US Marine reacts to the Swiss AAD-10 Special Forces (Part 1)

We are checking out the assessment process for this insane Swiss special forces unit! Given the lack of videos and information out there for this unit, it's awesome to get a whole documentary covering them!
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[@thomas_jay]

The first minutes is about the selection. They wake the candiates at night which have to be geared up and ready within 15 minutes. The selection lasts about 3 weeks. They start with approx. 100 aspirants from which 15 are selected for the entry test. Only three of those are chosen for the basic SOF course.

[@TopLJ]

Scorpio 🙄

[@thomas_jay]

@@TopLJ ???

[@derallerechtedomo1937]

400 not 100

[@patrickrichina7828]

They let them "stew" alone to see how they handle different situations. No screaming at them and other stuff like that. Like that the psych is tested very hard.

[@ArsenicShooter]

And also, if they fail/abandon, they won’t get a second chance ever again.

[@SuperBechti]

I love the way you’re always reacting on the videos you’re playing. Switzerland is a small country where almost nothing really happens therefore most of the people don’t realize that we even have an army here. As a Swiss citizen who served in the Swiss army I thank you for your good job and the respect you’re giving to these guys. Coming from you makes it very special 🫡

[@MrMask-cf7eo]

Interesting to see another fellow Swiss in this Comment section

[@SuperBechti]

@@MrMask-cf7eo off course, i love your videos🤠

[@Hellebarde1351]

Almost every man served in the swiss army gruess us züri🇨🇭🫡

[@SuperBechti]

@@Hellebarde1351 yes, I was a machine gun man in Sargans forteress during my recruit school.

[@PeasantNo.471]

Ex gebirgsinfanterie 🇨🇭

[@stephaneclerc667]

You're making every Swiss guy proud bro, thanks for that

[@fp1517]

Used to serve in the swiss armed mountain infantry battalion and didn’t even knew that these guys existed. The grenadiers are already very tough but this is next level.

[@salitolo3050]

The existence of this group was till the late 2010s strongly secret thats why. An older version existed for long they called P-26

[@ursmax]

Nah, the P-26 was something entirely different. That was a dormant paramilitary unit that would have become active in case of an invasion that incapcitated the federal government. Its scope and expected area of operations was domestic only.

[@muratunvermusic]

Hi I am a Swiss Panzer-grenadiere Gefertler. I can confirm that this is quite tuff. We had some ruff ones but not for this long without sleep. Semper Fidelis

[@Ghredle]

@@ursmaxgenau 😊

[@Ryujin_Jube]

Bro grenadiers are normal proffessional infantery level, i was aarau dd inf bat 141 and had a special go, i was on pair with grenadiers, if you are very fit you can do it but that guys will get the hard stuff when theyr in, this tests are not really physikly but menthaly

[@albin2232]

These are the guys who shoot the holes in the cheese 🧀 Respect.

[@CombatArmsChannel]

😂

[@1337fraggzb00N]

Commando Käserösti is quite deadly.

[@flofran9786]

Even as a swiss servicemen, i had to laugth so hard XD

[@HB-mo8ut]

😂😂😂 well paid job

[@itzomega2432]

Lol you guys are not even close to their expertise

[@ernestospadolesto8126]

I am Swiss and was in a grenadier combat unit myself. This documentary team accompanied this special unit of the Swiss army for 2 years. For admission, there are initially 400 applicants who are medically and psychologically tested beforehand - then it is reduced to 15 (of which 3 applicants ultimately make it to this special combat unit of the army). The final test, which lasts several weeks, begins in the middle of the night and the participants have 15 minutes to be ready in full combat gear. In the following 3-week phase, your physical and mental abilities will be tested - everyone gets a chance to prove themselves during this time. No one knows what is being asked of them and what is in store for them. In any case, there are many sleepless nights in which not only strength, weapon and fighting technique, but also a very high endurance together with mental abilities are tested. The three finalists will go on a 1-year special training course, of which the first 6 months are probationary. The masks are worn for this documentary and for self-protection because their identities are being kept secret. With normal personal protection, nobody knows them and is therefore usually not necessary.

[@ggNotSuree]

I’ve been trying to find out but can’t seem to find anything. Do you guys have any jtacs or utilize close air support?

