I am surprised to see the comments below, everyone is hating on the fact that there is pads. I am not really interested in seeing a guy who hurts himself by accident on a kiddie obstacle course then have to recycle because of it. Just my 2 cents.
+Joshua Soko Wish we had em. Prolly wouldn't have helped though. Fall from one of the 500 rope obstacles and no pad in the world is gonna help ya. Maybe in the tunnels. Still sucks then and now
I've seen a guy lose grip on the "sky scraper" obstacle and fall about 23-24 feet landing on a pad at one obstacle course, can't remember which one. If that pad wasn't there, that dude's career would be over with serious injury.
And these guys are already beat down from the previous “ events “. It reminds me of running the Darby Queen at Ranger School, after a two day patrol, no food, no sleep,.. just do it! Class 9-82.
Class 2-98, roster number 14. First time go. We ran it with pro-tech helmets, but none of the obstacles were padded. They’ve added a lot of infrastructure to the Rowe Training Center since I was there last.
No, it was a beautiful sunny day in January around 35 degrees. Perfect for running the course. I was tough, but a lot of fun. I ran it a bunch of times over the years.
I understand the Army getting soft but I feel like the special forces and the selection and that whole process is not changing that's going to stay the same
@@malakialkins5332 After Colonel Howard took over--SF qualification became TOUGH! I am 2nd Decade SF and our qualification was based more on intelligence than strength that came in more at the end of the course. Sadly, during the late 60s when we were taking a lot of casualties in Vietnam--SF qualification dropped to an all time low and we got some really bad characters in the regiment.
6:46 Brilliant!, do yo see how that guy stops the momentum of the rope with the log, then continues. I have a lot of respect for these guys. Don't forget this is 2 miles worth of obstacle courses here, very challenging!
Back when I did Nasty Nick there was nothing out there at Camp McCall. It was about 6 buildings, dining facility and gravel. I took a long ride from a World War 2 barracks at Bragg to get there.
they changed the ladder from when i went through, it was small rebar left and right and flexed a ton!! and the climb was higher and higher with each rung on the verticle climb
Our only helmet was an M-1 Ballistic steel parachutist helmet that was used once for a jump then put away until Phase 3 when we jumped again. I'm sure that we jumped sometime during Phase 2 at Bragg, but I don't remember it. That was a couple of weeks ago. Lol
I never ran it with a helmet! I thought it was a blast except for the first obstacle - I'm 5'6" and I had to hump it to keep my feet from touching. I started with a roster number of 163 and was the 6th one finished. I smoked the Nasty Nick! Oh, to be 25 again.....
I remember that the instructors would runs us around Mackall Army Airfield and the local dirt roads trying to smoke or injure us. They only had 3 Groups back then and they were damned near full so they didn't have to graduate a soul. They would haul ass into the front gate of Mackall and lock it behind them. They would then announce that there was extra chow for the ones that came in first without a broken ankle. Lol
Tough course, one would need to learn the rope techniques. If you are unfit or over weight, DQ. Over 40 not many could complete it. Curious how effective those helmets would be from a 25 ft fall or crashing into a concrete tunnel. If you train daily and are in your 20s early 30s, just be a very good workout.
WT_?, I have very fond and painful memories of this course. When did they start allowing helmets and pads, and where is the twelve foot high bar ? Why on earth are the soldiers not freezing and soaking wet? Just a few questions for the ages. I don't know whether or not to feel privileged or cheated.
A soldier is an investment. The course is still challenging and dangerous. Losing a soldier in trianing to head injury though is a big financial loss. A broken leg can be accounted for but a head injury means the soldier can be out of commission indefinitely.
Have you not seen the program two weeks in hell? it is about SF training and selection and although they don't show all of this course what they do show of it is good, but these guys are making heavy weather of it.
They change this course all the time. So don't think you can train for it. As they pick the course layout. On what positions they need to fill at any given time...
00:20 I remember when they had us climb a rope like this when we were in 5th grade. I know it was the same height because it was in the gym where they had the basketball courts with the really high ceiling. The crazy thing is, they also had you carry a pencil in your mouth so you could sign your name on the support bar at the top if you made it. Trying to hold yourself at the top and sign your name...talk about stupid especially for grade school kids. And to top it off, the only safety measure was a few thin mats on the ground to catch you, if you fell...
Now that I know this, I Pray to all that there is that I receive roster number 117, just so I get to say "Spartan 117 Sergeant" for the entirety of Selection.
I ran this course while stationed at Bragg in the 28th CSH ( Airborne). An airborne Ranger SSG and myself were the only airborne soldiers in our 4 man team. Our 1sg was SF and got our company in. It was fun, and challenging, great team building. Our instructions were finish together, and we did. Airborne! No pads in 1998 on that course
in my country, we have nearly the same course, we went through in full combat gear (but no ruck) and in the winter, so some got hurt when slipping on ice
WTF, wearing a Helmet doing the nasty nick, WOW~ OMG, padded obstacles now, the Army has really gone to a place I cannot even recognize anymore!! So FN sad, but then doesn't surprise me on how the military was changing!!! Heel K-Pot was an air item, but now days it's not.. Glad I was in when you didn't need that shit!!
