Inside Special Forces

[Warrior-Mentor]

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJWxcI5sFW4

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=200yk1qJ61A

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IePtIkGkiE

Part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le9ub2FnrrY

Part 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LdIuKH7WPs

Part 6:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyJKEI7tH80

[chance]

Awsome post Sir!:munchin

[shortbrownguy]

Great post Sir. One of the SF soldiers depicted in the video was my phase II TAC.

[Warrior-Mentor]

Thanks. Looking for appropriate US Army SF videos to collect here.

Youtube has boat loads...problem is that it's so time consuming to sort legit Army SF footage form other units, wannabes and video games, etc...

[Texian]

I have that on DVD. I'm glad it's on the net.

Thanks for posting that, Sir.

[Warrior-Mentor]

ODA 525 in Desert Storm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6Xpn-Cp24&eurl=

[bandycpa]

Thanks for posting the videos, sir. Those are amazing.

Really shows the difference between SF and regular Army. "Humanity is our medium".

I loved this quote in Part 1, "Our guys are aggressive, outspoken, and natural leaders...whereas the average civilian is not. They're kind of meek. I don't want to say the sheep and the wolf, but most of the guys are wolves."

That, to me, is awesome.

Texian, where did you get the DVD?

Bandy

[Max_Tab]

ODA 525 in Desert Storm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6Xpn-Cp24&eurl=


The guy on the radio dropping the bombs is my current CSM.

[NousDefionsDoc]

Interesting the tie to the OSS

Great gouge Sir, thanks

[hunteran]

Thanks for posting those Sir, I missed it when it was aired.

[Verruckt]

Warrior-Mentor

Thanks for sharing that. I enjoyed watching them. :D

[echoes]

Warrior-Mentor

Sir,

Truly breath-taking. THANK YOU to all SF for what You do.

Holly

[JMI]

ODA 525 in Desert Storm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6Xpn-Cp24&eurl=
I have read about this incident a few times in the books I have read.

I like towards the end of the video when they relay back to ODA-525:

"Keep your head down, we have more coming in."

"Roger that!"

If I remember correctly they were in a hide site WAY behind enemy lines on a mission just prior to the start of the Gulf War when Bedouin children found them and informed the Iraqi's.

Behind enemy lines inside Iraq during the Gulf War. Wow! :eek:

[POO]

Great watch MAJ! Thanks!

Interesting the tie to the OSS

Great gouge Sir, thanks

NDD and ALCON,
Check out: The Jedburghs; The Secret History of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944, by LTC Will Irwin (Ret). The "Jeds" (as they were called) were three man teams usually comprised of 1US, 1UK, and 1 Frenchy. That was the standard, but it was not uncommon for there to be 1US/2UK; 2UK/1Frenchy; etc... the Europeans were mostly officers, and the US were almost always enlisted (usually a 1SG as the Radio Op, there were US officers as well). But like I said they mixed it up.

As for the OSS connection, SF's roots are founded with the OSS. Major General William J. Donovan aka Wild Bill Donovan, and MAJ William E. Colby (who later became DCI '73-'76) were Jeds. The Jeds wore a winged patch with a red round center with SF in the middle. The modern "Q-course" actually got it's start at what is now Camp David, but at the time was known as the Congressional Country Club. The Jeds would begin their training stateside (1st go around at separating the wheat from the chaff). Then would head over to England to Milton Hall where they would go through two more phases of training and separation. Before they would "graduate" be assigned to a Jed team (names were used instead of today's numbers i.e. Jed Team Bruce vice today's ODAXXX) then jump in, be met by the French resistance on the DZ and begin to reak havoc.

The book is quite fascinating, and recommend it to anyone interested in military/SOF history.

"Espionage is not a nice thing, nor are the methods employed exemplary. Neither are demolition bombs nor poison gas... ...We face an enemy who believes one of his chief weapons is that none but he will employ terror. But we will turn terror against him..." Major General William J. Donovan (Ret)

That statement could be used today.

[Warrior-Mentor]

Documentary

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS2MlL4IXd8

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRhZrHtk4kE

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiD_vg7mBNo

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TXGQ67Z7A

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkWGBMpKX5g

Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBrIu9Ts1oA

Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X6kvwCiGf8

Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o11z6Qx4NKk

Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cRpA_BP1NU

[Spartan74]

From the History Channel

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcZOYnwI8PM

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baeN2qjH17Q&mode=related&search=

Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq5GKjvnNBI&mode=related&search=

Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYm5CQWy0n0&mode=related&search=

Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCYB3w8Xhl0&mode=related&search=

Part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmVW9Cse73o&mode=related&search=

Part 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SrX7f9CKeU&mode=related&search=

Part 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=070_eWzVU-0&mode=related&search=

Part 9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FPaTQhJnc0&mode=related&search=

[frostfire]

Mike Force
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M59oksXhhck
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4WrWimiA1Q
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVw3wHvWhic
Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mumtZWhjKqk
Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y_NtNeb5Y4


Desert Storm
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_scTedkCw
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOO1Da4rt0c
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrVR5wn5Ex8
Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1sFTSRVyQo
Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVTA3ZS8wJo

[Tegboarder]

This is the latest National Geographic piece about the Army Special Forces in Afghanistan (I think it premiered in late May/early June).

Part 1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=ymtEQypLEAQ

Part 2 http://youtube.com/watch?v=a5suABaAvXg

Part 3 http://youtube.com/watch?v=YiER8LIRxjw

Part 4 http://youtube.com/watch?v=ndZsSfgZElA

Part 5 http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nctp5g25CEg

Part 6 http://youtube.com/watch?v=gEMN4-WTuXo

[frostfire]

Interesting interview with Colonel Aaron Bank on Vietman and hindsight 20/20
Also interviews with Col Jim Kraus, LTG Yarborough, and so on

part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYc-romxx7Q
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCPrGPtIa4
part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcwjYOnmDKo
part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KNa-_OjdpM
part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rZbwVr1FbI
part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck3LtcK6iW4
part 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZk6u_TyNu8
part 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr7JEYmZ73c
Part 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DinIFGAACxY
Part 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ol_RnUYS9A

[hackattack]

thanks everybody for this footwork. unfortunately, most of these have been taken off Youtube due to copyright laws

[stickey]

Try Hulu.com

They rotate everything they have every once in a while, but a few months ago they had Inside Special Forces...lets see....they still do:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/63237/inside-special-forces

[CMP]

Try Hulu.com

They rotate everything they have every once in a while, but a few months ago they had Inside Special Forces...lets see....they still do:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/63237/inside-special-forces

Netflix also has this.

[Fonzy]

Updated link for the Nat Geo "Inside the Green Berets" on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9sOgjpmd4c&feature=player_embedded#!

[Fonzy]

FYI, anyone with a netflix account can watch this on the instant que online.

[Hanzo]

I've been looking for this one for a few months:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb_mhiRJBcc