tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7924283003451948075..comments2024-03-29T09:53:45.879-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: US Special Forces: time for their own Pearl Harbor moment?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68729097045822068972017-12-08T20:48:20.424-06:002017-12-08T20:48:20.424-06:00Peter, thanks for the link! I'll be exploring ...Peter, thanks for the link! I'll be exploring it further.<br />The SA Recce selection process is indeed rigorous. The point at which I knew I couldn't hack it, even had I been South African at the time, was this:<br />"Elephant, lion, and bush fires are among the problems of this final stretch."<br />I can handle almost anything--among other things, I was a firefighter aboard an aircraft carrier--but those elephant fires sound terrifying! A burning lion might be as bad, or worse!<br />--Tennessee BuddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90401531185097445932017-12-08T11:55:37.685-06:002017-12-08T11:55:37.685-06:00As a previous poster noted the Regular Army doesn&...As a previous poster noted the Regular Army doesn't care for SOF. In a lot of respects SF doesn't help themselves with what seems to be a flagrant disregard for Army norms. <br /><br />I'm out of the loop now since I've been out a few years, but reading this it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it were true.<br /><br />Any time you have a quota to meet there will be someone willing to cut corners to meet that quota and if it gets them a bullet on their OER/NCOER so much the better. <br /><br />During my 10 years wearing the green beanie I met some guys who I considered awesome SF soldiers and others not so much. Hillbillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-65472635249203401352017-12-08T08:59:20.549-06:002017-12-08T08:59:20.549-06:00I worked with SEALS in the gulf and was not impres...<br />I worked with SEALS in the gulf and was not impressed at all. They struck me as the biggest bunch of pussies I'd ever seen. You had to kick their ass to get them to do their job and they whined about it the whole time.<br /><br />Never worked with their Army counterparts.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-35071977707574152642017-12-08T08:30:55.803-06:002017-12-08T08:30:55.803-06:00I'm waiting for Mattis to kick the women out o...I'm waiting for Mattis to kick the women out of combat roles and get the transexuals out. Until that happens, I don't believe he is serious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53550124566044848242017-12-07T18:16:01.717-06:002017-12-07T18:16:01.717-06:00McChuck,
+10McChuck,<br /><br />+10Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-30650236723883732412017-12-07T16:17:56.352-06:002017-12-07T16:17:56.352-06:00McChuck: "They are still letting trannies ser...McChuck: "They are still letting trannies serve - which he could halt with a word."<br /><br />Didn't Trump issue a Tweet ( aka executive order ) banning trannies, and didn't the Generals who's commanding officer Trump is supposed to be, immediately contradicted him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43927138829285716102017-12-07T15:59:32.834-06:002017-12-07T15:59:32.834-06:00I don't trust that Gen. Mattis is accomplishin...I don't trust that Gen. Mattis is accomplishing anything of any importance. They are still sending women into the combat arms - which he could halt with a word. They are still letting trannies serve - which he could halt with a word. They are still dumbing down the standards and establishing quotas at every level for otherwise unqualified women and blacks - which he could stop with a strongly worded, single page memo. He could order the purging of the deadwood from the academies - and he has not. He has done nothing of substance - why should I expect him to suddenly cowboy up and show a political spine?McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57520725422818110442017-12-07T15:43:59.242-06:002017-12-07T15:43:59.242-06:00I think Tom in NC's comment applies here, too....I think Tom in NC's comment applies here, too. Lowered standards are killers.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-63463252749229283772017-12-07T14:46:09.014-06:002017-12-07T14:46:09.014-06:00Tom in NC: "I'm almost speechless by that...Tom in NC: "I'm almost speechless by that mindset, which will get people killed."<br /><br />and the women raped. Sort of a bonus for the enemy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-79508868988151494652017-12-07T14:12:40.583-06:002017-12-07T14:12:40.583-06:00I recall a discussion I had with an SAS sergeant a...I recall a discussion I had with an SAS sergeant about the value of Special Forces. A Guards sergeant claimed that the army could not afford the SAS and, horrors of horrors! they did not do parade ground drill well enough. This was after a tour in Malaya (as it was then) when the Guards had been issued with the M16 and the SAS wanted to get their hands on them. The Guards refused because they had not worked out the necessary parade ground drills to handle the weapons.<br /><br />A second SAS wallah said that to answer the accusation, he did the Drill Instructors course. Ater that waste of time, he stated that the Army could not afford the Guards.<br /><br />Different strokes for different folks, I suppose. <br /><br />Phil BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-1570638073811072322017-12-07T13:09:34.099-06:002017-12-07T13:09:34.099-06:00"One hundred men, we'll test today
Only t..."One hundred men, we'll test today<br />Only three, win the Green Beret"Robert the Bikernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20980490449672965502017-12-07T12:32:56.333-06:002017-12-07T12:32:56.333-06:00SF has many enemies in the conventional forces -SF...SF has many enemies in the conventional forces -SF has had increasing budgets and could bypass procurement rules, when others have faced less money and a complex and unwieldy system. <br />As is the DOD custom, others inside DOD are happy to blow up any scandal, so that they can prune SF and return that money for "Better" uses. <br /><br />This (and security rules) makes it very, very difficult for outsiders to see what is actually going on. Anyone writing or calling Washington about this would be well advised to ask for detailed response to specific questions.<br /><br />While some things are classified, you should expect answers as to changes. Is class size larger or smaller? Have entry requirements (test scores, background check, drug use waivers) been changed? What are the pass/fail rates for those entering SF training over each quarter of the last 5 years?<br /><br />By asking the right questions, you can get positive action. Letters saying "Make it like the old days" are unlikely to receive any real attention. Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826464928376433382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68468236583828888662017-12-07T12:31:32.217-06:002017-12-07T12:31:32.217-06:00I helped a SF gent train his Search-and-Rescue dog...I helped a SF gent train his Search-and-Rescue dog. Absolute pure 100% professional with a rather scary intensity. Until after we landed and I said, Um, do you mind if I as a sort of personal question?"<br /><br />Eyes narrowed. "What's that, Ma'am?"<br /><br />"Do you know how to crochet?"<br /><br />He stared, then started laughing, relaxed, and admitted that, no, he couldn't do crochet.<br /><br />I grinned. "Thank you, sir. I'm glad there's one thing you don't know how to do."<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73185628783173401822017-12-07T12:20:49.214-06:002017-12-07T12:20:49.214-06:00The church leads the culture, and what the culture...The church leads the culture, and what the culture is, the rest of the subordinate microcosms become.<br /><br />"We will become a brotherhood of parasites: devoid of any real character, feeding off of the achievements those before us earned, and consuming the heritage as a whole."<br /><br />That sentence is an apt description of our country. We are like the corpse on display in a funeral parlor. It is on display to see that yes, there once was a vibrant, animated person. The peach colored lights and the flowers are there to obscure the obvious. Once the decay accelerates, there is no hiding the reality, and no lighting or perfume will change the gruesome and tragic change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-84203257584167548812017-12-07T12:19:14.162-06:002017-12-07T12:19:14.162-06:00Ditto on not having been in SF but knowing a lot o...Ditto on not having been in SF but knowing a lot of folks who have been or are. Was just reading that there is a debate about lowering standards in the SAS and SBS to allow more women to be selected. I'm almost speechless by that mindset, which will get people killed.Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.com