These Army & Marine videos aren’t inclusive like the Navy’s where they have them doing these shirtless or soaking wet to show off their bodies. Come on get with the times, don’t discriminate, and give us what we want! If you aren’t gonna put on a wet T-shirt contest at least make these boys take off their shirts! Y’all wonder why gays stick with the Navy…🙄
I am surprised to see the comments below, everyone is hating on the fact that there is pads. I am not really interested in seeing a guy who hurts himself by accident on a kiddie obstacle course then have to recycle because of it. Just my 2 cents.
+Joshua Soko Wish we had em. Prolly wouldn't have helped though. Fall from one of the 500 rope obstacles and no pad in the world is gonna help ya. Maybe in the tunnels. Still sucks then and now
I've seen a guy lose grip on the "sky scraper" obstacle and fall about 23-24 feet landing on a pad at one obstacle course, can't remember which one. If that pad wasn't there, that dude's career would be over with serious injury.
6:44 SPARTAN 117 Sergeant!
And these guys are already beat down from the previous “ events “. It reminds me of running the Darby Queen at Ranger School, after a two day patrol, no food, no sleep,.. just do it! Class 9-82.
Class 2-98, roster number 14. First time go. We ran it with pro-tech helmets, but none of the obstacles were padded. They’ve added a lot of infrastructure to the Rowe Training Center since I was there last.
It should be the ROCKY VERSASCE Training Center a real hero--not Nick Rowe who's POW experience was highly questionable.
That's balls and physical ability right there, even if was physically capable I seriously doubt I could do this
Cue all the former Green Berets complaining about how it used to be so much more difficult back in their day and how the Army has gone soft.
Meh. Last easy class - 03-88
No, it was a beautiful sunny day in January around 35 degrees. Perfect for running the course. I was tough, but a lot of fun. I ran it a bunch of times over the years.
I understand the Army getting soft but I feel like the special forces and the selection and that whole process is not changing that's going to stay the same
@@malakialkins5332 After Colonel Howard took over--SF qualification became TOUGH! I am 2nd Decade SF and our qualification was based more on intelligence than strength that came in more at the end of the course. Sadly, during the late 60s when we were taking a lot of casualties in Vietnam--SF qualification dropped to an all time low and we got some really bad characters in the regiment.
6:46 Brilliant!, do yo see how that guy stops the momentum of the rope with the log, then continues. I have a lot of respect for these guys. Don't forget this is 2 miles worth of obstacle courses here, very challenging!
Back when I did Nasty Nick there was nothing out there at Camp McCall. It was about 6 buildings, dining facility and gravel. I took a long ride from a World War 2 barracks at Bragg to get there.
they changed the ladder from when i went through, it was small rebar left and right and flexed a ton!! and the climb was higher and higher with each rung on the verticle climb
I would have 360 noScoped this course in cod on veteran difficulty
Spartan 117? XD
It's John on Reach XD
If you’re given that number you pass by default on good luck alone.
I remember this like it was just yesterday
Yep. I went through in '05 and I still remember most of the course.
Did you guys become green berets?
I never navigated this course fresh. It was always after other "events"
It looks like something you could never forget. I know I would.
I wish I had this in my backyard
+TheStick101_
You can when you become... ARMY STRONG.
Har. Har.
I ship out on opt 40 ranger contract to Georgia in May so I will be then harty har har
15 men on a tight rope bridge...
...YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM!!
+TheStick101_ The JFK special warfare center is in Fort Bragg North Carolina
YOU DON'T SAY
and where is the stinky piss pit at the end after the cargo net climb and descent??
Our only helmet was an M-1 Ballistic steel parachutist helmet that was used once for a jump then put away until Phase 3 when we jumped again. I'm sure that we jumped sometime during Phase 2 at Bragg, but I don't remember it. That was a couple of weeks ago. Lol
Fun course, loved it.
Not how I remember it either in 2001. Not that long ago but it sure has changed.
I'm going for SF if MEPS is willing to let me in.
+Justin Marti Good luck, bro
Justin Marti Did you make it?
@@KM_1983 probably not
Pog
Brutal course. Can. Not. Wait.
I never ran it with a helmet! I thought it was a blast except for the first obstacle - I'm 5'6" and I had to hump it to keep my feet from touching. I started with a roster number of 163 and was the 6th one finished. I smoked the Nasty Nick! Oh, to be 25 again.....
I cant wait for SFAS!
A lot has changed in 40 years!
2:30 administrator wasnt snarky enough, 200% PR
Ship for Basic Jan. 13 2020. 18x 👍🏼
I assume you're going through basic, at the moment?
Well if they were, they wouldn't be able to answer your question.
@@Pinkerton-sh7ns I finished OSUT, I start my 2nd week of Airborne school on Tuesday
@@GunnerCyclic Give'm hell, send some pics of you doing some airborne shit (I'm joking). Anyway Goodluck Brother
At sfqc?
