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Originally Posted by abc_123
Great points.
What about pre-SCUBA?
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IMO opinion there is a world of difference between additional skills such as scuba.....at the end of the day what makes a Green Beret and what he does stays the same the mission and the aspects don't change the mountaineering, scuba, MFF, sniper, ranger, sapper etc....are additional skills that only compliment the mission are additions but not critical to UW what direct, infiltration skills we have and do will not matter without the right personality and character traits to execute the by, with and through mission....there are great Force Recon Marines, LRS, Rangers with every advanced skill we have but no personality or inherent ability to work in that situation....the intensity of UW is a different animal who thinks way beyond kinetic.....the rest are skills that can be taught SFAS is a test looking for specific personalities, resilience, ruggedness, intelligence, team players with certain traits that make them good fits for our mission.......the length of the course exposes negative and positive traits while teaching skills that too bad the command chooses to ignore this critical continuing assessment of our guys.
And pre- SFAS preparation circumvents the true attrition and inhibits the process of what we select for.....
Again in the past candidates had to have there reigns pulled and only required guidance today the course is required to lead and pull sometimes reluctant studs....