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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... Question - would those running selection have been required to pass selection? I worked with a guy, Major who was a Ranger and he was the first guy I ever met to really harp on the difference between being "Ranger Qualified" and being in a battalion. Claimed to have been an officer that oversaw parts of selection. Always wondered about it. Couple things, in the Army you don't instruct a course you haven't graduated. I went to Ranger school from the 82nd making me "Ranger qualified". Never served in Ranger regiment. All Cadre in SFAS are Green Berets in good standing.
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... Question - would those running selection have been required to pass selection? I worked with a guy, Major who was a Ranger and he was the first guy I ever met to really harp on the difference between being "Ranger Qualified" and being in a battalion. Claimed to have been an officer that oversaw parts of selection. Always wondered about it. Oh there is a world of difference between having the Ranger Tab (ranger qualified) and just having the Scroll ie being in Bn. IIRC he was a Bn guy. Been a good 10 years since we talked, which reminds me - he has one of my old Magpul videos yet.
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... There was probably 15 guys from the 101st alone in my commo class. 18E? Yeah, I wanted 18C my MOS wish list was Charlie,Bravo,Echo and Delta although if I would of got Delta I would stayed in the regular Army.
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Worked with seals all my life, mostly they are not as 79S described. Mostly they kept fluids in and dirt and moisture out.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... Question - would those running selection have been required to pass selection? I worked with a guy, Major who was a Ranger and he was the first guy I ever met to really harp on the difference between being "Ranger Qualified" and being in a battalion. Claimed to have been an officer that oversaw parts of selection. Always wondered about it. Oh there is a world of difference between having the Ranger Tab (ranger qualified) and just having the Scroll ie being in Bn. IIRC he was a Bn guy. Been a good 10 years since we talked, which reminds me - he has one of my old Magpul videos yet. I remember yrs and yrs ago my company cdr had a ranger tab and we told him guys from regiment said having the scroll was more important than the tab. He stopped smiling and said those ph uckers had no idea what they were talking about. I can say I known plenty of Army Rangers. One of my good friends grew up in regiment.
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... Rene: Career military. Never met a SEAL. RIO7: Landlocked, desert rancher: Knows 30 SEALS. LOL
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
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Had a good friend that was a Seal, known 4 green berets, all Bad Ass's a different breed of men.
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... Question - would those running selection have been required to pass selection? I worked with a guy, Major who was a Ranger and he was the first guy I ever met to really harp on the difference between being "Ranger Qualified" and being in a battalion. Claimed to have been an officer that oversaw parts of selection. Always wondered about it. Oh there is a world of difference between having the Ranger Tab (ranger qualified) and just having the Scroll ie being in Bn. IIRC he was a Bn guy. Been a good 10 years since we talked, which reminds me - he has one of my old Magpul videos yet. I remember yrs and yrs ago my company cdr had a ranger tab and we told him guys from regiment said having the scroll was more important than the tab. He stopped smiling and said those ph uckers had no idea what they were talking about. I can say I known plenty of Army Rangers. One of my good friends grew up in regiment. Well to be fair as an Infantry officer you're usually not going very far without a Ranger Tab. My understanding is that in Regiment once you reach a certain rank you are pretty much required to go to Ranger School anyhow.
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oh, and let me add self confidence oozed from their pours. Same feeling I got on talking to Chuck Yeager. Their is pretend Alpha and the real deal. STFU Mr. clot shot enforcer
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Had a good friend that was a Seal, known 4 green berets, all Bad Ass's a different breed of men. I know one Green Beret. He is 80 something, about 5'6" buck 30 now, drunk a lot, great personality. I know no one that wants to F with him.
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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I know about 30 active and retired Seals, they are good people with many and varied talents Most are good family men. Rio7 LOL The OP asks thousands of people on this board if they have even known a SEAL in their lifetime....and you come up with THIRTY??? C'mon man, seriously? He probably gives five of them free hunts each year. And follows the Texas rule of “multiply by six” LOL 'Flave - you're seriously underestimating the man.
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My neighbor was a former seal. When I knew him he was working in counterterrorism with a three letter agency. First time I met him I asked what he’d done in the military, and he said he spent time on subs. I figured out later he was riding to work on them.