[@AlphaWolf198]

Häsch ihm in Überblick gschriebe 😂. Wänn bisch in Isone gsi?

[@Gamer-ks9ir]

gued gesagt und danke für deinen Dienst

[@SwissOliver]

semper fidelis!

[@19skiper89]

@@sldX Merci viel mal, schwöre dr'brüetsch het eifach nur das gseit was im video gseit worde isch. Necher no das Profil bild. + würdi mi Lohn verwette daser ke Greni isch gsii, emu sicher ned in isone.

[@jayboom3918]

Nice to see how other countries do this process. Inspiring! Special units are always trained to the highest standards no matter which country.

[@toomflussiggrillanzunderfu8828]

In Switzerland 4 languages are spoken: German, French, Italian and Ratoromanic (only very few people actually speak the last one)

[@Chris_2303]

why you dont know this and make a videos without any preparations? this was my 2nd from you. awfull as well

[@doktermaiskorn833]

I'm swiss and only speak german of these four. My shool tought french very bad

[@IGotBoergs]

ratoromanic is such a cool language lol it's an ancient derivative of latin if i remember correctly

[@ketaminekermit802]

​@@IGotBoergsyou're correct but it sadly extincts here

[@universeiswonderful]

@@ketaminekermit802 Just speak in Graubünden :) and in the swiss TV you can see some series in ratoromanic.

[@xoy3865]

the funny thing is in the standart shooting training you shoot at 300m standing. so for the rest of the world swiss soldiers are all snipers😂

[@CMDR_Hellfire85]

Standing, kneeling, prone, on bi-stand, on backpack, scope and no scope (irons)... we even went so far as to shoot 5 Frs coins on 300m and 2 frs or smaller on 30m. Swiss infantry is some crazy shit lol.

[@xias212]

Ahah, it's true that I could hit the head at 600m with a scope, my service was really unique and interesting

[@xoy3865]

@@xias212 without scope

[@tizianschmidlin5411]

27:20 the weapon is not to be compared to an MP5 or MP7, it's a Sig 552 or 553, so a fully fledged assault rifle with a short barrel 😜

[@luca1224]

I served for the Swiss regular army in the same place where these and the others special forces are based and had some contact with soldiers and command, respect for them!

[@JohnDoe-vo5uc]

i love switzerland. very peacefully and strong country. they are very professional and ready for everything.

[@MrMask-cf7eo]

We have around 3.6 million reservists

[@PpAirO5]

The bad thing about Switzerland is it's housing fraud industry/shopping/net sites etc.

[@RastaWayne-di4sj]

Until you need to rely on social security in switzerland. Then you are FUCKED beyond belief.

[@nahuel5856]

2 weeks ago I’ve met the commander of the AAD-10 (EED-10, here in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland it’s called differently), he was very professional and a great guy

[@Sabine_Kienast]

As a Swiss, I'm pretty proud of these guys. They do a good job 👌🏻 Greetings from Switzerland , stay safe and have a good time! ☺️ Thanks for the video about the AAD-10

[@arashievo]

"nicely paved roads atleast for them" 😂 i'll have you know almost all roads are nicely paved over here, even in the mountains and woods

[@nicedude5556]

Das stimmt nicht ich bin aus der Schweiz. Geh mal bei uns in die Berge. Dann wirst du auf die Welt kommen. 💯😂

[@outlaw2846]

As a former Sergeant of Swiss army i like to have you speek about our troop. Good job! If i see usmc i always have to think about the film: a few good men!

[@williamegli1590]

Hello from switzerland just a little side comment about how you constantly brought up the intensity of the terrain. When you grow up in switzerland its common to go camping and to hike. so we are used to dealing with terrain like this (also as regular civillians) and like anything after doing it so many times it becomes second nature. Great video btw

[@Snipy55]

well the area around Isone has some surprises though

[@iisig]

So some important things they said before the subtitles were around is that they give everyone a chance, there are 15 candidates and only three will be taken, they don't know what's coming, they don't use screaming/drill because the candidates have to be able to give themselves that motivation and no feedback is given either. Btw. the initial selection period is 3 weeks. The first one left after two days. They have both single and group exercises. They sign papers that they can only apply once in their life

[@Chris_2303]

Ich bin kein Schweizer. Schweizer werden oft unterschätzt. Die USA meinen nur, dass sie die Besten sind. Spezialeinheiten: 1. ist GSG9 (germany) 2. Swiss 5. US neavy seals. Weiter so Jungs. hopp schwiz.

