When you need 20-50 guys to do something insane and bring insane firepower you call in the SEALS. IE the UBL raid or maybe take an oil rig that's been hijacked or an airplane. SEALS train for unusual situations.
When you need 3,000 men to go take the top of a mountain you call the 10th mtn. When you need to move 100 miles through a blizzard and take a town while the blizzard is still raging so no air power, no artillery, etc... you call the 10th mtn.
When you want small scale unconventional warfare you call the SEALS and they are the best no doubt, but when you need full scale conventional warfare but done under EXTREME conditions(weather, terrain, etc), you call the 10th Mountain. The very nature of the 10th's training means they are hard hard men.
I decided to read up because its been a while and interestingly their focus has been pulled away from mtn operations. Although I suspect at least parts of the div are better trained at that. The real issue I think is this. "Since 2001, the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) has been the most deployed unit in the US military." Experience is a powerful thing.
That's like saying "Ferrari is the best sportscar ever made!" Because those red cars are all hollywood and the world uses as an example, but we know that lamborghinis and McLaren's and other supercars beat the living piss out of your average Ferrari, you've just only heard about the seals nonstop ;)
I've met a couple and they are absolutely batshit crazy animals and would be honoured if I had to fight along side them.
I've also had the pleasure of drinking with some young Royal Marines after they'd finished some training here across the pond... if I was a Brit I would have been proud of them.
i thought SEALS were the most badass? (Im a brit so not too sure how it all works over there)
Seals are the special ops in the Navy.
Green Berets are the special forces in the Army.
He probably meant outside of special forces, the 10th are the most badass.
Rangers, Pathfinders, SF too
We didn't even properly know the 6'th existed when barry and biden "took care of them"
ah i see, thanks
He said “ but fuck”.
Heheheheheheh?
When you need 20-50 guys to do something insane and bring insane firepower you call in the SEALS. IE the UBL raid or maybe take an oil rig that's been hijacked or an airplane. SEALS train for unusual situations.
When you need 3,000 men to go take the top of a mountain you call the 10th mtn. When you need to move 100 miles through a blizzard and take a town while the blizzard is still raging so no air power, no artillery, etc... you call the 10th mtn.
When you want small scale unconventional warfare you call the SEALS and they are the best no doubt, but when you need full scale conventional warfare but done under EXTREME conditions(weather, terrain, etc), you call the 10th Mountain. The very nature of the 10th's training means they are hard hard men.
I decided to read up because its been a while and interestingly their focus has been pulled away from mtn operations. Although I suspect at least parts of the div are better trained at that. The real issue I think is this. "Since 2001, the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) has been the most deployed unit in the US military." Experience is a powerful thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Mountain_Division
That's like saying "Ferrari is the best sportscar ever made!" Because those red cars are all hollywood and the world uses as an example, but we know that lamborghinis and McLaren's and other supercars beat the living piss out of your average Ferrari, you've just only heard about the seals nonstop ;)
You guys have the SAS.
I've met a couple and they are absolutely batshit crazy animals and would be honoured if I had to fight along side them.
I've also had the pleasure of drinking with some young Royal Marines after they'd finished some training here across the pond... if I was a Brit I would have been proud of them.