Special Warfare: Special Reconnaissance

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  • @gemum4219
    @gemum4219 Рік тому +106

    Random person: I have never known, seen or heard about an SR operator.
    'Random person' 2: Let's keep it that way.

    • @MadMax31577
      @MadMax31577 Рік тому +6

      Haha, When I was in the Marines the Force Recon guys used to tell people they were in "bulk fuel".

  • @RogersGirl88
    @RogersGirl88 Рік тому +266

    They should have called them Special Tactics Advanced Reconnaissance or STARs.

  • @Okkara-q3b
    @Okkara-q3b Рік тому +82

    Formerly known as Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT), the Special Reconnaissance (SR) career field has recently transitioned into a role dedicated that is tailored more for all-source intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance versus the traditional environmental reconnaissance they performed as SOWTs. While short term weather forecasting will remain in the SR’s skillset, it will no longer dominate SR’s training and mission focus. Skills include:
    Weather forecasting
    Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) gathering
    Forward observations & scouting
    Surveillance & Target Acquisition
    Special Reconnaissance Operators are among the most highly trained personnel in the U.S. military. They receive training in surveillance and reconnaissance, multi-domain electronic warfare (EW), long-range precision engagement and target interdiction, small unmanned aircraft systems, preparation of the environment, personnel recovery, and advanced special tactics skills.
    Training Pipeline
    Basic Military Training
    JBSA-Lackland, TX (8 weeks)
    Special Warfare Prep Course
    JBSA-Lackland, TX (4 weeks)
    Special Warfare Assessment & Selection
    JBSA-Lackland, TX (4 weeks)
    Special Warfare Pre-Dive
    JBSA-Lackland, TX (4 weeks)
    Air Force Combat Dive Course
    Naval Support Activity, FL (8 weeks)
    Army Airborne School
    Fort Benning, GA (3 weeks)
    Army Military Freefall Course
    Yuma Probing Grounds, AZ (4 weeks)
    Underwater Egress Training
    Fairchild AFB, WA (1 day)
    Air Force Survival School
    Fairchild AFB, WA (3 weeks)
    Special Reconnaissance Course
    Keesler AFB, MS (8 weeks)
    Special Reconnaissance Apprentice Course
    Pope AFB, NC (8 weeks)
    (The Special Reconnaissance Apprentice Course is also the phase of training where all SR Airmen go through their respective “sniper school”)

    • @gemum4219
      @gemum4219 Рік тому +5

      And able to sleep standing up when the need arises.

    • @Okkara-q3b
      @Okkara-q3b Рік тому

      @@gemum4219 true

    • @benzina7
      @benzina7 Рік тому +3

      Those are some serious pipeliners......

    • @Okkara-q3b
      @Okkara-q3b Рік тому

      @@benzina7 truth

    • @cyber_crypto
      @cyber_crypto Рік тому +3

      Yuma “probing grounds” 😅

  • @MM3OG
    @MM3OG 10 місяців тому +10

    air force figured out that giving an over glorified team of Ron Burgundy weather reporters with a special operations budget was a bad idea.

  • @iTux82
    @iTux82 8 місяців тому +14

    Dude, this career field sounds awesome!

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  8 місяців тому +7

      We can help you contact your area recruiter for further information on this career field. What is your zip code?
      Pam
      Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

    • @catflashshei
      @catflashshei 7 місяців тому

      It is! Going to talk to a recruiter about it this weekend. Been my dream to be part of it forever.

    • @Cattleman-bv8ip
      @Cattleman-bv8ip 6 місяців тому +1

      @@USAirForceRecruitingis there any way I could get into this career field through the Air Force academy?

    • @jordanreynolds6802
      @jordanreynolds6802 Місяць тому +1

      Enlist in the Army and try out for Ranger selection

  • @grimyboyp3549
    @grimyboyp3549 2 роки тому +63

    So these are like the spies of the air force? Dopee

    • @0utlawactual363
      @0utlawactual363 2 роки тому +42

      Ghost recon of the air force

    • @JohnRodriguez-si9si
      @JohnRodriguez-si9si Рік тому

      You Children know nothing at all whatsoever on things Militaria. Special Reconnaissance, Formerly known as Special Operations Weather Teams ( SR / SOWT) , is a United States Air Force Special Operations Command Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance ( USAFSOC ISTAR) asset that are neither 🕵️ nor 👻 , but, are Special Warfare Airmen, Sine Pari.🇺🇲🇺🇸‼️‼️

    • @offspringfan1288
      @offspringfan1288 Рік тому +2

      Nope. They’re weathermen. Special Recon is a fancy name is all.

