Another thing that always drove me nuts was when new guys showed up and asked about, or for schools. Show up to your team and learn your job. Too many guys try and school out and can't do simple requirements of their MOS. For example, bravos not knowing how to do simple range packets, charlies not knowing how to do layouts or handle the property. I always told guys to learn how to do their jobs and schools will always become available. Schools and specialties are great, but learning how to do your actual MOS and owning it is what makes people studs from my experience. Own your section. Good video brother! DOL
The thought of mountaineering was what made the teams so cool. How advanced of a mountaineer could you become? I also heard funny stories on how to identify what team the guys were on by physical traits. The fat guys were all HALO. The skinny guys were all swimmers. The guys that had the popeye forearms were mountain. The dudes with the ‘staches were all CIF dudes.
Awesome video I learned so much, not SF or anything special, just an ex airborne conventional army guy. But it’s always cool to learn about you guys. At Bragg we always looked up to you all !
True story. I actually showed up to my Civil Affairs team and asked CSM , an SF Halo qualified dude, if I could go to Halo. He was obviously perplexed because there was not need for a Halo qualified CA guy and it would be virtually impossible and expensive to keep me current. I don’t look at it as me being a dumb loft. I was a young dude who wanted to kick ass and take names. A few years later I ran into him in Stuttgart and we laughed about it. Good times.
@@Rubeless True story, I knew someone was going to give me doggy poop over starting it that way. In the Army we call this type of dude a “sharpshooter” or seagull because a seagull flies over and poops on everything. True story.
@@seaaworld1 it's funny how the army works. The only people in my career who told me no about going to certain schools were people who had been to those schools. Badge protectors man. I was at Campbell as an LT for 4 years, was/am ABN and AASLT qualified, was in great physical shape, had no issues, and had two consecutive CO's tell me I couldn't go to Pathfinder even though they always have no shows and open slots. Sure as shit, I unexpectedly got tagged to deploy to Afghanistan and about a week after I got there my buddy in the rear emailed me and told me two brand new LT's got to walk on to Pathfinder after only being in the unit for like two weeks (both passed too, kudos to them). It's weird man, leaders I've had in the army will say go after what you want and get it and then on the other hand will be like well maybe not that, no to that, etc. What's funny too is I can't tell you how many times these leaders were like "oh well I only got to attend such and such school because of pure luck" or "I didn't want to go, I got told to go" or something along those lines. One of those same CO's who told me no for Pathfinder turned around and let our Company XO go to Ranger school while he was a sitting XO. Dude recycled and got stuck during Best Ranger and was gone from the Company for close to 6 months. But I couldn't attend a 20 day on-post school lol.
@@Bamaboy813 That’s funny. I had a platoon SGT,E-7 tell me something similar. He was also a Pathfinder and said he didn’t want all those badges. It might be they just can’t do without some people and could do without for others. I had some guys on my team that I would let go ANY WHERE. I mean ANYWHERE. I was glad to let them go. Leave? Sure. Doctors appointment? By. Other dudes I needed them there. So maybe that’s it. I hear you though man. Bunch of reindeer games for sure.
The army currently is lacking a crucial component which is young leaders with no knowledge and life skills I currently serve and I can say I am glad to be older because it helps me to be a good advocate for these young men and women I will always try to fix what I can do at my level to make the team better.
lol thank you, it’s pretty easy to Google the meaning of the numbers but much harder to find what each individual 4th digit team specialty is, although I like how you glossed over the 6th team lmao
Great Channel Brother, I went to Halo Military Free Fall School a long time ago, I’m a Navy Corpsman who Marsoc and spent a lot of time with Brother’s from 3rd Special Forces Group and 10th group. Just dropping In to send a 🇺🇸“Semper Fi”👊
I was looking into joining 19th about a year and a half ago, and I had been told that the army was looking to make all new guys finishing the pipeline HALO qualified. The army even made a video about the SF pipeline a couple years back and it showed that MFF course was pretty much a given after Robin Sage. So im guessing that’s incorrect?
