How Hard is it to Become Delta Force Operator?
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta or ‘Delta Force” remains cloaked equally in official secrecy and popular legend. Becoming a member of this legendary group is no easy task.
Just how much torture is a person willing to undergo to get a prestigious job? Given that an average of 250 resumes are submitted for every job position in the United States, one would assume quite a lot.
But there’s writing endless resumes and then there’s running forty miles at night on an uneven forest trail while lugging a fifty-pound rucksack with more weight added upon achieving each waypoint.
And to even get into the application pool for that particular job, you first have to master the art of willingly jumping out of a perfectly functional airplane.
This refers, of course, to the admission process for the U.S. Army’s top commando unit. The Delta Force.
Intro : 00:00
To Get Started : 01:12
Inside Delta Force : 03:33
Delta Force Operations : 08:28
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Got into Delta first attempt. Completed the training.
Then decided being a flight attendant wasn’t for me.
LOL
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😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah man we all love fairytales too
@@user-jv4go2eq6y cool story. Thanks for the update.
In the beginning you stated Delta Force is only open to US Army and that is incorrect, Delta Force accepted members from all branches who can pass the training, there has been numbers cross branch transfers, the most famous of which was Kevin Holland who was first in DEVGRU/Seal Team 6 Operator then became a Delta Force Operator, but Delta routinely accepts Marines and Air Force personnel too.
didn’t he join the national guard to be eligible tho
Apparently everyone but marines branch transfers to Army as part of the process. Marines don't, as USMC wants them back after some years.
There are some female members of Delta, in the recon unit (Apparently G squadron these days) It's unclear how they are recruited, as the OTC only accepts male applicants.
Kevin Holland didn't went from DEVGRU straight to DELTA.. He retired from the military and was a civilian for 5 years. After 9/11 he wanted to return to DEVGRU and they said NO and he found a weird path to DELTA by joining the National Guard. The military changed after 9/11 because the U.S. knew they were in 2 wars that were going to last a long time (20 years) so they changed paths, promotions and re-enlistments. If the war didn't happened the way it did for the long haul there wouldn't be a path from Holland comeback from civilian to Delta because they wouldn't have needed him.
@@k53847 DNA correct females that have passed the rigors of selections? That is impressive 🇺🇸
It is the hardest thing you can do in the military across all branches.... If it wasn't, you would already be there.
Right? It's not just the selection if you don't pass everything they ask in the training before your sent to a team you get cut as well.
They farm Regiment consistently
I don't believe that. I believe getting into and making it through the service academies like the Air Force Academy is harder. Physically yeah, Delta or SEALs is probably the hardest thing to do in the military. I've met Air Force Academy cadets and man those guys were seriously squared away... smart, physically fit, leaders...one I met wanted to be an astronaut.
@@CoolestDude38NC lul
@@CoolestDude38NCBut there are WAY more making it through Air Force academy than Delta force
People really can’t grasp just how difficult it is to earn something like your Ranger tab, where 70% of applicants DOR (Drop On Request), much less an operator. If you make it all the way through all of the training and get into a JSOC unit, you’re a real life ninja.
What’s really nuts is that OTC and all that is the easy part! Once you get into the Unit, you have to earn your place everyday. If you stumble, don’t perform or whatever else, you’re gone 😬
A former operator once said, “Delta isn’t looking for the best guy; they’re looking for the right guy.”
Huh? Tab is easy af lol it's all about the scroll.
@@willreed6155 I think the majority of people would disagree that Ranger school is “easy”, but yes, it is just a leadership course. Earning the tab only means you’re tabbed, a schoolhouse Ranger. If you don’t have the scroll, you’re not a “real” Ranger.
@@willreed6155I don’t think anyone that has made it through ranger school would call it easy. Plenty of guys that are already in ranger Regiment fail ranger school.
Delta also has a focus on high IQ and creativity
Based on the SAS selection course, all the units that are based on this course have their last test based on the famous "Fan Dance" endurance march over mountains, marsh and rough terrain. The Irish Rangers call it the "Walk Home", Delta call it the "Long Walk" and the French 1st Marine Infantry Paratroopers Regiment call it the "Feathered Race".
