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The 8 most elite special forces in the world
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| 05/13/2015
| Tomas Hirst
Posted on 05/13/2015 7:45:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Teacher317
Gurkhas are good soldiers, they are not Special Operations super soldiers.
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posted on
05/13/2015 9:50:55 AM PDT
by
ansel12
To: Lower Deck
Why? If based on past experience the ability to do x number of pushups and y number of situps and be able to run a specific distance in z minutes are good indicators of a person's ability to meet the physical part of the training then why raise it to some ridiculous figure?
80 pushups in 2 minutes isn't ridiculous at all. I could regularly do that back when I was in good shape coming out of basic. And that's full pushups, with ones that aren't low enough not even counting and wasting one. There were a couple guys in my troop at basic who could hit 100 pushups in two minutes.
To: ameribbean expat
Bahahaha
The US Navy SEALS might one-up even the Marines.
....Even though the Marines aren't even on the list...
To: Bruce Kurtz
Not really. It is five consecutive four minute miles. Those guys are supermen.
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posted on
05/13/2015 10:58:53 AM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(Save Western Civilization. Embrace the new Crusades.)
To: Old Retired Army Guy
Wouldn’t ISA and CIA/SAD be first and second, or are they not considered special operations?
Ed
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posted on
05/13/2015 11:47:38 AM PDT
by
Sir_Ed
To: SeekAndFind
To: ameribbean expat; Teacher317
Yeah, where are the SBS, RSAS, GDSE/GIGN, CIA SAD/SOG, DOE NNSA/OST, DOS DSS, USMS FRT, Polish GROM, German KSK, Singapore SWAT, FBI HRT, DEVGRU, Jordanian JSOC, British Gurkhas, French Foreign Legion 2RE, Rhodesian Selous Scouts, South African Murder Inc, Blackwater/Xe/Academi type security units which are all former SF.
Bad list IMHO. Lots of uber units out there and they usually train each other.
.....except for the Russians. Those guys do some crazy training with high casualty rates among their own.
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posted on
05/13/2015 12:22:20 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: Svartalfiar
Yeah, no MARSOC mentioned.
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posted on
05/13/2015 12:22:57 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: DCBryan1
like my CSM said to me... “The Russians are crazy...but they ain’t stupid...that’s a country where chess is a spectator sport...”
To: SeekAndFind; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...
Active Duty/Retiree ping.
To: SeekAndFind
I remember reading about the Turkish soldiers During the Korean War they were excellent at hand to hand fighting, but an unusual characteristic of them was they’re ability to heartily thrive as prisoners in North Korea.
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posted on
05/13/2015 4:22:22 PM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: SES1066
To: circlecity
Did anyone actually READ the article?
“8. The Special Services Group, SSG, in Pakistan is better known in the country as the “Black Storks” because of the commandos’ unique headgear. Training reportedly includes a 36-mile march in 12 hours and a five-mile run in 50 minutes in full gear.”
That’s FIFTY minutes, not twenty. Ten minutes per mile. Still a pretty good feat in full gear.
To: SeekAndFind
Hung out with a former High School acquaintance after he’d served as a SEAL.
“Un-perturbable”: is a very impressive quality.
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:14:09 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: mad_as_he$$
Good point. ACE (or CAG, also known by their better recognizer name, Delta Force) is at the top. The true quiet professionals.
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posted on
09/17/2015 11:57:37 AM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: dfwgator
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