets, instead using "Special forces" interchangeably with SEALS, Rangers, etc which is false. Green beret = it's own MOS (18 series), Q course, + Dive or Halo school qual part of which is learning a language. You can have your ranger tab and still wear it as a green beret. If you're a ranger you're still an 11B or 11C.
Maybe some fun facts for some people reading
Edit: More common for 18X pipeliners to wash out since its jumping from one school to another often as privates, guys from big army fair a lot better since theyre seasoned
Spot on comment, dude! The fallacy in all of this begins w/ BUDS. Let's be real: BUDS candidates are NOT the type of soldiers that have already gone through infantry school or other training. In effect, BUDS candidates are the run-of the mill blokes from the NAVY. BUDS candidates don't have the background or experience required to attend other military training programs OUTSIDE OF THE NAVY. That is irrefutable! Your run of the mill BUDS candidate does not have enough experience under his belt to even sign up for "Selection," let alone think of the Q-Course.
Conversely, if you take an Army grunt going through the Army's Special Forces Q-Course, there is a high probability that such a soldier has (most likely) already gone through infantry school (AIT), Airborne school, has already served in an infantry unit, and some may have already passed Ranger School (tho yet only be a "tabbed" Ranger). Additionally, that soldier would (by then) be an NCO. What I am trying to say is that the passing rate and attrition rates/percentages are not comparable across branches because the quality and MILITARY EXPERIENCE of the candidates are not the same.
A high attrition in BUDS does not make BUDS the toughest school in the world - given the poorer quality of the candidates and their military (lack thereof) experience. In my view, SEALS are overrated surfers. And when it comes to TIER 1 Units, I'll take CAG any day over a glamorized, loud mouth surfer from DEVGRU.
@@Pterodactyl-kn3ve What about BUDS candidates? Are they studs that have already gone through infantry school, jump school, Ranger school, etc? NO! They are the run-of the mill NAVY dudes who most likely have never served in an infantry unit at all. In sum, BUDS has lower quality candidates than their counterparts in the Army and Marine Corps elite training programs (TIER1& TIER 2). . If one is to argue that BUDS is the most insane stuff on earth, that would be fallacious -- especially if one is to argue about their "attrition rate" (given the sorry candidates that go through their training). Furthermore, unlike DEVGRU, CAG has an "actual selection." DEVGRU uses its own cadre and biases to pull guys from the Seal teams DIRECTLY into their OTC. CAG makes their candidates physically and mentally earn a spot in the SIX MONTH OTC after selection, with an over 90% attrition rate! You've been fed too much Hollywood gibberish,....
For the 160th SOAR I can only recommend the book "making a Nightstalker"
The delta force selection training is very similar to the normal Australian S.A.S course.
Be thankful these people exist and walk away
The thing about delta is that they recruit from all branches so they know many things from different backgrounds. Devgru is about pride hence why they select from seals. Each tier one is not superior to the other, they all have their job to do. I personally will try out for RRC when i get through rasp on my second try
Delete this comment then.
Are you sure that you recruit in order to know things?
I would think that someone just being recruited would need to learn things in order to become elite.
Aren't there like competions and workshops to share ideas and discuss new developments in the special ops business? I would have imagined that they are constantly in contact with each other, at least on commander/ trainer level.
@@claytonlachance4920 why would i delete this exactly?
The Psychological screening is also interesting. Delta and EOD were some of the craziest troops I ever stitched back together or evacuated.
How many more SOFs need to commit suicide before the rest of you realize that they’re not the good guys
This is a comment that I got from a friend of mine who was u.s. military for a while. He said A buddy of his went through the ranger training came out the other side and then had fun with Canadian tier 1 ops. The JTF2. Apparently throughout the mission. His squad was consistently blown away with the skills and capabilities of the Canadian jtf2 group they were with. He said if it wasn't the Gurkhas that he was going to work alongside..... he wanted to work alongside JTF2.
I would be remiss to not add in the fact that JTF2. Can Have 1,000 Applicants... And a pass rate of 2-5 some years....
And it is definitely interesting to learn a little bit more about T1 OPS stateside
Before Canada went wrong, they had a reputation for having pound for pound the best military in the world. Budget cuts have gutted their capabilities, but I'm not surprised to find their top operators are still extremely high quality.
@@celebrim1 Canada is doing just fine, thanks.
