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Originally Posted by Richard
Guys,
I always consider the source on things like this...and MG (Ret) Guest is neither one of my role models for an SF soldier nor a source I pay much attention to here. He came to us in 1/10th from a DAO assignment in Osterriech and proceded to break a leg on his first parachute jump. When he got out of the cast and could jump again he injured himself again. I then left for OCS and friends back in the 1/10th did not think much of him. However, he made O-6 on the backs of the quality of the teams there and was given command of the 5th SFG. His claim to fame as the 5th SFG CDR was in removing the gold and red stripes from the 5the flash...which pissed off a lot of people...and little else. Joe D could fill you in on that one. I was an ODA CDR in the 7th SFG at that time and the 5th SFG was not a very happy place to be. In a nutshell, Jim Guest's opinions are exactly that...his opinions and not much else. In light of the achievements of both SF and SOF over the last half of a century I cannot concur with his opinions on this issue. Period. MOO.
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Very well said, I was in 5th when he was Gp Cdr.
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