I hope you know most SF units are inspired by the SAS
@@AC-uw4il the article is about Delta, that's why I mentioned the SAS, I have met operators from several of these units during my time in the service, think I know a little bit about their training 😉
@@bozothedog9024 okay what does that have to do with what I said?
@@AC-uw4il yes I do know "most SF units are inspired by the SAS" my little cardboard soldier.
@@bozothedog9024 so your response to a compliment backing your statement that was just as ridiculous is an insult your not very bright are you
It is all about being the right guy. My cousin fought in Vietnam along with Charles Beckwith. Stubborn, expert mentality, higher standards, good moral compass, willingness to a mission and an unyielding will to succeed. Good elite soldiers have these traits.
There are some inaccuracies in the above video, but in the short summary, the unit recruits the majority from Special Forces and Rangers (and we now know they recruit from other branches as well) who are hardened season special operations units that can already rival other SOF units ( granted they differ in roles, with GBs specializing in UW, Rangers in direct action est). You take that selected elite community and put them through some of the toughest training possible, with 95% of them washing out. There have been many cases where selections yield zero candidates, and that is just selections and not OTC.
Lets look at Paul Howes's selection for comparison. He said that out of his two classes of 120 applicants each (120 applicants from the 75th Ranger Regiment and US special forces (Green Berets)), an average age of 30, already combat proven, all above E-4 ), only 12 to 14 completed the selection. That’s only a selection. After training (OTC), only 6 * finally made it into the unit. And that is considered to be high. According to ex Delta shooter turned SOFREP writer, George IV, when he personally ran A and S, that session only produced two graduates. They were sent back to their Units to wait until there were enough graduates from A&S to run an OTC course. There was even one OTC that produced a single graduate.
Delta is about quality, with their operators designed to operate in teams as small as 2 members. One operator claims Delta had only 400 operators in 1991, which that means in 14 years, only 400 shooters qualified OTC. ( George E Hand IV).
I really do get blown away by this.
Exactly NONE of that video is from SOD Delta.
It was an attempt. Alot of these videos don't do justice, some outright misleading, but they provide some exposure I guess.
@@ssgtomen621 The books are more accurate.
I'll take an ex operator's account over any of these half backed videos any day. That's for sure
You don’t have to be in the army or be a sergeant. Those are the requirements for a green beret. Delta selects from all branches. Marines have become delta and so have a few seals. Most of them are former rangers, 82nd airborne or green berets.
I read Col Beckwith's book years ago, think he said 40 - 50% came from the Rangers while the Green Berets made up another chunk of the recruits.
You dont even need to be in special operations to try out or make it. You can be a cook and try out to OTC. It just blows my mind and you can be any MOS and if you are the right guy for the unit and pass, you are in.
Video is a little off... background music is awful too
@@FMD023one guy was a navy hard hat diver… They take anyone who can make it through assessment and selection.
The Marines who tried out for Delta, were they active duty or did they get out of the Corps first?
Back in 1989 myself and two NCO’s who’re all 11B’s from our Company (D. Co, 2/502nd INF, 101st ABN) were told to go to the base theater for a briefing by our CO. We had no idea why but we went and a guy walked onto the stage explaining why he’s there and that any of us interested in joining the Delta Force May talk with them after his briefing. One of us did.
Was it you?
@@horaciohernandez598 no it wasn’t, I knew that I wasn’t strong enough for their requirements but another NCO who was already Airborne Ranger qualified did and they got a great addition. I’m sniper qualified and have a lot of additional skill identifiers but I know my strengths and weaknesses.
@@echohunter4199damn its that hard that you personally knew if youd be up for it or not waste the time. Pretty intense. GOD bless
@@mobius-1503 advanced skill training does require something the average Soldier/Infantryman doesn’t always have so pursuing something like Delta requires everything and for me, even that wasn’t enough. I’m sniper qualified (yes, actual sniper school, not some marksmanship improvement course or designated marksmanship school) as well as Rappel Master, TOW Master Gunner, Sling Master and a 2 week NBC school so that’s why I was sent since I had most of the pre qualifications needed besides Airborne. Every Grunt knows Airborne school is easy but it often does severe damage to limbs that can destroy our Infantry career and I’ve seen it happen so again, if we want to complete a school at all costs, our chances are better at graduating but to go in half sure is a bad idea.
