Can we get a thread on lesser known groups that still do highspeed spooky stuff? Pic related. SWCC, Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman.
>>29547137
LRS is made up of mostly former U.S. Army Rangers and Airborne Infantrymen. It is a seasoned group of well trained men getting even more high speed training. They are like SF light. I find it unusual that nobody really pays attention to LRRP, LRP, LRSD, BfSB, etc.
>>29547137
Here's another pic I found. Reminds me of the PBRs in SEA.
>>29547137
Pararescue, lesser known but actually took part in a lot of operations from the rescue in black hawk down, to the rescue of the failed Operation Red Wing
>>29547234
A discovery channel crew followed a class of PJs. They were embarrassingly under trained. They may be experts on emergency medicine but they can't even compare to NG Infantry when it comes to war fighting. I cringed so hard watching that episode. I wanted to believe they were high speed super troopers but they simply are not.
Again: Experts in emergency medicine. Amateurs in field tactics.
>>29547308
True but their primary role is medicine, they don't go out alone, they would go with seals, or Rangers or are on a QRF chopper to fix someone's ass up.
>>29547191
Jesus i knew people said some stupid shit on the internet, but godamn. LRS (at least whats left of them) has a key word in there, Reconnaissance, there's nothing SF lite about that, they simply have a specific job and they happen to get a lot of funding and training to do it.
>>29547191
LRS has practically no direct action responsibilities. And it's not made up of "former rangers", my company SOP was e5 and higher had to either be tabbed or (preferably) go to RSLC. If you are in an LRS unit, you are a ranger, it is a ranger unit. Colloquially LRS units are referred to as a "ranger company", because they perform the traditional ranger tasks of reconnaissance and scouting.
>>29547562
The word "reconnaissance" is not in "LRS", which stands for Long Range Surveillance.
t. former LRSfag
>>29547626
Yea whatever im hungover, but you are not a ranger in a LRS unit, you're a ranger if you're in a ranger unit. You are gently encouraged to become ranger qualified of thats what you mean
>>29547672
LRS is a ranger unit.
Rangers=LRS and the 75th.
>>29547562
LRS remains relevant despite your ignorant accusation. They do "missions other than war." They deploy with other federal agencies doing counter drug operations. They train federal agencies on counter drug ops. They do battlefield damage assessments, eyes-on-target surveillance that drones lack, target acquisitions and countless other missions a brigade commander may desire.
When you have a detachment of men as well trained and experienced as LRS, you don't piss away opportunities to utilize them.
>>29547684
Rangers have a recon element organic to them but the acronym escapes me, LRS is ised for regular army units, and while highspeed as fuck, they are not ranger batt
>>29547705
The LRS unit at ft. Bragg just got greenlit for being disbanded, some other people might have different opinions than yourself
>>29547709
It's called the RRC in the regiment.
I was in LRS, were you?
Rangers=75th and each individual LRSC, and the LRSD when they existed.
>>29547709
RRD
>>29547234
There were 2 Pjs that went through our medic refresher course for the army.
one failed the practical twice and the other couldnt get an IV on someone at all.
>>29547747
Nah son, not LRS but i work with/know some dudes over there
>>29547800
Well, i guess the term is "knew" LRS font exist on Bragg no'mo
>>29547800
Glad we could settle that.
>>29547191
"Airborne infantrymen." Unless you're talking about Rangers or SF, airborne infantry means diddly squat over any other infantry outside of the hurr durr 82nd propaganda.
>>29547887
You are obviously a leg or a dirt bag civilian. I've served in airborne units, leg units and a ranger unit. The differences are overt. My first duty station was the 82nd. When I derosed to a leg unit overseas, the motivation, attention to detail and basic standards were insulting. In the 82nd, if you start falling out of a run, you get your ass kicked. In leg land, when I hollered at a fallout, people looked at me like I was a psychopath.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Airborne Infantry do not get medals for exemplary conduct. We are expected to go above and beyond every single day.
>>29547234
>>29547308
>Air Force
>on par with any other SOF elements
Pararescue are just airborne EMTs and equipment retrieval teams. No one expects them to take down Osama. Everyone has their role.
