Delta Force Operator Praises SEAL Team 6

Former Delta Force operator Chris VanSant speaks with David Hookstead about his thoughts on SEAL Team 6.
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[@philipdru9290]

That’s good that they are interchangeable now.

[@deathfire096]

Based on what? Vietnam was a different war. Afghanistan was a different war. The next war will be different. Interchangeable? Most DELTA guys can't swim let alone lock from a submarine or know how to breach a ship since all ships are different. Interchangeable my a$$. Maybe in Afghanistan and Iraq.

[@robmills7611]

@@philipdru9290 Yeah at this point that's all that anyone needs to know anymore so they can stop all the foolish arguing in comments sections about which of the 2 units is the best! 👍❤️🇺🇸

[@RebelViking912]

What a great answer he gave. I was a Marine many moons ago and Force Recon and Navy Seals were always who I looked up to as being the "best". Having done some contract work overseas, and being around former SF, Seals, Rangers, Marines, Etc, there are so many talented young men serving in each of the services but Delta Force I find is more disciplined, secretive, and professional. Delta Force doesn't seek the limelight and Hollywood like Seals do and that shows their discipline. Not knocking any of the others but just my two cents.

[@mrhrobinson]

You judge the teams by a few bad apples, most of their missions will never be known. They are just as secretive as CAG, both have ex members who have written books.

[@JohnVelcofsky]

@@mrhrobinson Sorry brother, but I'm agreeing with RebelViking. I was an O317 with 3/2 STA and ODA, ODD, Force, and RRC were much more professional than Team guys. Every SEAL I ever encountered was loud, rude, and arrogant. I hated working with them.

[@suprdez3617]

You could argue the "hollywood like seals" have gotten the better side of recruitment in the past 10/15 years. It can have its positives and negatives.

[@austinbratton9973]

It dont matter you dont want either of them at your door with a breaching charge at 3am 😂😂😂😂

[@bobwaldman9996]

RIGHT ON AUSTIN YOU KNOW THE TRUTH

[@armyfazer1410]

0300, 0600, 1200, there's really never a good time.

[@bobwaldman9996]

YEAH RIGHT

[@chappy48]

4:45 you can see the fan boy smile disappear as soon as he hears from the source that one is not better than the other lol. 😂

[@MDavis1990]

Chris Vansant is a great representative for any organisation. Top bloke by the looks of it

[@connieking4167]

@MDavis1990 check out the Chris Vansant interview on the Shawn Ryan podcast. ‘’ How about some naval gunfire “

[@dukedynasty]

He looks like a professor at a university

[@Krakatawa84]

Look at how David smiled when he heard the word classified at 3:36, a kid💀💀💀

[@bellestar777]

Thank you for your service. Delta force men are so damn calm and focused. I would love love to spend a day with Delta and Seal teams. Delta members seems like military members that you honestly wouldn’t know they’re Delta. God I am shocked and amazed at these guys.

[@djsmith2871]

Would love to hear Delta's take on JTF2 - particularly from the early 2000s when they got praise from I think McChrystal for their DA capabilities.

[@bradethier3762]

This guy is the most unassuming 'my dad will beat up your dad' winner of all time

[@ahmedkhan1962]

Awesome Interview and really great to see and hear Chris sound so much healthier since his interview on the Shawn Ryan Show (also great interview). Glad he appears to be settling in back home!

[@yippikiyay197]

Why do you say that? Just curious

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

@@yippikiyay197 I think he had a heart issue.

[@alexs1007]

If I'm being held hostage by armed guards in a house, I want Delta to be storming in.

[@seraphim_eternal]

@@alexs1007 DEVGRU has conducted more HRs than any other unit in the last 20 years, so

[@bobwaldman9996]

DELTA AND SEALS ARE EQUAL I WOULD TAKE ANYBODYS HELP IF I WAS A HOSTAGE

[@deathfire096]

Captain Philips doesn't think so.

[@robertsettle2590]

​@bobwaldman9996 .....why do have to SCREAM......good GAWD you're an emotional he/him. Maybe you should just worry about what pastel color you want your hair to be next MATE!!!