    • @ToxicNoodle71
      @ToxicNoodle71 Рік тому +29

      @@offspringfan1288you’re 4 years behind

    • @mountaingem6
      @mountaingem6 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@offspringfan1288No they are not Weathermen. Different training different mission. They have a different perspective for Air Warfare targets and threats.

  • @Tacibell
    @Tacibell 2 роки тому +26

    Is it unheard of for people attending SW Prep and/or Assessment & Selection to go SR to PJ or vice versa? Or is it a set track once you sign your papers?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  2 роки тому +28

      Benjamin, If you qualify by passing the Physical Aptitude Stamina Test, you will attend Special Warfare Recruiting/Development before going to Basic Military Training (BMT) where you will be in a Special Warfare flight.
      After graduating BMT, you will go through Special Warfare Prep Course, then go through Assessment and Selection (the difference between Assessment and Selection (A & S) vs Indoc; members may request to change jobs during Assessment and Selection).
      The difference between Assessment and Selection (A&S) vs Indoc; members may request to change jobs during Assessment and Selection (A&S).
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

    • @Tacibell
      @Tacibell 2 роки тому +10

      @@USAirForceRecruiting Thanks for getting back to me Ray! Wasn't expecting an answer so soon. I have another question though. If I'm prior service, do I still participate in BMT?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  2 роки тому +8

      Benjamin, you are welcome. No, you would not redo basic training.
      What is your re-entry code (RE code) and the reason stated on your official DD 214 for discharge, and what year did you separate from active duty?
      To discuss qualifying and options with a special warfare recruiter.
      What is your age, citizenship status, and zip code?
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

    • @Tacibell
      @Tacibell 2 роки тому +5

      @@USAirForceRecruiting I'm RE-1A Completion of Required Active Service, separated 2015, 30yrs old, native citizen, 97420

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  2 роки тому +13

      Benjamin, Prior Service (PS) applicants must not have a break in service exceeding 6 years. You will need see if you have options since you are over the 6 year break in service.
      Contact special warfare recruiter for a job for the mentally strong and physically tough, these Airmen are elite warriors.
      65-J Division Ave
      Eugene, OR 97404
      Office: 541-600-9930
      Mobile: 541-600-9930
      Recruiter: TSgt Evan Grimme
      Email: evan.grimme@us.af.mil
      Please reach out to your local recruiter provided above via phone, email, and text message. Leave your contact information phone number and email with the recruiter provided above. Please allow 10 business days not including weekends or holidays for the recruiter above to contact you.
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

  • @tubeyou2140
    @tubeyou2140 2 роки тому +19

    The way his voice change at the very end tells me he’s serious

  • @abbasnaqvi5341
    @abbasnaqvi5341 2 роки тому +14

    Sounds right up my alley.

  • @henryseva1
    @henryseva1 Рік тому +3

    Is there any documentd mission wher SR was separately/solely used?

    • @Mango10449
      @Mango10449 5 днів тому

      No. There are also no documented missions where other special operators were used separately/solely. There’s only one unit that is built to “stand alone” in any given operation and that the Army’s SFOD-D. But even then, it’s pretty unheard of these days because everything is joint and everyone has an asset helping the whole operation.
      Edit: There have been missions where Air Force SR has conducted recon while not directly attached to another unit if that’s what you’re wondering.

  • @zulufucxs1373
    @zulufucxs1373 2 роки тому +5

    What happens to prior service if they complete A&S but aren’t selected? Needs of the Air Force or the boot out?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  2 роки тому +4

      Prior service members receive their job prior to leaving for tech school.
      Pam
      Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

    • @Jay-fq8uz
      @Jay-fq8uz Рік тому

      From what I’ve gathered it’s not a selection like raiders and green berets. If you make it through you most likely will be able to proceed.

    • @Mango10449
      @Mango10449 5 днів тому +1

      @@Jay-fq8uzI knew a guy who made it to the end of the PJ pipeline to not get selected. He went into Army SF after that.

