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i think become a seal/green beret is pretty challenging !
by skeptic_69 8y ago
i think become a seal/green beret is pretty challenging !
- mywittyname 8y agoCorrect. It's straight-forward to get into the regular special forces. Anyone with slightly better than average intelligence and physique can make it. The elite special forces is a completely different ballgame. You need to be smarter and more fit than probably 90% of the population. Lots of these guys end up doing very well for themselves after leaving the military.
- SaltyBackendGuy 8y ago> regular special forces. Anyone with slightly better than average intelligence and physique can make it. From personal experience I can say this is incorrect. The 'regular' special forces are the Green Berets (Top 5% of the Army). Elite special forces (CAG/Delta) 5% of the 5%
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoYou have a ridiculously optimistic view of the US population if you think that 10% of us could become Navy SEALs.
- beaconstudios 8y agoif you go by YouTube comments, 10% already are.
- mywittyname 8y agoYou misunderstood my comment. Top 10% in both intelligence AND top 10% in potential physical fitness. Which has a ceiling of top 1% (0.10 * 0.10), but practically speaking, it's probably closer to top 0.1%.
- jki275 8y agocomments like this are just silly. Not even 1% of the military can get into SOF, and that's less than 1% of general US population. The people who get through BUD/S are generally Olympic class athletes who are selected for very specific mental and physical traits that are almost non-existent in the general population. There's absolutely nothing straightforward about getting into any SOF organization.