I'm not SF....but...I've got the boots sandy. Regardless of the Team, don't be out worked. Be the first at PT in the morning and the last to leave the Team Room at night. Keep your mouth closed and eyes and ears open to learn from the senior NCOs. Be a sponge for knowledge. Also, learn who the shit bags are and stay away. In my experience a shit bag will frequently try to engage the new guys because the other team guys have had enough of him. Learn who that guy is. Become an asset to the team asap and dive deep into the cross MOS training. Medical/COMMO are critical. Show interest in all the S4 type stuff that is less sexy but critical for mission accomplishment. Great Channel Jay.
Drafted in ‘71. Joined SF and after Q course assigned to 5th SFG, 3rd Btn. HALO, HALO JM and other. Memories still enrich and haunt me daily. Met the Duke at Organization day in 73’. By the glory of God I was and still am a snake eater.
Thank you for your service Bro. Just came across your page and wanted to show some love and support. Did all my combat time with the black helos. Finished up my career as a Bullet manager for Da Tribe! Best of Luck on retirement! NSDQ/DOL 🪂💣🏹
Are you sure a 6 team is still a secret squirrel team? My green beret family member just reported to his _ _ _ 6 team and it’s a mobility team. His roommate went to _ _ _ 2 and it is a mountain team.
If I were to be an operator. I'd pick the Direct action team. Fast roping, Cqb, tier 1 elements, that's literally what comes to mind when you think of sof😂
5 teams are full of guys who are willing to do the school nobody else wants to. The reality is maintaining a specialty skill takes time away from something else. So if you are a level 1 specialty team, that skillset is all you'll be good at. That's fine during peacetime, but was terrible during wartime when fighting was the primary directive.
Talk about the jokes inside the team. It's an issue that can lead to have bad blood within the team sometimes. Every team has their own dynamic and culture. Take care bro.
Thank you for making this video. How long can you stay on each team? Are there guys who've only done DA or Mountain, or does everyone get a taste of each specialty throughout their career?
Great breakdown. What about 4th Battalion stuff? One of the books that I read when learning about SF was Operation Jedburgh and it was badass. For someone coming in as 18X, how long do you have to be on team before you can apply for one of those teams? Also, how does that mission compare to #6 teams?
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Hey jay is it possible to request which team you want to go to? 1 team and 6 team were the only ones that caught my attention so i was wondering if you can request it or if it's a "what you get is what you get"? Thanks 👍🏻
Good to know, I was definitely gonna request for a halo team. Jay is there any way i could get ahold of you to answer a few questions and for me to pick your brain some? I got selected in October and im headed to Bragg to start the Q in June.
@@renewman28 yeah that’s normal. You have up to two years to report to the q after you get selected. There are several variables that determine when you report
If I was given a choice out the teams. I would choose team 3 or team 1. Only because team 3 I have experience using CDL license with a few jobs that I have done. Professionally safe at work and professionally dangerous when I’m off the clock with my sports car doing highway surfing. (I stopped this year)
I was lucky enough to go to a dive team as my first team. I was also lucky to have gone to MFF. Dive wasn’t luck. It was a lot of hard work. HALO was luck.
probably. i would have thought it would all be on record somewhere and id say the beasting for being honest would be less severe than the beasting for lying
This is a good basic video but Id suggest take a sec or 2 to explain the multiple acronyms, labels you reference. Many viewers or younger guys might not know all these labels-terms. Im a veteran: army 1990s era. Its easy to talk about specific points but avg viewers, public may be confused.
I wanna be a secret halo diver driver. .....I'm old, out of shape but have watched every Mission Impossible, Jason Bourne & Jack Reacher. Where do I get my contract pls
I think your mistaken Direct Action with the company solely focused on Direct Action and hostage rescue known as CIF or CRF maybe the lastest name change. Me too also curious.
Secret Squirrel shit is “clandestine” or sensitive stuff you’re not supposed to talk about. Cool guys hint at it to let you know they are in the “know” then say no more. I.e…. “Yeah we’re heading over there to do our thing.” If someone says this in special operations you don’t ask where. You just say something cool like. “Watch out for those snakes bro.” To let them know that you’re like Bo Jackson… hip to the game. Secret squirrel shit is like fight club.