[@dylman5744]

As a Swiss person, it’s quite interesting to see what an American thinks of the elite of the elite! It’s really small just because it’s not needed to be big. It’s kind of like a NAVY seal of Switzerland!

[@SwissOliver]

Swiss Devgru

[@michellavat]

Navy seals of switzerland? Switzerland has literally no seas 😂 only lakes, they dont need a navy seals alike special force. 😂

[@dylman5744]

@@michellavat I mean from the training n’ stuff

[@kapitanbumm344]

swiss has a huuuuge trade fleet. not kidding.@@michellavat

[@jwickli94]

​@@michellavat we have a navy tho

[@headstanding_Penguin]

One of my superiors during mandatory service was an ex member... he showed us how to make hammocks, stools and a wide range of awesome stuff from the basic tarp any swiss soldier carries... (because our group was the only one not getting lost on an orientation hike and we ended up having a 2.5 h break...he even came 15 min before the end and gave us a headsup, the others who where late got 5min's to pack up after barely having time to eat lunch...) Never ever would anyone of our unit come close to the level of the aad10 though...

[@antoineatkinson7732]

So I am Swiss and american and as a Swiss citizen, I can say Switzerland is probably the most neutral country in the world. This unit does NOT go to combat like marines but they help evacuate, protect Swiss diplomats or evacuate hostages

[@amberchildgabberchild6329]

yes that is why in the whole interview, at the end they ask if it's not frutrating to train everyday very hard knowing they will never be able to us there skills in real war ...

[@christophesartoretti]

​@amberchild gabberchild as a Swiss I am glad they aren't needed in real war, it would mean full Europe is on fire.

[@Suddhodana]

Switzerland has no transport planes. They had to ask the German to use their A400Ms to evacuate from Afghanistan. Pretty embarrassing for "the best army in the world".

[@christophesartoretti]

@Ricardo Richter yes we say no to this, cheaper to lend some place in an ally plane than to buy one and use it one in a wild.

[@Suddhodana]

@@christophesartoretti So you want to use NATO/EU/US planes went you need it but you don't want to allow Germany to give Gepard ammunition to the Ukraine? I think there is a term for it... cherry picking. Swiss neutrality is over. You either join NATO and/or EU soon or no one will buy any weapons anymore from Switzerland. Since the Ukraine war Switzerland and its army is now considered a "joke"

[@lelorenzo]

The beginning shows the first week of selection in Ticino (southern Switzerland). Out of 400 candidates, 15 go on for further training, and just 3 make it to the special forces.

[@Braun30]

Knew the officer responsible to create this unit, he was my company commander during my recruit school as a corporal in 1980. The project started basically in the mid 1990 and it became known in 2007.

[@MrMask-cf7eo]

Wow

[@HansJuergBangerter]

It actually started in the late 70's I saw them during a training exercice in Bern with GSG9 from Germany at the Sand trainings ground, the initiative for a Special unit came after the POL hijacked a Swissair plane. They also were visting the best Anti Terror groups worldwide even the Russian Speznasz, also British SAS and invited them to Kandersteg.

[@Braun30]

@@HansJuergBangerter those were police units, not miltary. The military started considering the creation of the KSK in the first half of the 1990s and was resisted by the political establishment for some time. I can't say about what was considered in the late 70s but nothing was done after for many years.

