Delta Force Training Shocks New Members *OPERATOR REACTS*
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Former Delta Force operator Bob Keller speaks with David Hookstead what Delta Force training is like for new members.
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Hey David, thanks for the great clip! very inspiring. is the full interview available? many thanks!
Guy joins the Military and demands:
"where can I get into the most gunfights"
truly an American Legend. Thank you, Sir.
Now all you have to do is go to Chicago or Washington DC.
Chicago treated me very well, the bakery guy gave me a free vegan meal on the house after I had my coffee... Pretty nice and trust worthy city, and the busters and flakes can be spotted over a mile away.
Why is DC is it like area restricted? Just cut all teh red tape bro, we are amongst us. @@grantparnes
Only an American thinks that's great.
its predicated on the condition that they are fighting for god and delivering good people from evil.... Verterans are just now finding out they got tricked and their good faith taken advantage of.
Is the individual civilian responsible for the crooked and forked tongues of the corrupt politicians?
@@peterd9427
@@grantparnes They wouldn't stand a chance.
I can appreciate his honesty, he's basically low key saying he's a psychopath and he loves combat/killing not just saving lives or making a difference, or being "patriotic" but just being in pure combat enjoying the experience of it. I'm just glad men like him are on our side and it's a bad day for the enemy.
Meh, it’s the biggest rush of your life. All your senses jump past 10 and go straight to 12. No drug will ever compare. Not to mention that’s actually the job. So. He loves his work. 🤷♂️
Another component is you are amped up for hours after. Then when the adrenaline wears off, you crash hard. So sleepy you can hardly stay awake. It is a drug. Drugs are addictive.
“In order to be good at gun fighting, you kind gotta like getting in gunfights” - Bob
Good dude and good instructor. If you get a chance, check out his range in Florida. Great place and good people!
Bob at Ft. Walton Beach. Great instructor and one funny ass dude. Miss you guys.
I'm thinking it would be a horrible idea to choose this man's house as a target for a home invasion. Someone who was actually giddy with the idea that since you now came into his home he got to shoot back and he's also REALLY very good at it.
A good neighbor.
Hi, I’m a woman in her 20s and I’m from Arizona.
What advice would you give to a woman that wants to be a CAG assaulter? How does the Delta Force community feel about women joining them?
If you had to go to CAG selection again, how would you prepare differently? Has a woman ever graduated from the Operators Training Course?
I’m 5’8” and 173lbs, is that a good or bad size? What books or workout programs would you recommend to prepare for it?
The locks on his doors are to protect potential thieves and intruders
@@Anonymous18817they ain't looking your way number one you will not keep up with cag tell your dad who wanted a son to stop selling lies are women good shooters yes but when physical attributes you won't be able to compete you'll be going up agaisnt 75 rangers Green berets coast guard just stop
@@Anonymous18817I’m not sure what the go is with women joint Delta but there are female only SF units like Cultural Support Team.
"Pretty fucking cool situation to be in" You can tell he misses it
He is a true heart breaker and lifetaker!
"Combat jack" is like crack for door kickers. Once you taste it, you can't enough.
Some men loose themselves in combat, others find themselves
This dude is a great interviewee.
I’m glad he’s on our side😅
Bob nailed it, thanks brother.
SGDM
It's a mystery to me. This dude was neck deep in extreme carnage and killing and appears to look in great mental shape. Then some people experience less and can't function in civilian life. I don't want to judge unfairly because I have not experienced it. I don't think the guy is a psycho or anything but he's cool. He has ice water in his veins.