Pararescues' role is support. Nothing more.
>>29547887
>>29547970
While i dont 100% share the enthusiasm for airborne units but my hate for them comes mostly from the gayness that permeates daily life with them, not so much their combat effectiveness
>>29548033
They have a reputation for being something akin to the "911 that the SOF calls when they are in trouble". You'd think they'd be high speed medic operators from hell.
>>29548288
They are, /k/ is just mad they can't get a high enough ASVAB and that they never learned to swim.
>>29548288
I wish we had companies of 18 deltas.
>>29548392
>They are
They are not. Sorry, Slim.
>Ctrl+F
>No Flight Concepts
>So secret the wikipedia page is one sentence
>>29548856
They're about as high speed as frozen mud.
>>29548906
The Virginia Boys are no joke m8.
>>29547137
ISA comes to mind, though I realize The Activity is fairly popular here.
>>29548414
As long as they weren't fresh out of the course I'd be ok with this.
Otherwise i wouldnt trust them to handout motrin, because 5 minutes later they're putting IVs, NPAs and for some reason a needle D when you show up with a sprained ankle
>>29548939
I'm sure they are not a joke but their "specialty" status remains in question.
>>29549244
160th is to Rangers as Flight Concepts Division is to Delta.
>>29549327
Perhaps I mistook what you were saying. The 160th is balls fucking awesome and the highest speed aviation regiment to ever exist.
I have nothing negative to say about SOAR.
>>29549363
Personally, I think 160th is a bunch of prima donas who have over inflated egos. When someone leaves a normal line unit and goes to 160th, they'll snub their old friends like they don't exist. Real highschool shit. And when they accept a mission, they need 72hr notice, it MUST be at night and if anything changes the mission gets scrapped. SF prefers to use normal assault companies in theater because they'll take a mission at the drop of a hat.
Flight concepts though, is some real sneaky James Bond shit. They walk to a deployed unit's commander, get the keys to a bird and then proceed to remove all of the safety stops in the controls before taking it out on a mission. They'll go to an adjacent bird and ratfuck it for spare parts. I've heard stories of them straight up sneaking into a foreign airbase and stealing aircraft. They're almost mythical in Army Aviation and only spoken of briefly in hushed tones. They're the real deal.
>>29549507
I'll give you two dollars if you can guess where they recruit from.
>>29549507
>mythical
They're about as mythical as that crashed super secret helo was when it crashed on the Osama raid.
>>29549541
They recruit who they want. Doesn't matter if they're 160th or a normal unit. They swooped up one of the NCOs in my company.
>>29549568
Not sure what you're getting at there bro.
>>29549591
Their pool of candidates is flush when they visit the 160th.
I'm assuming you have some sort of bias but I assure you, the 160th is well trained in special operations. It is cause for celebration.
Do a fucking dance or lay down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiBYM6g8Tck
>all this talk of Flight Concepts Division
What do they even do?
>>29549702
>neverserved trying to mansplain to an actual aviationfag
You're in over your head, kid.
>>29549702
160th is just Air Assault with cool toys and a big ego.
>>29549731
If you spent one single day in the military, I will be impressed otherwise shut the fuck up.
>>29549733
Translation: I got refused
Don't take it so hard. If everyone was a hero, there would be no one to watch the parades.
>>29549816
t. ParkourDude
>>29549861
Sorry. I'm an adult, I have no fucking idea what your message means.
>>29549226
They seem to be super fucking operator.
>>29549733
I dont hate them, but the guys ive met seemed a little immature, don't know what type of cats i was dealing with though, dont know shit about the aviation side of the house so take that how you will. Did one of them like, fuck your girlfriend or something though?
>>29547234
Zero combat experience.
>>29549843
The majority of crewchiefs don't WANT to go to Taskforce; suffice it to say, I'm one of them.
>>29549816
The overwhelming majority of people in aviation, that aren't 160th share my not so high esteem for them. They fly helicopters good, but so does the rest of the Army.