[@HansJuergBangerter]

@@Braun30 In Switzerland at this time was and still is less difference between Police and Army then other countries(canton Zurich Police has to salute army officers). You were in the 80's only accepted into Police forces having done Military service also at Military Competitions Border Guards and Police could participate.The last Swiss Raid was wan by a team from la Police Cantonale du Jura. In Andermatt the Winter Army Chamionship = military Biathlon/ Nordic Triathlon Patrouille and Single, I remember being 20 ranks behind Serge Hallenbarter in single holding back for the next day as for being in shape for 4 man Patrouille. Serge Hallenbarter was a Swiss Boder Guard in Splügen which gave him a lot of time to train cross country skiing. The first anti terror equipes were called Police Grenadiers but many who never been Police men came directly from the army.In Italy the Carabiniers are considered army and not actually Police and strangely enough the Fusiliers in canton Neuchatel were called Carabiniers. My unit was deployed to protect Genève Cointrin airport after the PLO attack on Swissair. I saw in Canada how lousy RCMP actually was in airport security as I worked at Termional 3 in Toronto for Swissôtel. The Swiss right from start had Mossad specialists helping them getting it right.

[@Kaiser7068]

German here. I have a lot of family in Switzerland and I respect Switzerland a lot.

[@thomascanali4681]

Me and my family got resqued out of kiew 2022. Those guys are realy impressive. It is not about the equipment it is about what they can do with what is arround. Improvisation and adapt to situation. I am thankfull what they done there.

[@granch2239]

In the beginning of the 80's I've been the medical doctor of the selection/training course of this troop. At that time, they were not fighting/assault/Hostage liberation specialists, but had only reconnaissance and spy tasks to get information in an ennemy area. In 2-3 days, they could get the complete map of a foreign regiment and came back without been discovered. Very well trained in independant surviving. For example, crossing a city only underground, staying many days on a mountain in ice and snow without any supply other what they had with them, reaching the place with a night parachute drop... The most weird I saw was the crossing of a lake in improvised canoes made with their sleeping bags and some branches... Less than 1/3 "survived" the selection.

[@TripleDDDD]

Have they been called Fernspäher back then? Or is it another troop?

[@misscommunication1913]

@trippel fernspäher are in germany

[@877swissmiss]

Yes, they helped w evacuation from Afghanistan 2021 & in 2022 in Ukraine, to evucuate the CH ambassador from Kiew. And languages are German, French, Italian ( only spoken in Kanton Tessin, a southeastern part of Switzerlandand ), Rätoromanisch( spoken only in Kanton Graubünden, an eastern part of Switzerland) Thanks for the video, hello from Switzerland😊🇨🇭

[@johnnybanana8004]

leck bobby, du weisch ja alles😂👍

[@alterbrokkoli4567]

The Swiss Army Rifle SIG 550 is pretty accurate and is very reliable

[@pascaldeshayes5459]

When I was in the Swiss army, my lieutenant walked/ran 100km in a row with full package, arms, etc. to win the "Swiss raid commando". Crazy stuff!

[@yannick245]

As a German, I remember that you guys always had this annual _"Waffenlaufen"_ championship. Were men walked Xkm in full military gear. It was a pretty big event and even televised on the big public TV channel SRF. What happened to it? Is the sport itself dead or did people lost their interest in it? I thought it was some kind of _"national sport"._ At least I never heard about something similar, here in Germany or elsewhere. It would be a shame if they abolished it!

[@MrMask-cf7eo]

I‘m not too sure if you got that but at around the 10 minute mark where you said: „Dude, doing this stuff at night is so annoying“, the narrator said, that the first candidate left. They must sign a waiver that they cannot apply for it a second time.

[@nagarenius]

In the swiss army you do mostly a 50km (31miles) marsh (not run), normal infantery. When the army wants you, you need to do a 100km (62miles) marsh. ^^ 6miles running also seems pretty tough to do.

[@alexandergutfeldt1144]

Yes, it is tough, but since you start preparing for in on day one of basic training it sounds much worse than it is. I did my école recruit back in the 1980 ( RdfRs 226 Romont ) but I am convinced it is very similar today, some things harder, others easier. I have immense respect for the soldiers shown in this video. I wouldn't have passed! PS: Since I was with the cyclists our endurance march was 200km, inkluding a 1500m mountain pass. The longest distance I ever marched on foot in full gear was 35km. For me that was way harder than the 200km on the bike, since we trained that much less and I was mentally less ready for it.

