The Special Forces “Nasty Nick” Obstacle Course | Special Operations | Camp Mackall, NC

The Nasty Nick is pretty tough, but not impossible. Just another event to get through on the way to that Green Beret.
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[@manofaction1807]

EVERYTHING Gritty talks about can lead you here. Don't mess around, either. If you get here, it's the Superbowl of schools.

[@coreyburt3673]

Perspective is everything, this is just intense summer camp.

[@wolfontheroad2262]

Went through ol' Nasty Nick in August of 1996 - brings back some crazy memories. My respect and best to all those who dedicate their lives to benefitting others.

[@lbco5229]

Keep in mind that the guys doing this probably had early morning PT, a few hundred flutter kicks and push-ups or a nice surprise midnight rucksack march hours before. Sad to see how built up the camp looks. Probably a good idea to wear the helmets. What I remember was this was one of the longest O courses, if not the longest in the military. There was some weird beauty to the simplicity of it years ago. It was an old POW camp before we used it for land nav/survival stuff and not much had changed.

[@skullfracture2]

Camp Mackall was a old WW2 airstrip when Banks started using it to train his new unit in the early ‘50s. When I was at SFAS, we did this course first thing in the morning, everything was covered in dew and was slippery. Even the simple monkey bars were difficult. Most of it is arms and smoked us for the rest of the selection. Proud to say I did manage to finish every obstacle.

[@ejp75]

I remember doing this when I was 20 yrs old in 1976 going through the SFOQC at the USAIMA, US Army Institute for Military Assistance, forerunner of JFKSWCS. Officers and enlisted trained together, no one had rank through training, to get you to work together as equals. It was graded harder than the Darby Queen at Ranger school. But at Ranger school, you suffered more due to lack of food and sleep. I was with 1st Bn 75th Infantry Ranger (A) before I was interviewed and selected for the Q Course. There was no SFAS assessment selection course back then. If they selected you, you either passed the Q Course and SERE or failed and went back to your last unit. I graduated, earned my beret and went to 1st Bn 10th SFGA in Bad Tolz Germany, as a CPT A-Team leader. There I met and worked under COL Beckwith. After Eagle Claw he selected me during standup of JSOC. Then I was part of Blue Light, the other team training for anti-terrorism with SFOD- Delta being selected. When I became a MAJ I went to work for COL Jerry King in Fort Belvoir Virgina to join ISA, where I finished my service. # Veritas Omnia Vincula Vincit “Truth Overcomes All Bonds” sends: MAJ E.J. Passarelli

[@milliondollalic]

Wow, that is impressive, I am sure you have many interesting stories to tell. Becoming a GB is one of my ultimate goals and I plan to tryout in the future, just building my body up so I can physically keep up with my mental drive. I hope to accomplish some of the things you have in your career. I wasn't aware of the interview until now, could you please give me a general idea of what is expected of me?

[@Ervin2v]

Can you get in details about how Blue light was? How it was formed, what cqb schools selectees went through and what ultimately happened to them?

[@jon-michaelm.9259]

This video gives away answers to the test

[@ricksikora7270]

Awesome video brother, much respect.

[@philippejoyal8065]

I am so building this in my backyard! Just have to convince the wife...

[@trisgilmour]

This looks like fun but I’m sure it’s also challenging

[@trevorxhernandez]

Did anyone else catch Spartan 117!?

[@sfret1]

Helmets? We don't need no stinking helmets. LOL The course was easy if you were fit and mentally prepared. That's why we lost 80% of our students in the first month 1983. They took it for granted.

[@ejp75]

In 1976 we didn’t have no stinking helmets and we ran it wearing Cocoran Jump Boots. Compared to the Darby Queen the grading was harder. At Ranger school you suffered more due to lack of food and sleep. This was more mentally and physically challenging cause the Instructors were looking at your attitude and fortitude. You had to have a never quit never give up mindset to make it.

[@johnparla6252]

That looks fun

[@Jmoney630]

i want to rejoin the army so bad and to get in SF ik the potential is their ,i just got to make the commitment

[@ricardonunez3787]

I ship for basic in February as an 18x, wish me luck!

