2/3 of SEAL tadpoles quit during training.
I guess this proves SEALs have wimpy training. (I graduated from BUD/S Class 105 in 1979.)
I can’t believe the # of blithering idiots on this thread.
Hey Condor51, SLY STALLONE AND CHUCK NORRIS DID NOT SHOOT REAL BULLETS IN THOSE MOVIES.
They just didn't 'quit the Royal Marines', like prospective SEALS who 'ring the bell' and go back to their regular units (or SF who don't meke it through Robin Sage, or guys with Ranger School, etc.)
They're allowed to quit the military and go home. Again they're quitting not flunking out or failing any tests.
And you're kidding about Stallone right? I thought he had real guns and live ammo (never watched a Chuck Norris movie)
being held by rebels in eastern Libya following a bungled mission to put the envoy in touch with them
mission accomplished ??? ASSuming they find some sort of leaders and aint beheaded...
i will also go out on a limb and bet that jesse ventura wasnt there carrying an electric minigun...
you've more than expressed the proper perspective
They don't have a safety on their keyboards and their magazines are apparently not full
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Thank you, sir, for adding clarity and reasoning to these comments.
While I don’t have special forces background (I was a Navy Scuba Diver assigned to my submarine and my son is currently stationed with the 82nd Airborne) I recognize that these SAS troopers are NOT sub par as some here automatically assumed.
One thing I would add though about your comment about “if you just wanted to blow a hole in a wall call the Rangers”....Army Rangers (specifically those assigned to a Ranger Battalion) are some serious, no holds barred, go getters. Just trying to get assigned to a Ranger Battalion takes not just enlisting, but passing Jump school, then passing RASP (an 8 week ordeal). While Rangers may not be as specialized as SEALS (I can only guess cause I was neither) they are much more then just “wall breachers”.
Although if this mission was assigned to the Army Rangers, from what I learned, they would have had to ruck march/run the whole way with 60lbs of gear while the ambassador road comfortably along in a jeep. 8 )