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The have winter in Korea? I thought they just had times when doorknobs weren't melting.
As almost every Korean will remind you, Korea has four seasons.
My vote goes to the SAS... those guys are apparently bad ass.
I've made a whole bunch of friends who came to the U.S. from South Korea to study English, and all of them went through the military. They said that things are a lot more easier now. It's still military training and can be tough, but even 6-7 years before it was much more harder. My friend during the summer had to go for their once a year training/conditioning, and it was raining at the time so they did no physical training and instead sat in an air conditioned room and watched training videos.
My friend also saw videos of North Korean soldiers running forward, jumping in the air to do a front flip, and then throwing their shovel, which sticks into a tree.
The have winter in Korea? I thought they just had times when doorknobs weren't melting.
As almost every Korean will remind you, Korea has four seasons.
My vote goes to the SAS... those guys are apparently bad ass.
I've made a whole bunch of friends who came to the U.S. from South Korea to study English, and all of them went through the military. They said that things are a lot more easier now. It's still military training and can be tough, but even 6-7 years before it was much more harder. My friend during the summer had to go for their once a year training/conditioning, and it was raining at the time so they did no physical training and instead sat in an air conditioned room and watched training videos.
My friend also saw videos of North Korean soldiers running forward, jumping in the air to do a front flip, and then throwing their shovel, which sticks into a tree.
Yeah, my Korean buddies went through the mandatory service and said it was nothing particularly difficult. Still, I would love to see more about their special forces units... so what is it called? Nevermind, got it (link below).
I was tempted to put PJ's on the list, knowing a few of them personally. But they aren't special forces. As for SERE training, it's really not that bad. except the part with the bunny. Poor bunny.
PJ training is SERE x10.
As for the CIA Special Activities Division, they aren't military.
Depending on which military branch you belong to, you're either given a chicken or a rabbit which you have to name, take care of, and feed for 5 days before slaughtering and eating it for SERE training.
Depending on which military branch you belong to, you're either given a chicken or a rabbit which you have to name, take care of, and feed for 5 days before slaughtering and eating it for SERE training.
Depending on which military branch you belong to, you're either given a chicken or a rabbit which you have to name, take care of, and feed for 5 days before slaughtering and eating it for SERE training.
The Soviets attacked in regimental strength, with their dark uniforms easily visible against the white snow, so they were easily targeted by the Finns' snipers and machine guns. Corporal Simo Häyhä was credited with 542 confirmed kills, making him the deadliest sniper in military history. When the Red Army tried to use their own snipers, the Finns countered with the "Kylmä-Kalle" (Cold Kalle) tactic. A mannequin or other doll was dressed as a tempting target, such as an officer sloppily covering himself. Soviet snipers were usually unable to resist such a target. Once the Finns determined the angle from which the shot had come, a heavy-calibre anti-tank rifle, such as a "Norsupyssy" ("Elephant Gun") or Boys anti-tank rifle, was fired at the Soviet sniper to kill him.
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The Soviet 163rd and the 44th Infantry Divisions comprising 25,000 troops were almost completely destroyed, after marching along the forest roads straight into an ambush. A small unit blocked the Soviet advance, while Finnish Colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo and his 9th Division of 6,000 troops cut off the retreat route, split the enemy force into smaller fragments and then destroyed it in detail. The Soviet casualties amounted to up to 23,000 men, while the Finnish lost around 800 men. In addition, the Finnish troops captured 43 tanks, 71 field and anti-aircraft cannons, 29 anti-tank cannons, AFVs, tractors, 260 trucks, 1,170 horses, infantry weapons, ammunition, medical and communication material.
And for some more Scandinavian badasses: the Swedish special forces.
Kustjägarna (Coastal Rangers) - "Kustjägarna, KJ (Coastal Rangers) was created in 1956 and modelled after the British post-World War II marine commando forces such as the Royal Marines and the Special Boat Service (SBS), with the objective to create a highly mobile force which had the flexibility to operate behind enemy lines and conduct raids against an invading force in the littoral areas of Sweden. The Coastal Rangers was during the late parts of the cold war (80s, beginning of 90s) used mainly as a very highly trained light infantry/commando unit whose main tasks were amphibious landings and assaults."
Fallskärmsjägarna (Parachute Rangers) - "FJS's operational field of expertise is in intelligence gathering deep inside enemy controlled territory and have secondary duties in sabotage and tactical diversion. The unit has special training in Arctic warfare and can sustain operations for extended periods (in excess of one month) deep inside enemy territory without resupply or support from other parts of the armed forces. Main mode of deployment is by parachute but the unit can also be deployed via helicopter and boats. The 6 men teams operate in small autonomous groups trained for long term independence and autonomy. Each group consists of a group leader and a deputy group leader, a sniper, demolitions expert, medic and communications expert. If required for the mission, an interpreter may be assigned to the unit to handle local civilian interaction or interrogations."
