WHAT YOU DONT UNDERSTAND ABOUT SOCOM | QA with Navy SEAL Jake Zweig

[@Joshmo1234]

"You ain't built for this, mmmKkaaaayy."😂😂😂

[@Juxce843]

😂😂😂

[@lmassey1984]

Riigghtt...😂

[@Saturn5iv3]

😹😹😹😹😹😹

[@kylejbrunson]

🤣🤣 🤣

[@KingdomKashVideos]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@11derekknotek]

Imagine if every high school had a guidance counselor like Jake, forcing every student to face reality.

[@nelsonzambrano5788]

To include marriage counselors....

[@stretch4595]

Facts I had one , wanted to be sniper buddy broke dat Shyt down for me I changed that Shyt fast😂😂😂

[@stretch4595]

@@Cliford-pn5ux he basically broke down how they had to hold down post for days maybe weeks at a time so they didn’t give away the position, not being able to comfortably use the bathroom 😂, ect. I definitely have a different level of respect for real snipers definitely not easy💯

[@spencernielson8304]

No fires , lamps out , Dig in 3 hour fire watch 3 shifts. Rangers lead the way !!

[@kirkpaddy8389]

😂😂😂😂

[@grantstevens8099]

This is 100% what this younger generation needs to hear.... the truth. People think that because they see a video, play a game, or watch a movie, they can just show up and do whatever they want. But too many of them aren't willing to put in the work. Loved the frankness of this conversation. Keep up the great work, Jake.

[@jakezweig]

Will do thank you

[@MeMyself-w2r]

​@@jakezweigThank you Jake for all you do. I was working serving the military & the sergeants told me that this younger generation isn't ready because they are spoiled. You are helping them face hard truths & they need that!!!! You are helping them to not see this as a fairytale Hollywood movies produce about being in the military!!

[@Ekdrink]

Oh my god shut up you annoying old geezer not one of us thinks we can just show up and get it handed to us.

[@tomsnowden6201]

Well just wanting to fight in a war zone just to see combat is peak retardation. Then it’s “serve my country” doing what?!?!?

[@bassplayer2011ify]

The difference between the man going to prison and the man flying home on the C130 is the government sanctioned the ladder. I’ll remember this till the day I die. During my second semester in college, I took a US military history course. One of the first questions the professor asked the class was “What is war?” And after a few minutes of nonanswers and students quoting the definition the professor said “War is nothing more than government-sanctioned murder.” And no one could argue that because once you get past all the glamor, propaganda, romanticism he was right. Doesn't matter if you're a rifleman in the Army or you're in a tier one unit. You signed a contract and the government spent a lot of money training you to kill.

[@whoknows4379]

Latter*

[@TheBatugan77]

Bullshit*

[@whoknows4379]

Wow so much insight for a wannabe who knows nothing but thinks she knows something bc she took a college course. Stay in your safe bubble, girl. The real world isn't for you. Embarrassing.

[@stellarhyme3]

Nonsense.

[@ryta1203]

Your professor missed A LOT of nuance, lmfao.

[@dharper3619]

@15:10- Managing Serial Killers- They line of the DECADE!!! I love- MMMKKKKAAYYYYYYYYYY! Jake you need to be on some show 4REAL!

[@RS-uy9pq]

Jake is describing the actual “job” of SOCOM. He isn’t saying any wrong, let’s put what he is saying in a different perspective. Here’s a question. Sure there is glamour of being an attorney, but why would you want to be an attorney and you hate to read? Reading is what an attorney does everyday, the most successful attorneys have a top shelf understanding of law through thousands of hours spent reading and studying. A SOCOM operator is a gritty, violence liking person. If you don’t like gritty life and violence, why would you be a SOCOM operator? That’s the actual job everyday.

[@jakezweig]

Thank you for explaining my 2nd grade explanation

[@jakezweig]

Thank you for helping explaining my 2nd grade conversation

[@drgLACity]

or hate to debate

[@stevengarcia8428]

People are easily swayed by the pretty uniforms and the title and forget the real job. Watching Saving Private Ryan is good reality check in what to expect.

[@paullittle9187]

When Jake said you're managing serial killers, it hit me right between the eyes. I've never thought of it that way.