@@m.korngiebel1347 you are right. Just listened to an account of a Viet Nam vet tell of his experience in the Ia Drang valley. It was terrible and didn't affect him so much when younger but now it haunts him. The human mind is hard to understand. Some of my first memories of my childhood was a car accident I was a part of. It was in a time where seat belts were not worn or didn't exist. My aunt was driving and lost control and hit head on with a tree. My mom and 3 week old brother were in the front seat and I was in the back. I was the only one uninjured. I remember my mom's screams and her face pouring out blood and holding my unresponsive brother. My brother lived for about 7 years with severe mental retardation that required 24-7 attention from her. She died inside when he died. Life was pretty much a hell for my parents. Alcoholism took over and did it's damage. Mom died from a long bout with Alzheimer's. Dad's 90 now and neither of us go the past because of the terror of the memories. Sometimes we have to try to turn the memories away best we can. Thanks for your reply.
I suffer from PTSD and TBI from several serious deployments (SF, non-US). Some of the people I was with in theatre, have had zero reactions to some of the situations that has severely "damaged" me, where as a lot of the situations that have rattled their existences, I cant even remember or I remember them as trivial. I have come to learn that, at least in my case, it has been a combination of childhood trauma (of which there has been a lot), wartime trauma (of which there has been a lot) and one or more triggers. The accumulated psychological stress of my total life, combined with a specific trigger (or triggers) have made my brain react the way it has. Some people come out of childhood and adolescence with a whole different set of tools and experiences, and they never get PTSD. Some of the toughest dudes alive, the biggest heroes I know of, suffer from severe trauma, and some don't. I guess some just win the lottery, and others don't. One thing is for damned sure though, I will never judge a person on him or her having, or not having PTSD, TBI or any other syndrom.
@@FrontrunnerDK Thank you for serving our country. Thank you for helping me have a better understanding. I have great respect for our service men. On both sides of my family all the men served. Two killed in action. One in WWII and one in Korea. Another was a two tour Vietnam platoon sergeant with purple hearts. He died after he got out from exposure to agent Orange. Lots of sacrifice without enough respect from our leaders and nation. You take care.
@@mikehiers3332 I'm not american, close ally though. And BTW, your family sacrificed much more than I or my family did. I'm one of the lucky ones. I can hold a good job and I can live in a family with no issues. So much more lucky than most with my history - or your family's. I'll pay a few nightmares and flashbacks for that any day. Best to you and your loved ones.
It depends on the individual. I was in an SF unit and experienced all manner of carnage (dead and mangled bodies, IEDs, you name it, it happened during the deployments). Quite frankly, even the day after our longest firefight (up in Uruzgan Province), I slept like a baby, and I have never had nightmares about combat. However, I do have hyper-vigilance, so I am always aware of my surroundings and always in condition "yellow". I think the shock of combat shows up differently in different people. But I took some actions as well to help keep everything as normal as possible. I am very much into physical fitness, which is great for stress. Also, I really protect my sleep and sleep times (no late nights out, etc.). Lastly, I stopped drinking anything with caffeine and as well as alcohol (which I abused for some time).
I would be over the moon if you got Col. Pete Blaber on .. he’s a fucking living super hero imo … and I have clung to the principles he penned in his book The Mission, the men , and Me ..as best I can .. phenomenal communicator
Hi, I’m a woman in her 20s and I’m from Arizona.
What advice would you give to a woman that wants to be a CAG assaulter? How does the Delta Force community feel about women joining them?
If you had to go to CAG selection again, how would you prepare differently? Has a woman ever graduated from the Operators Training Course?
I’m 5’8” and 173lbs, is that a good or bad size? What books or workout programs would you recommend to prepare for it?
@@Anonymous18817it’s not gonna happen
That book was sick. He did some serious legendary missions
@@Anonymous18817I think it’s males only but could be wrong, the criteria is on the website
Bob is a true warrior and badass!
Yeah,,,,in his own mind 🏴
I agree with the excitement and adrenaline rush! You will freeze at some point then how you push through it tells you everything!
Badass! What unit did you go to war with?
He's right, even within the military there are people who will not react well to being shot at. I think the natural response is for people to look for cover or hide. Most of us will not run towards the gun fire. Still, the training kicks in for most and they do it. Some will go right towards the fire because that adrenaline kicks in and we want some too. Last, there is always one or two that will freeze under pressure.
