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Special Operations Command
Why Green Berets Are The Smartest, MostLethal Fighters In The World
PAUL SZOLDRAMAR. 5, 2013, 12:12 PM
They call themselves the quietprofessionals, but we know themas Green Berets. Their officialtitle is U.S. Army Special Forces(SF), and they are one of themost elite fighting groups in theworld.
Their mission is unconventionalwarfare — taking small SF teamsto train and lead guerrilla forces.
SF soldiers work together in a 12-man "A-Team," with each manholding a specific job: Theranking officer is the teamleader, the weapons sergeantknows just about every weaponin the world, thecommunications sergeant tees up ordnance or extract, and the medics can take lives as quickly as saving them.
It may seem crazy to send only 12 guys into a hostile country, but it's not crazy when they are Special Forces.
The US Army Special Forces are known for their exceptional skill andprofessionalism in modern war.
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Alongside the CIA, they were the first Americans on the ground inAfghanistan only one month after 9/11.
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There they linked up with the Northern Alliance and brought HamidKarzai into Kabul.
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Riding on horses in the beginning of that war ...
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... Or on ATV's ...
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... They were both feared and respected.
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But SF doesn't take just anybody.
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The Army selects this elite few from among the best soldiers that cometo Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS).
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The training is physically exhausting ...
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... And requires exceptional endurance and mental skill.
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It's only 24 days at SFAS before they move on to another year oftraining.
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That year includes language training (every SF soldier learns a secondlanguage), specialty skills — such as weapons or radios — and finallyRobin Sage, the culminating training exercise.
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But it's only the beginning of their SF career as they don the GreenBeret for the first time ...
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... And earn the 'Long Tab' of the Special Forces.
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They'll move on to a Special Forces Group and start training within their12-man teams.
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That might mean High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training ...
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... That's jumping out of an airplane ...
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... With an oxygen mask, since they'll be up above 30,000 feet.
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Or breaching and clearing rooms.
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What SF would call Close Quarters Battle (CQB).
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The object being — get through the doorway as quickly as possible ...
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... And overwhelm a hostile force with blistering small arms fire.
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All in a matter of seconds, of course.
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It's not only Navy SEALs in the water.
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SF has their own Dive school.
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And if their group needs winter training, they'll get that too.
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Ultimately, all this training gets them ready for their mission as themasters of unconventional warfare.
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That may mean direct action — kicking in doors and going after the badguys,
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Or helping foreign governments with their own defense ...
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... And training their military to help them fight.
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One thing is certain when it comes to SF.
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They have their pick of the best small arms ...
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... And really, really big arms.
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They have some of the most highly-skilled shooters in the military ...
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... That are both extremely accurate and fast shooters — and canremain so when fired upon.
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They have some of the coolest toys ...
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... From their Humvees ...
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... To helmets.
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They are supported by the finest helicopter pilots in the world ...
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... And in Special Forces, even the dogs are elite.
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As wars in Iraq and Afghanistan wind down ...
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... The US Special Forces will continue to train for the next fight ...
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... And will likely be the first ones called in to battle ...
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... To live up to their motto: De Oppresso Liber — To Liberate theOppressed.
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