[@jakezweig]

True facts

[@VredesStall]

@paullittle9187 Speaking of "serial killers".... Jason Moss was an 19yr old college student who had aspirations for joining the FBI or some other 3-letter agency... and who became a pen-pal with and eventually got it in his head that he actually wanted to meet and interview serial-killer and sex offender, John Wayne Gacy. Moss would go on to meet Gacy while he was in prison in 1994 less than two months before Gacy was executed via lethal injection for the killing of over thirty young teenage boys from 1967 to 1978. Moss asserted that he became Gacy's "last victim" during their face-to-face meeting and felt overpowered and manipulated by him in the same way that Gacy manipulated his other victims. Just over a decade later after his meeting with Gacy, Jason Moss would take his own life. While it is certainly not this severe in most cases... this is *exactly* what Jake is talking about. The personalities that you WILL encounter in the SOCOM community (and in combat-arms in general) are downright SAVAGES... and about the closest that you may ever come to meeting personalities that are even remotely like that (outside of SOCOM or Combat Arms) are in jails & prisons... and especially the more hardened & violent inmates. Showing up to a SEAL Team or any Team in SOCOM (or military Combat Arms in general)... is just like walking into a prison cellblock... where the Big are just waiting to eat the little. ...Still want that Trident??🔱

[@mikesmith7497]

@@VredesStall Very True

[@chrisr326]

That farm work comment was so spot on! Harvest and spring planting is 16 hour days if not more. Those kids are so fkng strong it's shocking. Lifting machinery by themselves, getting kicked by steers. I was just a trucker in those places but i can see how kids who grow up like that have the tenacity and work ethic to succeed at Socom roles.

[@jakezweig]

BOOOOOOOOMM

[@chrisr326]

@@jakezweig Really enjoy your content Sir! Great advice for people of all ages!

[@VredesStall]

@Chris R Imo... I think that is why I think that the WWII-generation (that was born in the decades during or just before both World Wars) is often referred to as the "Greatest Generation" that American probably ever saw. Many of those young men who went off to fight in both WWs (but especially WWII) grew up and were raised on farms and working outside and doing hard heavy work was cetainly nothing new or unknown to them... and also working on a farm would also have the added benefit of eating pretty well (or, at leat I would assume). So going into the military and spending many hours outside wasnt exactly a drastic transition. Hell, if anything, it might have even been an easier life for them.

[@brandongrimstead7532]

made steers my bitch. Been jumped by punks made them my bitch. tryna find a real fight.

[@TheDsy1]

Preach on Jake. Farm boy strength is a thing for sure. I did not go SOCOM, but my experiences on the farm growing up certainly provided me with plenty of grit and determination to succeed in the Marine Corps. I was shoveling chit in hot & dusty turkey houses every day after school and during summers. Daily, I had to cull 25 lb turkeys with my bare hands and carry dozens of them at a time for hundreds of yards and bury them in the dead pit. It was savage and the smell of death was all around me. When I got home, I had my regular farm chores to finish including tending cattle and bucking hay bales. When the opportunity came to enlist, I grabbed it, knowing it would be an easier life.

[@ErnieJ89]

Have to hand it to Jake for keeping it real for a lot of these dudes. Combat is not what people think it is. It is a double edged sword. If you train for years and never get to see it, it can feel heart breaking and you can feel an experience of regret. On the other hand, if you do see combat, it will stick with you the rest of your life. I was a Corpsman who saw combat (not spec ops, but with Marine Infantry) which for me mostly consisted of a lot of patrols and taking care of my buddies that got hit. Not much cool about that except for being able to be there for my bros.

[@jakezweig]

Dude would love to shoot a vid on your experience......these people have no idea

[@aycaramba3553]

Hit him up! 🗿

[@yuk6260]

Jake... you always keep it REAL... they aren't used to hearing this....

[@jakezweig]

Fuck them SEND IT

[@RealShadowJacker]

I was pre med as well, graduated in 99 with BS in Biology. I chose to go in because I felt I needed the discipline. It was peacetime. That was it. War kicked off, and got to do some stuff and loved most of it. Like Jake said there isn’t anything on the horizon. So, you have to find your own reasons for doing it. You have to be 110% committed to those reasons as well, especially if you try to go into any high speed low drag unit. If you don’t have those reasons, and you aren’t committed, you’ll be one of the first drops. Hell, every day for almost 9 years in the Marines was spent either doing land nav, field day, or at the armory cleaning weapons. That’s it, literally. Find your own “because” and be committed to it.