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I know about 30 active and retired Seals, they are good people with many and varied talents Most are good family men. Rio7 OK dude. Lol
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... Question - would those running selection have been required to pass selection? I worked with a guy, Major who was a Ranger and he was the first guy I ever met to really harp on the difference between being "Ranger Qualified" and being in a battalion. Claimed to have been an officer that oversaw parts of selection. Always wondered about it. Can you find your own dick ?
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... There was probably 15 guys from the 101st alone in my commo class. 18E? Yeah, I wanted 18C my MOS wish list was Charlie,Bravo,Echo and Delta although if I would of got Delta I would stayed in the regular Army. My wish list was: Charlie, Bravo, Delta, Charlie. Wrote a note off to side "if you're going to make me an Echo, I'll come back in 6 months when you need a Charlie!" I had already been Cadre at Sapper school so it was an easy sell. Haha
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... Question - would those running selection have been required to pass selection? I worked with a guy, Major who was a Ranger and he was the first guy I ever met to really harp on the difference between being "Ranger Qualified" and being in a battalion. Claimed to have been an officer that oversaw parts of selection. Always wondered about it. Oh there is a world of difference between having the Ranger Tab (ranger qualified) and just having the Scroll ie being in Bn. IIRC he was a Bn guy. Been a good 10 years since we talked, which reminds me - he has one of my old Magpul videos yet. I remember yrs and yrs ago my company cdr had a ranger tab and we told him guys from regiment said having the scroll was more important than the tab. He stopped smiling and said those ph uckers had no idea what they were talking about. I can say I known plenty of Army Rangers. One of my good friends grew up in regiment. Well to be fair as an Infantry officer you're usually not going very far without a Ranger Tab. My understanding is that in Regiment once you reach a certain rank you are pretty much required to go to Ranger School anyhow. Ranger tab for enlisted infantrymen goes a long ways as well. Majority of CSM’s in the infantry world have the ranger tab. You want to see a sad infantrymen with a ranger tab? Send them to an Armor battalion.
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... Question - would those running selection have been required to pass selection? I worked with a guy, Major who was a Ranger and he was the first guy I ever met to really harp on the difference between being "Ranger Qualified" and being in a battalion. Claimed to have been an officer that oversaw parts of selection. Always wondered about it. Can you find your own dick ? Why are you looking for it?
Camp is where you make it.
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... Question - would those running selection have been required to pass selection? I worked with a guy, Major who was a Ranger and he was the first guy I ever met to really harp on the difference between being "Ranger Qualified" and being in a battalion. Claimed to have been an officer that oversaw parts of selection. Always wondered about it. Oh there is a world of difference between having the Ranger Tab (ranger qualified) and just having the Scroll ie being in Bn. IIRC he was a Bn guy. Been a good 10 years since we talked, which reminds me - he has one of my old Magpul videos yet. I remember yrs and yrs ago my company cdr had a ranger tab and we told him guys from regiment said having the scroll was more important than the tab. He stopped smiling and said those ph uckers had no idea what they were talking about. I can say I known plenty of Army Rangers. One of my good friends grew up in regiment. Well to be fair as an Infantry officer you're usually not going very far without a Ranger Tab. My understanding is that in Regiment once you reach a certain rank you are pretty much required to go to Ranger School anyhow. Ranger tab for enlisted infantrymen goes a long ways as well. Majority of CSM’s in the infantry world have the ranger tab. You want to see a sad infantrymen with a ranger tab? Send them to an Armor battalion. My cousin's brother in law started with the tab and ended up as a Kiowa pilot. He always said it seemed to give him opportunities. He was a Ranger tho, not just qualified.
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No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta... Question - would those running selection have been required to pass selection? I worked with a guy, Major who was a Ranger and he was the first guy I ever met to really harp on the difference between being "Ranger Qualified" and being in a battalion. Claimed to have been an officer that oversaw parts of selection. Always wondered about it. Of course they would have had to been qualified with time and experience to be a instructor. Whether it be in batt or line dog unit world. I was just a line dog 11B and was not a tab wearer. But also had plenty of Identifiers for me to stand up and instruct and not fake the funk. Screwed me with alot of responsibilities at times others in same pay grade never got tasked with. But also made alot of connections from it all also. Don't regret a minute of it. I never blended comfortably into the background.
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My platoon in 3rd ACR had the only 2 enlisted 19Deltas with Ranger tabs I ever saw. I got a bullet point on my NCOER because they both worked for me when the went to Ranger School.
I would say the minority of the officers had a tab, maybe 25%.
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