>>29549923
I don't hate them by any means, and there are definitely some cool dudes that have come out of 160th (My former Air-ambulance NCO was one of them). They're definitely VERY overrated though.
>>29549877
>Sorry. I'm an adult
Okay angry teen. If you weren't an underage neverserved you wouldn't think flashing an 82nd patch means anything aside from living a suck life.
>>29549977
You are under cutting them, chief I bank my existence on them being the most elite aviation regiment on the planet.
>>29550024
Half right, face, mother fucker
>>29550028
One of the crewchiefs who don't want to be 160th. I'm not in Taskforce. I'm perfectly happy being in Medevac.
>>29547234
>>29547308
>>29547794
>>29548033
Also, I'd be remiss if I didn't say Fuck Pedro.
>>29550043
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG
Did you just finish training or something?
>>29550084
I suppose I struck a chord with your delicate sides. You're a little pussy, aren't you?
Our cities police has what they call a ghost unit. For situations like hostage takings, shooting terrorist attacks ect. They have only ever seen use once. Met some of the guys on a joint training exercise.
ITT: never-served and served trying to out tryhard each other.
>hooah
>>29550120
>Clarify earlier statement that I realized could be easily misunderstood
"Wai U so MAD? Pussy"
Here's your response.
>>29550192
The fuck did you say about my dick? I'll have you know that its tiny!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3amgk86hM&
Skip past the into about 50s in.These guys have an up to 95% attrition rate for military candidates and up to 100% for civilian recruits. They do some pretty high-speed stuff.
>>29549940
He asked for special forces not compatible experience you faggot.
There are some badass naval firefighters that never get any props because they don't gun peeps down.
>>29550574
Are they special forces tho?
>>29547137
WATERDOGS
>>29547234
>the failed Operation Red Wing
FUCKING NIGGER
Don't you dare call that operation "failed." It was a large scale clearing operation that was entirely successful. My unit performed it.
The initial recon team failed to complete their initial recon for the operation itself. The operation itself went off without a hitch and was a success.
You're not really a nigger, I'm sorry, I just wanted to point out that those seals were not OP Red Wing, they were only the initial recon job for the OP. I get butt blasted about it
>>29550600
They sure are retarded for getting stuck with that kind of job
>>29550654
>>29550574
>>29550654
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uHT0qsYxfw&
https://youtu.be/Woz2VraNRKY?t=64
1:05
idk man, trying to pop me some pirate scum seems pretty fucking fun.
>>29550645
are you mad your recon guys got cucked out of their own mission?
>>29550608
>mfw
1171 plz
>>29550043
Let me guess, military brat still in HS.
>>29550748
No I was actually mad for the much more immature and stereotypical reason of "my recognition has been stolen by those stupid badass seals."
Which I know is retarded, because just like the other OPs, no one would give a shit about it if some seals didn't get themselves scrubbed. It's an unwarranted level of self importance thing.
>>29550774
someone pls give that poor man a cheeseburger or something jesus
>>29550777
I'd rape your daughter to be back in high school
French "Service Action"
>>29551317
It's not special forces it's secret forces
>>29551298
>tryhard chaptered forever-pork chop platoon confirmed
>>29551359
Try again.
Thank fucking god I wasn't a bottom feeding scum slurping cock sucker in the marine corps.
An angel from fucking heaven came down and wished me safety from your homosexual rape fantasies.
>>29548856
>tried out for flight concepts
>was doing really good until got to swimming portion
>never did any swimming at Ft.Drum
>failed
I honestly think it's for the better. I have a great live now in Monterey as a Marine mechanic and I have tons of time for moto trackdays. It still would've been awesome though, Virginia Boys are kickass.
>>29551492
You sure are thinking about cock a lot fatbody
RAN Clearance Divers
>>29553636
Shit bro, that's where I'm headed right now. Bout to final out of my current unit.
What was your MOS?
>>29553738
I've never really understood their role.
More UDT rather than SEAL like work?
>>29547970
Oh please for the love of god shut the fuck up until you do a combat jump.