Delta specialise in extraction. Seals specialise in assassination.
How are you going to make a video like this without even doing basic research on the topic? Delta Force members can be from any branch, not just the Army.
Wrong Einstein. Army only.
@@trent3872 you’re a moron. Most come from the Army but selection is open to any branch.
@@trent3872 ah no.
@@1970bosshemi 99.9% come from special forces or army rangers. There have been a couple, maybe, EX navy seals that went to Delta. But to say delta commonly takes from all branches is untrue. And why would the seals want to give up one of their highly trained assets to the army?
@@trent3872You’re false. Just go listen to one of like five delta operators who were on the Shawn Ryan show. They recruit from all special forces in the military. There was a delta operator I can find the exact link and prove you wrong right now. His DELTA team was made up of guys from a different branch each. Chris VanSant is his name.
You don’t have to be SF or in Ranger Reg. You can be a mail clerk and go to selection. From any branch.💪🏼🇺🇸
Yes. Just as anyone can take the MENSA test. It is possible for Special Olympics person to score so high on the IQ test to make MENSA. Highly unlikely, but possible.
I don't think people truly understand how incredible it is to make it into the Unit. Out of a 100 guys trying out coming from Rangers, SF, RRC, MARSOC, PJ's, SEALs, and anyone else, less than 10 will make it to OTC. 10% of the best of best.
A lot more Rangers make it than anyone. How do I know?
Concur
RRC is the tier one unit army rangers black berets special missions unit, they don't try out for Delta Force special forces they're on the same level and it takes a while to get to those levels they don't just go try out for other units they stay in their unit that they got to and they stick to it
@@michael98478 that a big negative my friend. RRC is known as a fast track to the Unit. Many many operators go to selection and yes everyone completes selection.
That's because they dont select the best candidate...they select the right ones.
The Man, Charlie Beckwith one of my heros....got this bad ass group off the ground
You guys are the best
@@patwxdaddy yea, I appreciate your comments because it does sound accurate because Col. Beckwith even admitted to stepping on a lot of toes, but I guess that is One reason I liked him because he was tough as hell, and when he survived that 50 Cal round, plus he was from Ga.
I saw him when he came back from The failed mission in D C.
.....he and Vaught seemed to be tougher than Nails.
But as you mentioned, he was not well liked....love to hear more insight into Col. Beckwith.
The one thing that bothers me is I did hear he was reckless.
One man whom was on you tube, who is in a wheelchair was speaking to some group, he said Working For Col. Beckwith was tough but he was 1 bad ass.
Thanks 4 your input!!
Bill
Huge RESPECT
More content like this please.
You don't have to be 11B. Any MOS can try out.
But you only get two tries to attempt and then you never get another shot. Better to be absolutely prepared than not.
Knew a guy from high school who went into the Army.
Before it was all over with, he had three blown disks in his back.
Both knees needed to be replaced.
A torn rotor cuff.
Several wounds.
And some PTSD.
Lugging a 140 pound backpack over hill and dale took its toll on him.
I looked at SF while in the Army.
Was asked twice to apply.
Once on active duty.
Once in the Reserves.
I have seen those old operators.
From the waist down, they are shot.
From the jumps, the heavy ruck marches, wear and tear, stress, divorces, and wounds.
My knees are fine.
It would have been real bitchin, but ya know, I don't have to ice down my knees everyday.
And I live pretty much pain free.
I salute them.
But honestly, the people of America owe them.
Owe them a lot.
And our government needs to take better care of them once they are no longer in uniform.
Yea, I have a lot of that myself, normal for former SF guys....the training is brutal as are deployments.
140lb ruck? That makes zero sense operationally.
@@michaelsoltes6370train to carry 140lbs so that a 70lbs ruck is twice as easy to carry
So much of this Delta SF group was inspired by the Brit SAS!
That is true, Beckwith said so himself
Amen, hard as nails SAS.
And thus did the pupil surpass the teacher
So many experts in the comments, I didn't realize that we had so many Delta force veterans on youtube!
Keyboard commandos
I appreciate the video.