I heard that CIF or (CRF)was being disbanded what's the status on it now. Are a few units going to be kept operational or are they getting ride of them all or have they changed the minds and they will be kept in SF?
Another thing that always drove me nuts was when new guys showed up and asked about, or for schools. Show up to your team and learn your job. Too many guys try and school out and can't do simple requirements of their MOS. For example, bravos not knowing how to do simple range packets, charlies not knowing how to do layouts or handle the property. I always told guys to learn how to do their jobs and schools will always become available. Schools and specialties are great, but learning how to do your actual MOS and owning it is what makes people studs from my experience. Own your section. Good video brother! DOL
Just retired after 10 years in 1st group. 4 years on a dive team, 2 mountain, last 3 on a HALO team. HALO team was by far the most enjoyable lol.
A green beret using lol like a teenager is scary
@@Rubeless calm down turd.
@@Rubelessthat doesn’t change who he is.
How do you retire after 10 years? Medical?
@@esteban1487I was wondering the same they need to change that verbiage to medically released. It throws the civilian community off
So true on the experience level on HALO teams. It was my first team back in the 90s and I was 10 years the youngest guy.
The thought of mountaineering was what made the teams so cool. How advanced of a mountaineer could you become?
I also heard funny stories on how to identify what team the guys were on by physical traits. The fat guys were all HALO. The skinny guys were all swimmers. The guys that had the popeye forearms were mountain. The dudes with the ‘staches were all CIF dudes.
Haha there’s some truths there
Facts 👍🏿🇺🇸💯
That’s funny.
Fuck I hate heights. Time to lose some weight.
Awesome video I learned so much, not SF or anything special, just an ex airborne conventional army guy. But it’s always cool to learn about you guys. At Bragg we always looked up to you all !
This is good advice, and applies throughout the Army. Show up, take what you get, and do your absolute best regardless of where you land.
Thank you for the content man, the fng academy used to be like this and I still love buck but I wish he'd go back to this content specifically
Gets tiring talking to guys that you know will never even go to MEPS let alone selection
True story. I actually showed up to my Civil Affairs team and asked CSM , an SF Halo qualified dude, if I could go to Halo. He was obviously perplexed because there was not need for a Halo qualified CA guy and it would be virtually impossible and expensive to keep me current. I don’t look at it as me being a dumb loft. I was a young dude who wanted to kick ass and take names. A few years later I ran into him in Stuttgart and we laughed about it. Good times.
Biden starts his “stories” the same way…true story
@@Rubeless True story, I knew someone was going to give me doggy poop over starting it that way. In the Army we call this type of dude a “sharpshooter” or seagull because a seagull flies over and poops on everything. True story.
@@seaaworld1 it's funny how the army works. The only people in my career who told me no about going to certain schools were people who had been to those schools. Badge protectors man. I was at Campbell as an LT for 4 years, was/am ABN and AASLT qualified, was in great physical shape, had no issues, and had two consecutive CO's tell me I couldn't go to Pathfinder even though they always have no shows and open slots. Sure as shit, I unexpectedly got tagged to deploy to Afghanistan and about a week after I got there my buddy in the rear emailed me and told me two brand new LT's got to walk on to Pathfinder after only being in the unit for like two weeks (both passed too, kudos to them). It's weird man, leaders I've had in the army will say go after what you want and get it and then on the other hand will be like well maybe not that, no to that, etc. What's funny too is I can't tell you how many times these leaders were like "oh well I only got to attend such and such school because of pure luck" or "I didn't want to go, I got told to go" or something along those lines. One of those same CO's who told me no for Pathfinder turned around and let our Company XO go to Ranger school while he was a sitting XO. Dude recycled and got stuck during Best Ranger and was gone from the Company for close to 6 months. But I couldn't attend a 20 day on-post school lol.
@@Bamaboy813 That’s funny. I had a platoon SGT,E-7 tell me something similar. He was also a Pathfinder and said he didn’t want all those badges. It might be they just can’t do without some people and could do without for others. I had some guys on my team that I would let go ANY WHERE. I mean ANYWHERE. I was glad to let them go. Leave? Sure. Doctors appointment? By. Other dudes I needed them there. So maybe that’s it. I hear you though man. Bunch of reindeer games for sure.