  • @Bangchanified
    @Bangchanified Рік тому +2

    Hi, so sorry to bother you again. I have been searching for other jobs in the Air Force that I might like. So far I’m interested in the special reconnaissance and pararescue but my parents won’t let me go into the battle field. I still want to do it event though they won’t let me. Should I keep through with this?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  Рік тому +1

      I.nified, suggest you speak with a recruiter to discuss qualifying and options.
      What is your age, citizenship status, highest level of education completed, and zip code?
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

    • @LisaDavis1
      @LisaDavis1 5 місяців тому +1

      As a MOM, you’re not ready to go on the battlefield until you’re ready to make your own decisions.
      Live your own life. 😊

  • @YktvJay04
    @YktvJay04 Місяць тому

    How much time they spend in the air?.

  • @Duhans700
    @Duhans700 2 роки тому +3

    I have a question. If I have served in KATUSA, then can my experiences be recognized after getting citizenship? I really wonder this.

  • @shaman6682
    @shaman6682 10 місяців тому

    I felt like his explanation was a biography of my civilian life. Certainly was raised and live to honor and uphold a standard that isn’t always social norm in every day society. @Airforce @ @spaceforce 🗽🔔🦅

  • @NOIZis2loud
    @NOIZis2loud 2 роки тому +25

    So badass

    • @foundrimc
      @foundrimc Рік тому

      Yea man!

    • @ianmangham4570
      @ianmangham4570 Рік тому

      You're avin a Turkish ain't ya ? 😅 🇬🇧🤠🤘💣⚡⚡

    • @foundrimc
      @foundrimc Рік тому

      how do you know@@ianmangham4570

  • @kevin5132-e6t
    @kevin5132-e6t 2 роки тому +5

    I was looking into getting into cyber operations in space force but I’ve met a SR at a family reunion I’m intrigued into going SW SR how would I go about it as a civi going in but as a officer?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  2 роки тому

      You will want to reach out to your area Special Warfare recruiter to discuss Special Tactics Officers. www.airforce.com/careers/detail/special-tactics-officer
      What is your zip code?
      Pam
      Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  2 роки тому

      Good morning. We will be happy to answer your questions. Have a great day.
      Pam
      Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

  • @Spadoosky
    @Spadoosky Рік тому +1

    I see that 42 is the max age. How many people do you get that actually come close to that max age? Do old farts have a chance in SR?

    • @haddenindustries2922
      @haddenindustries2922 5 місяців тому +1

      I'm also wondering this ☺

    • @theindivisible
      @theindivisible 4 місяці тому +2

      Had a lieutenant above 40 that was a beast in pj indoc.. He did take time to recover, rest and eat well

    • @Spadoosky
      @Spadoosky 4 місяці тому

      @@theindivisible nice! However he was prior military already. I’m speaking of someone who is going in for the first time

    • @theindivisible
      @theindivisible 4 місяці тому +2

      @@Spadoosky you’d have to be very active and used to very long walk, run or in very good physical shape.. if not, take atleast 2 years to get ready, run some half marathons, triathlon, swim and get comfortable under water and do 25-50m under waters no breathing, ruck for miles and lift weights, body weight.. I’m not talking about just 1-2 hour workouts a day at a gym.. you’d have to do 2 workouts a day and long workouts in the weekends.. then Ice, stretch, massage, drink plenty of liquid and electrolytes and get plenty of sleep
      If you don’t prepare, your guts and will can only take you far enough but your body will break down and injuries take you out

    • @Mango10449
      @Mango10449 5 днів тому

      Go find out

  • @Andy-Ferdrew
    @Andy-Ferdrew Місяць тому

    Where are those youngsters READY to SIGN ?!?! ☝️☝️☝️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

  • @MadMax31577
    @MadMax31577 Рік тому +1

    2:34 Is that a girl over his left shoulder??

    • @NafGGMU
      @NafGGMU 11 місяців тому

      indeed...she has swag

    • @Mango10449
      @Mango10449 5 днів тому

      Yep, but it’s a recruiting clip from a separate commercial for security forces (military police). Whoever edited this clip threw it in here too.

  • @Worldwidetravel553
    @Worldwidetravel553 7 місяців тому

    Can you join SR as part of the AF Reserve or Airguard?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  7 місяців тому

      @Worldwidetravel553 Yes, if you can qualify. You need to speak with a recruiter to discuss qualifying. What is your age, citizenship status, highest level of education completed, and zip code? If you prefer, you may private message us on Facebook.
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

  • @elic1356
    @elic1356 Рік тому

    Out of curiosity, if anyone is able to answer this, are officers able to enter SR?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  Рік тому +1

      Eli, SR is an Enlisted career only.
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

  • @SpecialWarfareAirmen
    @SpecialWarfareAirmen 2 роки тому +4

    ❤Salute brother

  • @jaime4231
    @jaime4231 Рік тому

    Do they train CQC

    • @knight6
      @knight6 9 місяців тому +2

      Since they can deploy with other special operations like Rangers, SEALS, etc, as well as on their own, they will learn how to CQC and fight in various ways to keep up with the various units they’re with.

