My Experience in SFAS | Former Green Beret
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- My Experience in SFAS I Former Green Beret
Hey guys you asked for it, here it is! my personal experience going through Special Forces Assessment and Selection.
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Sean "Buck" Rogers 
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The way they announced who was selected after SFAS was like this:
They had us form-up behind the old classroom, not far from the DFAC there, and began to call out roster numbers. Those called out were told to make a separate formation next to ours. The thing was that some of the guys whose roster number was called out were some of the ones many of us thought would be selected for sure. They were strong, motivated, fast, etc. But then they would call out the roster number of someone who you knew was terrible. So, none of us had any idea who was selected and who was not.
After a while, our group got smaller and smaller in comparison to the other group. Then, a member of the SF cadre took the other group away from our small formation and we were just told to stand there. After like what seemed like 20 minutes (but was really like 5 minutes) most of the cadre stood loosely in front of us and one of them looked over at a list on a clipboard, looked back up at us and said, "Well men, you have been selected." There was stunned silence. I think we just wanted to make sure we heard right. Then the same cadre said, "Jesus H. Christ... really guys?! You've have been fucking selected." I turned to an E4 I befriended during the course and we shook hands (consequently, that E4, who was a clerk at an S1 shop prior to SFAS, would later become one of the most professional SF E8s you'd ever meet). Looking back - though it was something like 20 years ago - it seems like it was yesterday. And, the feeling I felt at that moment is something I'd never forget. Good luck to all you candidates. That E4 and I served in the same SF battalion for my entire career. He just retired. De Oppresso Liber!
Hey man, what were some of the things about the guys that ‘were terrible’ that caused that perception? Thanks
I don’t even remember where we were, if we were still at Mackall or at Bragg. I didn’t even know what was suppose to go down. We were all sitting in a classroom in front of a podium and one of the TACs comes up to the podium and tells us to be professional and don’t throw a tantrum or lose your mind. If your roster numbers called just get, up go to the back of the classroom and leave the room. Then the commander comes to the podium and starts calling out roster numbers in random order, you start tensing up more and more as the numbers keep randomly being called and subconsciously you start leaning forward waiting to get smacked with disappointment when your roster number is called as you’re wondering if you performed well enough to get selected, But then suddenly everything goes quiet, the commander pauses, then congratulates everyone still there for being “Selectees” then the classroom (Selectees) goes wild congratulating each other and later talking amongst each other How they couldn’t believe so and so didn’t get selected. At least that’s what I heard.
After being selected in ‘09 my first thought was....seriously? I didnt think it was as bad as it was supposed to be. Small advice for fitness prep...forget hills for prep, find the deepest, loosest sand you can and walk, walk, walk, then ruck, ruck, ruck. Then run, ruck, run. Remember the geography near Mackall is low rolling sand hills, not steep mountains. After a few hundred candidates churn those sand trails they are ankle deep. On the long one, don’t quit, just keep walking, no matter what. Dont let cadre see you rest, lay down, or chill.
this is gold star advice
Wow, never woulda guessed. Thanks, I feel like that's critical advice!
Essentially...do all your training at the beach
Are you still active?
Epptz trail .i leave soon
When, I made Ranger selection that was the best feeling particularly I didn’t do good at some of the stations but, the sergeant said I put out when it came to team-work and Rangers is not about being perfect . I had the long talking thinking I didn’t make it.
Retired CWO3 2nd Ranger Batt HHC.