Hey Jay thanks for always giving straight facts on your video and being super professional!
Yes sir
Wow, never heard it broken down like this, very impressive, informative
The army currently is lacking a crucial component which is young leaders with no knowledge and life skills I currently serve and I can say I am glad to be older because it helps me to be a good advocate for these young men and women I will always try to fix what I can do at my level to make the team better.
"Don't fuckin do that" good advice!! LOL
lol thank you, it’s pretty easy to Google the meaning of the numbers but much harder to find what each individual 4th digit team specialty is, although I like how you glossed over the 6th team lmao
Jay sir could you do a video about the mobility teams? Glad I found your channel again. Looking to get after it and join the military for good!
Great Channel Brother, I went to Halo Military Free Fall School a long time ago, I’m a Navy Corpsman who Marsoc and spent a lot of time with Brother’s from 3rd Special Forces Group and 10th group. Just dropping In to send a 🇺🇸“Semper Fi”👊
Fellow prior corpsman with 1MRB (deployed 2012) and worked with ODA at the time; guys were solid on that pump. Now I’m pursuing 18D
@@kidddevildoc Go Get it Brother!! 👊🏴☠️
I was looking into joining 19th about a year and a half ago, and I had been told that the army was looking to make all new guys finishing the pipeline HALO qualified. The army even made a video about the SF pipeline a couple years back and it showed that MFF course was pretty much a given after Robin Sage. So im guessing that’s incorrect?
I'm not SF....but...I've got the boots sandy. Regardless of the Team, don't be out worked. Be the first at PT in the morning and the last to leave the Team Room at night. Keep your mouth closed and eyes and ears open to learn from the senior NCOs. Be a sponge for knowledge. Also, learn who the shit bags are and stay away. In my experience a shit bag will frequently try to engage the new guys because the other team guys have had enough of him. Learn who that guy is. Become an asset to the team asap and dive deep into the cross MOS training. Medical/COMMO are critical. Show interest in all the S4 type stuff that is less sexy but critical for mission accomplishment. Great Channel Jay.
Drafted in ‘71. Joined SF and after Q course assigned to 5th SFG, 3rd Btn. HALO, HALO JM and other. Memories still enrich and haunt me daily. Met the Duke at Organization day in 73’. By the glory of God I was and still am a snake eater.
Dude this is a badass video, love it!
Thanks a ton!
Thank you for your service Bro. Just came across your page and wanted to show some love and support. Did all my combat time with the black helos. Finished up my career as a Bullet manager for Da Tribe! Best of Luck on retirement! NSDQ/DOL 🪂💣🏹
Are you sure a 6 team is still a secret squirrel team? My green beret family member just reported to his _ _ _ 6 team and it’s a mobility team. His roommate went to _ _ _ 2 and it is a mountain team.
Good quick rundown on info there. Great rounded capability in various environments.
Glad you liked it!
Cool video. Great information on the breakdown 😊
Thanks so much!
00:00-00:10 is just good advice in general. If you show up to an organization as a new person, never tell them they were not your first choice.
This was very informative. I wish I knew this years ago.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
Very welcome
If I were to be an operator. I'd pick the Direct action team. Fast roping, Cqb, tier 1 elements, that's literally what comes to mind when you think of sof😂
Living the Dream!
Can you talk about CIF ( crisis response force ) or HTD ( Hard Target Defeat ) within special forces
Yeah man I’ll add it to the list of topics
Holy crap, that helps alot. I thought people were literally talking about CIF equipment storage places. XD
Isn't CIF gone now?
@@rickhall517930 No they changed the name and tweaked it a bit. It’s now called Critical Threats Advisory Company, or CTAC or HTD Hard Target Defeat.
Excellent!
5 teams are full of guys who are willing to do the school nobody else wants to. The reality is maintaining a specialty skill takes time away from something else. So if you are a level 1 specialty team, that skillset is all you'll be good at. That's fine during peacetime, but was terrible during wartime when fighting was the primary directive.
Talk about the jokes inside the team.