  • @Bori85
    @Bori85 8 місяців тому

    Do they see action?

    • @jordanedwards9681
      @jordanedwards9681 8 місяців тому +1

      What would you guess bro?

    • @Bori85
      @Bori85 8 місяців тому

      @@jordanedwards9681
      Idk. That’s why asked the question.

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  8 місяців тому +1

      Yes, our special warfare members may "see action." They are exceptionally well-trained for all missions.
      Pam
      Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

    • @mountaingem6
      @mountaingem6 7 місяців тому +4

      ​@@Bori85Listen son. youngsters want to see "action", Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance does NOT want to be seen, does NOT want to engage. Engaging ("action") defeats their mission.

    • @Bori85
      @Bori85 7 місяців тому

      @@mountaingem6 copy

  • @glennhynes5263
    @glennhynes5263 2 місяці тому

    Compromise and failure is always an option. Just not one that you want.

  • @Djent7779
    @Djent7779 11 місяців тому +1

    I thought recon was the marines

    • @knight6
      @knight6 9 місяців тому +1

      Each branch has their own recon unit. For instance the US Army has a Regimental Reconnaissance Company. The US Air Force’s Special Reconnaissance comes from their Special Operations Weather Team and it transformed into SR around 2019. They used to just insert deep and collect weather data as well as other information and now do plenty of reconnaissance for the USAF as well as other special operations units.

  • @eddyro168
    @eddyro168 9 місяців тому

    He estudiado gran parte de las carreras de la fuerza aérea y m interesan mucho 2(pj’s xq soy farmacéutico) y esta q es buena carrera igual, todo el comando d tácticas especiales d la fuerza aérea esta a un nivel muy superior! Desgraciadamente no puedo afiliarme a ninguna d estas ramas pero si logro llegar todavía joven a EEUU intentaré ingresar a la fuerza aérea! Puede q no lo crean pero llevo meses corriendo los 5km y nadando 500 metros, haciendo los ejercicios d calistenia para estar listo cuando llegue el momento! Jjjj

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  9 місяців тому +1

      We wish you the very best.
      Pam
      Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

  • @connorjohnson5909
    @connorjohnson5909 Рік тому

    Is this an available mos for non prior service to enlist in reserves?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  Рік тому +1

      Connor C, you would need to speak with a recruiter to discuss qualifying and options. What is your zip code?
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

  • @LC-th7cn
    @LC-th7cn Рік тому +1

    what can Air Force sr translate to in civilian life?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  Рік тому

      You will want to reach out to your area Special Warfare recruiter to discuss the specifics of this career field. What is your zip code?
      Pam
      Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  Рік тому

      Good morning, We will be happy to answer your questions. Have a great day.
      Pam
      Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

  • @ez3333
    @ez3333 Рік тому +2

    🔥😇🔥

  • @SSneakKK
    @SSneakKK 2 місяці тому

    🛸🛸🛸

  • @OG-NASA
    @OG-NASA 2 роки тому

    SQUAD

  • @H.E99
    @H.E99 Рік тому

    Moroccan lions ❤❤
    Two lands two countries
    Under GOD .

  • @joekate121609
    @joekate121609 2 роки тому +1

    SOWT

    • @anthonynelson3271
      @anthonynelson3271 Рік тому +2

      Was what it was that career was changed and turned into this. Not sure how much of the SOWT career stayed.

  • @anonymoose1981
    @anonymoose1981 2 роки тому

    Can one still pursue this if they have very mild color vision deficiency? Can easily differentiate red / green. I have nothing possibly stopping me expect this.

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  2 роки тому

      You will want to reach out to your area Special Warfare recruiter to discuss this further. What is your zip code?
      Pam
      Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

    • @anonymoose1981
      @anonymoose1981 2 роки тому

      @@USAirForceRecruiting 80537. Thank you.