[@nagarenius]

@@alexandergutfeldt1144 I guess the Gear is a lot bether than in your time. My father told me about the bad gear. 1500m with the old Ordonanzrad 05, about 22,5kg heavy, it is hard too. The gear was not as good as today, that makes a lot harder, i guess you had the STGW57? Heavy weapon to throw around, but the best rifle i shot till today. ^^

[@gamersresidence6040]

I am Swiss. We have roads and tunnels EVERYWHERE. a random clifftop that is literally a thousand feet above the mountain pass you are already on? Better bet your ass that there is a road (military or other origin like high mountain farmers) overlooking everything ;)

[@headstanding_Penguin]

Standard swiss Infantry Loadout was between 13 to 35 (40 kg) back in 2013, I'd guess for them it's more likely arround 30 to 40 kilograms all the time. Standard shooting range with the sig550 for any soldier is 300m with iron sights... (and the best hit a 5 Frank piece consistently)

[@bvblacksmith]

Full loadout was 60+kgs back in 2001. and the pack sucked hard, it was impossible to wear comfortably.

[@vladandokic]

I m from the AZSK, the loadout was 75 kg

[@bedtimestories4927]

Very cool find. Its interesting how a country that has been known to be neutral in every conflict and only holds a domestic defense force, has an actual SF unit for foreign intervention. Cant wait for part 2

[@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097]

There are a number of reasons. - Most importantly, Switzerland being neutral also meant an outsized importance in international diplomacy. E.g., US foreign interest sections in the Swiss embassies to Iran and Cuba, Iranian interest section in the Swiss embassy to Saudi Arabia. Also, Geneva being the birthplace of the red cross, and the Geneva convention, as well as being a UN city. - There are also Swiss engagements e.g. in KFOR, or as neutral UN observers in Korea and the Golan heights. - Perhaps there's also the fact that before 9/11, some really bad terror attacks had a lot of Swiss victims. That being the attack at Luxor killing 36 Swiss tourists in Egypt in 1997, and the downing of Swissair 330, killing 47 people. Of course, AAD 10 wouldn't necessarily respond in these cases (e.g., they are not an air marshal service, and they have no jurisdiction in Egypt), but if you take all of these reasons together, it makes sense to have a small professional detachment of specOps in Switzerland.

[@nagarenius]

Switzerland have 4 languages within the borders, Swiss german, French, Italian, Romansh. That's why there are sometimes double translations, because the Documentation is made for german speakers and some of the guys speaking french or whatever. ;)

[@ursmax]

Just to be clear, less than 0.5% of the population speak the Romansh, in reality the general population doesn't really care about Romansh. Consequentially it's not an official language the federal authorities have to communicate in, nor the cantons (equivalent to the US states) except one.

[@nagarenius]

@@ursmax Still is a language in the borders.

[@ursmax]

​@@nagarenius You're trying to contradict a statement I didn't make. That's not how discussions work.

[@nagarenius]

@@ursmax Not a discussion for me. :)

[@adifumm3667]

​@@ursmax Rumantsch is an official council language! WTF are you talking about?! Züzi oder was? Che tamberl😝

[@AsidsTechTips]

no the image is blurred to prevent osint location identification. we have alot of places that the public are not supposed to know about. for example nearly all the mountains are hollow.

[@AsidsTechTips]

regarding the mountain roads and paths, you would be suprised. where there are paths and roads, in general they are like what you see. even the forest tracks with out tarmac, are well maintained. Our mountain pass "Roads" are of racing grade. really the only way to understand the qualiy and level of maintaince that takes place on our land, would be to visit.

[@user-gt1ol9df6k]

If xou are looking for something more comparable to the marines, i think that would be the "Grenadier" (Grenadier isone)

[@rotzerraphael]

Nice video. Walking a lot is normal in the swiss army. Thx from switzerland

[@benrex7775]

This video is a test of my language switching skills. part of it is in Swissgerman, par of it is in standard German (closer to the German which the Germans speak) and you obviously speak Eenglish. I would say I'm doing quite well. I have most difficulty with the quiet or mumbled Swissgerman of some of them even though that is the language I'm most familiar with. I'm happy that at least the French got translated to German. I would fail at that, especially in such a context. 30:00 I just got exited because I had my military training in that area. :D It's a very beautiful place both because it is next to nature, it has beautiful buildings and it has the biggest military weapons training area of the region. It took me 10 seconds to recognize this place. Mostly because I wasn't close to those buildings that often and the angle is a bit too close up.