That’s exactly the feeling. “To feel like you won the lottery.” I wish I would have done more.
"Quite frankly, I enjoyed the war."
Love that he takes a dip in the middle of the video! AATW!
Living The Dream!! Been there miss that!
For your service
What an honor --thanks to all those who have it!
The Adrenline Rush. Gotta Love it.
I knew a guy that served in the Army and went to Viet Nam, when he got back he wound up on the U.S. Army shooting team, after a while he was coaching the team and he said that every time he got a new group of shooters none of them knew how to load magazines. He told me that was because normally in basic training they had all the screw ups load the magazines for everyone else.
Doesn't make sense lol we loaded our own magazines. I was infantry
Hi, I’m a woman in her 20s and I’m training to become a U.S. Navy SEAL. I’m a civilian and I want to go enlisted.
What advice would you give for women that want to be SEALs? If you had to go to BUD/S again, how would you prepare differently? What books or workout programs would you recommend?
Most female SEAL candidates struggle with carrying the boats and logs, doing pull ups, having grip strength and completing the “Dirty Name” on the obstacle course. Also, a lot of female SEAL candidates break their legs or develop stress fractures.
@@Anonymous18817”stress fractures” is code for “I quit”.. Women aren’t cut out for that stuff. Because there are differences between men and women. And if you look at the first female Rangers, a few of the RI’s came out and said that they were forced to give the women 3rd chances on No-go’s and the women got to go back to the rear to rest and take care of hygiene while the men stayed in the field.
Movies and tv have shown women in special ops and beating the shit out of 309lb dudes, but it’s a fantasy. Not trying to be a dick, but we have to come back to reality at some point.
Absolutely false story. Screwups don't load the mags. The recruits with profiles load the mags. The Screwups get smoked and get "personal attention"
How is it difficult to load mags ? That is so simple.
0:55 look at this dude slowly smile like a psychopath lol
Yes he may come off as a true person, but it was good to see that he realised that maybe running straight at the enemy also puts his team mates in a position that they have to put themselves in a dangerous situation. I have just retired from the fire service after 30 yrs and the last 2 years as a recruit instructor, if a fire recruit was acting out of control continually they would be told maybe the firefighting career is not for you.
You seem like the person that would be dead weight on the the team and everybody just covered for you until you retired
I've spent the last almost 40 years in the fire service wildland and structure and the aggressiveness has slowly been taken out. You can still be aggressive and smart. very sad and infuriating. whoosified....@maddogmaz1576
Thank you
This just made my day lol. Hey Bob, if you’re not already here, please come to Texas!
There's a dark psychology to war for the guys who like it. The adrenaline rush is like nothing else. It can't be matched. Regular life afterwards doesn't feel important.
I don't comment often but I just had to say I like listening to this guys stories.
😂 Nice. I grew up in central California in the 90s. I was 12 years old the time I was shot at. By the time i was 14 my friends and I will be busting up laughing as Bullets whizzed by our heads as we're running. It's crazy thinking about now but you do get used to it. When there was gunfire in the neighborhood I would run to it to see if anybody I know got hit and to tried to help if I could.
But i never seen any real combat. Awesome story bro
I understand this …👍🏻
Same here, loved it
I wonder if he would have enjoyed it the same fighting guys with sandals and AK's having air support vs being in Ukraine now in a conventional war with hundreds of artillery rounds coming at you day and night
I could listen to this stuff all day
He was recruited by the gi joe cartoon - garunteed
He looks just like Gung Ho. It's hilarious actually.
The man. Outstanding bad azz gentleman
I get the feeling that these were the guys that told Fichter and Bana to " get it right" for BHD
Dude is really into gunfights.
You have to learn as a team. Makes perfect sense.
"Ya know... I dont think this is for me."
