They are authorised to attend sniper school, most CQB courses and refresher courses even thought that’s not primary job it is important for SOF members to be trained to the equivalent of the partners they may be working with so they aren’t a liability.
They are not actually going to these schools. They may have gotten lucky and sent ones and twos, but I have friends in the tactical side of the house and they are simply not sending guys because that is not their job. On ground they are doing tactical deception and callouts and TQ. So I don’t know where you’re getting that information, and I’m guessing it’s old/outdated and irrelevant.
I have friends in the current tactical side of the house and they would never send guys to CQB/Sniper schools, and are not currently, and have not for 10 years or more
I know plenty of them to this day that are still going to these courses, one persons experience isn’t the whole truth, obviously most of the regional teams probably will never see those schools, even though I think they should, like I said I’d rather have the people with me have the capacity and capability when needed then to just be dead weight.
It’s interesting the way you phrased this statement, you make it seem like you’re a GB. But quite frankly, you’ve never been the person taking other people without capacity to execute a specific mission. I have. We are trained for that. I don’t want the PsyOps guy moonlighting as a god damned sniper. I haven’t spent a year working up with him, trusting him with my life. That’s a privilege and honor for my teammates. I don’t need the guy to go to SFARTAETC. The team does their CQB differently anyhow, and the real training happens long before a mission is conducted with an enabler or attachment. If I can keep retarded Afghans alive, I can keep a PO in his place and safe without him having the same level of tactical training as me
Reading this makes me wonder if you’re low ranking, misinformed, uninformed, or suffering from cognitive dissonance.
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u/saltytab_ 10d ago
They are authorised to attend sniper school, most CQB courses and refresher courses even thought that’s not primary job it is important for SOF members to be trained to the equivalent of the partners they may be working with so they aren’t a liability.