My dad was C/2/75 from 88-90. You guys are my inspiration. I’m 15 and training for RASP
I got a CW4 in my unit that says. "Being selected is right up there with me having my first boy"
The STAR is no joke. Sorry, that is the land-nav portion he was talking about. As a contractor that used to do what they called "point sitting" at the various points in the "STAR", I can tell you that some of them are in some out of the way places. One of the most difficult ones to find at night is called Jurrasic Park. One of the things that I can tell you is that you NEED TO KEEP A SOLID PACE COUNT. If you do not, you will undershoot or overshoot your point. You will lose precious time trying to figure out where you screwed up once you realize you screwed up. If you think you are close to your point, stop, do a super slow 360 looking around, returning to your original azimuth. Make sure you HAVE ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT with you when reporting into a point. Being tired, trying to hurry, fighting the vegetation in a draw and lack of focus will not sit well with the cadre if you lose something. I don't know if they still carry "rubber ducks", but at the time I was working out there they did. I had had candidates show up at my point without their pee-shooter. When asked about it whereabouts, I have heard it was at their last point several klicks back and they only realized they didn't have it until about a klick out from my point, so they decided to keep going and hope for the best.
Buck made it, I can make it.
damn right!
Not with out some dipping sauce.
if Chicken Fingers can do it, I can do it
If Ballsdeep went Ballsdeep, then I can do it too
@@lancehardwood2226 if hardwood can do it I can do it!
Man you insights have helped me i just transferred over getting ready for sfas, hope the page grows you deserve it man
thanks brother!
Good luck man, and thanks for serving
From usmc?
@@FNGACADEMY How did u roll ur ankle?
Good look man! Always remember, some other guy made it, so YOU KNOW YOU CAN MAKE IT. Get some brother!
You’re so real with it.!!💯thanks sir.
Couldn’t have found this at a better time, currently training up for SFAS so this helped a lot.
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Hey bud, where are you now in the training pipeline?
Absolutely loved the energy and all of your experiences i can't wait to hear your story on the Q course.
It would be cool to hear a video about what group you were in and how that was for you. Your fitness going into the Q and then any mentorship you had.
Great video man, keep them coming.
Love your story, would be very interested in hearing more of what you've done in special forces
Just got your book today Bud. Can't wait to read it.
👊👊
Love your videos man.
Been bing watching all your videos recently and i fucking love the info 💯 my brother is a retired green beret and im about to pull the trigger and join💪🏻
Thanks man, FOR EVERY VIDEO.
Had to come back and watch this one again. The anticipation is kill'n me Buck! Lol
Thank you for the video. It gave me an idea of how SFAS runs. When I first joined the Army, I thought selection was pretty much three hell weeks when it is a exhausting selection but you have a lot of events that you have to perform in order to do well like you mentioned Land Nav Class, Star Course , Team week etc. Stay safe and once again, Thank you🙏🏻 for sharing your experiences.
Hahaha your thumbnail! I’m in that picture! That was my class! That’s awesome.
Mate love your work
Thank you for this brother
I've been watching your videos for about 2 years now!
I'm currently at airborne school and will be going to sopc at ft bragg then on to selection. thanks for all the tips!
Update: got selected!
@@blazegulizacksorry this is late but congrats on selection! Were there any prior service marines in your class??
Here before this page explodes🤘
I wanted to join Special Operations since I was 8 years old (SEAL Teams). I trained with a former Navy SEAL for 4 years throughout high school.. 5 days a week to get me ready for BUDs. After graduating HS, I signed my contract and was ready to go! After MEPs, I started having seizures and was no longer able to join... :( 4 years of busting my ass HARDCORE was all for nothing... I'm still depressed 10 years later. Maybe in another lifetime. :/
Theres still stuff you can do outside of military life
Everything happens for a reason brudda, take care of yourself and look for other opportunities to apply yourself into. Your skills and person can be applied somewhere else that matters I guarantee it.
Bro it happens I was in a similar situation don’t give up
If you think it is all for nothing, then it is, but it is NOT all for nothing.
You did it for yourself, keep doing it for yourself, and earn the time you've already put into it, guy.
Picked up a packet today and hesitating in turning it in to the provider for a physical to get the ball rolling for selection. Your honestly giving me the motivation to just go for it.
sometimes showing up is the hardest part!
