Seals are truly professionals at what they do, kick down doors and kill folks.
What they are not really trained for is training other people. Army Special Forces are trained to train.
Oh they can fight too. Most people think, oh Special Ops, they can do everything. No they can’t. They are very good at what they do, and most of what they do is kick ass and take names.
I had a Major who was an Army Special Ops guy (Green Beret). He was a good troop, competent, full of energy and ready to go.
The only thing lacking was large unit tactics. Oh he had the small unit tactics down, but when you get to the Field Grade level, he was lost. He could not imagine Corp level tactics, or logistics (at Corp level, logistics is the focus).
Anyway, the SF guys are great, and there are only a few of them that really understand big picture stuff. Those are the guys that make the stars.
Just my 2 cents.
I grew up in Oak Park, IL and went to Oak Park River Forest High School. A good friend of mine from high school who now lives out by me in the Los Angeles area is Retired Col. Pete Blaber from Delta Force. He’d probably agree with you.
Pete wrote a real good book a couple of years ago called “The Mission, The Men, And Me: Lessons From A Former Delta Force Commander. Pete’s first deployment with Delta Force was what’s now known as the “Blackhawk Down” incident. He also planned Operation Anaconda and the bombing of Tora Bora. I’ve read other books like “Cobra II” and “Not a Good Day To Die” and they say his missions have killed more Al Quade than anyone else on the planet. Real good guy and very humble, a lot like the SEALs. Funny as hell too. When Pete finally admitted to being in Delta Force a friend of ours from high school asked him what’s it like being in battle with bullets flying by? And Pete said, “It’s no different than when we use to bomb cars with snowballs.” He put that story in his book.
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