"Perfectly understandable, have a good day."
the shooting never bothered me. It was policing up the bodies. Still gives me the heeby jeebies. Strangely I never felt fear. my mind just went into thinking over drive planning out my next moves and listening for commands and that it. I was a high performance computer with a gun. I can't really describe it any better. hyper alert, hyper responsive, planning on the go. I kinda miss it but i can do without the bodies. Not sure what that makes me but that's how i have felt and still feel even today.
I swear to God, give him a mustache and he looks EXACTLY like JI Joe's Gung Ho.
My kinda guy! Bless you!
The best musical intrument players in the world daily go back to the basics, playing scales they've known all their lives....It makes perfect sense that in order to be the best warriors in the world they would have to drill daily on movements that they aready think they know.
Hello shit....a bullet just missed my head by an inch. This is the greatest day of my life. I won lotto 😎
Not your typical Delta guy.
Likeable guy but clearly has some psychopathic traits. Not that abnormal for that community, although most other Delta guys in interviews are more low key.
I understand this guy 100%… damn, I miss it.
If DC wanted to cast a Superman later in his life it would be Bob.
Does he turn you on?
Makes me think of Pete Blabber’s comment in his books Don’t be in a rush to die. Sounds like somebody that ignored good advice.
Question: when Delta operators come from other branches of the military other than the Army, do they maintain membership in their former branches? For example, when Army guys go into Delta, they still take annual photos in their Class-A Army uniforms, so, my question is, would Delta members who came from say the air force or marine corps take their official military photo in their respective branch class-A uniform or an Army class A uniform, now that they're in Delta? My point is, Delta is a semi-independent force within the Dept of the Army, but also part of Army Special Operations Command, but also part of JSOC, so when a member joins Delta from another branch and not the regular Army, are those members now officially part of the US Army or just Delta? Strange question, I know, just curious.
Both, you nevers leave your original unit, and now you are attached to other more or so of special unit(specialist I think) /titles on your patch. That's why they are called "1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D)". The philosophy behind is whenever you attached the unit to a operation, it changed the dynamics of everything, or reversed the bad situation the original unit was in. So the department are hoping to find group of guys who has the capability and willingness to perform and sacrifice themselves for missions. Always output 101/100.
Fear/reckless/stupd/loose cannon/SELFISH=THERE ARE NO TOUGH GUYS ARE THERE??
lets be honest it would be definitely be a different story if the US was fighting a more worthy and capable opponent (not afghans/iraqis) without air supremacy
Yeah, absolutely. Most of those guys can't even read. (But I guess that doesn't matter when your cuttin' somebody's head off)
Nobody over under the age of like 95, that was actually born in America and served can even understand what an actual peer to peer war even looks like.
WWII was the last real one. People talk about how bad Ukraine is, and even that isn’t even close.
I mean, a lot of people think the next one may very well be it, for good.
Nothing could be further away from shooting dudes in zero armor relying solely on whatever training we left them with in the 80’s and not much else beyond some crude IEDs.
Vietnam was similar, and they won…consider that for a moment…scary stuff.
I’m sure that part of the reason Delta training starts at the basics is to weed out anybody with certain attitudes. It’s ok to maybe be thinking in your own head “ we already know this “ while still doing it without complaining about it and with a good attitude and maximum effort. But I’d guess that the guy who points that out and complains and doesn’t have a good attitude about it is getting dropped
i would have wanted him on my team for sure
Combat vets tend to live for the adrenaline rush. I know my life has went that way since Vietnam
He's perfect for the streets of Chicago
Bob is a savage!
Rule 1...... never run towards certain death! Slow , think, be deliberate and win.
What unit were you with?
Paramount Movie squad chiming in. Lol @@Beholder505
cool interview
This guy def dressed up as Rambo for Halloween multiple times as a kid
Haha 100% of Infantry Marines 2001 to 2010. I'm SOF now and getting out. This guy's mentality is common in the USMC and it's rare in the Army as a whole.
You play safe, you're a mark. Balls out and bouncing!