Agreed, I had 5 guys in my unit that all talked about going. I had planned to ETS but said fuck it, I’ll train up with you guys. They talked me into putting a packet together and going even though I planned on getting out. When it was time to go, all 5 had some excuse and didn’t go. I went & made it and still planned on getting out. Last minute I re-enlisted and went through the course, those 5 all were studs but as far as I know never went to SFAS... if it is something you want then just grab you balls and do it!
This helped. I was nervous about land nav & knots. I will learn them. Just talked to an SOF Recruiter today. Ready for the experience.
If the SFAS is similar to mine during the course they teach you map reading skills, pace count, do a cadre led land NAV orientation, then progress you into a crawl, walk, run land NAV over the next few days. If you have common sense, listen and learn and have a little bit of confidence in the woods you should be fine.
@James Thompson thank you for the knowledge
This video hyped me up man
I’m going January 13th your videos are very helpful and informative. I appreciate all the work and time you put into the videos they help a lot! I went to the sorb office today and just started learning how to tie knots. Thanks again man!
I also start January 13th. Wish you the best of luck man
@@BobaFett12357 SFAS I’ve been active for 2 years
@@johnstockmann7443 looks like I’ll see you there buddy
How did you guys do? January at camp Mackall is cold and not an easy class. I was there in 2000 for 18C FTX and remember seeing the SFAS class freezing their asses off, (we got hit with around 18” of snow and we got stuck out in the engineer base camp for an extra 3 days) if my memory is right only like 20 maybe 30 guys ended up finishing not sure how many of those were selected.
Back then camp mackall was a lot different, all the buildings were old white WWII Quonset huts, no nice fancy brick buildings out there like now, think they started building those in ‘07-‘10 timeframe.
The greatest soldiers. It was great to learn from the GBs.
Unfortunately I could never get take 110 GT score. However my last assignment was with 1st group Airborne oda mountain and they were great. I felt apart of the team. Just normal guys but with a great understanding and skill set. It was cool on mission and back at fob because I was apart of them. Easily they could have not accepted me but they made feel as team member. The doc was great because of back issue always was checking on me so was the MSG. Seemed they never slept. One night they to wake me up because some urgent came up and were so polite in getting me up unlike in the infantry. It was hard to keep up because they were not busy they got busy. MSG took aside and he and I went to go shot just for fun and get to know each other but I was honored and learned from him. I learned more and each day on leadership which I took back to my platoon. I wasn't a GB but I am happy to help them in such a small way. I was apart of all aspects of missions. Got me home.
Could you maybe do a video on leadership/being an asset to the team for team week, q course and when you enter a team? Thanks for the amazing tips man, you’re awesome!
great idea!
Hurt myself prior to SFAS as an 18X. Got a 2 year return, gotta stay motivated until I get another shot.
What happened
Get healthy, train hard but be smart, don’t overtrain and injure yourself worse. Be mentally fit and never quit, more people self-eliminate themselves then you could imagine. Not sure how the course is now, but I’m sure it was similar to when I went, strenuous and demanding obviously but also a fair amount of down time to allow those weak minded people to overthink their performance and weed themselves out of the course.
Toughen up your feet and know how to take care of and maintain your feet and body. Good foot care and maintenance is actually pretty important in finishing the course. You don’t need to be the fastest runner, but be above average, and have great endurance and easily be able to walk miles and miles with 55lb rucksack. Be prepared to carry way more than that for periods of time with minimal breaks. Have good forearm/grip strength (ability to carry stuff. Surprised me how many struggled and couldn’t keep up due to this.
I will say that through the duration of the course you probably walk 200-300 miles or more but it is all cross country or on soft dirt/sandy roads. While often hard to walk in soft sandy surfaces it is less taxing on the body as constantly pounding pavement, which causes more foot problems and injuries than the soft sand.
Keep it real, rock on!
Hahaha great story! Your story sounds a lot like mine! I went through oct 2019, The land nav part was spot on to something that happen to me! I had the moment where i got 3 points but wasnt gonna make the 4th so i just slowly walked till the last hour was up! There was no black friday or whatever that event was called, and the long trek was after you passed so i wasnt able to do that. I was dropped after team week on the last formation:/ doing rasp1 soon!