[@paulwags662]

@@bobwaldman9996 no they are not even close to equal. You are talking out of your ass and obviously have zero experience on the subject.

[@philnleblanc6664]

We know so much about SEALs, SF, Rangers, etc. There have been television shows about the selection process and training capabilities for many of these special operations groups except one, DELTA.

[@deathfire096]

not DEVGRU. That is not open to the public. Both Tier 1 is very classified. SEALs is 1 community with Tier 2 and Tier 1. Tier 2 on both branches are pretty open except Tier 1.

[@ArmoredGauntlet]

As someone who has served 15 years in the Army. Having an infantry background before becoming a special operator gives you a tactical and leadership advantage. No offense to the other special operators who took a different path.

[@deathfire096]

So you were a grunt. ok.

[@Cholby217]

@@deathfire096dork, the army runs special operations. Only so much you can learn from a navy paint chipper.🤓

[@andrewteal3016]

Navy just does leadership differently. If you're an e-4, you're an NCO and have responsibility for others and you don't just sit there forever. I've worked purple and often this conversation usually lands with people not realizing their missions and desired capabilities are different. Kudos to those here who recognize that the ask of a SEAL team is different than the ask of a Ranger unit/Delta/Green Beret etc.

[@deathfire096]

I agree, I was regular military, Naval Air , and once you make it to E-4 in the Navy you are the leader for the lower enlistments and the higher you go, the more responsibility and senior leader you are. I saw the difference when I went from E-3 to E-4. My job in my rate totally change and the Navy will not consider you for promotion for E-5 until you have plenty of time as an E-4 and checkling leadership requirements. Navy is Naval combat , totally different than Army but you can say the same thing about the Air Force and Coast Guard.

[@vectorm4]

A close personal friend of mine was 3/75th Ranger, then Delta. But being in Maryland (Naval Academy) I have to root for the Navy.... Perhaps not a great reason, but that's what I got.

[@Gmny1MOA]

This guy is the scariest delta guy I've ever seen...he looks like the nicest guy like a guy all the girls freind zone but this mofo will f'n end your life without even thinking ab it lol

[@PeteNice29]

@@tristanmma8407 Right, but you see those guys coming. They look dangerous. This guy doesn't, which to me makes him more so.

[@MrDavegiven0330]

One of the more unassuming Unit guys is Bob Poras. He's been on David's podcast as well as SRS. He looks like a guy who'd help you find the correct screws for your weekend project at Home Depot, but deep down he's lethal like all the other Unit guys.

[@Gmny1MOA]

@@PeteNice29 yep...you got what I was going for...like I wouldn't be scared of this guy at all just walking around at Publix or something...id actually feel comfortable around him...he looks actually just like a freind of mine back in like the 3rd grade before I moved schools

[@bobwaldman9996]

HE IS A REAL SUPER BAD ASS

[@frankA0302]

Doesn’t he look like some nerdy doctor?

[@deathfire096]

David is such Delta fanboy. Enlist already dude!

[@CyberMurph1090-d5u]

Yet here you are watching SOF fanboy videos...

[@jlew6890]

He has a great career already and has had for a while. There’s no need for him to “enlist” you chucklehead

[@redacted5035]

Lol thats like walking up to someone holding a climbing magazine with Mt Everest on the cover and saying “Go climb it already dude!!! 🏔️ “

[@deathfire096]

@@CyberMurph1090-d5u Just like you child.

[@royalusala8527]

He did not get the answer he wanted so he was trying to twist the conversation at the end with cultural issues.. To him Delta MUST be better.. haha

[@Aokitadamitsu]

Location Location Location!!! how fast can you get the team there

[@charliepiland3285]

Marcinko said when he stood-up ST6, he placed a lot of weight when selecting his plankowners, on who could drink like Dick.

[@bobwaldman9996]

THATS TRUE

[@Tehz1359]

St6 was technically disbanded in the late 80s, mostly because Marcinko created a unit that was less then desirable. And it was replaced by Devgru, which was meant to course correct all of that. And to create a unit that is really up to tier 1 standards.