[@RealShadowJacker]

Dunno where the 19 months thing came from. Intended to type 9 years. Oh well.

[@1nv1ctvs]

Facts. If there’s no war going on he’s just gonna be training, training and training until there is 😂

[@American.Patriot1220]

“Were you being literal when you said ‘convicts’?” Dude scared shitless shaking in his boots. 😂😂😂

[@jakezweig]

Yes government convicts

[@American.Patriot1220]

@@jakezweig I love the brutality in your content… Keep it up big dawg. I just subscribed.

[@southoc1355]

MUCH Respect Jake!! It’s GREAT to see someone keep it 100% real! I feel like with this generation everyone wants to know EVERYTHING they’re going to do and they want this guide they’ll prepare them and think that’s it. A big part of SF, SEALS, Force Recon, Rangers, PJ’s etc is the “NOT knowing”. It’s all sort of the process. Not knowing what’s coming because in combat you NEVER know wtf is coming. It’s fluid and I’m glad the Military is keeping its standards. Keep up the good work!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@jakezweig]

Thank you bringing the 🔥

[@LB-yy7cy]

Kayyyyyy Mmm kayyyy. Dude hilarious but so right. You can tell his don’t play games and his experience is the TRUTH.

[@vsupreme9386]

Keep em coming sir. You're a volcano of information.

[@jakezweig]

Fire

[@metaljustice4518]

As a parson who worked corrections for a career, you are spot on. There is a major difference between and inmate and a convict. Lots of military dudes in the system who couldn't transition to civilian life and became true convicts after separation from service

[@jakezweig]

Yes sir my cousin is one of them

[@metaljustice4518]

@@jakezweig Glad you bring up fighting too. First time a young person who has not been in a fight before and gets hit in the nose and become combat ineffective instead of working through it..this stuff matters. Grit matters!

[@jakezweig]

@@metaljustice4518 YES IT DOES BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pso89]

As a former CO during my time I also encountered military guys in the system.

[@prime6260]

This is a fire talk brotha. There were a lot of times I was with you on this chat but now ima take that advice going to the woods every weekend. Ima really keep the grit and moving forward. There is pieces of me that wanted to stay with his questions but it’s something about what you give to the community, not the status that comes from it. You solidified what I needed. Thanks for the push. Jake Zweig the legend.

[@jakezweig]

Thank you man !!!! Go get it

[@bricekey1310]

The absolute GREATEST advice you could give someone thinking about taking the SOCOM path. Wow!!! So great.

[@jakezweig]

People think I'm crazy .....I try to tell them and to a man that is checking in they are like wholly shit you are right

[@GuldandMilla]

For real man, people think it's a joke. I remember the biggest reality check was when my squad leader told me, "Everybody wants to be a grunt until it's time to do grunt shit." And that was just the beginning of the hardest field op we ever did. At the end I saw people I thought were way more savage than me heat case and fall to the ground during our hike back. We had no more water and nobody knew when this shit was going to end. That's what primes your for the reality of the job and you gotta embrace it. Or else you will start to feel real sorry for yourself

[@jakezweig]

Absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@docdolittle8057]

03 shit

[@1752-c8p]

From 13:49 to about 19:20 is hillllarious! That would make a good comedy skit or it is something I would laugh at in a serious movie.

[@jakezweig]

real facts

[@markkindle8114]

I Love Jakes's honesty.

[@patrickmuston]

Thank you Jake appreciate the real information you bring. Continuing my education to direct commission as a Chaplain and working to be physically ready for Airborne school.

[@internet_internet]

That’s awesome.

[@jakezweig]

Yes sir get it with pray 🙏

[@malagantx]

Notice when he observed the inconsistent years since the last fist fight at 13:50... he was cool about it, but you could see Mr. Zweig's face twitch a little when he said seven years versus the original two to three years

[@jakezweig]

I hear everything

[@nattyranks6763]

I caught that too...

[@PauloBerni699]

You just mentioned jiu-jitsu! I’m a smaller 58 year old man but I LOVE these stories of BUDs failures and successes. It inspires me even after 25 years grinding away on the mat and supplemental workouts, to keep embracing that little bit of artificially created, voluntary misery; but it’s all worth it. I just subscribed a few days ago. I really appreciate the content and honest interaction you have with these young prospective or aspiring BUDs candidates.