Dam, sounds a little to eager don’t you think?
Not just a little
Seems like the other guys would be pissed at a guy who put them unnecessarily at risk because he is a cowboy?!?
This is the luckiest,,look at ME,, I've ever come across 🏴
Ask him when he realized that the war in Afghanistan was unwinnable and unnecessary?
He would make a great partner for Reacher
I’m not gay but I love this man so much.
He was lucky...😅😅😅
Ben Affleck needs to play Bob in a movie about the unit, bcuz no doubt Ben could do a great impression of Bob’s sense of humor in a gunfight scene. Have to hire Bob as the tech advisor tho otherwise it’s a no-go.
I believe that he’s an anti-gun person. Hypocrite?
God I hope you are going to save the USA since no one else is going to do so! Thank god for you military men
It is like invading Area 51 where a person or persons don’t even know that a Team Delta is Guarding there in bushes. They are the only team chosen to perform such a task not even seal team6.
???? LOL
Area 51 is guarded by private contractors. Even when they were doing secret squirrel stuff at Area 51 the majority of the guard force was PMC’s. QRF is another story but even then, they’re just MP’s.
@@MilitantPrepping
I BEG TO DISAGREE WITH YOUR SIR… “if I am part of government of the
UNITED STATES ON DECISION MAKING, I would SURELY RAISE THE QUESTION,
WHY SHOULD I/WE INTRUST OUR MOST GUARDED SECRET TO PRIVATE CONTRACTORS?
Maybe I should also install motion sensors, Body Heat Scanners and Voice radio detections etc… etc… and if I may add DELTA SNIPERS THE WORLDS DEADLIEST TO MANNED OR HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT IN BUSHES SO WE CAN HAVE A TEAM TO UTILIZE TO USE DEADLY FORCE IF NECESSARY.
What the hell you talking about? Dude i respect both them and devgroup but this fan boy stuff has to stop. Truth is their both equally and highly capable to do the job but it's the fan boys who make up tons of B'S in the comments section. It's getting goody now lol
hahahaha a true warrior :D
Where was he on Jan 6 though
Mr Keller's experience is sorely needed in ukraine, such a badass. The Russians would love to meet him.
Robert kelly?? 😊
Peak internet that we get to experience this. I think all millenials can agree Delta>6
Of every JSOC member I've ever met or listened to, this guy seems the most egotistical. He seems like he enjoys the attention from his story telling a little too much. #"""Silent"""Professional
Yeah and I have a feeling he wasn't anywhere near the top in his unit! He doesn't strike me as highly skilled he just wants "badges." That came across with "it's either Rangers or I'm gone!" If he was really that good he wouldn't have to leverage so hard!
How did he feel when he saw his first death?
Hi, I’m a woman in her 20s and I’m from Arizona.
What advice would you give to a woman that wants to be a CAG assaulter? How does the Delta Force community feel about women joining them?
If you had to go to CAG selection again, how would you prepare differently? Has a woman ever graduated from the Operators Training Course?
I’m 5’8” and 173lbs, is that a good or bad size? What books or workout programs would you recommend to prepare for it?
advice - grow a penis
I’m not in the military, but I would assume your height and weight would just depend on how much muscle you have. The army has certain guidelines and charts for men and women regarding height and weight, and there are different standards for people who are going into infantry versus clerical or drone work. You probably want to start at the army website to find all of these different bits of information. Probably want to also do some research about the women who supported the special forces guys in Afghanistan. They did get a degree of special forces training, but their job was to deal with Afghan women. Once the special forces guys had broken down the doors and pulled the men out these women would deal with the Afghan women, finding out intel info. It was as a very serious job and I know at least one woman was killed. There’s a book that came out about five years ago about these women. I think the program has been dismantled to some degree, but it’ll give you an idea of what working with special forces as a female would be like.
wake ups and stop watching GI Jane
lol You can get on CAG or any assault unit. Stop dreaming girl lol. You could get on a surveillance team but that is it.
