Special Operations Unit STEREOTYPES: What each SO unit and soldiers are actually known for.

[@ValhallaVFT]

Boys I forgot Ranger batt I obviously meant to include. Insert a bunch of jokes about test/tren/steroid use and that was the jokes.

[@brittenbates5914]

Don’t forget bank robbers

[@ValhallaVFT]

@@brittenbates5914 isn’t that a movie with Pablo Schiver and 50 cent lol

[@Twizzzums]

I don’t really have a stereotype for Batt aside from White corn fed boy and black former gang banger. But the 82nds stereotype is definitely “we’re basically Batt”

[@know-body2519]

Great fun at a Hilltop picnic...

[@123woullard]

Just look for the guys walking around with an entire can of dip in their lip. That was us...

[@jedd4635]

The 6 months of journalism classes was gold

[@arofree]

I didn't know that.

[@ViktoriousDead]

Psyop being SOF is a psyop in itself

[@ziplo]

How so

[@jhunt6862]

@@ziplobecause they’re dorks

[@johnrebel8925]

As a retired 18D I found your commentary hilarious, and tossing in that pic of Mike Vining was classic. There is also a guy you may know who retired from Alpha Squadron who goofs off at Home Depot…. None other than Pat Mac

[@ValhallaVFT]

lol I figured my 18D buddies would get a kick out of that.

[@clay.redlineadventures]

You forgot to add in that every Raider is obligated to have their entire team room, back window, t shirt, hydro flask, or socks with some kind of skull logo.

[@toddandersen5742]

Guy on the motorcycle looked like National Guard SF....😅

[@ValhallaVFT]

Hell ya brother 🫡

[@jbird4165]

Hell. Most of the national guard sf guys I’ve seen were jacked compared to active

[@BeansWorld-v3e]

Cuz they have more time to workout​@@jbird4165

[@JosephKolp313]

Whatever Todd……19SFG TF AR600-9

[@frankm2911]

@@jbird4165more time to spend in the gym rather than out in the field actually doing the job

[@KrakenNate]

The civil affairs/psy ops stereotype was hilarious 🤣

[@gilzavala9739]

I was in the 95CA BDE for 13 yrs, I know there’s better stereotype than he said, still funny but I wish he spent more time on CA in the video.

[@dusty715]

insert "its funny cuz its tru" gif

[@_Just_V_]

@@gilzavala9739 you’re an embarrassment lol

[@Milk-Soda]

@@gilzavala9739can you expound on this a bit? I’m going to 95th in a few months

[@gilzavala9739]

@@Milk-Sodawhat exactly are your questions.

[@slii]

The joke about the 212th being park rangers is absolutely hilarious for those who actually understand it 😂😂

[@alaskansoybean6297]

Park rangers and tourist finders, complete with a set of knee replacements

[@CaringCossack4962]

Former PSYOP here, that was hilarious. You earned a subscriber 👍

[@jbgwatney]

Is that a psyop? 😂

[@anthonybush607]

Funny. My stepdad is a former PJ. He sent nearly three years in Vietnam and was the very first Air Force member to attend the Green Beret Recondo school. He was also the last PJ NCOIC in Vietnam who closed the PJ section in Danang I think. One DFC and 13 Air medals are some of his decorations. He has been a hero to me since I was five years old. I remember those men as being larger than life and now as an elderly adult still believe they are. The sacrifices made by our military personnel and their families is hard to comprehend unless you’ve walked that road. God Bless each and every one of you. Because of you, we have the lives we have. I’m afraid that point is going to be emphatically made over the next few years. Footnote: He may have been responsible for some green feet appearing on the side of a certain A-1 flown by a certain Future MOH winner that landed him the coveted position of closing down the section. There was never any proof, just ill founded suspicion 😏

[@vert8739]

hooyah green feet

[@jamescaliendo1030]

"Come sit and relax".... lmaooo i almost blew out my post surgical discs when you said that! Thanks for the laugh man

[@ValhallaVFT]

😂

[@somemilsimnerd]

The PJ doll one was very funny

[@ValhallaVFT]

I definitely had some inside help with that one lol

[@user-cc5od3zk4p]

Reminded me of a former crew chief whose tool cabinet was adorned with a creepy Mr. Potato Head. For all us mechanics, it was the perfect commentary regarding his personality 😆

[@R.W.Raegan]

I can only imagine our enemies invading Alaska and seeing a bunch of park Rangers coming out of the tree line one second, then half of their invasion force just gone in the next hour

[@larryleqend]

Thought you would have included Ranger Regiment in this and how they are issued TRT in CIF.