Särskilda Skyddsgruppen - (Special Protection Group, SSG) - Swedish special operations unit created some time during the early 1990s. The exact number of operatives is classified but is thought to amount to between 60 and 80, with an average age of 31. Its main tasks are intelligence gathering, hostage-rescue, reconnaissance, protection of military VIPs and military installations of high strategic value, operations behind enemy lines of varying kinds and counter-terrorism. Drafted from Coastal Rangers, Parachute Rangers, Combat Divers and Arctic Rangers. In 2008, the SSG were deployed alongside of SIG (Special Intelligence Group) to Chad, to prepare for the Swedish contribution of marines to EUFOR.
Särskilda Inhämtningsgruppen (Special Reconnaissance Group, SIG) is one of the two Swedish special operations unit and was created in 2006, when it broke out of the Parachute Ranger School Fallskärmsjägarskolan. The exact number of operatives is classified but is thought to amount to between 50 and 70, with an average age of 30. Its main tasks are intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and operations behind enemy lines of varying kinds and counter-terrorism.
SIG is activly recruiting women. Women are particularly useful for HUMINT operations when they are likely to encounter women of diferent cultures who are uncomfortable to interact with men.
See the problem here is that there's no real way to find out unless you put these forces against each other, and then there's the follow on problem that if it even happened we'd never know about it because it would be some bad-ass top secret operation :P
The only groups I've seen anything major of there training and exploits are the S.A.S, Navy Seals, and British Parachute Regiment (which aren't even on the list)
Either way they are all a bunch of terrifyingly bad-ass people.
We got some sorts of a special forces team here on Finland, but it certainly doesn't rank even close to anything posted in here. It's unofficially called "Bear Force". They don't really do all that much though. I guess that's what you get when you live in a neutral country.
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Do they possibly have a plane? Do they call it
Because the Gurkhas aren't special forces. You would consider Gurkhas to be elite troops, and their regiments have a long and excellent tradition. But special forces are generally trained to be very, very specialized troops. And the Gurkhas are excellent troops in mountains or jungles but they aren't specialized beyond that. And their future in British and Indian service is in doubt at the moment.
And NAAFI is a logistical unit. Also, if I remember correctly, it's become slang for bad. I'm not sure how you placed them as special forces...unless you meant short bus special.
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We got some sorts of a special forces team here on Finland, but it certainly doesn't rank even close to anything posted in here. It's unofficially called "Bear Force". They don't really do all that much though. I guess that's what you get when you live in a neutral country.
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Do they possibly have a plane? Do they call it
Why are Army Rangers even in the running? I'd put Marine Force Recon ahead of them. Hell, I'd probably put the entire Marine Corp on par with Army Rangers. Army Rangers are basically just the Army's shock troops.
You're missing SWCC and EOD from the U.S. Navy. Those guys don't get enough contention considering they all come out of it equally fucked up in the head.
Though I'd go with either of the three on the basis of suck it Navy rules bitches.
No shit. Go Navy!
Those fuckers can push a mop like no one's business!
I have two friends in the Navy. Well, had. One recently died of brain cancer. He was EOD when he was in the service. We weren't particularly close, but he was one of the nicest guys I'd ever met. Not crazy.
The other is NSCT. When he first told me about it, I started digging in to the history of the NSCT. They were very much special forces at one time. I think they technically still are considered so by command. But it turns out, all he does these days is hang out on the beach and train bitchy dolphins to find mines.
Gotta say, though. I come from a family with a lot of people in the military; both my grandfathers were Marines, my uncle flew A-10s in the Air Force, and my cousin's in the 10th mountain division in the Army. I have friends in the Navy and Air Force. Every single one of them has become dumber since joining the service.
I admire their work ethic, their drive, and respect what they do, but the hyper-religious hive mind mentality of the US military scares the shit out of me.
You're missing SWCC and EOD from the U.S. Navy. Those guys don't get enough contention considering they all come out of it equally fucked up in the head.
Though I'd go with either of the three on the basis of suck it Navy rules bitches.
No shit. Go Navy!
Those fuckers can push a mop like no one's business!
I have two friends in the Navy. Well, had. One recently died of brain cancer. He was EOD when he was in the service. We weren't particularly close, but he was one of the nicest guys I'd ever met. Not crazy.