[@ChiefMason]

How are you

[@andrewfriedman4972]

How’s it going so far

[@skullfracture2]

How were the shin splints? Ice and elevate? Hopefully no stress fractures…if you’re gonna run with your ruck do it smooooothly

[@noahpatterson7808]

Are you in the 82nd yet? Lol

[@WoWDontu]

Grad yet?

[@johnjinglehimer2900]

Dudes candidate number was spartan 117 I hope he made it😮

[@dreadedduraggod2715]

I'm confident that I can do each of these individually but back to back while running in between has to be brutal

[@johnz6241]

I got halfway through and I wasn’t that conditioned at the time just really quick from sfpc

[@manofaction1807]

After awhile, you learn to love the suck. It's sick, in a way. You just can't quit...

[@tesla_3_performance]

Obstacle at 5:00 was the hardest for me; also wasn't there a water pit after the cargo net 🤔

[@BearNenno]

Right before it.

[@ejp75]

Yes that water pit sucked and I hated the sewer pipes with the rats and animals in there.

[@henryscarhead6119]

There should be a full course under the name "Jake "McNasty" McNiece" in the camp.

[@xusmico187]

Camp MacKall? Wow how it has changed and grown from hard back tarpaper huts. LTCol Rowe was at the school house back then.

[@ejp75]

I met LTC Nick Rowe during my time at SERE, which he designed. He was a unique individual. I remember the things he taught us 40 yrs ago when I was there.

[@FigFirearms]

I'm short af, gonna be hard to get up the wall. 5'3.

[@skullfracture2]

Scuba Road is not gonna be fun for you buddy

[@NedWasHere94]

Do you know what’s not nasty? Winning a free ranger pack

[@manofaction1807]

Nick damn near wasted me. Good times! I have about as much luck on those damn things as I do winning the lottery. BTW, They cleaned it up a whole lot since the day I fell off that middle of that fuckin ladder tower. Back in the early 90's they still had Quonset huts and wooden buildings. Didn't use a helmet, either... Lawd knows I could have used one. Falling off that thing hurts.

[@katherinethomas8866]

Do you know where on base this is? My friend is infantry and wants to use this as a practice course but we cant find any address to google it by? Hes over by Gruber

[@manofaction1807]

@@katherinethomas8866 There's no practicing here. In fact, if you have to ask about it, I'm sorry to say that you're not in the know. Tell your friend to sign up and take a shot. He'll get to know Nasty Nick real well...

[@skullfracture2]

Camp Mackall is off-limits to anybody who doesn’t have business there. It’s even a no-salute zone.

[@newwbein]

much easier than some of these dudes make it look.

[@mikefloris779]

What's worse - Nasty Nick or the Darby Queen????

[@nikoletamuleshkova6486]

😍🥰🐺

[@barrysmith916]

Timed event ? These courses, can completely wipe you out . even if you have upper body strength. You use muscles in a way never used before.

[@DaveedNation]

Most of the time it’s just a pass fail thing. Mostly the army pt test is the only tested event.

[@FieldWordsworth-m5n]

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[@gj5862]

When did they start wearing helmets and pad the logs? Not in my day.

[@celiafeconors216]

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[@alexdiaz5066]

1992 SFAS, NO BS Helmets was harder than this. There was NO water, razor sharp barb wire. Surprised they filmed this. Now I understand why they go Delta. Watered down!

[@skullfracture2]

7:50 Doesn’t like heights.

[@l.s.1709]

Poor rope climbing technique. These army guys are climbing too much with their arms instead of properly locking in the rope with their feet in order to make the core & legs do most of the work. How it should be done: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJfNZZKZo9p2j7M

[@ejp75]

Correct. I learned proper rope climbing in High School gym class. Then before I took the SFOQC, I was a Ranger and did rope work on the rock cliffs in Dalonega Georgia.

[@mikecrowley7486]

I went through in December 1977 when I was 18. Sargent Maxim was watching so I stuck my legs out and used my grip strength and arms, I knew how to climb a rope but was showing off.