Not trying again for SFAS?
Do they explain to you on what you could improve on?
@Magnus Red still waiting to go, I cant drop my packet till 1 year at my duty station.. so nov of this year
Love this channel man. I got to SFAS in less than a week. I’m gonna use a lot of the tips you put out!!
awesome! good luck bro!
I wish you the best of luck brother, Never quit!
Good luck man
@@Dgreens appreciate it man
Can you give us an update after?
Need someone to do this but for RASP, Life/Deployment(s) in the Regiment and Ranger School
I always found his story to be sweet irony … Buck hardcore enough to go through rasp but fails but he makes it through SFAS lol such sweet ending to a bitter story I love it
Way to toss out all the G2. Stoked to have dudes getting assessed on how well they handle environments there familiar with.
Man my serious thoughts and worries are always being to short and how i will fair if given the chance to enter the training pipeline Really not sure but I definitely will talk to a recruiter and try out when I graduate.
What advice would you give to someone who’s more of an introvert to help navigate team week?
Lol our ftx ruck at Benning was just over 22 miles, my unit Manchu 4/9 have the "Manchu mile" 25 mile timed ruck but do it and get the buckle!! Lol
So, I've heard lots of rough estimates, but figured I'd ask the guy that was there. Lots have said if you're not doing 100 p.u and sit ups with a 12-13 two mile don't waste your time. What were your numbers and do you think those numbers made any significant difference? What was your mileage? Did you bother running/rucking 10-20 miles, or was content at 7 or 8? Just wanting to see if the hype is at all accurate, or if some people just blatantly over trained for the event and it causes them to burn out.
the hype is never accurate, just max it... and maxing is not close to 100.. the 13 min two mile is something to be close to, i think max push ups is in the 80's, either way if you have strong suits elsewhere that will matter its not all about the pt test
There were guys that did 60 60 1430 and made it
It is about being consistent during the entire time at SFAS. If you are the first guy during the first event, be that guy for every event just be consistent. I am not a great runner and have never been but did good with 13:10 and maxed PU and SU. I would train your feet and shoulders the most. I started walking barefoot a lot month before going to SFAS and that helped. Don't get me wrong, it will hurt and you will be miserable either way. At some point everyone breaks physically, at that point you just have to overcome the pain and misery, suck it up, and finish it.
While it was '91 when I went through, and there have certainly been changes, the key has always been to give it your all, every day, every event, every minute. Yes, training and prep will help, but you can be the biggest PT stud in the world and still not make it if you are not always giving it your all. When you get there you will note scrawny little guys and psychical freaks both in attendance - each are just as likely to make it as it boils down to your mental fortitude...never quit, never give up. If you keep that mantra in your head at all times you will get through it. There will definitely be times you want to quit, especially during team week but the key for me was tell myself that fine, I will quit, but not until the event is finished so as not to screw over the rest of your team. Then once the event was finished, I would think "yeah that sucked, but it is done so may as well stay around". Approach it with that attitude and you will have a high chance of finishing and being selected.
Everything leading up to team week is really not that bad! But it does wear your body down. Especially your feet! Once team week hits, nothing you did leading up to it matters. The hammer drops and it is insane! Butits all doable. The mind will drive your body beyond what you think is capable
So Honest
Hell Yeah!
What happens if you get dropped, do you stay on location until the course is over or are you sent back to your duty location immediately? And thanks for the channel!! Very informative.
Like Shrek said, his buddy told him that there wasn't anything, on anyday, that you couldn't do.
I’m not even in basic training yet and I run my two mile in 12:51 (pr) have not done my push ups and sit ups test in a while last time I did was months ago I did both push ups and sit ups in the 70s can’t remember exactly how would that cut it in selection? Update pr 12.36 still at it
They called it “washout Wednesday” when I went in 2012
Don't be scared to say you don't know something, be a team player, be supportive, pay attention to the details, and don't be scared to be a leader if you can add to the team but don't be that guy who can't follow also , and by the way log PT sucks
Man I'd kill jus to get a shot at trying out for sof units
Hey Buck, thanks for your videos as always. Quick one, do you guys shoot in SFAS? Also when did you get out?
