maddogx 13 Posted June 19, 2013 I recommend keeping it civil here guys, lest peeps start getting banned from the thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattar_Tharkari 10 Posted June 19, 2013 I will have to download this next week and see what all the excitement is all about. Im not expecting more than a grunts eye view tho. They arent trained to think, they are trained to kill! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JdB 151 Posted June 19, 2013 (edited) I will have to download this next week and see what all the excitement is all about. Im not expecting more than a grunts eye view tho. They arent trained to think, they are trained to kill! Special forces all over the world consist of the brightest people with high educational standards quite often only surpassed by a minority of the officer corps. If the only thing a person is good at is pulling the trigger they won't even make it into the preliminary stages of training thanks to the elaborate interviews and testing of personality (not being a completely empty shell of a man with zero emotions who prefers to shoot his way out of any problem), situational awareness, intelligence and psychological state. Special forces operate in a highly dynamic environment that requires constant thought into the state of the mission and adaptability needed to meet mission objectives, keep the team alive and avoid highly damaging political backlash all of this while operating in small teams without support of their own and given the most difficult missions where support may not even be available for reasons of deniability. Then there's stuff like being able to speak and understand several foreign languages, being able to operate and maintain a wide range of equipment and vehicles both your own those of your allies and the enemy's, being cross-trained in several disciplines since the teams aren't big enough to have a double for every specialist task, planning their own missions both prior to the mission and while in the field and being well versed in military theory, working with foreign elements (training indigenous forces) and psy-ops that normally only officers need to know. And besides those elements which can be taught in a class room they need to have superiour fysical standards, shooting skills and tactical knowledge than any other soldier in the armed forces. Pulling the trigger is only a tiny part of their job, but the effects of which often causes the biggest headlines, positive or negative. Completing a mission isn't as easy as killing everyone in your way, and killing everyone in your way isn't as easy as lining up the target and pulling the trigger. Especially in a confined space with friendly elements like hostages and civilians for every shot many additional factors come into play before the decision is made to pull the trigger. These are all split-second choices and they have to be the right one each and every time. Edited June 19, 2013 by JdB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattar_Tharkari 10 Posted June 20, 2013 Impressive! Do they also have the wit to spot a joke when they see one or does that require special training? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JdB 151 Posted June 20, 2013 Do they also have the wit to spot a joke when they see one or does that require special training? They usually employ highly customized mission-specific smileys ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattar_Tharkari 10 Posted June 24, 2013 Read the book .... it really needed a ghost writer to give it some depth? try this instead: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sniper-One-Blistering-British-Battle/dp/0141029013/ref=pd_rhf_cr_s_cp_4_M111?ie=UTF8&refRID=1PP18R3BMPVGATPMM111 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