[@ValhallaVFT]

Actually just forgot ranger batt lol, ya I had some good ones for them and it was all steroid based

[@JoshuaBunkowske]

@@ValhallaVFTNoooo I was waiting for that one. We want to hear it, could you make a short about ranger stereotypes?

[@VauntedMercenary]

Lets not forget about the Navy’s 18D - Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman (SARC) who provide MARSOC guys with the best medics the Navy has to offer. Their motto is literally “The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible by Appointment Only”

[@FA18_Driver]

What a lame motto lol 😂

[@user-cc5od3zk4p]

One of you’re best vids 🤣 Been a shit week and this just set everything right 🤣 Much appreciated!

[@ValhallaVFT]

lol thanks bro, hope your doing better.

[@Gunnar-h3y]

Did some training years back with Navy Special Boat guys in their Mk 5 SOC boats. We were doing zodiac launch and recovery ops and such. They told us how it was working with Army SF (us), Navy SEALS, and MARSOC. They said the Army SF guys brief what they're going to train, and then train to their brief. SEALs will do the training and if one guy drives the boat onto the Mk 5 ramp, then every SEAL in the boat is considered "trained." The Marines train until they hurt someone.

[@militarymarch3006]

Tony Hebert (most decorated soldier in Korea and later GreenBeret) talks about something like this in his book "Soldier." He mentioned how some of the people who entered Army Special Forces when it was first stood up weren't exactly the cream of the crop.

[@patknights1492]

I remember reading about how in the earliest days SF was generally frowned upon by conventional brass so they preferred to send their problem children.

[@jackmcfarlane7173]

If you eat the red crayon alongside the special MARSOC issue metallic gold crayon, the spirit of Smedley Butler takes over your body for 48 hours

[@skymningforelsket1302]

The Chair Force has the Laz-E-Boy Detachment, whose specialty is performing death-defying spring-loaded chair ejections

[@ValhallaVFT]

😂

[@skymningforelsket1302]

@@ValhallaVFT "I was gonna call 'em nerds. Now I just think their just a bunch of f'ing weirdos, right?" LOLLLLL that's epic 😆

[@kevinthegrizzly5074]

Worked briefly with Rangers during Operation Just Cause. When they were not on missions, they were like bad ass children with weapons.👊🏾🪖🇺🇸✝️

[@dorseykindler9544]

I was a kid at the time but just read a book about Just Cause. Respect.

[@brianoswald1067]

The wooden Tiki is “Charlie”. He became a unit mascot probably even before the Vietnam conflict. He was acquired from a Polynesian island somewhere in the Pacific. He was stolen by guys from another team & became a Pararescue tradition to steal him mission impossible style from whichever unit possesses him . BTW your old team was next door to my old team in the box.

[@jmcaliney]

former Australian CCT here, probably the most accurate description I've heard of us haha

[@gilzavala9739]

I was in the 95th CA BDE at Bragg for 13 yrs, I know there’s better stereotype than that, still funny but I wish you spent more time on CA in the video.

[@gabe_diaz]

Coast Guard MSRT gotta be included in the next type of stereotype video, they are the best puddle pirates and need recognition 🙃

[@flight2k5]

They’re not DOD

[@gabe_diaz]

@@flight2k5 okay and? 😂 I was making a joke but if u wanna be technical they are still part of the military even if they are DHS

[@flight2k5]

@@gabe_diaz they’re not technically part of the military 🤣😂

[@gabe_diaz]

@@flight2k5 uhhh no they 100% are 😂 they are just part not part of the DOD

[@flight2k5]

@@gabe_diaz 🤣😂 naw they’re not bro. The coast guard isn’t even paid by DFAS. Let me guess you’re in the coast guard?

