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Old 02-13-2008, 06:16   #5
The Reaper
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Too many missions=bad at all of them.

We use a selection process that eliminates the majority of all applicants, then lose more during the actual training.

The probationary period on a team is 3 years, by the reg. Even then, the team is being run by guys with ten or more years doing SF missions. We also have an apportioned or an assigned AOR to work in.

As long as the Marines persist in rotating people through MARSOC every few years, they will have problems with trained personnel and a complicated mission.

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