[@ManuelSteiner]

You can switch on auto-English translation on KZbin, from the beginning ;-) Also when they translated they translated from French to German ;-)

[@Luca-Joos]

The reason there is only a small bit of operators is becuase 20 people get chosen and only 3 makes it

[@AsidsTechTips]

Due to the apls, there is almost always an area of snow. we have a range from sea level to 4,478 metres. and let me tell you, alot of those mountains have everything from hill walking to direct vertical climbing. Another thing to keep in mind, the hight / oxygen levels, this effects "not so much the people as we are used to the air here, but you definatly feel it in the choppers and with cars trucks engines. but my point being on any given day, there is a wide tempature range. and the weather can change here very quickly out of the blue. we also have whats known as Foehn, this is a wind, can sometimes be gale force, but the air is hot, instead of cold. so alot of the cloathing you see, is very technical and functinoal to deal with the change in tempature withou the need to change cloathing often.

[@p.h.i.l.unterwegs]

Nice Reaction ;-) greets from Switzerland

[@KasonKhan]

Thats a complet normal swiss mountain route :)

[@valentinvernier2322]

that backpack is anywhere from 30-50kg (70-100lbs) then there is additional gear so in total they carry around 70-80 kgs extra weight at all time

[@snowsn1per]

As a Swiss person I really enjoyed it that the video was German.

[@gimma_ubtube1171]

How far are they walking.....the suummary of my swiss army experience🤣

[@cryptocraft2]

i love these vidoes man keep it up if you can find any more videos about uk afo or ctsfo police forces that would be great

[@CombatArmsChannel]

It definitely would be haha. They're so cool

[@davidtheiler562]

They existed before Libyen but they were really close to rescue the hostage but the political part called it off. The AAD 10 was created in 2004 as a part off the Restructuring of the Swiss army and is part of the KSK (Kommando special forces) so they are some of the best. They were created with the SAS in mind. And here’s the wiki about the AAD-10 de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armee-Aufklärungsdetachement_10

[@ncf_films]

Please more about the Swiss Army 💪🇨🇭

[@Vara91391]

There is a new law since recently, where Swiss Armed Forces are allowed to fight back. Two examples: Example 1: A state sponsored Terrorgroup causes terrorist attacks in Switzerland, Swiss military is now allowed to conduct Military operations inside of the country that sponsored the terror group. Example 2: An example of an attack from a certain Eastern big country into Switzerland by air. The Swiss Airforce is allowed to conduct military operations with NATO logistics (Tanker/air refueling/AWACS support) and overfly NATO territorial airspace to attack positions of the country that launched air attacks. To conclude, in today's world laughing at the Swiss military and Switzerland's neutrality is pointless, we clearly see everything is possible, and Switzerland is also adapting as a reactive military force outside its borders, if it need be.

[@willyjordan8997]

My grandpa was Swiss served in WW2 at 45 years old. I wish I knew him

[@crygo974]

2:16 that was literally over my house. Thats in Ticino, the "italian" part of Swiss. On the left is Locarno, on the right the Verzasca Dam, which is famous because they shot a famous bungee jumping scene of 007 Goldeneye

[@erdberruse.9777]

The selection process lasts 3 weeks and out of 400 applicants 15 will be selected for these 3 weeks entry tests. Out of those 15 people 3 might pass. If you have once applied for this unit and you are not one of those 3, but if you don't make it into the top three, you won't be allowed to retry the tests ever again. After that, there is a 1 year basic training and a 6 months probational period. Only if they pass those 1 1/2 years they will be included into this special unit.

[@headstanding_Penguin]

As for your question asked at arround 29.30, they do...at the beginning the protection mission in Kiev Ukraine at the start of the russian invasion, it showed two members with blured faces flanking the swiss ambassador...

[@AsidsTechTips]

So I cannot comment on the wepon selection of the aad10. but your as you have seen, the standard military rifle, which "unless handed back" every single person who is in, or has been in the military sill has. is the sig sg550. and if you look into the national military requirements, active people must frequently attend mandentory shooting exams. and it is not uncommon to see un active people at the ranges too. the goal is to be able to have a consistant one shot 850m hit iron sight (in the extreme cases) If you search around you might find a few documents or examples where some swiss soldiers have managed a 1k hit iron sight. but this is not common practice. the wepon is very modifiable, and generally once your out of the standard divisions and in the long range, youd see scopes, and possibly silencers too. but in my experiance, ive never seen a standard soldier with a side arm.