It's an issue that can lead to have bad blood within the team sometimes. Every team has their own dynamic and culture.
Take care bro.
Can we get a video on PsyOps and Civil Affairs? Pros/Cons and difference in what they do versus your profession would be interesting.
Yes sir, I’ll add that to the list for you
From the Rest, Come the Best.
Had 18X in AIT and they scheduled most of us for Halo, was NG if that’s worth mentioning
Honestly, getting any of these is pretty badass
Agreed
I would ask what the Secret Squirrel team is about, but then it wouldn't be a secret.
Thank you for making this video. How long can you stay on each team? Are there guys who've only done DA or Mountain, or does everyone get a taste of each specialty throughout their career?
4-6 yr on the oda and after that, you either go to the school house or the B-team. You can also request the other teams halo or scuba.
Hey Jay, can you make a video going into more detail about the specialties of each team?
Will do brother
Great breakdown. What about 4th Battalion stuff? One of the books that I read when learning about SF was Operation Jedburgh and it was badass. For someone coming in as 18X, how long do you have to be on team before you can apply for one of those teams? Also, how does that mission compare to #6 teams?
1) no one will make a video on that
2) at least 3-4 years before you can interview
3) it’s nothing like SMU
Honestly all of these seem fun to go to like specifically mobility or the air assault team
First thing CSM Putnam asked me was, Want to go to a Dive Team?
Cool. Do a video on the 3116 example?
Just Being able to where the Green Beret .Means You are someone Special.I Wanted 18D.
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Wondering why new guys would wanna go to halo team instead of CIF?
I'm guessing the "6" is intentionally vague.😂
Is that a mix of all the deployment methods?
Hey jay is it possible to request which team you want to go to? 1 team and 6 team were the only ones that caught my attention so i was wondering if you can request it or if it's a "what you get is what you get"? Thanks 👍🏻
You ever meet any marine core 0311’s , 31’s, 41’s that moved into the Berets after there first enlistment
Hard core training and schools never seem to cease in SF which means these guys can’t rest on their laurels
Another great video 👍🏿
Appreciate that
If they ask me where I want to go, my answer is wherever I am needed most.
Smart man 🗿👍🏾
DONT FUCKIN DO THAT😂😂
People still do it
Is the maritime team irrelevant? Dont you guys have seals for those type of mission?
If I ever win an army competition where the prize is school of choice, I’m picking halo school. 😂😂😂
SAPPERS CLEAR THE WAY HOOAH 😤
Ironically HALO would be my last pick.
I jumped out a planes because I had to and not because I wanted to lol.
Good to know, I was definitely gonna request for a halo team. Jay is there any way i could get ahold of you to answer a few questions and for me to pick your brain some? I got selected in October and im headed to Bragg to start the Q in June.
Hell yeah congrats man, hit me up Jay@sfselections.com, I’ll get you access to our discord so we can chat whenever
Hey man, way to go, I hope you're living your feckin' dream. =) good luck and good health my friend.
That many months between selection and Q course? Is that normal??
@@renewman28 yeah that’s normal. You have up to two years to report to the q after you get selected. There are several variables that determine when you report
@@renewman28 based on the class schedules yes.
Never in my 5 senses Are you crazy Forget about it
If I was given a choice out the teams. I would choose team 3 or team 1. Only because team 3 I have experience using CDL license with a few jobs that I have done. Professionally safe at work and professionally dangerous when I’m off the clock with my sports car doing highway surfing. (I stopped this year)
So this guy confirms the SF pushes S-t in?!?! He also said he is currently active so this is an ongoing issue.
Just WOW!!!
What does that mean what are your languages you are qualified in?
I was lucky enough to go to a dive team as my first team. I was also lucky to have gone to MFF. Dive wasn’t luck. It was a lot of hard work. HALO was luck.
Do you go skydiving as a civilian for fun?
@@ralpherl5657 I do not. My glory days are over.
Sooo which is the CRF? 1 or 6?
Is the 6 team some sort of intelligence team? Doesn't every battalion and group have it's own intelligence support company for that?
The 6 team isn’t a intelligence team. It’s more along the lines of CIA type stuff
@@GreenBeretChronicles can you elaborate on this?