[@jakezweig]

Thank you man

[@scottfraser997]

Me too. I'm 42 and you don't see too many people just telling it as it needs to be.. I'm a straight up fan and love this channel..

[@thomashelm6931]

Right ? Jake fires up more older guys, many with prior service, than he might know. Tells it like it is. A GREAT mentor and role model to the young people. Proud of this guy

[@mup8661]

This is my motivation. I've wanted to be in spec ops since I was 14. I've spent 7 years between the work force and college and this shit ain't it B. I can't get those career fields out of my mind. Think of it this way, where else can you get the experience that is being an operator? Where else can you sky dive, scuba dive, shoot guns, and save lives? No where. You need to spend a bit more time looking into these career fields and choose the one that's right for you. If you're interested in medicine, go Army and get an 18X contract. Their scope of practice is by far more clinical. Pararescue is more emergency medicine. It's taken me a year to get to the PAST standard. I couldn't get my long distance swim conditioning down. Not only that, your Air Force recruiter will drag their feet with you. They don't need you. It took 3 months just to get in contact with one. And an additional 6 months to get all my paperwork and backgrounds in order. All that before MEPS. AF is commitment B. Get in touch with the dude's from Ones Ready if you're really set on the Air Force. EDIT: He ain't joking about savages dude. I've heard of dude's fighting just get on an helicopter to go help people. To me, I'd be in that shit too.

[@jakezweig]

FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RavishingSailor]

Jake the mentorship that you are giving all of these young cats is priceless. You tell it how it is with no shits given. Just from watching this video and listening you can tell that this young man’s soul was broken from your education and harsh reality facts that you just dropped on him. So many young men out there Have been seduced by all of the video games and videos that they play or have seen regarding what you guys do. They don’t realize that the entire point of being a special operations operator and all of the training is to make you the most lethal and efficient killer you can be. That literally is the job description and many, such as this young man cannot grasp that reality. Be well man And keep doing what you were doing.

[@jakezweig]

Thank you and please share it if you can

[@xraywatch1943]

I remember being in a SOCOM unit and dealing with the conflicts and environment. I did not realize I was turning into a savage until I left and went to a regular unit. My attitude scared some of the soldiers in the regular unit. My wife told me she was afraid of me as well. I had to somewhat self monitor.

[@zackarynoble9611]

I can tell you right now as a former medic 4NO in the Air Force……our training was a year. We had guys who washed out of PJ to end up being 4N flunked the medical phase of PJ training in which is well over 6 months at a level one trauma unit . They told us the medical training is insane.

[@jakezweig]

Yes you are a field surgeon

[@zensunnah]

This is the part that a lot of dudes don’t get. I grew up around and hung out with operators. If you cannot hang out with a gang or bikers, you ain’t ready. In the words of my green beret pops who answered a question about the type of man who does the job- “what’s it like to be a green beret?” Pops- “drinking, fighting and f….king!” And I was 5 when he said it. Jake- Keep letting people know what it is.

[@jakezweig]

That needs to be on a shirt man!!!! That is 🔥

[@jakezweig]

Drop me an email [e-mail]

[@investorservices302]

This is the first video of yours I have commented.. this was an eye-opening interview. Great job! I love how you keep it real.

[@jakezweig]

First of many man!!!

[@karlcarlysle3578]

Jake. Thank you for coming straight at these guys. They need to hear this. I do believe there transformation and guys will be one ' that' guy which means that wild man but they don't get what it takes reign that in... and turn that guy loose

[@jakezweig]

Its hard for normal people to understand

[@pizzafrenzyman]

Best video ever. A good example of the savagery of special forces is Tarleton's dragoons at the Battle of Waxhaws. Cold blooded killers all. If you're not a natural born fighter, then join the navy and have fun with all the advanced technologies they have. There, you'll always get warm meals and sleep indoors.

[@jakezweig]

No chance man

[@pizzafrenzyman]

@@jakezweig haha :)

[@American.Patriot1220]

Little does he know… Behind the motivational speeches, motivational IG posts, smiles, and charisma, Jocko was a human killing machine competing for the most kills with other units during the war. 😂

[@vonersion]

We all competed for kills 😅

[@cwr8618]

This shit is good. I like seeing places where people actually want to hear what the deal is and not be coddled. I needed this shit more when I was younger and going through the ranks in the Marines. 20+ years now and just talking this way to junior Marines, or 90% of civilian society, is like a chasm on how you can even talk to them without feelings happening.