[@andrewkim6037]

Always down for some Air Force jokes, subscribed!

[@danielniffenegger7698]

You completely passed over the Air Force weather nerds (now Special Recon)

[@ValhallaVFT]

Ya, that’s exactly that, like I said in the video, nobody cares about them.

[@erodriguez1894er]

Not Arron love holding Charlie lol 😂 great video sir!

[@ZzBiohazzardzZ]

Can you make a video about what you liked/disliked about the weapons your team used such as mk17 cqc vs mk17 std length vs mk18 etc. Suppressor life/effectiveness on the weapons, so on and so forth. Similar vid for nvg/lasers too?

[@jbgwatney]

I really enjoyed the video. It's good to laugh at each other sometimes

[@leonidas1176]

Marine recon is one you missed that I was looking forward to seeing. Great video thank you

[@ValhallaVFT]

Marine recon isn’t social operations.

[@chasechambers8310]

@@ValhallaVFT:(

[@JohnRodriguez-si9si]

Nate: The aforementioned Video featuring comparisons of Special Operations Forces ( SOF : Tier Two) and Special Missions Units ( SMUs : Tier One) , is more so for the sake of entertainment of Civilian Airsofters, Pseudo Military Warrior Wannabes, and the like. In all seriousness , however, I Myself find that All of the Warfighters , and even Special Operations Capable ( SOC : Tier Three) Warriors from the MEU SOC ( Marine Corps) , MSRT ( Coast Guard) and ACF( Army) , are All Battlefield Badasses and Special Warfare Shooters , that this 55 Year Old Prior Service Enlisted Marine Corps and Army Veteran, has 💯 per cent respect for. Thanks, SFC Nate!!

[@Paddy-McNasty]

Buds Book Deal Underwear modeling Disclosing Classified Information

[@somemilsimnerd]

Can you make a video about Enablers like EOD?

[@thePrussian]

Right? Do we not matter? 😂

[@7211shane]

Top enablers showdown video lol

[@JW-bu8bn]

You mean the " every other day " squad due to response ⏲️.

[@InkedAussie1]

Aussie flag in the background! Respect!!! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@ValhallaVFT]

Worked with the 2CDO boys abunch, got those from them.

[@levikainalu5825]

@@ValhallaVFTwhich sort of American special operations would you say they are most similar to?

[@jeremymishefske1754]

This was a awesome video. I love the pride thing with the Navy. There top Admiral is man playing a women. Keep up the great content.

[@ValhallaVFT]

lol, hey man they put that post out on their own social media, they had to get razzed for it

[@jeremymishefske1754]

@@ValhallaVFT My brother went into the Navy 2 years after I went in the Marines. He worked on ath JFK in first Gulf war and I was a 0311 Grunt part of the 26th MEU at the same time. I give him a lot of shit. Lol

[@Brandon-im9wj]

The top admiral of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corp is transgender, not the Navy.

[@sebastianurdaneta4558]

Amazing video, so good and fun at the same time 🎉

[@ValhallaVFT]

Thanks 🙏

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

I'm a civilian pogue, so no one in the the special ops cares much what I think, but an old pal of mine was retired U.S. Army Special Forces. He used to rib the Navy SEALS by saying that their badge should be a representation of a holster with a hairdryer in it! By implication, not the 'Budwiser' or trident. He would always pause to pay tribute to Navy Corpsmen, though, and remind listeners that one had saved his bacon back in the sandbox. He would always go on to say that they did the same in return and it was always good fun, no big deal. When you are in the fraternity, you can roll that way... but when the bad guys show up, they're united to kick butt and take names. Very cool as a military historian to get an occasional peak behind the curtain. Stuff you would never see/hear in civilian life.

[@stephenmarkh]

"Happy Pride"... I'm dead 😂

[@ChristianTyson-oi1du]

Actual thoughts on airforce SR ? Going for this end of year.

[@ValhallaVFT]

When I asked my pj/cct friends for inside jokes they said “SR is gey”. So take that for what it is guess.