[@vnctmrn]

the gear is really new, they didn't have all this stuff just a few years ago

[@noahminder3627]

Yes the different letters are names of the detachment in the different official languages of Switzerland 🇨🇭 these are: French DRA (détachement de reconaissance de l’armée) German AAD (Armeeaufklärungsdetachement) and I think Italian DEE but I don’t know this exactly, and there’s a fourth official language Romanch, but only 0.6% of all Swiss speak it so…

[@hebdschnure]

Every time he sees a gun: niiiiice

[@chiriclo04]

Ex Oblt - Pz-Gren /Semper Fi Zäma

[@headstanding_Penguin]

Those shorter guns are actually variants of the sig550, I think sig553, the swiss army assault riffle... same caliber but shorter barrel

[@headstanding_Penguin]

I think the unit is older but was a secret until recently.

[@MammiJoy]

Impressive for the translator of srf to switch between all these languages and dialects. Like, there's french, broken high german and especially the variality of swiss german. Hey, hämer schwiizer im chat? Voll lustig, e srf doku vome ami reaktion aazluege. Geilo! XD

[@kimmypossible6717]

10:19 They show the selection phase. It’s three weeks. The narrator is speaking French and they translate to German. They don’t let the candidates know the tasks in total so they never know if it’s two or 12 more hours. Two applicants dropped out after two days. You gotta Sohn this paper and will never be able to apply again. Only three spots will be filled in total.

[@whilhelmtell6667]

German, French, Italian and Romansh. 🇨🇭

[@MrArmybiker]

I was stationed in the same Base showed at 6:23 in 2008. Beautifull Place and the best Base i was during my service time. But i did much less impressive work back then..

[@erniehelmholz3644]

Switzerland actually has 4 languages. Swiss German, Italian, french and romanish.

[@feusimichael7526]

In the beginning they walk arround 100 to 120km in the mountains also the shooting exercise at this point are without any gears

[@Vins9393]

They are in the Barracks of Isone, where the less special forces are. We infantry batallions, mountain infantry batallions, panzer special forces (panzer grenadiers), the grenadiers (as the napoleonic grenatiers - which are normal special forces), then also the reconaissance batallion (harder than grenadiers) and finally the AADC here in video, which are super hard.

[@pascaldeshayes5459]

What you see there is pretty standard swiss mountain mid-altitude terrain.

[@odin8807]

One is from Eastern Switzerland, one is from Bern and some from French speaking Switzerland. Want to train with this Guys one Weekend 🙏😁

[@best_sfm9892]

for the part form 6:00 they talk about the tests if they`re allowed to join the AAD10

[@LadyNoriko]

24:00 16 million CHF is around 17.5 million USD

[@sterneis1]

For translation. You are absolutly right, says. The Suisse special forces have active duties abroad. mainly to evacuate embassy Staff, suisse tourists who are happily travel to exotic places..like Afghanistan…only to get captured by terrrorists, not once, but two times, where we the Bund had to, yet again pay ransom, to bring them back home. If you have tourists like the Suisse pensioners, than you need a very well equiped& trained Special Force Team🇨🇭

[@Clay_Regazzoni]

First part is about selection. From 400 15 are chosen. It's taking place in the south of Switzerland, in the Kanton Tessin. If you want to know more, let me know. I'm Swiss, and living in Lucerne. Btw: sick stuff you share with us!!

[@angelinab.7749]

Haha I drove a lil boat on that geneva lake🤣 great video btw

[@AliasEil]

the balaklavas are there for the protection of their person. i would guess they only wear it because there is a camera team.

[@lc5945]

"I hope they have some good boots", sure as hell they're not Minerva KS 90...

[@MaliCMND]

I did there my service for the armee, in Monte Ceneri. When you see this guys in real life is fucking amazing.

[@eliteiel9747]

There were in fact only 3 that got picked. 400 applied, 15 were selected for the 3 week probationary period and 3 passed...