[@HipBlackPoodle]

Grew up camping in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and reached my Eagle Rank. Took your advice Jake and wrestled for the first time this year and I loved it

[@jakezweig]

Get after it

[@bassplayer2011ify]

Wear that Eagle badge with pride. It's like being a frat you can put that on every resume and it will open doors.

[@Eric3Frog]

5:49 is key, "they enjoy the struggle and hardships".

[@jakezweig]

FACTS

[@GabrielGP7]

Man if everyone can comprehend this man’s understanding he basically just told this guy that the shit is not something you can wake up and want to be it’s actually part of these motherfuckers journey even explaining the criminal aspect he’s not saying these guys a literal criminals but within polarity who wrong and who’s right within the exchange of life or death that why a lot of criminals and team guys get god like complex we call it which sometimes needs to be balanced out with these hands but wow even understanding the physiological just being around that environment it’s like being around convicts as well because of how sharp every man is not just physically but mentally as well and if you a jelly been you will get stepped on with a soft smile that’s why people think the shit is nice when it’s not wow man big respect I loved this video.

[@AdamJWM]

I have an SF buddy I met in Afghanistan. It was like being with a savage ass wild wolf with him. I met SEALS from team 6 and they were super nice and cool but they were killers. If you don’t have the passion for fighting SOCOM isn’t for you. I spent 4.5 years in the Middle East theater as a civilian and I made some SOCOM buddies. I also met some in commercial dive school when I was 18. If you aren’t sure if you want to do SOCOM and have this many questions SPEC OPS isn’t for you.

[@jakezweig]

Yes you have seen behind the curtain

[@USALibertarian]

Dude is saving lives.

[@1stnamebr406]

I can tell in his conversation with the guy Jake a real ***** straight up! I like that shirt too .

[@jakezweig]

BOOOOOOM

[@justinwilliams3933]

Jake I love your raw content and not sugar coating nothing to these guys. It’s a big kick in the nuts.

[@jakezweig]

Real life

[@iamzay4938]

16:40 this part had me crying 😂 buddy real asked that question

[@nelsonzambrano5788]

"Best job in the world - just have a finite lifespan..." - Truer words have not been said. /Thank you!

[@Dhdjdjsjdjsjk]

The camping point is a good one, one guy was in SQT, in alaska and he had no shelter so he had to sleep on the ground by himself in the woods in alaska while it was freezing.

[@AGRANT716]

Most(not all) myself included join for lack of options. I saw a little action. I'm always amazed at these guys who's sole purpose for joining is to go to war. Never put a pair of bdu's or boots on......

[@justgoforit97]

30 min vid from Zweig, time to eat!!

[@muriloninja]

Hey Jake....so I got to attend a training with a former SF/Unit (GWOT) guy this week and while he was nice, cracked jokes, there was a vibe or a sense of "holy fucking shit" beneath the surface that I cannot explain. It reminded me of this video where you are trying to tell this kid the type of men that thrive in special operations (let alone Tier1 units), I agree most people (myself included) would shit themselves around such men in a team or deployment environment. Hard to explain but there was a level of intensity beneath the surface ready to come out at the flip of a switch.

[@jakezweig]

Yup you had that massive feeling that your body was telling you that you were unsafe, all of your animal sensors were trigging you to run, because the beast can not hide. Now take 200 of them everyday....the only way you last if your one of them

[@muriloninja]

@@jakezweig 100%!

[@Bass_Reeves]

He was so fixated on the convicts comment “do you mean literal convicts” like yes dude a killer is a killer…

[@TILLEYJS]

This would've been a great asset for me deciding my military MOS(1997). The perspective this gentleman gives is priceless. I don't think the caller gets it. But I do as an old man. I would've never made the connection of violence and special forces.... Even though that's what the military is. Kill and destroy. As a young man I was thinking w what's cool and shooting guns sounds fun. Not the end result of training. Killing. I hunted and fished and camped. But I didn't have the mettle to do it all the time(as a job).