>the last airborne combat jump was in 1945
>Most worthless flavor of infantry in the military
>>29553924
15J. I do a lot of electrical work on sailboats which was a super easy transition and I love working with boats. What I love is that I can actually go out on them and pilot them myself. I got tired of being a maintenance cuck on helicopters when I could never fly them although I went on a few MTFs on Kiowas.
>>29554063
>them although I went on a few MTFs on Kiowas
Not gonna lie, that would be the only real reason I would have been a Kiowa "crewchief". I wish the Blackhawk was a single pilot aircraft.
>>29553636
Hey I live in Monterey. I go sailing every wednesday.
How did you get into moto sports? Thats always something I've been wanting to do, but I've never really known how.
>>29554152
We're getting pretty off topic but whatever. I originally wanted to race cars when I got out of the Army but I was limited on space so I chose motorcycles. I started out with a 250 and went to trackdays and hit my local mountains(84 and 9). After a few trackdays I went to Keigwins two day track schools to get more experience. As of right now I've upgraded to a GSXR 600 as my track bike but I'll go to a 450 or 250 to start racing in AFM next year. If you're in Monterey you have Laguna Seca which is one of the best tracks in the country but they do have sound restrictions. Once you start going to the track you should network with everyone to get a lot of knowledge. There's a lot of really rich riders that also race karts, sumos, cars, and whatever else they want so if you befriend them they can help you get into other stuff.
Not highspeed but
>Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers
>>29553957
They are responsible for combat diving, clearance diving, maritime counter-terrorism and underwater repairs.
>>29547137
>america
>where every hick and his grandma call themself special forces
I was a Delta-6, Recon Sniper, Top Gun, instructor, space shuttle door gunner!
>>29547970
Airbags pls.
Your asshurt is magnificent.
>>29548939
>>29548906
Frozen mud fucked Napoleon and the Nazis m8.
Anyways does Flight Concepts have some combat esque role like a built in security team? Maybe that explains why people look at then and think oh god they must be tier 0 operators.
Also shame what happened to AWG being initially an almost SOF outfit until big army ruined it.
>>29554050
It's almost as bad as amphibious infantry
>>29548856
>Flight Concepts
>The US Army's Flight Concepts Division is a special force of the United States Army that executes aviation operations
Well, what the fuck does that mean?
>>29549714
Apparently professional aircraft thiefs and madmen pilots.
>>29550574
They should give them guns and flamethrowers then.
Or convert their spray cannon to shoot chemical weapons or electrictrified high pressure water.
>>29550645
2nd Battalion?
>>29553636
>tried out for flight concepts.
Are you allowed to say anything here or is it too High Speed to even mention?
Like did ex-infantry or other SOF were trying out too?
>>29554050
Let the bodies hit the floor.
>>29554098
>>29554063
Is that the guy who shoots his personal weapon from cockpit?
>>29556902
Damn, Fucked that one up.
Here...
>>29554199
What's sumo wrestling? All I found was this and RC cars.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=27T4TIra9pI
>>29556896
Nobody is ex-infantry what the fuck fucking fuck?
You are either infantry or not.
>>29557060
If theyre trying out for a tier 1 flight unit that has nothing to do with infantry work then what the fuck do you call it?
Former 11B?
I suppose I should read the thread.
>>29557071
>>29557119
Its fine dude.
But yeah the question still stands, is the correct terminology former 11b once they apply to a different unit. Like the few waterdogs or cooks that bust their ass and make it to actual combat or SOF units? Are they former waterdogs then?
>>29549226
You have to be a recon marine and go through the army spec ops medicine course. Longest training in all of special ops. I personally know 3 SARCs. They are some people who you definitely don't wanna fuck with.
![FSLK_140[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/2rJzB1L.jpg "FSLK_140[1].jpg")
>>29547137
Can we play too, guys?
>>29557133
>that feel when they used to be attached to ANGLICO and would spend weekends hiding in the bushes near the barracks and the only way you'd know they were there was when you found the poop bags and g-dunk wrappers weeks later during area beautification
>>29547308
that was a shitty view of the PJ.