The other is NSCT. When he first told me about it, I started digging in to the history of the NSCT. They were very much special forces at one time. I think they technically still are considered so by command. But it turns out, all he does these days is hang out on the beach and train bitchy dolphins to find mines.
Gotta say, though. I come from a family with a lot of people in the military; both my grandfathers were Marines, my uncle flew A-10s in the Air Force, and my cousin's in the 10th mountain division in the Army. I have friends in the Navy and Air Force. Every single one of them has become dumber since joining the service.
I admire their work ethic, their drive, and respect what they do, but the hyper-religious hive mind mentality of the US military scares the shit out of me.
What type of credentials does the dolphin gig take? I'm planning to go into animal cognition and training animals to protect our borders sounds like a good way to go if I have trouble finding a spot on university faculty and a research grant. I wonder if they take interns...
I'm reading a book of military obituaries at the moment, and the guys in WWII who started the commandos and the SAS off were quite obviously insane. There are some great stories about commanders leading their men up through machine gun fire on a beach dressed in a kilt brandishing a claymore and playing the bagpipes or using bows and arrows on night missions. Nicknames like 'Mad Jack' and 'Mad Mitch' are much in evidence, along with a sort of bluff no-nonsense approach to killing as many of the enemy as possible and utterly terrifying the rest.
Also, marine recon must be awesome because Frank Castle was in it.
Depending on which military branch you belong to, you're either given a chicken or a rabbit which you have to name, take care of, and feed for 5 days before slaughtering and eating it for SERE training.
In case you find an enemy child and need food?
All children are enemies, didn't you know? Can't turn your back on them... they'll pounce on you in an instant.
I'm reading a book of military obituaries at the moment, and the guys in WWII who started the commandos and the SAS off were quite obviously insane. There are some great stories about commanders leading their men up through machine gun fire on a beach dressed in a kilt brandishing a claymore and playing the bagpipes or using bows and arrows on night missions. Nicknames like 'Mad Jack' and 'Mad Mitch' are much in evidence, along with a sort of bluff no-nonsense approach to killing as many of the enemy as possible and utterly terrifying the rest.
"Eccentric until the end, Churchill would toss his briefcase out of the window of the commuter train he rode home every day. Passengers and conductors were shocked because they did not know he was throwing the luggage into his own backyard as the train passed by. It saved him the trouble of carrying it all the way home from the station."
His obituary is about seven pages long and ridiculously great story after ridiculous great story.
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My other sig sucks as well...
I've made a whole bunch of friends who came to the U.S. from South Korea to study English, and all of them went through the military. They said that things are a lot more easier now. It's still military training and can be tough, but even 6-7 years before it was much more harder. My friend during the summer had to go for their once a year training/conditioning, and it was raining at the time so they did no physical training and instead sat in an air conditioned room and watched training videos.
My friend also saw videos of North Korean soldiers running forward, jumping in the air to do a front flip, and then throwing their shovel, which sticks into a tree.
GSG9 is a police, much like SWAT
The special forces are called KSK (Kommando SpezialKräfte)
Also, didn't North Korea had some really fucked up dudes?
Yeah, my Korean buddies went through the mandatory service and said it was nothing particularly difficult. Still, I would love to see more about their special forces units... so what is it called? Nevermind, got it (link below).
707th Special Mission Unit
PJ training is SERE x10.
As for the CIA Special Activities Division, they aren't military.
Depending on which military branch you belong to, you're either given a chicken or a rabbit which you have to name, take care of, and feed for 5 days before slaughtering and eating it for SERE training.
I find this highly amusing.
edit: i'm a sociopath. apparently.
Your post + your name + your avatar =
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But not everyone can make the list, I understand. Otherwise the list would be 2 or 3 pages long.
I don't get it.
Oh man, you obviously have never been in a life threatening situation. Back-flip-spade-throw is survival 101.
My vote is for the SAS. I hear thats who most people send in first. God bless the "special relationship".
In case you find an enemy child and need food?
I mean... telepathic special forces that can cloak? AWESOME.
If that was any further in I think she'd be pregnant with little ultra skin-tight costumed babies.
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OP asked for special forces. Special forces can be police, paramilitary, or military.
Speaking of Finland: the ski snipers, fuck yeah! The Winter War was pretty damn brutal.
And for some more Scandinavian badasses: the Swedish special forces.