[@jakezweig]

IT TAKES A DIFFERENT DUDE

[@muriloninja]

Holy Shit, you spit fire in this one..especially at 17:55 speaking of Jocko, Goggins, Luttrell, Stumpf, Shipley (and the list goes on), talk about absolute savage alpha males, Type A personalities...they might come across nice, funny, or whatever now but jump into a workup or deployment with them and people would shit their pants with fear.

[@jakezweig]

Absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 hot fear....I have watched normal people fall apart when put into that environment

[@muriloninja]

@@jakezweig I can only imagine but I am smart enough to know they are savages and that it only takes a flip of a switch and well...*shutters*. I love these didn't make it videos, hard truths right there for everyone to hear. One who scares me the most is Andy Stumpf, super sarcastic ball breaker hehe haha now but I can just tell he was a sick savage fuck during his time down range and as an instructor at BUD/s. He downplays everything (his career, time at DevGru) but you don't just get to Tier1 without being a sick savage fuck (same with DJ Shipley, scary ass motherfucker). Glad they exist but yeah, I shit my pants just trying to imagine dealing with those savages. : )

[@jakezweig]

@@muriloninja dealing with them LOL

[@PrivateerCrew]

I Think Everyone Entering the Teams or Any Military Branch Should Hear This Man Speak

[@TheBloody81]

Loved how I came across this video and outstanding! Like the realness of the honesty. Wish this youngster the best, but needs to be real with himself and that goes for anyone wanting to join. When I joined the Marines back in 03',my recruiter knew I was hungry and ready for the challenge...crushed it for 8 yrs later as a grunt. Regardless what branch and path anyone chooses, stick to it and prepare yourself. Nothing comes easy and need to earn it! 🤘

[@jakezweig]

Thank you for your service

[@Yo_Da_Da78]

God Damn! Realest guidance I have heard thus far Jake! Definitely need more of this articulated to the younger generation.

[@ik5852]

From the start, he wants to join to kill. He missed the war lol We out of Afghanistan. Still got the rest of the Middle East and Africa. But not the same as when there was actual war. 16:50 In my entire life, ive never actually thought about it that way, it really hit me deep and put a different perspective. No ones ever told me that perspective before.

[@jakezweig]

FACTS KILLING IS KILLING

[@VredesStall]

@05:20 I think that is why I think that the WWII-generation (that was born in the decades during or just before both World Wars) is often referred to as the "Greatest Generation" that American probably ever saw. Many of those young men who went off to fight in both WWs (but especially WWII) grew up and were raised on farms and working outside and doing hard heavy work was cetainly nothing new or unknown to them... and also working on a farm would also have the added benefit of eating pretty well (or, at leat I would assume) and / or, if they grew up during the Great Depression... they definitely knew what it was like to really struggle and no doubt produced a very tough & gritty people. So going into the military and spending many hours outside wasnt exactly a drastic transition. Hell, if anything, it might have even been an easier life for them.

[@scottfraser997]

Always keeping it real. I love it

[@jakezweig]

1000000%

[@jjdbzfan18]

13:49 funniest part of the video. Love the content.

[@jakezweig]

Thank you

[@blazegulizack]

5th and 3rd group SF have been getting after it in Africa and Syria the last couple a years. And the 18D sf medics are the best is the military!

[@Mc007-]

What these young people don't understand about savages is we were raised in hard times and hard times build savages. Not having a lot of resources forces us to critically think about how we are going to have enough to eat or had to take hard labor jobs to help out mom so we can get school clothes or had to hand downs from family. A savage life is not a choice it's just what it is.

[@jakezweig]

Yes sir sir

[@jbarah05]

I wish I had someone like jake around to keep it real with me when I was choosing my path in the army.

[@jakezweig]

I wish I had me man

[@HenryEllisonHoweyJr]

EXCELLENT MESSAGE TO THE YOUNG!!! KEEP MOTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION!!!

[@whonose3726]

Man so refreshing to hear you keeping things so real for this young man. Hats off mr Z.. -dr ryan

[@jakezweig]

They just don't understand what it really is

[@patrickkelley6212]

I've enjoyed this video very much! Thanks Jake!!

[@jakezweig]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@paytonmuir1917]

This guy should consider HM/ATF. SOIDC’s can work with units like SEALs/Marine Recon/MARSOC/75th Ranger and they move you around SOCOM since you are INDEPENDENT DUTY

[@jakezweig]

Absolutely

[@LawChat101]

You right about these guys not being comfortable in the woods !!!

