I gotta say, even my Jarhead self thinks that buffoon is smoking crack. FAST and ANGLICO?? No slur to them but they both conventional units. Actually, as is Force Recon. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a MARSOC. This idiot needs a tutorial on who and what are Special Operations Forces. Otherwise, the 82nd may be on his top 15 list.

More than that comic I think it is the show "Person Of Interest" that made people aware of the ISA and led to the misunderstanding.

This is quite a bad list that has been put up. With most of the civilian crowd I think the statement "US SF primarily train foreign militaries/guerilla forces" that makes them think that SF are just some sort of teachers, this is something I don't like. Little do they know the wide range of capabilities of SF.

As an outsider if you do not mind me asking, does the USMC hold a negative opinion of SF?

I remember reading quite a poor article written by a Marine that was criticising SF based on the 60 minutes segment on the 7th Grp. in Afghanistan.

I long told people that we managed the volleyballs and basket balls for the Army... Like duude!

I know that SOME do, most don't however. A funny thing is, I, and a couple of other SF, we're part of the eight man team that worked the then proposal of the now MARSOC.

If they don't like SF, elf them. If they do, thank them and buy 'em a beer.

I can definitely say that no, Marines as a rule, do not hold SF in a negative light. Actually, the specific reason that the Marine Corps made Recon a Career Field was that a large number of Force Recon Marines left the Corps and joined SF in the '70s-90s. (I are one...)

One of the Marines that had a lot to do with the planning that went into MARSOC was Mack Duke, a former MACV-SOG SF guy. Marines do, however, hold all other branches of service in varying levels of contempt. But this is a generalized thing, that can beselectively applied or not to various units they come in contact with. Just like the generalized Jarhead bashing that others engage in. No real malice.

As far as I can tell, and I may be wrong, but it looks like this site is run by some guy from the Balkans. He probably has "semper fi" in the site header not fully understanding its meaning in an American context.

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P.S. This list, as i mentioned above, isn’t representing official list, and it’s only list in my point of view. I don’t care if you agree or not agree, just avoid to send me spam mails.


Pardon my $.02 cents here; but whoever he/she/it is, it doesn't appear as if English is their first language. And anyway I think "Cobwebs" said it best:

"Amusing but in actuality exactly as we like it: Quiet Professionals" :lifter