There is a story, no idea if true, of the Rangers and JTF2 in Afghanistan. Some high value target of opportunity (would have been Taliban or Al-Qaeda back then) popped up. Time sensitive and high risk of collateral damage to civilians. Rangers were scrambled to assault the building/compound. They get there and civilians are going about their business but the target location is silent. Kick down the doors and indeed the place was full of bad guys, but they were all very recently deceased. Every single one of them. Turns out that in the time between the Rangers being scrambled and getting there, JTF2 had swept through undetected.
Salute all those who have served and will serve. Much respect. Whatever the branch we have the Best of the Best. 🇺🇸 🦅
As a SF sniper and instructor I had joint drills and training with a few tier 1 units from around the world.. I think the unit that impressed me the most is the delta force, which I really underestimate before when compared to other tier 1 units
Do you have to know how to swim to be selected for all of these units?
Yes
Personally I think its embarrassing how much NAVY SEALS talk. They won't shut up about their training, what they did, how bad ass they are, etc. Books, videos, speeches, you name it, Navy Seals will do it. I want to know why forces like delta don't tend to talk much about what they do while SEALS tend to be everywhere telling everyone EVERYTHING they did.
Maybe you have selective outrage. Plenty of Delta, Green Berets and Rangers books in AMAZON and many former DELTA on social media talking. Sounds like jealousy.
Jealousy? Naw…….
I was in the navy in the early 90’s. I tried out and didn’t even make it into training because of sight issues. I served my time in the fleet which is fine with me.
My BIL who was army served with all these guys after the military for a certain company that did a lot of dirty work the military didn’t like to touch. Anyway, it was a running joke how much SEALS wouldn’t shut up about their exploits. Sure many of the other groups would talk but no one more than the Navy Seals. They are definitely bad ass but they also talk a lot.
@@lilbrother45 I'm Navy and 99.9% Seals that I met doesn't write books or have a podcast or talk a lot about their missions. Like the rest of the Navy. Only less than 1% might write books or have podcasts but that's for other communities and branches also. I personally don't have a problem on the 1% as long that the stories are legit and interesting.
The only reason they been talking so much lately is because they been trying to make it believable that they really shot him laden and dumped the most sought after target in history in the ocean instead of escort him back home and extract everything he's ever been apart of before letting him become a highly paid U S citizen because we have a senior citizen president instead of a successful business man lol😐
I'm still pissed about not being able to go to SFOD-D because I got blown up in Iraq 16 years ago. Was supposed to go to fall assessment, then the army changed my deployment from 06-07 to 06-08 and changed it to spring assessment. Then I got hit by an EFP and my life crumbled. I'd love to just hang out with guys from CAG.
Were you injured or just a vehicle damage?
@@Darksoil4555 had my left hand partially amputated and a hole through my ankle. Blast damage to my face taking out 8 teeth, part of my upper and lower jaw, and part of my tongue. And a little TBI too boot.
Oh, and an 18th month recovery.
@@JamesFromTexas i’m sorry man, do you have regrets about going to the war or would you go again looking back at what happened?
@@Darksoil4555 there was no reason for us to be in Iraq at that time. Saddam was already dead, the elections were done, and yet, there we were. Supposedly to help rebuild but my question is, why were there IEDs? The only answer I can come up with was because we were there. The US should have just given the people of Iraq what we were spending on having troops there and let them rebuild how they wanted. So no, I wouldn't do that again. I'd probably have left the army and became a politian to get that war shut down sooner, way sooner.
my brother was in the ranger regiment and hit an IED in 08 iraq got a hell of a traumatic brain injury from it. praying youre doing well
Whats general discharge's personal experience with the Tier 1 units or 2 units for that matter? Has he even ever served in the military or is he just an enthusiast?
@GeneralDischarge What plug-in or filter do you use to alter your voice?
First time viewing your channel and you kicked ass with that aura commercial.
Can you do a video comparing America's Special Forces to other countries special forces their strengths and weaknesses , and can we get a video explaining the strength and weaknesses of Tier 1 and tier 2 units because it just feels like Delta Force can do the same as SEAL Team Six and Seal Team 6 can do the same as Delta Force?
