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Differences between US Special Forces

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LuckyTaxi

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Watched GI Jane last night on tv, and couldn't help but to notice the two groups that were depicted in the movie.
The Seals and the Rangers. Along with Delta and some of the other ones I've heard, what exactly are their roles?
I know Marines are the first ones to land on enemy soil.
 
I believe that the Army Rangers are known for being First In, Last Out.

Last I read, they had an average casualty rate of 50%.

Delta Force consists of soldiers selected from Rangers and other units; their primary function is anti-terrorism.

Cool, just found This article @ The Arizona Star which describes all the special forces.
 
The Green Berets will go into areas and help out the local folks to fight against whomever... Like down in South/Central America, or helping the Northern Alliance. They have folks that specialize in just about any culture there is in the world. They'll go in and train the locals on how to fight, give them weapons if they can, and generally make the people like the US. Green Berets were there with the Northern Alliance, they're down in South/Central America, they helped train the South Vietnamese Army...

The SEALs operate in much smaller units than the Rangers.. May 10 SEALs, but 100 Rangers. Different missions though. Like in the Gulf War, the SEALs faked a landing in Kuwait to make the Iraqis think that we were doing a beach landing, to distract them from what we were really doing.

Here is a good book that talks about the different special operations units. Gives ya a good feel for what they do, and their training. Douglas Waller went around with all the different units to see their training and see what they do, then wrote a book about it. He was/is a reporter for Newsweek.

There's actually stories of SEALs putting up signs for Marines/Army units doing an amphibious assault, welcoming them to the area, after they cleared out the area of mines and whatever.
 


<< There's actually stories of SEALs putting up signs for Marines/Army units doing an amphibious assault, welcoming them to the area, after they cleared out the area of mines and whatever. >>



Erm... those stories are about the UDTs.
 


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<< There's actually stories of SEALs putting up signs for Marines/Army units doing an amphibious assault, welcoming them to the area, after they cleared out the area of mines and whatever. >>



Erm... those stories are about the UDTs. >>



I'm pretty sure that Waller book has a story of them doing that in the Gulf... If I could find what box that book was in, I'd go look it up. But, yea, it was started by the UDT's in WWII to get at the Marines pride for always being first to land.
 


<< I'm pretty sure that Waller book has a story of them doing that in the Gulf... If I could find what box that book was in, I'd go look it up. But, yea, it was started by the UDT's in WWII to get at the Marines pride for always being first to land. >>



The signs were a slight to the Marines at their motto of always being 'first to fight,' showing that the Navy had already been on the beach...

Anyway, SEALs did not put up any signs at Mina Saud, as they were aware it was a diversion.
 


<< The signs were a slight to the Marines at their motto of always being 'first to fight,' showing that the Navy had already been on the beach... >>


The Marines aren't a branch of the U.S. Navy? 😕
 
The Green Berets will go into areas and help out the local folks to fight against whomever... Like down in South/Central America, or helping the Northern Alliance. They have folks that specialize in just about any culture there is in the world. They'll go in and train the locals on how to fight, give them weapons if they can, and generally make the people like the US. Green Berets were there with the Northern Alliance, they're down in South/Central America, they helped train the South Vietnamese Army...

they also do recon, which is how they get all their kills and crap. they had something like a 50 to 1 kill ratio in vietnam, and on average, each green beret tied up 500 nva (because they would be chasing the berets)
 
The US Army Rangers are probably the least prestigious of those units. It seems to me that there is some debate over whether or not the Army Ranger can correctly be refered to as a special force. It quite a lot easier to become an Army Ranger that those other groups mentioned.

I *definitely* don't mean any insult to the US Army Rangers. I'm a patriotic American, and have a lot of respect for our armed forces.

I suspect Navy Seal is the absolute most difficult unit to join.
 
The US Army Rangers are probably the least prestigious of those units

To be a Ranger its a whole lot harder then to be a Marine or a soldier in the army. Ranger training is very tough.
 
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