Kustjägarna (Coastal Rangers) - "Kustjägarna, KJ (Coastal Rangers) was created in 1956 and modelled after the British post-World War II marine commando forces such as the Royal Marines and the Special Boat Service (SBS), with the objective to create a highly mobile force which had the flexibility to operate behind enemy lines and conduct raids against an invading force in the littoral areas of Sweden. The Coastal Rangers was during the late parts of the cold war (80s, beginning of 90s) used mainly as a very highly trained light infantry/commando unit whose main tasks were amphibious landings and assaults."
Fallskärmsjägarna (Parachute Rangers) - "FJS's operational field of expertise is in intelligence gathering deep inside enemy controlled territory and have secondary duties in sabotage and tactical diversion. The unit has special training in Arctic warfare and can sustain operations for extended periods (in excess of one month) deep inside enemy territory without resupply or support from other parts of the armed forces. Main mode of deployment is by parachute but the unit can also be deployed via helicopter and boats. The 6 men teams operate in small autonomous groups trained for long term independence and autonomy. Each group consists of a group leader and a deputy group leader, a sniper, demolitions expert, medic and communications expert. If required for the mission, an interpreter may be assigned to the unit to handle local civilian interaction or interrogations."
Särskilda Skyddsgruppen - (Special Protection Group, SSG) - Swedish special operations unit created some time during the early 1990s. The exact number of operatives is classified but is thought to amount to between 60 and 80, with an average age of 31. Its main tasks are intelligence gathering, hostage-rescue, reconnaissance, protection of military VIPs and military installations of high strategic value, operations behind enemy lines of varying kinds and counter-terrorism. Drafted from Coastal Rangers, Parachute Rangers, Combat Divers and Arctic Rangers. In 2008, the SSG were deployed alongside of SIG (Special Intelligence Group) to Chad, to prepare for the Swedish contribution of marines to EUFOR.
Särskilda Inhämtningsgruppen (Special Reconnaissance Group, SIG) is one of the two Swedish special operations unit and was created in 2006, when it broke out of the Parachute Ranger School Fallskärmsjägarskolan. The exact number of operatives is classified but is thought to amount to between 50 and 70, with an average age of 30. Its main tasks are intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and operations behind enemy lines of varying kinds and counter-terrorism.
SIG is activly recruiting women. Women are particularly useful for HUMINT operations when they are likely to encounter women of diferent cultures who are uncomfortable to interact with men.
I didn't know Ron Paul had his own special forces unit.
The only groups I've seen anything major of there training and exploits are the S.A.S, Navy Seals, and British Parachute Regiment (which aren't even on the list)
Either way they are all a bunch of terrifyingly bad-ass people.
And why isn't NAAFI?
WTF?
We work them radios, bitches.
Because the Gurkhas aren't special forces. You would consider Gurkhas to be elite troops, and their regiments have a long and excellent tradition. But special forces are generally trained to be very, very specialized troops. And the Gurkhas are excellent troops in mountains or jungles but they aren't specialized beyond that. And their future in British and Indian service is in doubt at the moment.
And NAAFI is a logistical unit. Also, if I remember correctly, it's become slang for bad. I'm not sure how you placed them as special forces...unless you meant short bus special.
I feel like I've learned more about gay culture from that video than in eight seasons of Will and Grace and knowing actual homosexuals.
SAS a close second. But yea, they are British after all.
I've heard things about the North Koreans and Israelis that make me never want to fight a war against these people. Ever.
My vote goes to Navy SEALs.
No shit. Go Navy!
Those fuckers can push a mop like no one's business!
I have two friends in the Navy. Well, had. One recently died of brain cancer. He was EOD when he was in the service. We weren't particularly close, but he was one of the nicest guys I'd ever met. Not crazy.
The other is NSCT. When he first told me about it, I started digging in to the history of the NSCT. They were very much special forces at one time. I think they technically still are considered so by command. But it turns out, all he does these days is hang out on the beach and train bitchy dolphins to find mines.
Gotta say, though. I come from a family with a lot of people in the military; both my grandfathers were Marines, my uncle flew A-10s in the Air Force, and my cousin's in the 10th mountain division in the Army. I have friends in the Navy and Air Force. Every single one of them has become dumber since joining the service.
I admire their work ethic, their drive, and respect what they do, but the hyper-religious hive mind mentality of the US military scares the shit out of me.
What type of credentials does the dolphin gig take? I'm planning to go into animal cognition and training animals to protect our borders sounds like a good way to go if I have trouble finding a spot on university faculty and a research grant. I wonder if they take interns...
All of this was done by one guy.
All children are enemies, didn't you know? Can't turn your back on them... they'll pounce on you in an instant.
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His obituary is about seven pages long and ridiculously great story after ridiculous great story.
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