[@AdamBig16]

Hopefully he starts opening about his time on the sg-1 team

[@josiahtitus]

what’s that?

[@josiahtitus]

what’s that?

[@berryb745]

He does, he was on the Shawn Ryan show

[@MrAffrank]

Glasses? In Sf?

[@Russianfeels529]

Eyes destroyed by wearing night vision so often, he said on a podcast years ago

[@greghamilton9505]

Nothing to prevent glasses wearers in SF as long as their sight impairment isn’t too crazy. A few speciality schools require better vision but plenty of guys have corrected vision in SF

[@azovandy14.88]

I might be mistaken but wasn’t there the case of a delta guy killing his best friend an SF guy then getting murdered with his drug dealing buddy on Bragg bc it was deemed a justified shooting of his buddy so he wasn’t locked up.

[@kylefox6611]

As someone who’s watched countless hours of interviews of seals and delta. The biggest take away: seals are modern savages, death is their trade. Delta guys are surgeons of war, hyper intelligent perfectionists. Delta certainly more articulate, more presentable.

[@deathfire096]

That's stupid. presentable? LOL You only seen less than 1% of all Navy SEALS on social media. The only brass SEAL officer that went on social media is Admiral McRaven and he is not savage or war monger, he doesn't sound like a grunt. He is very intelligent and articulate when he speaks so is former Seal, Andy Stumpf, John Allen, Robert Markowitz who is in NASA now and many others.

[@Krakatawa84]

Hey David, they’re INTERCHANGEABLE.

[@bobwaldman9996]

YOU ARE RIGHT

[@paulwags662]

Somewhat similar but not interchangeable.

[@Krakatawa84]

David: Delta forceee vs Seal Team Sixx, gay ass question, especially askin a guy who has worked with st6 and almost lost his life together with an st6 operator and sts operator. Stupid act david

[@BxRell]

David is always itching for them to say Delta is better

[@josesaldana5594]

This “debate” is stupid, at the end of the day it’s two tier 1 units, that don’t care about these “debates” such fanboys man it’s weird

[@Krakatawa84]

David is a fanboy, expect him askin the same question to future interviews, like what he always do with his past interviews😂 and he expects chris vansant to do some slander or badmouthing against st6 where chris worked with an sts and st6 guy abroad lol😂😂😂

[@deathfire096]

The Delta Fanboy Channel.

[@BxRell]

Lmfaooo literally

[@jamiewalker8772]

Aha. Yep: David is doing what I thought, going through Shawn ryan’s guests IF he can get them 😅

[@davidhooksteadinterviews]

I interviewed Chris the first time years before. Shawn Ryan did. Same with John McPhee and several other of his guests.

[@robertsettle2590]

This guy is as SADE would say is a "SMOOTH OPERATOR." Seriously MATES!!!!

[@albinowolf8556]

David needs a new mic or an adjustment in his levels

[@ryhk3293]

3:48 Start reading Chris's body language to see how he really feels vs the diplomatic language that he is using.

[@conquerordie230]

SEALs want to go Delta, not the other way around. Don’t get it twisted.

[@deathfire096]

not DEVGRU,. Confused child.

[@Krakatawa84]

Marine infantry can try out for delta😂 army infantry can also try out for delta😂 national guard can also try out for delta😂 and btw, there has never been in history that a Devgru guy left for Delta😂 the seals that try out for Delta are the seals who didn’t make it to Devgru😂😂😂 and Kevin Holland is an exception u know why? Bcoz Holland was from dev, left dev to have a better life, 9/11 happened (which u a keyboard warrior would’ve not enlisted😂) enlisted in the army, tried out for cag and got in. Different story dofus, get your facts straight😂😂 dev has better budget, no dev operator would give up his slot for the same team who does the same as them, with also a fact that, that same team don’t even do tier 1 maritime operations like them😂

[@deathfire096]

@@Krakatawa84 The only SEALs that tryout for DELTA, couldn't make it to DEVGRU first,so they tryout Army, since they create shortcuts to join.