[@mouthbreather280]

24th STS and Night Stalkers missing on the Air Force side. If you’ve worked with any international units you can also add them.

[@doomermurks6959]

Night Stalkers are Army, not AF.

[@mouthbreather280]

@@doomermurks6959 you’re right my bad

[@Eirik36]

Saw an interesting topic about what if the marine corps would have said yes to Socom way back in the day. They then could have pushed force recon to socom or even create marsoc/raiders to of been the premier Socom or even Jsoc recon unit instead of what RRC does today. Thus elevating the Raider identity crisis

[@jhabarretto9697]

Good stuff man, Hangout with your Oki brothers when their in the PI

[@MDLamb80]

No shitting on SWCC or Navy EOD? 😢

[@ValhallaVFT]

Ya I did, go to 2:50, quick lgbtq joke

[@MDLamb80]

@@ValhallaVFT 😂😂😂

[@Jc-ly6pe]

Please do a ranking of best conventional infantry units

[@jc1840]

The 6 months of journalism training is fucking hilarious 😂

[@resipsaloquitur13]

The SWCC plug! 😂😂😂😂 So glad they made the cut

[@susfu4988]

The joke in AFSOC back in the day was “How do you stop a CCT? Rip his nipple ring out.” 😂

[@HeavyJay1421]

I sometimes I think the government allowes Hollywood to make movies of seals to drive recruitment.

[@ValhallaVFT]

Bro the pentagon has a film department. They literally fund those movies lol.

[@HeavyJay1421]

I believe that but why would the government allows someone else to make money off the movie seems very un government

[@nobodyknows9937]

I haven't seen anyone working at home depot that looks like that in 10 years

[@apexsentinel4926]

Thank you for the entertaining insight. I have a quick question: I have come across various perspectives on the 75th Ranger Regiment. You and Jay have mentioned that they are essentially an advanced infantry unit, while others have said they receive some of the same CQB and DA training as Delta and CIF and go on some of the same missions. What makes them special operations, and what exactly distinguishes them from other infantry units?

[@frankm2911]

Not SOF but certainly SOF capable and support SOF all the time incl assaulting and holding/ surrounding objectives while SOF incl the unit do the specialty work. Highly motivated, fit, disciplined, better training better equipment. It all makes them better. Regular infantry don’t have to fight everyday just to stay where they are at risk of being kicked out otherwise. No such thing as fat Ranger.

[@apexsentinel4926]

@@frankm2911 aren’t they literally in socom though?

[@frankm2911]

@@apexsentinel4926 yes but mainly in support role I believe

[@apexsentinel4926]

@@frankm2911 oh ok I see thank you 🙏🏻

[@clap5]

I don’t know about PJs being the most intelligent. Your asvab score only has to be average to get in. SF requires a higher asvab score. As well as EOD. Maybe it changed?

[@steellionstrength2709]

Any chance you have or can do a video on the HTD, formerly CIF teams?

[@jarrodgraves4927]

You should do the Night Stalkers.

[@gabe_diaz]

Are TACPs just used for conventional units now because CCTs literally do the job they were meant to do plus the TACPs job, so TACPs at least in the SOF are kinda useless.

[@ValhallaVFT]

As far as I’m aware that’s how it typically works but we’d need someone more knowledgeable on the Airforce side of the house or probably confirm that.

[@nespolo1597]

All the tacps I’ve met have been attached to conventional army units. Though rare I have heard of tacps in the 24th special tactics squadron which attaches amn to tier 1 units so you could consider them special ops.

[@3SLXXV]

There are SOF TACPs in the 17th STS that are typically attached to Ranger Regiment.

[@philbobaggins253]

Before SOF TACPs were re-organized into an STS, they used to do an internal screening to be able to work in a SOF unit. We had them embedded at the Group level, great JTACs.

[@Nuhuh130]

TACPs are not useless in SOF, the TACPs from the 17th STS deployed with the Rangers for 6,900 days in GWOT.

