But I can't tell you how many times my Uncle would complain that the "heavy" officers (as he called them) would not know how to properly deploy or utilize him or the Recon teams. I feel that it takes a different view point and understanding of combat at the command level to effectively utilize unconventional troops.
An example of this would be the failed hostage rescue attempt in Iran. My sister was working the White House Communciation staff at the time so I'm privy to some of the details. The force was thrown together, the intel was poor, the training was uncoordinated, the force was composed of troops that had not worked together, etc, etc, etc. The list of "Murphy's Laws" goes on.
This is one of the main reasons that I feel unconventional forces need to be organized as units that work together with their own command structure.
He would go out and lay in ambush with another guy.
A special sniper rifle, .50 caliber w/scope and silencer.
At long range the big round would tumble and make a mess of its target.
I gave his book away to a friend so I'm doing this from memory.
Correct me if I'm wrong gunnys.