>>29550084
Where can I get one of dem flight helmets with da mask broski
special boat service
always overshadowed by their airborne cousin
>>29548392
asvab score isn't anything crazy, it's the swim part that gets most. I've sat around too many PASTs wasting my time for these kids to get hit with reality that flopping around in a lake in the summer doesn't mean you can swim.
>>29547705
>lrs deploys with other federal agencies
>what is posse comitatus
Yeah, you're full of shit and never even seen the inside of a lrs cof.
>>29551492
found the supply troop
>>29550645
>Red wing
And still you don't get the name right.
>>29557577
Operation Drop In
You dumb fuck
>>29549977
>my not so high esteem for them. They fly helicopters good, but so does the rest of the Army.
This is what I think of (most of) SOF. They do their job good, like a lot of other guys in the armed forces. The job they do just involves political sensitive operations. But since the three block war this goes for most of the troops.
>>29557513
>poop bags
I was always told that they kept those so keep their activities hidden.
>>29558810
Yeah, the whole point of pooping in the bag is taking it home with you so no one will ever know you have been there.
>>29547308
Neurosurgeons make shitty general surgeons. They're still operators.
>>29547137
The DPRK has 'submarine snipers' which apparently are frogmen trained to infiltrate with underwater sleds, surface at night and engage ground targets with long range fire. They also have stuff like sleds that carry 9 short tube 107mm rockets.
Which if you think about it is kinda scary in a 'where the fuck did that come from' sort of way.
>>29557538
Apparently quite common. I had face time in two video shots of the Discovery Channel's World of Valor series, SEALS, Green Berets and Rangers,
I was in the bit about the Rangers.
Point being, we put o our best face for the ntire country to appreciate. The United States Air Force either did that or they failed to do that. Either is humuroulsly disappointing.
>>29557623
That was an exaggerated blather of the FMJ intro. Keep up.
Chuck Norris+ Al Rocker
>>29557133
>have to be a recon marine
100% wrong
>>29557554
Even when they deploy on a marine op I think SAS troopers come along for the ride. This based on an operation I heard about yonks ago. Terrs taken over a ship, hostages, said they rigged the boat to blow. Joint SAS/SBS task force readies to fly in, but realise they can't defuse the explosives themselves, so they pick up a random ammunition technician officer along the way. This guy not SF by any stretch, so they're kinda desperately trying to get him ready in the chopper flying to the ship. Including giving him a quick primer on how to parachute into the ocean without breaking your legs and spine. He made it, somehow.
Dunno the truth of this but I read it somewhere online.
Anyway, on topic, SBS are by all accounts a good bunch of lads. Probably have their naked roll mat fighting down to a science too.
>>29558810
>>29558862
>implying they didn't want us to know they were there
Something about swamp lagoon forced the mental break in Corpsman, not even the stumps or Apra Harbor does to men's minds what Lejeune does.
>>29561791
>What is tandem jump?
UK press is the worst.
>>29561864
>implying it had nothing to do with discipline
If the bag breaks in your ruck some shit will pour out. That's why most units just bury or dump them along the way.
>>29561935
I like to think they were marking their territory to warn of the other SARCs that we were their property to possibly eat or rape at their leisure
>mfw they were never caught doing it
>>29561904
It's the "into water" bit that's the problem I think. But agreed on Brit press though. The other day the times ran a front page piece on "BRITISH GUNS SOLD TO TERRORISTS IN LIBYA" because a few webleys, sterlings, an Enfield mk3 and a been had popped up on a local Facebook seller page. What a misleading headline and complete non-story.
The only crime is that they aren't held in British collector's and enthusiast's hands... Although there's something nice in knowing that a gun is still being used in war long after it was retired.
>>29547970
You're right, I was a leg. I never had a combat jump. And neither did you in the 82nd. Jumping in after 75th or SF doesn't count.
82nd are the Marines of the Army, all the hype and all the retardation.
>>29562555
>trips confirm
Nah, we stop being moto after SOI and just turn into lazy shitbricks
>>29556776
Careful, you're gonna get half-height faced...
Us navy rivron crs