So the 1 teams/DA teams are separate from the CIF teams that were recently disbanded?
Cif wasn't disbanded,but repurposed to focus on tunnel/ bunker warfare.
Are ODBs broken down the same way or are they one standard across the board?
Pretty clear sir! Thanks man! Can't wait to get to SF in the future! I hope i have the opportunity to. One step at a time though!
You can do it!
Does DA, JSOC in 2023 still offer 18X? Also can you cover the bonus $$$, different types of pay-benefits associated with current SOF units?
Can you elaborate at all on what "secret squirrel dudes" are, lol?
Is there a way for them to check what your choices are? To see is your upholding an honorable person and not lying
probably. i would have thought it would all be on record somewhere and id say the beasting for being honest would be less severe than the beasting for lying
Dive teams are the best, usually most senior.
What was the Language you took ??
How good are you. 1 to 10. ?
French
@@GreenBeretChronicles do you still speak it. 1. To. 10. How good are you ?
Bruh, what if you have 2400 jumps in the civilian world and was an AFF instructor & videographer?
5 for life!
What exactly does team 6 do?
This is a good basic video but Id suggest take a sec or 2 to explain the multiple acronyms, labels you reference. Many viewers or younger guys might not know all these labels-terms. Im a veteran: army 1990s era. Its easy to talk about specific points but avg viewers, public may be confused.
Isn't the #6 team called the 'ruck' team?
When I was around it was the rat team
@@GreenBeretChronicles That's a badass name
I wanna be a secret halo diver driver. .....I'm old, out of shape but have watched every Mission Impossible, Jason Bourne & Jack Reacher.
Where do I get my contract pls
Haha
Dude I thought you looked familiar, we were on a trip together a few years back.
Hell yeah around what year brother
Where does this guy's accent come from?
Hey man, Id go 113 myself because hey: why walk when you can drive?
New subscriber... just wondering why the Army has a Dive team?
To stay competitive
Can SF still do the damn thing without 88 series in the background? ❤
Hey Jay, you wouldn’t also be stationed at bragg ?
Yep been here for 15 years
How does this affect cpts and majors
It doesn’t, you guy’s typical go to whatever teams is available, if you’re not qualified you’ll just go to those schools after about 6 months.
@@GreenBeretChronicles cool cool
I thought SF got rid of the DA mission?
It’s one of our core mission, it’s never going away
I think your mistaken Direct Action with the company solely focused on Direct Action and hostage rescue known as CIF or CRF maybe the lastest name change. Me too also curious.
Is team #6 the cif team?
No the CIF is a different company
What the hell is a “secret squirrel dude”?
Secret Squirrel shit is “clandestine” or sensitive stuff you’re not supposed to talk about. Cool guys hint at it to let you know they are in the “know” then say no more. I.e…. “Yeah we’re heading over there to do our thing.” If someone says this in special operations you don’t ask where. You just say something cool like. “Watch out for those snakes bro.” To let them know that you’re like Bo Jackson… hip to the game. Secret squirrel shit is like fight club.
How do you break down a team by their team number?
I think I worked with 7121 and I know they were from 7th group.
I did a video on that please watch that
I heard that CIF or (CRF)was being disbanded what's the status on it now. Are a few units going to be kept operational or are they getting ride of them all or have they changed the minds and they will be kept in SF?
They are being re-organized, I think they will always be around
If anything I would want to be on a 3-1-1 team
Wait, what was the 6th one?
CIA type teams
I have a question for you since you work your way out into retirement do you plan to go national guard SF before you hit the wild?
No I’m completely done
I guess it's also a bad idea to say where you don't want to go as well.
Haha yep
Are there SF teams that are more dedicated to doing recon?
That’s a core task of all the teams
@@GreenBeretChronicles Now, can you be sniper qualified on any of the teams?
@@dinomra7771 you can be
@@GreenBeretChronicles Got it, thanks.
Wait so what exactly does the 6th team do/specialize in??
CIA type stuff
But nickle teams are hard. What if I want to be a little more puffy/
Halo it is
The best team is the one you're in
Ehhhhhhhh Jay