I feel like it'd be interesting comparing SEALS to SAS
@@levil2307 a better comparison would be SEALs/ST6 & SBS
I would argue that most tier 1 units in NATO militaries are about as good as the other ones. At least when it comes to training. Rather it be between CAG, SAS, 1RPIMA or between DEVGRU, SBS, Commando Hubert, etc... But the thing that set US tier 1 units apart from the similar units from other countries is the amount of funding and support they get. I doubt SAS or 1RPIMA gets funded as well as CAG.
@@phyo1716 of course, none of the SF units of NATO countries are even close to being fixed as well as CAG and DEVGRU. This is simply impossible, no military department from NATO countries has such financial capabilities as the Pentagon.
A lot of the skills overlap. But Delta is going to pull from Green Berets and Rangers mainly. But they have been know to pull from all branches. Seal team 6 is only pulling from the Seals...and maybe MARSOC. Skills overlap ..but Seals would be mainly near water.
My pops was Delta in the late 80’s / early 90’s. He was part of the team that helped secure Noreaga’s apprehension. He’s got stories for days.
Being the son of an elite operator is a whole different upbringing, isn't it? My dad was Spanish Legion Special Ops in the 80's. Rangers and Green Berets come over to train with them. And yes, stories for days, but basically it's hard to be scared of anyone when your dad is the scariest mf'er you'd ever want to cross.
@@redcapote4760 underrated comment 😂 when i pissed him off, he was next level scary
@@The.ARCHIT3CT They don’t make em like that anymore. He was as smart as he could be deadly, too. Smartest and wisest man I’ve ever known personally.
@@redcapote4760 boinas verdes legionarios junto a Rangers y boinas verdes americanos, boom que combinación 🤙🏻
@@albertograssi3675 Si. Pero tranquilo, que fisicamente los Americanos no podían con el fondo que tenían los Legionarios. Después de tantos kilometros, los Rangers llamaban por sus helicópteros. Los Legionarios seguían. Eso me contaba mi padre.
Delta force is best of the best hands down. They take seals they take from everyone.
DELTA can't go to DEVGRU. They hate the water.
@@deathfire096thats not what they said but ok.
@@tree_addict280 All DEVGRU are Combat Divers. Mandatory to even become a regular SEAL. Only 1 out of 6 Army SF are Combat Divers and not in the same league as SEALS since the ARMY CD is onky for ways to get to land, they don't lock from submarimes or take over a ship or oil rig. That's why DEVGRU onlky takes SEALS. You can't be consider for DEVGRU if you are not a NAVY Combat Diver. Comprende?
Very well done. Great job.
Thank you!
Watching Navy Seals chainsaw doors open just made my night
They also have skills or budgets for each member to specialize in. Like stealing and flying foreign planes and helicopters, computer skills that involve extracting information or forwarding information to wherever they are told. They specialize in medical training, concealment in foreign environments specializing fluently in many languages. They also learn being able to perfect the culture to blend in perfectly while doing surveillance. As well many other special skills. Best thing they all do is being military advisors in foreign countries.
Yeah ive heard the OTC is the real Delta selection. Tyler Grey on the shawn ryan show said only 2 guys graduated his OTC class.
@mitchconner2021 Delta’s training is molded off the British SAS’s training so it’s definitely one of the most hardest in the world. I remember watching the Shawn Ryan show with former Delta Operator Kyle Morgan who was in Delta for like 11 years and had just gotten out in like 2022. He said his Operator number was #965 I believe so it’s crazy to think that Delta started in 1977 and his number was so low. Just shows how hard and how they are very strict on their selection.
i believe Chapman was abandoned by Navy Seals
MAC SOG. it was "disbanded" but a legendary one in its day.
Hearing all the stories and things I’m reading on the comments is just one of the reasons why I’ve decided to go into Army and try out for 1st Special forces airborne. I want to be the very best of the best. I’ve geeked out on tactics and gear since I was 12.
I wish u put force recon in this video, Ik there’s not much footage/ information about them. But they are badass, point blank period. My dad was a second force recon marine, I’m leaving in about a month to become a infantry marine. I have heard stories from him that are crazier than a lot of movies and stories I have heard online. It’s unfortunate that a lot of the things force con does is super classified, which makes sense. But if it had a little less security on everything they did I personally think they would be at the same tier as all these units. I may bias, but I truly do believe this. I DO NOT DISRESPECT ANY OF THESE FORCES/ BRANCHES, just speaking my mind.