[@robcook4500]

Starts the Air Force bit with “fuckin’ nerds…” priceless 🤣👌🏽🫡🇺🇸

[@BoxheadHakx]

This was like when Michael Scott did his roast. Boom, roasted

[@PanchoRATM182]

Lmfaoo spot on with the green berets 😂 I was sof support and I met these cats daily and got to know them

[@dramm33]

I kept waiting for space force sf, if that's even a thing

[@mpeugeot]

LMFAO you forgot USAF special operations weathermen! Oops, nevermind, didn't realize that they were now SR.

[@lckegster223]

You should do a video on coast guard MSRT

[@shmunkytron8612]

NSW one had me dying

[@PJ1T2X1]

I’m not here to take anything away from my special warfare brothers but PJ training (Superman school) is the longest. We’re trained to go anywhere at anytime under any conditions and provide medical care and we’re kick ass shooters too. By the way we have the highest attrition rate.

[@cej3940]

God, I would love to be a My Chemical Romance Marine lol ITS NOT JUST A PHASE DAD, THIS IS WHO I REALLY AM

[@ValhallaVFT]

😂

[@005connect9]

Delta force guys don’t look like they’re incredibly dangerous because they’re not supposed to look like it.

[@suvhur]

"no one cares about those guys" 😮my Air Force Special Reconnaissance dreams are ruined

[@frankmccracken1160]

Now now, I spent 4 years in airborne unit in the army at Ft. Lewis Wa. After ETS I enlisted in the Air Force for 22 years!!! Not a bad gig, climbing poles, towers and installing comm

[@KingCobraStunts]

I see Rangers lead the way in not being mentioned.

[@ValhallaVFT]

Pinned comment

[@martymannjr]

Forgot the obvious SF/KZbinr stereotype. Funny video

[@greengriffon7179]

Do PJ’s actually not get many missions?

[@ValhallaVFT]

lol that’s been a joke for a long time. Not as much as you’d think.

[@dusty715]

I think youre my spirit animal

[@mkarns2354]

Can you talk about Recon Marines

[@christianibarra9438]

lol The Seals is funny! I wished i wouldve joined Rangers! Aside from all of this. Do Spec ops guys really have big egos? I watched alot of military vids and it seems like most of the US Special community is like Keeping up with the Kardashians. No disrespect

[@clayton2500]

Hey I have an off topic question to this video but in your current state with all the pain your in and all your injuries do you think you could get through sfas and the q course again?

[@ValhallaVFT]

I’m in better shape than most active duty SF guys, so yes. It wouldn’t be an enjoyable experience though.

[@clayton2500]

@@ValhallaVFT Well how did you become so tuff and able to push through extreme amounts of pain?

[@frankm2911]

@@ValhallaVFTreally? How come they’re not in shape? How can they do their job and not be in shape? Genuine question. Awesome video btw.

[@ValhallaVFT]

@@frankm2911 they are in shape, I’m in just better shape than the vast majority of human beings in general.

[@frankm2911]

@@ValhallaVFT gotcha. If you are fitter than most SF now, even while not active duty, did you ever go/ think about going to the Unit? Could be good video 👍. Cheers

[@scottmccoy8783]

PSYOP is the GRAND-DADDY of Army Special Operations. SF was formed at the Psychological Warfare School on Smokebomb Hill, FT BRAGG, the forerunner of JFKSWCS, in 1952.😎👍

[@jbgwatney]

The Fat electrician calls green berets Dr Grunt (PhD)

[@dmichael7144]

No talk of the Rangers. I’m almost disappointed!

[@No-One-of-Consequence]

Used to be if you wanted to prove you were a Green Beret, you had to show you had a Montagnard bracelet, a tiger's eye ring, a Porsche, and a divorce. (They were the Vietnam-era guys.)

[@ValhallaVFT]

My dad was a green beret in Vietnam. The only one that’s a real thing out of those is the bracelet.

[@deiongoldsmith515]

What is marsoc doing? FID or....what? And this is a genuine question no shade Hopefully, they move back to Camp pendleton

[@ValhallaVFT]

COIN, FID counter terrorism, basically a few of the SF mission sets.

