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12-15-2011, 12:27 AM
oliverbox
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I know this was talked about many pages ago, but I couldnt find it in search all that well. What did we agree on for Rapid Fire and Super Trooper, were they more geared for Ranger's or Green Beret's?
I'm planning to put Rapid Fire in command of Night Force, and model it after a Ranger Chalk. (using Sgt Stone's green camo uniform as Rapid Fire).
I think it depends on which Super Trooper we're talking about... If I remember correctly, Lattimer was the U.S. and the others were in Action Force, so I take that to mean that they are Brits. There seemed to be an emphasis on cross training these guys in the U.S./UK... West Point and Sandhurst, which I've never heard of anyone actually doing, but it could theoretically work:
West Point/Annapolis/USAFA consistantly produce Rhodes/Marshall scholars. They finish at West Point and do a year at Oxford (Rhodes) or where ever (Marshall). Anyway, Sandhurst is a year long program. A lot of the Sandhurst guys already have degrees from another UK college/university. Some of the upperclass officers have already completeed their degrees at Cambridge or Oxford and then go through their year at Sandhurst. It wouldn't be inconceivable that a West Point grad could be sent for a post grad year at Sandhurst on an exchange program with the UK Army.
I figure that the Super Troopers would get fast tracked trohugh Infantry OBC (doing Airborne/Air Assault while at USMA), and going through Ranger school. They would get sent to a do their time as a platoon leader at the 82nd or the 173rd or even the Ranger Regiment, maybe the Paras or Ghurkas. As soon as they make 1LT, they go through Selection for SF, and if they complete it, they then get to go through SAS/SBS selection and cross train with Delta. When not deployed, they are being cycled through every school they can: HALO, SCUBA, Pathfinder, Sniper, Sapper, EOD, BUD/S etc. They rotate tours of duty between Delta, SF, and the SAS/SBS.
I see the Super Troopers, not as one man armies, but as game changers... more like one man ODAs. They are combat leaders who can be inserted into critical situations and retake the initiative. They czn train indiginous forces, work with foreign armies, or lead allied special ops units for specific purposes or missions. Obviously their training makes them incredibly effective combatants, but they're commisioned as officers in order to be excellent combat leaders... and are able to work with US/UK/Austrailian Special Operations Forces in theatre seemlessly because of their crosstraining.
Anyway, that's just my take on the situation.
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