I was at Ft. Ord in 82, I remember even then openly using the word “Delta” was on the down low. They recruited in secret.
Wow. You ALL are amazing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. God Bless you ALL.♡
The training should be hard to perform the kinds of missions they do! My hats off to this and all tier 1 units!!
Love our boys working with the big brother over the pond 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Great video, however all members of Tier One Special Operations units have a Top Secret or above clearance as opposed to the mid level “Secret” level specified in the video.
CAG is open to all branches. If you can walk with some weight and plot points, you can pass selection. The follow on training is when 95% of folks get dropped.
I don't know about that. I heard some have said passing the interview at the very end of selection is really hard...they cut people in the interview.
@CoolestDude38NC Your gonna pass or not before you enternter that room. People don't respond well to their flaws being exposed and ridiculed by a board of their superiors. DONT BE A DOUCHE CONAOE-DONT BE A DICK-MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND ONLY PICK FIGHTS YOU CAN WIN
@@CoolestDude38NCyeah that’s why he said most people get dropped during follow on training. I’ve heard of classes only passing 1-2 guys through OTC from the original 20 that passed selection.
@@connorhall8463 OK
Col. Beckwith’s book is a must read! Great video. Superhuman men! God bless!
@@patwxdaddyCan you explain more? I have read Beckwith's book several times and he explains a lot of stuff. Beckwith does mention "he tried to get Rangers to try out" but did not get very many Ranger Battalion guys into the ORIGINAL Delta selection courses held in the Uwharrie mountains in the mid to late seventies. Eric Haney was one of the Rangers who got into a very early selection courses and made it. I have gotten the impression Beckwith had a huge ego, and he was frankly...obsessed...with the idea of getting a 22 SAS capability built into the U.S. Army. Like totally completely obsessed about the 22 SAS. I also got the impression from reading books that Dick Meadows was basically a polar opposite of Beckwith...little ego, all action and no talk. I know Meadows also did an exchange tour with 22 SAS before Vietnam heated up, like Beckwith did. Did Beckwith have a gigantic ego that got a lot of men killed, yet he was the driving force beyond the creation of the Delta Force and JSOC AKA a 22 SAS capability?
@@patwxdaddy You sound like you have personal, firsthand experience with Beckwith and the original, late seventies era Delta Force? And also with Dick Meadows? I have no firsthand experience with those people or organizations. My knowledge comes from books and news articles. I have been to Camp Mackall a few times before 911 and I've driven by the Delta compound at Bragg and seen it from the outside. I'd love to see it from inside.
@@patwxdaddy Very interesting background you have there. I have been inside the JFK SpecWar building a few times as a civilian, before 911 when it was an open base. I'd go in there, just walk around inside, ride the elevators, nobody seemed to care I was in there. They had some interesting exhibits inside that building. Nowadays I doubt I could get past the front door (post 911).
@@patwxdaddy drove an original Delta guy two hours a day because he got a DUI? Must have been interesting and I bet that guy was nervous.
@@patwxdaddy Man I feel bad for MSgt Berk. Getting a DUI and getting kicked out of that unit months before retirement and being relegated to supply at Mackall must have been...an ordeal worse than Delta selection course. My Dad got two DUIs here in Triad area NC and I watched how it destroyed him.
When I was younger I made it through both the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and obtained the highest level in the Boy Scout organization which makes me one bad ass.. So I know becoming a Delta Operator will be relatively easy from my extensive Boy Scout training.
Delta Force selection is looking for the right guy, not the best guy.
As a former DEVGRU DELTA RANGER PJ AT&T operator I will say that everything this man said, and everything he didn’t say is 100% true and you should believe all of it. Good luck in your selection.
are u an actually a devgru op????
@@uxsin8280 don’t go full retard…
AT&T operator hahahaha
Oh I believe you, because this seems thoroughly legit.
What pack do they use currently for long "hikes"? My Bora 80 is 25yrs old and, though still functional, a little worse for wear.