I'm not military or SF but I don't believe you do in SFAS. I believe its SFAS, you get selected, and then go on to SFQC where you start doing all the small unit tactics and actual SF training. SFAS is just a long selection course based on physical and mental toughness as well as land navigation and teamwork. SFQC is where you do all the cool guy shit.
This breaks down the pipeline a bit: www.goarmy.com/special-forces/training.html
No shooting in SFAS, you do have to carry an eight pound rubber ducky with you though.
Hey brother try leaving links to your social in the description easier to find you lol
Socials
Interesting
I didn't hear you say ...Maybe I missed it...Were you infantry before SFAS? I was curious about learning land navigation at SFAS, I thought that was a basic skill taught at infantry school. Maybe it was a refresher at SFAS?? thanks...
Did you find yourself running during your ruck marches? I'm training to hit that 15 min/mile with stepping it out, but I'm a little nervous to just be trotting away and not at least jogging occasionally. I'm also pretty nervous about getting hurt by running with a ruck on frequently.
I almost never ran, if i did it was just a quick shuffle
@@FNGACADEMY That's another mental aspect of it as well. When I went the first time, there were guys blowing past me at the start in an all out sprint. It can eat at you if you let it.
@@BobaFett12357 no doubt. The standard is the bare minimum. I’m not going to be able to exceed the standard if I get injured, though. It’s certainly not my goal to pass with the minimum. That’s pretty much just planning to fail.
Could you do a Q course video
My first commander was George Patton Jr. (1978) in Ft Knox I think. The new VOLAR army was going well. If you need a way out of the "slums" the army was the way to go then. AFEES etc and mass testings. Reception station cruits are already freaking out suiciding out AWOL. We get on a bus and end up at the Disney barracks get out and the first thing the DI says is "See that 2 story building? It was 3 stories the last group pushed it down 1 floor HIT IT GIMME 20". (DI the guy with clown shoes and state trooper hat). Then one day half or more leave for their PDS(?) but we aint done yet? Why? lol off to AIT we go. I figured out when march we yelled (left right ) DELTA we are delllllllta yadda yadda. Left right RECON. Everywhere I went was signs "thru these door walk the best blah blah blah" But we saw it all the time so I figured it was BS everyone in the army saw/did. lol I never realized what a badass I was til years later. I caught a LOT of shit as a delta from the reg. army and bleeping lifers. SO prepare for your PDS lifers HATE us. On the mystic side I would say this - when I walk into a store and a guy gets in my face they do not fight me they fight every 7th cav member that ever was. You are an army of one now for life. I liken it to the 'ghost army' in LOTR. Yeah I can work well with a team - but on my own I'm the best! Watch the opening scene to PATTON - you'll know what to do.
Could you do a video on Dive School and CIF? I’ve heard rumors that there are talks to get rid of them. Thank you!
Ill talk to my buddy and see if thats happening or not
The CIF became the CRF and the CRF’s are gone.
DOL
Newest hotness is “hardened target defeat”
qwr asdf there were 5 CIF/CRF, from what I understand they are gone yes, but I do believe two GCC’s decided to maintain that type of company...PACOM & EUCOM, although now the mission sets are different and obviously command relationships and authorities have changed. Not sure if range 19 still has a relationship with range 37? I’ve been retired for a few years, and despite the CIF/CRF going away I don’t see the schools going away too.
One day, very soon...
You saying that you failed Ranger selection but then passing sfas spoke to me, I went through RASP and didn't make it through, but my ultimate goal is SF. I'm planning on going to sfas in February or March, just depends because of a few things, but I have some questions.
Could you talk about your RASP experience a little bit?
Med dropped? Or did you make it through and just not selected
Why did your fail rasp?