[@Alanthe918mobilemechanic]

This is the best break down of reality On tryna join the sof community I’ve seen just raw straight up telling the truth. I’m from Oklahoma I’m going 11x op40 leaving in March excited is an understatement I’m ready to have some real adventures or die trying either way appreciate you making this raw content I’m always up kinda late watching stuff like this while I back pack around turkey mtn anyways it’s getting late I’m about piss and hop in my hammock definitely got a sub out of me tonight 🫡⚡️💤

[@jakezweig]

Thank you how many miles a week you running

[@Alanthe918mobilemechanic]

@@jakezweig 18-25 according to my records should I be running more I got plenty more in the tank to give

[@jakezweig]

@@Alanthe918mobilemechanic hell yes 40 is the minimum [e-mail]

[@Alanthe918mobilemechanic]

@@jakezweig Roger that brother. I sent you an email already about 2 hrs ago. I’m keeping my eye out for a reply. Thanks for getting back to me so soon.

[@CaptainSmoke]

Wow. This is some of the best advice I've ever heard.

[@jakezweig]

Thank you

[@joshmick]

Jocko and goggins having everyone believe they can be a seal. Ha!

[@jakezweig]

Not over here

[@bigdap100]

03:15 wow, major props for keeping it REAL!!

[@American.Patriot1220]

Go Green Beret dude… They’re always deployed somewhere, teaching Abu how to skin the enemy alive. 😂

[@plaguearttutorials]

Love the channel wanted to join up for seals once but I didn't know I needed a HS diploma My pops was a fire spitting bullet sponge Jarhead There was no way I was doing that😂 Even through homelessness functioning autism Been doing an 80s seal training routine video as much as I can with a bad spine Thanks for all the inspiration as soon as I can afford some dumbbells I will be lifting As well as dive bombers push and dip sets

[@biglen6065]

This episode sounds like the Scared Straight Special Forces Edition.

[@steveedington5231]

100 per cent correct must live in the outdoors army anything but air force army we were field artillery in the field all the time great video jake

[@jakezweig]

My man fire 🔥 thanks

[@f14hellcat28]

Just found your channel Bro your a beast I saw you on that show when you walked threw the desert 👍🏽

[@jakezweig]

BOOOOOOOM

[@reliantfilmsproductions9752]

The caller needs to stop playing COD lol 😂

[@cqualif]

David Goggins specifically said in Can’t Hurt Me that he did not care who he had to shoot at when he was deployed.

[@goodsir7298]

Somehow I stumbled on this channel and watched a couple videos but the one question I have is if everything is so brutal, the pay is mediocre, most people don't seem to do it for that long, you have a high chance of either being physically or mentally damaged for life and maybe Veteran Affairs helps, or maybe they don't. Why do so many people want that job? In a way it tells me outside of patriotism people love the chase of getting the victory and accomplishing something hard or the idea of accomplishing something hard, but they don't want the lifestyle attached to it.

[@jakezweig]

It is the path of the Warrior. Across history same motivation

[@Confidential619]

I've slept on a rooftop building on mainstreet during the winter, was 30° cold (I live in the valley of desert) , probably slept 30 mins before the sun came up. And mosquitos are everywhere outside. I'm outside everyday and night though.

[@jakezweig]

GET IT

[@xavier4022]

The dude he's talking to has definitely played too much Call of Duty

[@jamesshaw3622]

Join the Navy and be an FMF corpsman. You'll get promoted fast as a corpsman (relative to marine promotions) and get to work with marines - who are usually first to fight other than Rangers and Green Beret.

[@zach_blackburn]

Bottom line, if youve been through shit and you like to fight. Like actually fighting involving real physical pain (which most people legitimately dont)…THEN become an operator; otherwise go do something else with your life.

[@jakezweig]

yes sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@brycemcqueen2235]

Growing up 80s-90s I was in the woods everyday. Not like that anymore!