I intermittently read through the deep dive materials on Shugart and Gordon's last stand. If the little bird could have dropped enough ammo with them....
jump in, hold your breath, get in, caunt ammo, sqeeze the shoulders, break radiosilence, get out and make shure the beer is cold.. on to the next
My friend and I served in the Marines together. He wrestled division 1 college. After we got out he tried out for Delta and made it. He told me it was the hardest thing he ever did. Which should tell you something for anyone who has wrestled.
what weight class did he wrestle
@@jamesdouthat3999 141lb I think.
Uh huh sure he did. Everybody has a "friend" that did this and that smdh.
@@BamaMatters11 some people do have friends 👍
@@BamaMatters11I believe him when he says his “friend.” The ones you should be weary of are when people say, “I have a buddy…”
Big difference in my opinion. 🐍
If Steven Seagal can be a Delta Force/Ranger/SEAL/Marine - soldier, so can we! 😂
Seagal is second to only frank dux
Lol
Thought he was a cook
Found a couple of errors in the video but its the internet what do you expect. To all that don't know you don't volunteer you are selected. Sitting here working on my Doctorate and came upon this made for television special lol. No you don't not have to be 18 series or a Ranger to attend the OTC. Remember they don't want the best guy, they want the right guy.
I know, I received a letter for selection twice, hadn't served as a Infantryman in over a Decade because of injuries and wondered didn't they know this, no way I can do this 😂
You have to volunteer to try out
Silent warriors, I like that!
Delta recruits from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. One also doesn't apply to the selection process, Delta selects those they think might be a good fit within the unit, however a very low percentage of those selected actually make it through the process.
Not true. You can apply to go to selection. Delta holds two open selection periods each year.
As an Army light infantry veteran I now look up to the D-Boys as god warriors, best of the best. After Delta, you can name the rest. 🇺🇸
Nah, ISA then Delta.
@@Devin183 😆
They are the best in the Army.
@@deathfire096 Delta Force, yes indeed. ISA? No way.
@@Devin183 ISA? FOH my guy. They’re necessary but not on the same level.
4:20
That sure looks like a Manchu mile. It’s definitely a March to agony hill on Carson.
First thing is, OSUT is not a prerequisite to apply for either SF or Delta so there are some factual inaccuracies right from the start of this video.
You don't need to attend Infantry OSUT. You can be any MOS. Also, you don't have to be SF to try out for Delta.
He's talking about a civilian wanting too
@@willreed6155 You have to have a basic MOS (any MOS) first, a certain amount of time in service, and a few other requirements. My point was you don't have to be Infantry or SF to try.
Does Delta also require secondary MOS training and 2nd language proficiency like SF requires, but not Rangers or SEALs?
No idea, and never want to find out. All I know, is generally, 100 will enter selection (the 100 who enter, are hardcore dudes, Rangers, SF, SEALs, MARSOC etc.) and 5 will make it.
Special Forces has other MOSs Communications, Engineer, and medic
Infantry OSUT is 22 weeks Not 14 weeks. This changed 3 years ago.
a friend was a delta force operator and was In Mogadishu/Black Hawk Down.
Impressive
Very, very hard. I am a founding member and knew Beckworth well. His vision still guides Delta....we are ultra secret, I still rarely speak of any of it even to my wife.
Sure you are…you didn’t even know his name was beckwith and not beckworth.
@AUtiger1320 so I mistyped on this stupid little keyboard, you've never done that? Asshole.....Sabre Squad Echo 24-7 now decommissioned.
After having been i the military virtually all my adult life as an infantryman [I’m now 69] and having worked with SF Soldiers, Navy SEALS, Marine snipers as well as alost continuously with line infantry, I am acutely conscious of what I call "standards creep”. Induction courses to SOF units such as the current Marine sniper course, the Navy SEALS BUDS and Delta selection are extraordinarily physicaly and mentally challenging.
The question in my mind, based on my experience is do they really need to be that difficult? I think not.
Here’s why. During the war in Vietnam, then Captain then Jim Land USMC and then SSGT Carlos Hathcock USMC set up a Marine sniper school in country. It succeeded in producing a large number of fine snipers with an above average success and survival rate. Today, Marine Sniper School is exponentially more difficult than Land and Hathcock’s school. But no one EVER said that their school was too easy or that it failed in its mission.
