U.S. Special Forces Training - What it takes to become a Green Beret: 1960's

The United States Army Special Forces, also known as the Green Berets because of their distinctive service headgear, are a special operations force of the United States Army tasked with six primary missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, hostage rescue, and counter-terrorism. The first two emphasize language, cultural, and training skills in working with foreign troops. Other duties include combat search and rescue (CSAR), security assistance, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, humanitarian demining, counter-proliferation, psychological operations, manhunts, and counter-drug operations; other components of the United States Special Operations Command or other U.S. government activities may also specialize in these secondary areas. Many of their operational techniques are classified, but some nonfiction works and doctrinal manuals are available.

The original and most important mission of the Special Forces had been "unconventional warfare", while other capabilities, such as direct action, were gradually added.

Their official motto is De oppresso liber (Latin: To Liberate the Oppressed), a reference to one of their primary missions, training and advising foreign indigenous forces.

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[MrVeromax]

mors code LOL

[JD4Trojhans]

@TheCurlyGang Without comparing them, I must say the Green Berets are trained extensively how to take and defend cities while outnumbered, but are not frequently used to do that because that would not be resourceful. There is a surplus of soldiers in the US military that are also trained extensively to do that.

[TheCurlyGang]

please mark down my previous comment

[TheCurlyGang]

Green Berets are small 12 man teams that do stuff like spying on an enemy compound, they are equipped to do just that, SS are equipped and trained for large scale battle that take months. Its like comparing. SS would be more prepared to take a city, while the green berets would be better at gathering intellig

[NKVism3]

@shoobe101: Lastly...

8. "Green Berets would tear the SS a new ass.": In which field? Demolition? Sniper? Interrogations? Sentry Eliminations and Infiltration? Small group tactics?  In which theater? While the SS might not have hacked it in Vietnam or Burma, the Berets might not have had an easy time on the Eastern Front, or the Balkans, or Africa. Try and be specific, please.

[NKVism3]

@shoobe101: Cont...

7. "they were misled valiant cannon fodder.": Much less "misled" than the undeniably brave guys who were chewed up in McNamara's pet project. Who hurt Communism more, and more directly? They were a pan-European multinational volunteer force. They knew exactly what they would be fighting for. Vietnam? Not as ambitious as an invasion of Russia but given the situation, much more unjustifiable. No Allied victory, no NEED for a Vietnam, much less a Korea.

[NKVism3]

@shoobe101: Cont...

6. "their leadership didnt know how to use them.": Let's look at how some were utilized: As shock troops, tank escorts, supplementary internal security, anti-partisan, punitive wetwork, and other duties as assigned. Many of them were multilingual and while the parachute and solo-mission training may not have been on a par with the Green Meanies, these guys DID have a broad range of competance.

[NKVism3]

@shoobe101: Cont...

3. "they were not wermacht.this was their weakness.": Marines are not Army. Is this their weakness? Plenty of the SS men had served in WWI. They weren't all "Teddy Roosevelts".

4. "they did not have the same training as there Army counterparts": I'd say that they had BETTER, considering their FUNCTION.

5. "they also lacked leaders." Lol, Himmler, Heydrich, Kaltenbrunner, Degrelle, and Skorzeny weren't leaders? They did lead, and by example.

[NKVism3]

@shoobe101: 1. "your a racist idiot": Who can at least type in complete and coherant sentences, in the English language, slob. 2. "who doesnt know shit.so im gonna give you a lil history lesson." History is an interest of mine. Be my guest, "pilgrim".

[NKVism3]

@Madara: OBVIOUSLY, there have been technological and functional developments in today's elite forces. But its significant enough that the SS is studied along with other fine examples, in even the US training.