[@CodyAnderson333]

You guys realize that you can't go to Selection for DEVGRU unless you're a SEAL. You can go to it for Delta from any military unit. That's why you've never seen a delta operator go to ST6 and why you have seen ST6 guys go to delta. doesn't work the other way around by rule.

[@deathfire096]

@@CodyAnderson333 ST6 never has gone to Delta. Only SEALS that fail Green Team.

[@James_Edward59]

Jessica Lynch, Usama Bin Laden, Captain Phillips, Jessica Buchanan, Development Group got all the big time missions that were going to have a lot of media coverage and that definitely bothered Delta. That c said, Delta would have pulled it off just the same. I can’t believe this guy said you never hear of Delta getting in trouble 😂 just google William Lavigne, the Army knew about his constant drug use and didn’t even question him when he killed a Green Beret in front of that that Green Beret’s children which that Green Beret was one of his best friends. He had failed 3 drug tests and CAG didn’t care about it at all, CID tried sweeping it under the rug as well and then they go and kill Lavigne in the woods for murdering that Green Beret.

[@deathfire096]

Except Captain Phillips. Delta doesn't do high missions in the Sea. Anything that the NAVY is in charge, they will call their Tier 1 or 2 Seals. All SEALs are Combat Divers. Only 1 out of 6 Army SF are. Of course Delta gets in trouble especially in war, it's Army after all. Look in how the Rangers and the Army handled Pat Tillman. A lot of lies and cover ups.

[@royalusala8527]

Where are the books and movie Seal bashers?... as if writing books/movies or not reduces or increases eliteness

[@jaybee1196]

Think of another question. Anything else…

[@miketheman4341]

I lost count as to how many Seals who claimed to have killed OBL! Funny how Delta doesn’t have nearly as many issues as the Seals.

[@mikesanchez-rf5rd]

DELTA doesn't have issues? LOL Former DELTAS were arrested for stealing weapons and classified documents. Others have been arrested for fraud, selling drugs and rapes. What do you call those? small "issues". LOL

[@seraphim_eternal]

Delta has hd their share of issues, they just are more quiet about it and don’t get as much attention as their navy counterparts

[@miketheman4341]

@@seraphim_eternal Not even close. There is an entire culture within the SEALs that has led to widespread problems that simply don’t exist to the same degree in Delta. Richard Marcinko was the first commander of Seal team 6 and he asserted that he had no use for any man who would not or could not drink heavily. I can’t imagine how this might create problems given alcohol is a gateway drug and is used to self medicate numerous conditions.

[@nrssweet4860]

umm

[@BYS-LeeDeckelman]

#justiceforjob

[@josh.webber]

Dude, close your chats. you can't be chatting during a pod. poor form Peter.

[@Duh_Huh_24]

What is your interest in this supposed delta/seal team 6 beef? Oh, they had a run-in with some green berets? LOL! None of the guys involved are making videos about it yet someone makes a comment on a podcast and you start making video after video about this supposed beef. Give it a break, clown. They are both top teir units. Most of the seals could pass delta selection but how many deltas or green berets could make it through buds? See. There are differences, they even train for different missions, and they're both bad assed. Now find something else to talk about ffs.

[@barrysmith1202]

somebody plz contact youtuber nincompoop Maj Jeffrey Prather, who regularly puts out online, that SEALs suck. jeezus...

[@ericgardner5548]

Delta always. oniell is a liar. The community has ostracized him.

[@deathfire096]

They did? Stop swinging from Delta's nuts.

[@PeteNice29]

Delta because of one guy you don't like?

[@deathfire096]

@@PeteNice29 Childrens

[@dserafin4663]

@@ericgardner5548 O’Neill wasn’t even the shooter… it’s well documented…. I was

[@seattlesbest1318]

Devgru, the most ELITE hostage rescue unit in the world on, around, within miles of water. Say it David! Delta guyd never stop tslking about Seals. But Seals dont talk about Delta. Theyre not jealous lol

[@rubendutoit586]

😂 You are on dangerous crack cocaine. Seals talk about themselves in all their books, movies and tv shows

[@rubendutoit586]

Also never in the history has a delta left to join seal team 6. Can't say it the other way round..