[@Reggio_ll]

6:22 that's the military base at the foot of Mt. Ceneri where they also recruite

[@IbrahimSFH]

As a Swiss man with Turkish ancestors i can say, the way in Switzerland is, to be ready for everything. For an easy but also a hard day. You get up and dont know whats comming. Its a way to take the life with all the surprise in it. We plan a lot and try everything with plan. But we also know that the plan cant work so we have to be ready mentally also.

[@Watterpolo]

The aad10 was founded before the incident in lybia. But this incedent was close to there first official known deployment.

[@feralgrandad4429]

Theo, though it seams a bit over the top to deploy units on the lake its got to be remembered Lake Geneva is about 600 square Konometers and boarders two countries which make it a tricky area to shut down. Cont wait for the new half of the video.

[@whachyagonnado]

recon and intervention unit. main task is to rescue and extract swiss citiziens and diplomats internationally, since switzerland is neutral this is the closest ull get to a fighting unit. in the intro its explained how them train all over the globe and their role in extracting swiss in kabul and kiev. this is the first doc on this unit. the used to be pretty secret, other sf units like enzian are better known

[@OutdoorimSeeland]

Switzerland has a merchant marine, also for this reason this unit practices how to board ships on the high seas and free the crew. The port in Basel, more than 1000 kilometers from the coast, has been a deep sea port since Napoleon's times. So much for the background. Alex

[@HansJuergBangerter]

@@OutdoorimSeeland High sea Merchant fleet is situated in Naples.

[@SigiHasUrIQ]

I speak german and AAD 10 means army recon detachment

[@lordnvii5880]

Love it seeing u reacting to swiss stuff🥰

[@swizzy4053]

5:15 - yes, it's the languages. French, German, and Italian. There's also Rätoromansch, but it's somewhat close to italian.

[@venkmanny4100]

In Switzerland there are 4 official languages, German, French, Italian and Romansh, so yes this unit's name is translated into 3 different languages.

[@ilovesuisse1]

These guys in the beginning are in Monte Ceneri, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland.

[@AlphaWolf198]

The documentation is about the 3 weeks selection process. 400 nen tried.

[@DailyFinanzweltMeldungen]

6:20 that was in a barrack in south Switzerland Monte Ceneri

[@AsidsTechTips]

Our movement requirements are not generally capped to a distance, this can be "in rare cases unlimited" with in healt moderation, ie stopping to eat sleep etc. but in general the pace for the enduracne tests is 9kmh, and as you can see from the below survey, this speed is sound tracked. everyone in a 10m distance needs to tap in. those sounds need to be more or less in metranome sync. In switzerland army aside, we have alot of events like marathons, hikes walks. and it is not uncommon to see, even veterans, fully dressed, packed gun and all. doing full marathons. or assesnts. the last one I went to see was an event where people needed to asend Jungfraujoch to the top and back down. and at this event there was extra prase for a few vets 80+ fully geared up. to put this into context were talking 3658meters high with a 850 meter ascent.

[@FDCNC]

I wonder why the Swiss SF don't use the locally made B&T suppressors why are world famous and instead bought surefire suppressors.

[@lost_pictures]

These are only the aspirants - the final SF have better gear

[@AsidsTechTips]

The national languages are "in order for prodomonent use (German, French and Romanish) and unofficially, we all speak english.

[@thomasramseier2603]

Regard from Switzerland💪🏽smaller then 100 ,started at 2007 before it was called different! 3 make it from all them in the selection! 3/30 about.

[@yannisdobler1857]

The Personal security Detail Mission, which we See in Minuit 29 is on a restrictet Training sight of de Swiss Army. The only wear the balaclava becaus of te TV Documentary. In real Misstons they dont wear them.

[@patu1989]

They probaply wear the baclavas just coz the camera crew is filming them. On a real mission they will blend in in plain civil clothes. They said it at the beginnign that they habe to hide everybody identity

[@semperfidelisisone]

Das sind meine Jungs , Ehre und Stärcke

[@crackex99]

"Stärke"

[@e.g.o.m.e]

A year ago you reacted to SCP dollhouse, and Overlord, I would like to see more reactions to SCP from you some good ones are Site-22, SCP: First Contact, and 096