Love the channel! Any tips for the Jerry can carries? It seems like every selection across the services, they have you carrying Jerry cans for a long time. How does your grip not give out after a few dozens of meters?? If the pack walks off without you and you’re dragging behind, wouldn’t that be grounds for the cadre to cut you?
How do I work on my grip for extended periods of carrying Jerry cans?
Farmer's carry. That's all it is. And deadlift your ass off. Low carry sucks but high carry is worse. A lot worse. You can go a lot farther than you think you can but you WILL reach absolute muscle failure. If you're putting out and being an asset to team it's gonna happen. That's why you're on a team, you're being individually evaluated on how you work and perform on a team. The biggest factor in the assessment of your individual performance is your team's performance. Rely on the guys, get a solid rotation down to evenly distribute the work and allow for rest. Shits not complicated, it just sucks.
@@tylerreis7627 fair enough! Thanks!
Tyler Reis honestly was really surprised by how many people lagged behind or was just flat out smoked with events like this.
Like you said if you’re a team guy the group will work together to excel and finish, but this is also the place for the team to self select out the weak non team guys. We had one guy that from day 1 of team week was not the right fit, eventually the team ate him alive on an event like this (would say more to describe the event but don’t want to expose too much) the cadre saw what was happening and quickly swooped in to give him a few keep up/stay within proximity with the team warnings, then dropped him. On the next event another guy (strong team player) had some severe heat cramps and was struggling, we as a team carried him through the event...he walked with us but carried nothing. Again the cadre saw what was happening and never stepped in to give any warnings. The next day he was recovered and finished the course strong and was selected.
I see. So even if your not coming up with all the ideas, as long as your offering and actually trying to help out during team week, the cadre are cool with that?
Yes sir!
Be a team player, let the guy in charge lead but always be helpful and do your best to help the team excel. Learn to work well as a team and the event will be easier. The end goal is to get selected, go to the course, get trained and join an ODA... if you aren’t a team player why would you want to be on an operational Detachment Alpha Team... team is the keyword!
I hope I can join the US military from Canada!
Not sure what the rules are nowadays but at one point you didn’t have to be a US citizen to join the US military. However, if you get selected and go to the course you will need to get a security clearance and become a US citizen. My class had a Canadian and A guy from Ireland, both had to become US citizens before starting the course.
There are foreign military students (we had a Turkish Officer and two enlisted NCO’s one Macedonian and one Latvian on my SUT & Robin Sage teams) and that go through the course as well. We had several enlisted and a few officers from a handful of countries in my class. They went through the course but were excluded from any training events that were classified. I will say the standards were laxed to a degree for them as well, the Latvian NCO on my team failed land NAV star but still went through the entire course and graduated.
Why is there only 360p on this video? Thanks for the video by the way.
I was learning lol
I’ve been in the guard for 4 years and I’ve finally gotten my conditional release. I’m going active infantry now and hopefully can get to rasp and eventually selection... main issue is I’ve literally never tucked a day in my military career, even in basic we didn’t ruck. What are some tips on rucking and taking care of feet?
Just found the rucking video!
What they do in OSUT infantry and Scout training is they start off with 35 lbs and 4miles, then 6 miles, then 8 miles, then 12 miles. Work your way into it and make sure you hydrate and stretch!
Ease into it, and toughen your body. Take care of your feet and like the other commenter said, stretch. I over trained, rucked with 85lbs, ran with the ruck and walked some steep hills. Rucked 4-8 miles several days a week and did a couple 15-20 milers before SFAS. Although it made me tough and I didn’t struggle as badly as some, I feel that isn’t required to do well in the course. Like I said I over trained and rucking the steep hills hurt my calf and Achilles which could have prevented me from going, luckily it wasn’t a bad injury and I was young and recovered quickly. But I could have ruined my chances before even going had it been more serious.
After a long 22 year career (18 in SF) I can say, screw running with a ruck, maybe in the course if you need to, or in a real world need to move situation, but in training, never! Your knees and back will hate you and remind you of your youthful stupidity for the rest of your life. Be smart in training and smart in life.