One wonders how much ego drives the increase in standards that literally break guys? If ego is really a part of this - the ability to say “Our course is the hardest” we ought to re-examine how we are doing business. I happen to know the guy who was the OIC of the Rhodesian SAS Qualification Course during the Rhodesian Bush War. Sure, the course was both mentally and physically challenging but its objective was to produce capable soldiers not to simply say “We have the hardest military course in the world”.
During the war in Iraq and Afghanistan the Army wanted to train 1,100 new snipers a year but only had class seats for 725. They foolishly didn’t ease up on un-necessarily hard physical standards and refocus on simply training already proven top notch soldiers - and critically, not letting National Guard organizations with the necessary range facilities take up the slack.. The result was they never turned out snipers in the numbers they needed - and other soldiers who would have been properly supported by the increased number of snipers were needlessly killed or wounded.
Another example to prove my point. No one has ever said that the Gurkha’s are anything but among or the very best if not the best general infantry in the world. Are they fit? Certainly. And their selction process is as much school based mental as it is physical [read up on the Doka Run which is hard but doable] but once past selection [in 2012 something like 10,00 young Napalese men vied for about 700 open slots] and sworn into the service, the process is primarily the training of skills.
I’m not saying our “top tier" schools should be walks in the park but when your success rate is less than 50% out of a pool of proven Marines and Soldiers, some rethinking is in order - if for no other reason than that of fiscal responsibility to the taxpayers.
During Selection, on all of the endurance marches, you are never given a time limit to complete the course. You are simply told, "Do your best." That basically means you had better be moving your ass to the best of your ability and within the parameters of the distance combined with designated ruck weight. Think of it this way....if the instructors were doing the course with you, you had better be moving at a pace to keep up with them, or you're f@#ked.
I wasn't in Delta or SF, but a lot of the (training and assessment) are familure. Some of the background shots, I seem to think I recognize after being retired for 19 years.
To answer the question, if it was easy, there wouldn’t be any need for the question.
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Even Seals want to be Delta .
@JSOC no, they don’t 🙄
Very few do!
Navy seals team 6 is better and that’s ONE of the reasons why they were the ones sent to kill Osama
NO SEALS have gone DELTA. SEALS have their own TIER 1 which is DEVGRU. If you don't make Devgru as a SEAL why do you want to switch branch to the ARMY to try DELTA.????
@@deathfire096 The Unit is compromised of all different branches and operate in different clandestine operations which are unknown to most Tier 2 And tier 1 operators. Their training and technical skills are unmatched. Though Seal team 6 Operates in the same fashion these two entities are not the same.
@@WarHammer0595 the Unit is an Army culture after all. All branches have their own history and culture. Just because you put different operators together from different branches doesn’t mean they will be tight together on their first deployment. That’s why Devgru only takes top Seals with years of combat deployments in the teams for their Tier 1 because it makes the teams tighter and the Navy is the only branch with maritime warfare culture for centuries. What makes a team the tightest is years together in the same community. That’s the reason they only take SEALS and stay within the community . It’s for a reason. If it didn’t work they would recruit from all branches but they don’t. All branches have their own culture and ways of doing things. DELTA and DEVGRU are all Tier 1 under JSOC. Both are trained for counterterrorism, hostage rescue, special recon, direct action, small quarter combat on high value targets. The difference between the 2 tier 1 is the water. Devgru gets more intense maritime training due to their culture. The world is 25% land and 75% ocean.
@mike boyer seals have definitely joined CAG...
Hero's one and all
Thank you for your service and god bless you all
Any branch can try out.
Back in day delta recruiter was msg cullpepper ! That’s when I met Ed Bugarin
Would love to join this group
How long does "The Board" interrogation last?
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I only knew 1 person that ever did delta selection in my over 10 year army career. He was a sapper and ranger tab out guy including airborne. He left on Friday and was back on Monday to our unit. Needless to say Selection from what he told us was no joke 😅 Actually our Division CSM was Delta and was a badass to say the least.
Most of the footage in this video isn't even of "Delta Force." Just other Army units.