[@seattlesbest1318]

@rubendutoit586 Because they ONLY take Seals. They can't leave unless they become a normal white side seal first and most probably can't do that.

[@deathfire096]

@@rubendutoit586 Stay off the crack. No DEVGRU left to join DELTA. Are you Delta fanboys this dense. LOL

[@pabloalfonsoechaurren6406]

Because you can't really talk much about Delta?

[@gardnert1]

ALL the Navy SEALs are class act individuals?? LOL ok... 🤣

[@deathfire096]

The ones he met personally. How many have you met personally or let alone work with them and watching social media from your couch doesn't count. LOL

[@KirstineTermansen-cq9tk]

Christen young men, are - sweet Poor English, version and repeat. What is this

[@KirstineTermansen-cq9tk]

Uhhhh we sell out. Noone stand watching, judged europa

[@michaeld42]

ROB ONIEL DID NOT SHOOT BIN LADEN….hernias merelyn1!of many who did. Stop giving him all the credit because it’s BS

[@deathfire096]

Admiral McRaven and JSOC backs the event. Is he lying also and this is a big conspiracy? Put down the sauce.

[@kcopara1]

There are around 1,000 members of Delta and only around 300 members of seal team 6. That gives you a leading indicator of how elite each one is and how difficult it is to be one. Yes I served. I was in the Marines. I have been entrenched with both Seals and SAS.

[@sc12100]

There’s not 1000 delta soldiers. Trust me !

[@deathfire096]

@@sc12100 Trust you? Are u in JSOC?

[@RANDO4743]

​@sc12100 that's not an indicator of anything if even accurate,second delta takes people from the entire military while seal team 6 only recruits from other seals.

[@deathfire096]

@@RANDO4743 DELTA take their majority of selection from Rangers and Green Berets and if they need from other branches in a war to fill the gaps they do. DEVGRU only takes from SEALS because they want all of them to pass BUDS and be on the same pipeline and train in the same community for years and know that the guys left and right to you know that you will NEVER QUIT. It's a trust issue. It makes the team tighter in war. Just because you put different people from different communities together for the first time, it doesn't mean they will be tight together on their first deployment. Different thoughts of philosophies.

[@gannethackett9323]

@@deathfire096not true. There’s only been 900 or so Delta operators since it was founded.

[@jaybee1196]

Recycled content. Get something fresh and something other than delta v seal team 6

[@defreshh9961]

What does delta do that seals don’t do(classified) , any guesses ? 🤔what are these dudes going to space ? lol

[@elielaraujo4979]

this is so cringe

[@sc12100]

Says the kid taking a selfie in the mirror.

[@trex5878]

@@sc12100 When a kid taking a selfie in the mirror thinks a video is cringe, it must be really cringe

[@dserafin4663]

Both teams are good but delta force edged out the seals for one simple fact… Chuck Norris portrayed a delta operator in a motion picture …BOOOM… mic drop!!

[@deathfire096]

Chuck Norris is a bad actor. LOL

[@dserafin4663]

@@deathfire096 Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open

[@deathfire096]

@@dserafin4663 yeah but Bruce Lee kicked his butt but he can sing. When he sings the intro in the Texas Ranger series that is Grammy Award material. 🤣

[@ultrainstinctdad4538]

It is what it is. Chuck Norris went Delta. Case closed.

[@deathfire096]

@@ultrainstinctdad4538 yeah in Hollywood.

[@reznovx9656]

How does it to be some nerd to never even try to enlist only just talking about it 🤓

[@seanhastings4432]

It feels like having knees that function, a back that doesn’t need surgery, and a brain that functions normally because it hasn’t been rattled by concussions and blast overpressure.

[@sc12100]

And yet you’re here watching it.

[@deathfire096]

@@sc12100 somebody has to point it out. We find it amusing.

[@BurnerTurner]

What kind of nerd waits for uploads to spread hate on someone's channel. Get a hobby buddy. Go do something with your life. Youve left comments on here from a month back lmao