Anyway, train hard but train smart! Stay fit, healthy and mentally tough at all times, much luck to you and your endeavors!
@@Chiefskingdom58 Thank you! I’m in infantry osut right now with a full prior service platoon. A lot of guys are shooting for 18X and option 40 and I’ve been training with them. I plan on giving myself more time to get physically prepared for it and after a year at my first unit trying out.
Brother, how in the hell have you never rucked? You didn't ruck even in basic? WTF is going on in our military? LoL.
I'm at SWC hold right now. What's the best way I can prepare for log pt.
Hi im a mom
after 7 days is that when team week starts ? my brain is working over time watching all the videos ❤
What band is it that you're always playing in your videos?
SFAS “Star course” is now 5 points first night, next night doesn’t matter you go find 5 again if you got all the night before or not
I’ve heard it’s 20 points spanning over 100 miles the first night then 60 on night 2
That’s not true
J Dizzle lol
Also what happens if you don't finish the last ruck? Thanks
Looking into 18x or 68w with airborne then go into SF which would you recoment ? I do think the prep course is going to be a huge benefit from what I heard from other sf guys
Coming from a dude that’s been active big army for four years, just go 18x. You’ll hate it and wish you didn’t waste the time man, train your ass off and lock in that 18x contract.
@Basement Dweller 100% lmao
@@BrysonRedfield just locked in the 18x contract
@@albertocorrea2117 Congrats brother!!!
@@albertocorrea2117 How did it go?
After nearly a decade, not too many days go by that I don't think about how life would've turned out if I would have accepted my SF Senior DS's offer for selection. It's still my biggest regret! especially after getting to my first unite.
I met a member of the 10th SF Group recently who told me that he had cancer when he went to SFAS. He didn't know that he had cancer until a few months later. But, he got selected, he simply thought that everybody was that tired. No excuses for me.
damn...
I dedicate this song to you Buck, do you Roger this?, "ACES", by Suzy Bogus
good jam
Tips for a prior service guy going to SFAS?
This dudes a bad ass
Buck, what's the time on the ruck?
What year did you go through SFAS?
Do they still do the long TREK ruck? Someone told me they discontinued that?
i hope so that sucked!
@@FNGACADEMY fuck yeah I bet that’s a long ass walk 😂
From my experience the guys that had all the G2 in the course didn’t make it in the end. Don’t game it, get fit, stay healthy, be mentally strong, be a team player, and do the tasks assigned to the best of your ability always and you will excel.
What's this "draw" you're talking about? Heard you talk about it in a previous video. Is it a land nav thing? Map thing?
very thick vegetation due to water run off
@@FNGACADEMY i see..i was looking it up but couldn't find a thing on google lol. Anyways, thanks for the response bro and I appreciate the videos you're giving out for us
Imagine water run off eroding away the ground creating a canyon like feature. Now water gathers there and runs through it. Because the water is there lots of vegetation grows there. Some can be really steep, thats kind of what ive seen here in north dakota. Maybe its different there in north carolina.
@@jackmehoff2363 so like a ditch? Lol
Draw is a type of terrain feature. Hill, draw, ridge, saddle, etc.
wow, 24 mile ruck? is it an even terrain? May I ask, how much weight in total do you carry while rucking?
super flat dude no climbs at all! and i think it was around 45 pounds, much more doable than it sounds remember its the LAST thing! so that keeps you motivated
Is it 24 miles at a minimum 15 min pace? That's a world of suck
Vaughn Pulido 55 lbs plus water, so if you are to include water then drink during the ruck, you will be light when finishing and cadre will annotate that you finished under weight. All rucks are not timed, they are at you own pace. Some run some walk fast and never stop, others take breaks and walk slow. Do what your body can handle and what you feel will get you selected.
There is no time standard given nor is the distance truly known for any event unless you have a map and calculate the distance. But you aren’t completing the tasks in a bubble and don’t know how you compare to others. You see where you are compared to the rest of the class. Front of pack, middle grey guy, always near the rear...