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  2 роки тому +4

      Anonymoose, contact the recruiter at 132 W Troutman Pkwy
      Fort Collins, CO 80525
      Office: 970-229-0353
      Mobile: 970-978-1125
      Recruiter: SSgt Scott Callahan
      Email: scott.callahan.1@us.af.mil
      Please reach out to your local recruiter provided above via phone, email, and text message. Leave your contact information phone number and email with the recruiter provided above. Please allow 10 business days not including weekends or holidays (this Friday offices will be closed and reopen Monday) for the recruiter to contact you. You may also call 1-800-253-9603 to speak with a live advisor for assistance.
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

  • @longliveforcemarine5188
    @longliveforcemarine5188 Рік тому

    I really don't understand why the Air Force needs to be on the ground. That's the area of responsibility for the army and the Marine Corps. As far as pure reconnaissance goes. There's none better than Force Recon. Period. Anytime, any place. No questions asked.

    • @ThomasHumphries-nl5jq
      @ThomasHumphries-nl5jq 10 місяців тому +5

      They work for SOCOM not the Air Command bro. There was no dedicated intelligence and surveillance special operations unit until they added the SRs

    • @knight6
      @knight6 9 місяців тому +2

      Air Force does plenty on the ground. From their security forces protecting airbases, Tactical Air Control Party for providing close air support for the Army, Pararescue proving casualty evacuation and emergency medicine for pilots and other special operations forces, Combat Controllers setting up drop zones airfields landing zones, and yes Special Reconnaissance to provide some reconnaissance support to SOCOM and the Air Force. Special Reconnaissance used to do just Special Operations Weather Team things when deployed but are now doing all sorts of information gathering like using handheld drones.

    • @longliveforcemarine5188
      @longliveforcemarine5188 9 місяців тому

      Sure they do all that stuff now. I'm just saying there wasn't a need for it cuz we had people on the ground for that already. Everybody just wants a piece of the pie. Just like when I was in Grenada. The biggest klusterfuk around. Just saying there wasn't a need for it.. not saying they are dedicated. Nothing negative. Just that it wasn't needed because we had people with those skills already.

    • @longliveforcemarine5188
      @longliveforcemarine5188 9 місяців тому

      You have to understand to I was in the Marine Corps in the 80s. Attached to Second Force Recon. Everybody should just play in their own backyard.

    • @longliveforcemarine5188
      @longliveforcemarine5188 9 місяців тому

      Do the guy that says there was no dedicated intelligence and surveillance special operators. Well I would like to know what the hell I was doing with my team in Beirut Lebanon. In 1983 and 1984.

  • @harveysanchez6993
    @harveysanchez6993 2 роки тому +1

    This is a old recruiting video already released before nothing new.

  • @mikaylafjeld3495
    @mikaylafjeld3495 Рік тому

    Ah so this is where the af learns to do what us joes have been doing already 😂

    • @Mango10449
      @Mango10449 5 днів тому

      Dude!!! You’re in GI Joe!?!?
      Edit: There have been AF has been doing these things for a long time actually. They’re just quiet professionals 😂

  • @minsikbuff
    @minsikbuff 6 місяців тому

    This is the reason that I want to emigrant to USA.

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  6 місяців тому

      @minsikbuff To join the Air Force, you must live in the United States or an area that has an AF recruiter. Non US citizens must also possess a 2-year, or 10-year INS Form I-551 (green card) and have at least 6 months or more remaining before the expiration date to apply to join if you are not a US citizen. For Space Force, you must be a US Citizen to be eligible to join. Applicants must be between the ages of 17 and 42; meet the mental, moral, and physical standards for enlistment; and must speak, read, and write English fluently.
      The Air Force and Space Force does not bring applicants to the US to join unless there is an AF/USSF recruiting office or Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) to process through. You must get to the United States legally and complete all immigration processing on your own. The Air Force does not help.
      You may contact U.S. Immigration for further assistance about the Green card process and requirements: Immigration Link www.uscis.gov/greencard
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

    • @minsikbuff
      @minsikbuff 6 місяців тому

      @@USAirForceRecruiting I'm appreciative specific explanations!

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  6 місяців тому

      @minsikbuff You are welcome.
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

  • @Beachhead13
    @Beachhead13 2 роки тому +6

    So Combat weather, but it didn't sound cool enough. So they made this because recruiting sucked. Cool cool

    • @definitelynotthefbi4412
      @definitelynotthefbi4412 Рік тому +14

      Crazy how people will watch a 3 minute long video and immediately forget everything they just watched.