Are there companies that build stuff like this ?
yeah there called the army engineers
I remember that the instructors would runs us around Mackall Army Airfield and the local dirt roads trying to smoke or injure us. They only had 3 Groups back then and they were damned near full so they didn't have to graduate a soul. They would haul ass into the front gate of Mackall and lock it behind them. They would then announce that there was extra chow for the ones that came in first without a broken ankle. Lol
Yeah
This is physically challenging already and it becomes even more challenging when you get tired!!
Respect to my fellows!!!
my adrenaline is pumping just watching this
Tough course, one would need to learn the rope techniques. If you are unfit or over weight, DQ. Over 40 not many could complete it. Curious how effective those helmets would be from a 25 ft fall or crashing into a concrete tunnel. If you train daily and are in your 20s early 30s, just be a very good workout.
The hardest part is the DLAB when youre exhausted.
Words are hard sometimes
Outstanding Video footage!
on the verticle climb we had to jump to grab the next pole....
Jacob's ladder looks a little more merciful.
A grown ups playground.
WT_?, I have very fond and painful memories of this course. When did they start allowing helmets and pads, and where is the twelve foot high bar ? Why on earth are the soldiers not freezing and soaking wet? Just a few questions for the ages. I don't know whether or not to feel privileged or cheated.
Well what if some guy or girl fell and died. It's safety precautions .
+Alyssa Do you know where this is?
+otmymnd Camp Mackall in NC.
+n3zyd I knew where it was Bud, I was just wondering if the person I replied to did.
A soldier is an investment. The course is still challenging and dangerous. Losing a soldier in trianing to head injury though is a big financial loss. A broken leg can be accounted for but a head injury means the soldier can be out of commission indefinitely.
This... Looks tough...
Have you not seen the program two weeks in hell? it is about SF training and selection and although they don't show all of this course what they do show of it is good, but these guys are making heavy weather of it.
They change this course all the time. So don't think you can train for it. As they pick the course layout. On what positions they need to fill at any given time...
Well Done Thank You for your service !
Everything is not too bad hard but I think the hardest is the horizontal ladder walk.
Good old Camp Mackall.
how many rope climbs are there?
The ladder part looks the hardest
Good times.
Thanks
Looks fun
00:20 I remember when they had us climb a rope like this when we were in 5th grade. I know it was the same height because it was in the gym where they had the basketball courts with the really high ceiling. The crazy thing is, they also had you carry a pencil in your mouth so you could sign your name on the support bar at the top if you made it. Trying to hold yourself at the top and sign your name...talk about stupid especially for grade school kids. And to top it off, the only safety measure was a few thin mats on the ground to catch you, if you fell...
Now that I know this, I Pray to all that there is that I receive roster number 117, just so I get to say "Spartan 117 Sergeant" for the entirety of Selection.
Me too my SORB is talking about sending me late august
@@ChiefMason did you go and how did you do?
What's an "Opsticle"?
So, is this for regular army or for some special forces?
I ran this course while stationed at Bragg in the 28th CSH ( Airborne). An airborne Ranger SSG and myself were the only airborne soldiers in our 4 man team. Our 1sg was SF and got our company in. It was fun, and challenging, great team building. Our instructions were finish together, and we did. Airborne! No pads in 1998 on that course
5.01 was the "Nasty Nick" [aka motherf*cker] back in the day
Dayum. That wore me out. Imma take a nap, later taters.
If a guy hurts himself in training, then he is lost until he recovers, better to wear the pads and helmet and continue to train.
Spartan 117 sergeant😂😂😂😂
see later
OHHHH!!!! The pads are on the obstacles themselves! I didn't even notice. They still suck though. Lol
so I guess it's tea with mitt romneys wife and friends
I see he tired
"Opsticle" course? Sounds like a frozen dessert enjoyed by Special Ops.
7:45 He's not going to make it! haha He looks scared AF!
We did not wear helmets in my day.
We didnt wear them when I went through either.
in my country, we have nearly the same course, we went through in full combat gear (but no ruck) and in the winter, so some got hurt when slipping on ice
Congrats no one cares
spartan 117 haha!
WTF, wearing a Helmet doing the nasty nick, WOW~ OMG, padded obstacles now, the Army has really gone to a place I cannot even recognize anymore!! So FN sad, but then doesn't surprise me on how the military was changing!!! Heel K-Pot was an air item, but now days it's not.. Glad I was in when you didn't need that shit!!
I don’t think this is an actual SFAS iteration. Maybe a Prep Course run, as they take them out there to run it once while also practicing land nav
Air assault
These Army & Marine videos aren’t inclusive like the Navy’s where they have them doing these shirtless or soaking wet to show off their bodies. Come on get with the times, don’t discriminate, and give us what we want! If you aren’t gonna put on a wet T-shirt contest at least make these boys take off their shirts! Y’all wonder why gays stick with the Navy…🙄