Where you an infantryman when you first joined the army
hey man, what is usually the average height for SF soldiers?
Average equates to the rest of the world man. 5'8 - 5'9
I can tell you this, no one gives a single fuck
Dude I have some many questions I want to ask you if u have time for it.
SFAS is as hard or as easy as you want it to be.
How heavy is the last ruck does anyone know
7:25 😂😂 idk y I found that so funny
Are you eating mres the whole time you're at sfas?
Probably
How long is the pipeline for special forces?
You can make it to selection as an 18x if you don’t get sidelined in Airborne or Prep course within a few months once through BCT, AIT, ABN and arriving at Bragg. It can be 4-5 months from selection before starting the q course.
intro song?
Tainted by red revision
Sounds like everything in SFAS is doable.....except the mile 24 ruck march, fuck that noise im out! POG life is the life for me.
@Worker 8 go ruck 24 long ass fucking miles and get bloody feet and then tell me how you feel about going SF
Why SF? Why should young guys go SF instead of SR Air Force, or Raiders MARSOC, or SEALs?
*Disclaimer I am not military, have never been military, and do not claim to be military.*
SF is pretty unique in its core purpose. Don't get me wrong there are all kinds of mission sets in each of the SOF groups but speaking about the core purpose of SF. Its to infiltrate into a non-permissive environment, locate an oppressed faction, build rapport with them, train them, and then work with them to overthrow that oppressive regime through unconventional warfare. An ODA is a force multiplier. They train and use indigenous troops to extend their own operational capability. The motto of SF is "De Oppresso Liber". To free the oppressed. You become an expert in unconventional warfare, then get trained into a specialty for your team, cross train with the other team specialties, and then train and fight with indigenous forces. To my knowledge no other SOF unit has such a strong focus on working with indigenous troops or actually learning the strategies for fighting and overthrowing governments.
If specializing in unconventional warfare and how to over throw governments trips your trigger than SF is your jam. If you just want to kick down doors and throw bang bang switches then theres Rangers or SEALs if you also like diving and flutter kicks. If you like med then go PJ or commo then TACP. I'm rusty on the mission set for Raiders and know very little about the host of other SOF units. I don't think any young man can go wrong in any of these units. The unconventional warfare bit always interested me not to mention tales of green berets in Vietnam so I have a soft spot for SF. For others its the SEALs or Force Recon. This went way longer than I meant it to. Oh well.
@@GryphonIndustrial in short, idk a whole lot about marsoc, however for me, they seem to grab my attention.
@@redzen5149 I feel ya! I don't know right off hand of any of those guys on youtube that give good rundowns atm besides Nick Koumalatsos. I believe he went Force Recon > Raider and talks about it in his videos. Buck Doyle comes to mind for Force Recon and has some great course previews and training videos but I haven't found a podcast or interview where he's talked about the mission sets in Force Recon.
General breakdown I see for MARSOC is direct action, special reconnaissance, and foreign internal defense. AFAIK that overlaps with SF, Ranger, and maybe SEAL mission sets. Essentially kicking in doors, going to spooky places, and protecting/escorting high value foreign individuals. I'm not exactly sure how Force Recon differs but the whole long range patrol stuff always tripped my trigger.
It’s frustrating as fu$& when you count out your pace and your point isn’t there.
STUHLEN VALERRR
Wouldn't know. I found every point since I was a cub scout
@@ryhk3293 ,never was a Cub Scout,but I ate a Brownie once
@@billpemberton4981 And that's why you couldn't find all your points. THC impairs your judgment.and interferes with your spatial reasoning.
@@ryhk3293 ,lmao
Nobody in my unit has ever even attempted it
Awesome be the first!
wait..... u cried rolling an ankle? jeeeeeeeeebus! i fucking was skateboarding at Kona Jax FL 12 feet in the air i landed on my ankle like a moron!
Yea, but middle aged women can make it now.