Try to make it past the infantry course. And go from there
Dude wtf happened to 'Silent warriors'??? Don't get me wrong, it's very interesting to hear all these strories but also a bit disappointing that after Navy Seals now also Delta operators are unable to stop running their mouth.
How many? How many team members life did you endanger, or get killed acting out your childhood fantasy while down range....???
This is the most out of control, over hyped narcissistic clown act interview... this POG has lost touch..... on the most important principle in a gun fight. Do my men have the right training? The right shooting hardware to remove threat? The right moving assets to bring the fight to the threat and overcome it? The right mission OP Order understanding, with right level of communication so everyone is on the same page throughout the life of the mission... and the right leadership to maintain lane responsibility in a controlled manner? While no longer lost in your childhood fantasy... that's why they called this danger zone over achiever a "cowboy!"
Well said! He didn't share the part where he pissed off his team regularly! I have a feeling he was a one contract timer then ETS!
These are the type of fellas that do HALO jumps fully equipped with the exception of parachutes, simply because they are the Best of the Best, of the Best. Thus they genuinely don’t need “No Stinking” parachutes, since once they get to that point they are indoctrinated into immortality, the fellas who do not survive the HALO jumps w/o parachutes, are the ones who genuinely didn’t believe in themselves, and the training. I have the capacity to profess, hypothesis, speculate on this phenomenon, because I was too was part of the rank and file of the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts of America, I shall never forget the training, of engaging insurmountable odds for weeks & months, only to end up with only one merit badge, unfortunately these are moments which shall blood stay with me, for the rest of my miserable life. 😢
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I can't help but question someone's credibility when I hear shit like this...
" back to basics " i find it insane that people at this level cant figure it out.....fist off.....can you take instruction and apply what you learn....second....are you willing to do what is necessary at the lowest level before you get to the highest level....third.....identify and remove bad habits techniques that have developed over years .... as much as its a tactics and technique deal....its also the mental aspect of being responsible for missions and personnel at that level
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I think he's either unbalanced, insecure or showing off which comes out of insecurity! I'm not impressed. A true person who isn't broken in some way has a healthy amount of fear! I want to hear from his wife and friends in the real world!
Nice teeth
sorry don't buy it. would not last on a team...
I would say everything changes when your there and in the fight. I went looking for a guy who had robbed me with a cheater pipe in back town Atlanta. Called cops twice, they didn’t come so I tried to handle it.
Sounds like a disturbing individual.
He was immature as a soldier
Who wasn’t. At seventeen I thought I knew everything, my farther disagreed, my Sargent disagreed, when I became a corporal I was a little smarter, a little less immature and I tried to continue that trait the rest of my life. By the time I hit university I was more mature than my contemporaries because I learned the hard way.
@@jcar1417 better than me brother. I never served in the military but I did do 23 years NYPD.
@@jcar1417 Going military first and then university is a good move imo. By the time you get to the lectures you have a different mentality and priorities than most other students
@@iker8010I agree. That’s what I did and it worked well for me. I was more mature, way more disciplined (thank you Marine Corps), had a strong work ethic (thanks dad and Marine Corps), and didn’t have to pay tuition.
@@johnmahland363 not true. Anyone that’s puts on a uniform, Military, police, fire, Ems ,nurses are doing something that most can’t or won’t do. And before someone says they get paid for that, I have never seen someone become a millionaire doing any of those jobs.
what does Bob dip? Looks like a copenhagen guy
hes a fake
Cash in man, the Seals are and have been... Cash in operator
These guys always talk about how they love gun fights and war etc etc but take away their air support and equipment / technological superiority and let’s see how they love gun fights.
Put them against near peer adversary and those bozos will be the first ones to be crying and shitting, like those SEALs who got ambushed and in Afghanistan then captured (the one guy never shot his gun)
Or all the American former SF guys who went to volunteer in Ukraine and end up coming back after a few weeks 😂