    • @RQFumbles
      @RQFumbles Рік тому +1

      @@definitelynotthefbi4412 It's basically a Shake-n-Bake course for CIA field ops recruiting.

    • @Mango10449
      @Mango10449 5 днів тому

      Not quite 😂

  • @longliveforcemarine5188
    @longliveforcemarine5188 9 місяців тому

    Unless of course the Air Force is using it just for their specific needs. But that is not the case.

  • @longliveforcemarine5188
    @longliveforcemarine5188 9 місяців тому

    Sounds like a plan.

  • @JohnRodriguez-si9si
    @JohnRodriguez-si9si Рік тому +5

    Ladies and Generals: America introduces the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Asset of Air Force Special Operations Command ( ISTAR AFSOC) , known as Special Reconnaissance ( SR) , Formerly known as Special Operations Weather Team ( SOWT).🇺🇲🇺🇸✈️🪖💣💥🪂🤿🇺🇸🇺🇲‼️

  • @dmoneynelson11b43
    @dmoneynelson11b43 Рік тому +1

    Marine Recon

  • @longliveforcemarine5188
    @longliveforcemarine5188 5 днів тому

    Well first off let's get one thing straight. All that material in your message was already known. It still doesn't answer the question. Why is something labeled "AIR" would want to make those kind of capabilities on the ground. It's just more money for the Air Force to spend. Is not a unit that is needed. Just like in Grenada. The only people that could communicate was marine and naval communication. Army couldn't communicate with Air Force vice versa. Navy couldn't communicate with Air Force. Army couldn't communicate with marine and naval units. Stupid planning. I know this cuz I did the hydrographic relay team before the invasion. So debrief and briefing is done with admiral Metcalf, general Norman Schwarzkopf was president. Why spend the money when you don't need it. Do you have army and Marine Corps capability right at your hand already.

  • @longliveforcemarine5188
    @longliveforcemarine5188 9 місяців тому

    I think you misunderstood my questions. With the Army, Navy Seals, Marine Corps. Were there reconnaissance assets I don't see the need for an Air Force One as well. It's in the name Air Force. It doesn't apply to the ground. That's why it doesn't make sense. Army has several assets to use, Navy has theirs, the Marines have theirs. Let's just spend more money I'm at the Air Force do it too. Does it make any sense, mentally, and financially. Never said they couldn't. Just think they shouldn't. I'm not dissing Air Force. My father joined the Army Air Corps in 1942. He also fought in the Korean war. Was with him when the Air corps became the Air Force. I grew up in Air Force brat. There was no real need for the Air Force's special reconnaissance.

    • @knight6
      @knight6 9 місяців тому +6

      If you have such a huge problem with the Air Force Special Reconnaissance, why don’t you become Secretary of the Air Force and get Special Reconnaissance disbanded? Why don’t you go talk to your Senator and explain to him/her why Special Reconnaissance is a waste of time and money and that the Air Force should disband it? Perhaps the Air Force should get rid of the Pararescue jumpers as well and let the Marines and Army and Navy handle search and rescue. How about getting rid of TACP and let the Army call in air support or just let ANGLICO handle all air support missions?

    • @shoulakom6340
      @shoulakom6340 9 місяців тому +4

      Marine Corps is self-sustaining, and Marine Recon does recon for MAGTF. Army recon elements does recon for Army, and SEALs does recon for NSWC. They're all playing in their own backyard. Air Force SR locates potential airfields, guides direction of air and missile attacks, and prepares the environment. As you can see, these are all tasks that the Air Force would handle. Although SR supports other SOCOM units, the Air Force comes first.

    • @longliveforcemarine5188
      @longliveforcemarine5188 7 місяців тому

      In all this butthurt stuff that people wrote. Why does everyone get so bad out of shape when I brought up just a question. I served in Force Recon for 6 years. I have four combat tours. I think I know all about the other branches of services capabilities and such. It was just a thought. All these people that have negative responses to my question, I have a question for you people. When and where did you serve and what branch. What was your MOS? Because if you really were a PJ, or an Army ranger or whatever the case may be. But I have a stinking suspicion the negative naysayers, probably didn't serve. And if you did again what was your MOS. Completely completely misunderstood but I was saying. There was never any ill-will intended. I work with Army rangers, I worked with SF. I worked with Navy Seals, Anglico in Beirut. All fine units. So please it was just a question to throw out there. From my experience I was just saying why. I was not saying they all suck which was all the negative comments were thinking. Grow up.