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11-14-2008, 02:20 AM
oliverbox
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Yeah, thanks for the list. So what are the prerequisites for becoming a Delta Force member? Does one volunteer to try out? Does he have to first become involved with another unit and then work his way up?
Delta Force and the Intelligence Support Activity work differently than any other unit because they're not required to recruit or meet quotas.
Special Forces even has numbers of soldiers that they have to make, quotas to fill.
To try out for Delta Force is by Invitation only, and they select mainly from Special Forces units... something like over 60% of Delta Force comes out of SF. Again, I'm just telling you what I read. I've never gotten a letter from Delta Force inviting me to try out. I've never even see a letter like that.
They choose some out of the Ranger Regiment and they even invite guys from the 82nd Airborne or other outstanding soldiers from tough units who have excellent personal qualifications, like Ranger School and the like. They can and have recruited from other service branches, especially the Marine Corps, but that's pretty rare.
The selection they go through for Delta Force is very similar to what Special Forces does... a lot of map reading and carrying a ruck sack for long periods. Except it's more isolated. They want to make sure that you can survive on your own. They go out to some weird National Guard base in West Virginia or something.
From everything I've read, again - no first hand experience - It's not so much about being tougher or stronger. I mean, the guys in the Special Forces or the Rangers and some of the really good soldiers in the 82nd and 173rd are about as physically fit as you're going to get. They'll work on it a little bit extra at Delta Force, but Delta and the ISA need thinkers. Guys who can think on their feet and operate independently. A lot of their work is stuff that happens undercover - no uniforms, and by themselves or in teams of 2-4 operatives. Special Forces does some of that stuff too, but comparatively speaking, SF is the JV team.
One U.S. group that I failed to mention, but should have is in the Navy: SEAL Team 6 - Now officially called, DEVGRU
SEAL Team 6 is the Navy's version of Delta Force. They have never been quite as mission capable or quite as highly regarded.
Delta's best equivalent would be the UK's 22nd S.A.S. or the C.I.A.'s Special Activities Division. Though, I shouldn't speak out of turn; I'm sure the Navy would submit that DEVGRU is just as good.
The ISA has been so successful that the UK modeled their newest Special Operations Unit after our ISA and called it the SRR - Special Reconnaissance Regiment.
Just in passing, I should add that the Marine's Force Recon units are VERY good. They would be more comparable to the Army's Special Forces or the Navy SEALs, and considered a little more elite than the Ranger Regiment, and that is saying something.
The UK's Royal Marines should be considered extremely tough. Their regular Marines and Regular Airborne guys would be much more elite than our regular Marines and regular Airborne troops. Their Royal Marines and British Airborne are about as tough as our Ranger Regiment. This comment has been made to me by several American Airborne Rangers.
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