Obviously they won't show special ops personnel.
in conclusion VERY FRIGGIN HARD
from everything ive seen read & heard about deltas...they are monster alphas! i dont know how they come down from that?! extreme sports or golfing?! 😁
That was her mission Depth of frying
Bro at 3:39 that’s literally just my marine bootcamp crucible like 2 and a half years ago
The difference is that unlike the Marines where even 18 year old girls pass the rucks.
Delta is averaged an over 90% attrition rate.
This video is all over the place lol. U can learn sooo much more Watching interviews from retired operators.
The thing is that "Marine Crucible" is designed for everyone to pass. Do they give "participation badges" to those who are recycled? Probably.Regardless, my point being Delta selection is a "weed out" process rather than a "pass in" selection. Did I mean to throw shade at Marine Crucible? You betcha! Camping and Hiking to make Marines~ Hooah.
The big difference between Delta Selection and just about every other similar course is its 100% individual you are all alone no clasmates to lean on for support. "The long walk" at the end is all by your lonesome and other than giving you the task there is 0 performace feed back.
ah yes the typical Marine you go champ
nobody tell him how wrong he sounds hell just get mad and start making random shit deadly
The only thing i am going to say during training: "THEY DON'T KNOW ME SON!"
Better to go to Ranger School and see if you can hack it for 9 weeks. You'll learn the small team tactics, land nav. Mountaineering, urban combst, and jungle training, river crossing, and lots of hiking. Its a good way to learn infantry skills that will be usefull in SF assessment. And it shows you can hack the brutal Ranger course.
Many deltas are from 75 ranger
1 of my DI's tried out before our cycle but dudn't make it,he said he was gona try out again after we graduated but idk what happened
Yo they dead ass took a video from my turning green graduation lmao. I thought I noticed the guys in that.
You are already wrong a few min in...other branches can try out. I know, I got an offer letter from them to try out
Seems like 2/3rd's of American men claim to be or have been specops types -- thank God for Don Shipley!!!
I was in the impression that Delta will accept any member of the various military branches.
22 SAS on Delta… “Our little boy has grown up nicely!!” 😂
The Long Walk is merely a means to the end. The true test is mental capacity and capability which is the true assessment and a imperative in OTC and beyond.
For real, Haney's book, if I remember right, details how he went off course about 8 miles before catching his mistake. That is why he had to do 50 miles...the course was like 42 miles. But he made it...about dead...and had to leave others behind at the last 3 mile mark...they were begging to engage in teamwork...but he had to ignore them to continue on to completion. I don't know what would be harder...doing an extra 8 miles...or about dead having to ignore pleas for help/teamwork.
Tip of the helmet to those that make it.
I don't know how hard Delta is to get into but David Goggins tried out twice and didn't make it so I have no idea how tough you need to be for it.
any idea what he got hung up on, or did he complete all the screening and just not get selected at the end
One doesn’t apply to Delta. Delta picks their applicants and sends them to selection. Phycological evaluations and peer evals get a handful of people booted from the program.
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@@thedivinemessenger dog, I have a 50+ backlog on books, not going to jam his shit in there.
@@cwr8618 just 50? and well… alrighty.. 🤷🏿♂️ 😎
Anyone in the military can join delta. I heard a story of a coastie that got an invite…
WRONG, you do not have to be infantry to get into Delta, they accept all MOS's, you just have to be E-5 on up from any branch of service and pass all of the requirements the selection course
I wonder if they do their land nav at red diamond
How could 1st OD-D "be involved" in Vietnam when their official date of being formed was Nov 19, 1977?
That and the AI voice over, ugh.
Obviously the gentleman who is doing the Voiceover has never been in an Air Force C130 or C-17 lol.
Delta selection followed the SAS selection process.
Harder than working at Wal-Mart
Red Green echo1 recon... whisky tango.
Can learn about u.s. army rangers please.
It's you and ONE other guy... that's the attrition rate
I had a platoon sergeant in 1982 at Ft. Riley who was rumored to be former Delta...Heck if I can remember his name.
Now that is pure science...he was so good you can't remember him. LOL.
"Sir, can you point to the man in the room rumored to have been Delta?"
"Nope, don't see him."
Almost as hard as it is to become a SEAL.
It’s more hard to become a delta seals are regularly selected to become deltas
Boy I don't know where you got your information. You absolutely do not have to be infantry to joint delta. You can be any MOS in any armed service.