[@KINGRODP]

Wait .. Did he actually compliment PSYOP at the beginning?

[@ValhallaVFT]

Extreme sarcasm. Complimenting Pysop is the last thing you’ll ever see on this channel.

[@scallopohare9431]

Dinosaur here. Are PJ's regular Air Force these days? They used to be reservists, about the only ones I ever respected.

[@ValhallaVFT]

Regular Air Force? No, they’re special operations.

[@scallopohare9431]

@@ValhallaVFT Sorry, meaning full time.

[@algang7025]

I’m waiting to get cleared to join the Air Force hopefully I make it into the pjs and may I have a one one conversation with you about the pjs

[@Doc_Valeri]

PJs, because even Delta and DEVGRU needs a hero.

[@ProbaProbue]

Hi Nathan i have a few questions. My dream was to become a green beret, and after 10 years of trying i won a green card, now im in US for 4 days i had a plan in the end of this summer to go for the X ray contract. And i wanted to know is the ASVAB test hard as well do i need money for the whole process/selection meaning to buy there food rent etc.

[@jacobjackson2506]

The army will pay you for all that stuff, the Asvab isn’t particularly hard but you do need a 110 gt to enlist as an 18x. I would recommend taking a prep course or something like that. It would be extra money but it would be worth it to get the contract that you want.

[@shibby_travels]

Are you saying their 2nd and 3rd marriages are with Asians/Latinas? Or that their 1st marriages are with Asians/Latinas?

[@ValhallaVFT]

2nd or 3rd

[@marksmusicplace3627]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 six months of journalism school. the funny thing with CA/PO soldiers is the graduation certificates look identical to SFQC grads. HEY MRS ST ONGE at the admin section of the JFKSWCS, How about making those certificates look different based on specialty. LOL

[@MT-8404]

To be fair, I worked with 3 guys in army psyops while I was deployed with marine eod. They were pretty good dudes and loved to get into shit.

[@lynngrabill1275]

PJ in Alaska are NOT forest rangers. Their manned for SAR in Alaska because there an Air Guard unit. State funded. The reason they’re so compatible with SOF is because they choose to train up to that level.

[@ValhallaVFT]

Bro that’s an inside joke from the fucking PJs in Alaska themselves, Jesus Christ obviously they’re not fucking park rangers. How dense are you.

[@chillinandsuch]

Man, nobody was safe in this roast. 😂

[@anthonym4765]

“DRE day” in med funds was pretty gay.

[@troopdog23]

This is fantastic lol great video

[@ValhallaVFT]

🫡

[@dukedumby]

This should be mandated by Congress to be shown at every recruiting station for every branch. lmfao. -68w light on the right reservist

[@kkbr1]

so ik theres army green berets and army rangers. So Are there 2 special forces groups for the army?

[@ValhallaVFT]

Rangers not not special forces. The only special forces units in the U.S. military are Green Berets and Delta force

[@Johannes0109]

ISA?

[@z0phi3l]

No SOAR? How do you get in and out of the AO?

[@ValhallaVFT]

National guard pilots.

[@kangaroobot]

I heard something about Navy Seals gotta have heroes, that’s why they look up to Recon Marines. Ever heard of something like this?

[@ValhallaVFT]

Typically it’s PJs where that phrase is used.

[@DrewishBear]

@@JJReal-m7x nah bud, not a chance

[@DrewishBear]

@@JJReal-m7x fake news…what you know about courthouse bay and A&S??

[@DrewishBear]

@@JJReal-m7x gang gang 🤙🏽

[@frankm2911]

@@DrewishBearI know a guy who went from marine recon to seals. It’s true.

[@kobe.vickers]

ISA and NIGHTSTALKERS should have been there

[@kenneththynes4761]

Got a buddy that went from being a Marine Corps machine gunner in Somalia, to 1st Recon with me, to the Navy mammal program, to Civil Affairs, to SF. Smart, libo risk meathead. Seriously wtf?😂

[@MobiusCoin]

Why does CA and PSYOP still exist. They apparently do nothing.

[@RobertGimenez-t6i]

Basically you just said PSYOP can't convince people of anything?