Who was Dick Meadows in Special Forces?
"There's only one way you get to join Delta Force: you don't."
Bad ASS !! 🫵🏻💯🙌🏻🇺🇸🍻🍻🍻
So a beat in that lasts a year?
3:35 those are Usmc recruits😂
less than a minute in and this video is already wrong.
Any branch of the military can join Delta force, Navy SEALs have joined this team and you don't even have to be in spec ops.
Exactly. It isn’t just the army alone. I even think coast guard can too
Not exactly. Every unit in every service has prior service people. I began my service in the US Navy and then joined the Army National Guard and finally Active Duty Army. I served in Airborne Infantry Long Range Surveillance and Special Forces. You can try out to get into Delta Selection while still being in another service but in order to get into the actual selection course and join the Unit you must first join the US Army and get an Army MOS( Delta Operator Training Course OTC is not an MOS School unlike the Special Forces Qualification Course that gives one a new 18 Series MOS upon graduation..) Delta is both part of the Joint Special Ops Command and US Army Special Ops Command and both of those fall under USSOCOM. JSOC is exactly that Joint meaning it has SEAL Team Six/Devgru, Delta, Army ISA,The Ranger Reconissace Company,US Airforce 24 Special Tactics Squadron. Delta, RRC and ISA are however all US Army units and you must be in the Army to be in them. Just as you must first be a Navy SEAL first to be in Seal Team SIX/ Devgru. Devgru does have support staff that come from other parts of the Navy that are not opperators for example they on occasion get K9 support from outside the unit though that is less often now. They have Navy SARCS as there Medical Support etc. Like SF though you can join from any job or unit in the Army though 70% of Delta currently comes from the 75th Ranger Regiment and there are good reasons for that.
I mean you can join without having SOF experience, but it's highly required. The only time you can get in without that experience is if you served in the Army for some years and is seasoned.
@@Devin183 I served in SF with former Delta guys. You cant even try out for selection until your an E4 promotable. When the Delta Recruiters came to my LRS Company it was prior to 9/11 and it was E6 then so you have to have quite a bit of prior service time reguardless. That prior service time could be from another service but still required. 70% of Unit guys currently come from the Ranger Regiment and another 25% from SF. So only 5% currently come from somewhere else. Thats not necissarliy by design and they dont adhere to those stats. Ranger Regiment is the Armys Premier Direct Action Unit where just about everyone specializes in Direct Action Missions. SF does Direct Action but as a whole they dont specialize in it. Ranger Regiment also regularly works with Delta and the 2nd Ranger Bat has a very good Delta Selection prep course and this close relationship has lead to drawing more candidates from the Regiment than anywhere else. The Unit was created by a SF Officer nsmed Col. Charlie Beckwith after he had done exchage program with Brittish SAS. Until the Blackhawk Down incident in Somalia they drew much more heavily from SF. You have some advantage based on stats and on already having some basic skills if you are coming from either SF, Rangers or at least the Infantry but its in no way a requirement.
@@joshualittle877 I never said it was requirement I said it’s highly required, basically it’s giving you a better chance at getting invited to go to selection. I seen a 82nd guy in CAG who won the Ranger competition with Thomas Payne.
the pipeline you have listed is almost so incorrect i considered clicking off. you just have to have seen action, lots of it. currently the best and fastest way to do that is go in with an option 40 contract into the 75th ranger regiment. then and only then, after a few YEARS of that or a few YEARS in special forces, you can apply for delta force.
And of course Delta didn't serve in Vietnam! (4:42)
Just running to pass no complaining and no preparations before trail tip intelligence required fire if need be move up three tiers fourth seal armyworms training books running and tests use combat vision general
Becoming Delta Op straight from Boy Scout Troop Leader or US Postal Service !!! Cause they take any an all, SO long you pass the training. 😅
Nope, they want experienced and mature individuals.
I tried out in 1987. What an adventure. I didn't make it
Good on you for trying God bless you
You a heck of a guy to even try out. Hats off to you.
Not just Army any branch
Still not as hard as reaching Legendary rank in CoD Mobile with a 3.0 KD 👊🏻🤟🏻