[@jakezweig]

Needs to be

[@randy464]

Love the 👕

[@Mr.W32]

This is the realest shit I’ve ever heard about special operations

[@gabrielmariscal9554]

I wouldn’t say ‘mentally unstable’ - I would say ‘savages’… 😆

[@jakezweig]

1000]00%

[@adrianbrown3894]

You keep it Real. Straight Savage

[@charlesclark9932]

Good one! Retired with less than 21 years. Came from the brown water Navy. Some truth in general here based on what your community and MOS/rate etc. Because, we had some hard core BM's and some hard core engine man which is a hard life especially on a old Amphibious ship- haze gray and underway. No amenities in those days when I came in 92 in that life- brown water Navy. It was hard core life. We had guys come from carriers crying to get back to that world. Guys would literally break limbs and fake sleep walking to get out of 6 month deployments. I remember in 95 we calculated around 82 days in port for the whole year and that counted duty days and all. Yes, I remember guys running to the military to escape and hide out from some serious stuff they did before the military. Just got away with it, but knew they had to hide and flip a coin on their resume of life. Keep it real 👍

[@jakezweig]

Facts

[@anonymoussurname]

lol I love his prison/prisoner analogy lol. If you’re intimidated by prison but want to be America’s elite special forces are you really tough lol

[@rve3716]

These folks owe you a lotta thanks by God's grace. Literally saving lives out here man. And they don't even know.

[@jakezweig]

Everyday !@

[@cjodendal3182]

Get a construction job during the week, go camping on weekends and train everyday like you're going to prison. Roger that!

[@jakezweig]

GREAT PLAN

[@teanistillmon3341]

I agree. Love the Rangers. Like the SEALS. Thanks, Jake! REAL TALK!!!!!

[@teanistillmon3341]

Yes, brother been watching your videos. Awesome!! As a use of Force Instructor, I completely agree. Very well said.

[@Roger-il8iw]

PJ’s and Green beret Medics, especially with the national guard, are gonna see plenty of action outside of fighting. All kinds of rescue operations, natural disasters etc. Imma tell you now PJ training is far harder than green beret training. PJ’s are doctor level. Best combat medics in the military. Pj’s ar who everyone wants on their missions, even at the tier one level. Only about 500 pj’s in the whole military though. You need to be good in the water to go PJ as well. But either is a great path.

[@jakezweig]

Correct

[@Back-Blast]

18D in the army are literally PA’s. So are SARCS/SOIDC in the navy

[@jaquanmoore7598]

“I wanna see combat” ain’t no way that’s his only reason

[@Cyclops1983]

That's a gamer statement

[@nickbryan217]

You can’t go anywhere in the Army and not see recruiters or recruiting posters for some kind of Army Spec Ops jobs. You walk out of the PX and there’s a SF recruiter trying to stop you and talk to you about being a green beret. Every school I went as an officer we had to sit through the Green Beret or Delta pitch. No kidding, maybe that was just during GWOT it was 2007-2008 maybe they’re were trying like hell to just get candidates. 75th is a little tougher route (especially for an officer), you generally have to get recommended by the Brigade Commander which means you gotta show your Battalion Commander you’re a stud and be best most hard charging dude out there. But this dude doesn’t sound like the guy that wants to really be in combat or fight. I think he’s glorified it watched a bunch of movies, tv shows, or played some video games. But doesn’t understand what being in a combat unit is really like. It’s a very hard life at times and ain’t sunshine and rainbows and victory parades. It’s a whole lot of being cold, wet, frying ass hot, dirty, stinking like a dead dogs ass, and being hungry AF. I won’t say I was the hardest dude on the block, but when I was 18-20 years old me and buddies were boxing at night, learning how to fight and beating the shit out of each other. MMA was just becoming a big thing and we were trying to learn BJJ and having a great time doing it. You nailed it about your boys in the units being crazy AF. I got to my tank platoon and 90% of them had just come back from a 17 month deployment. Half of them had done a 16 month deployment before that. And 3-4 had been in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. They were killers, god love them they were straight pit bulls that were always ready to damn eat. And being the cherry 2LT they want to know what you’re made of… so one morning after PT I rolled combatives with the 3 senior NCOs one at a time. And they came at me 110%. It didn’t mater so much if I won or not. They just wanted to know if I was a bitch or if I’d nut up and fight back. I got a submission on the first one pretty quick, stale mated the 2nd, but Platoon Sergeant whooped my ass….. he choked me out in about 20-30 seconds. But I had their respect after that because I showed I wasn’t scared to fight and could handle myself.

[@jakezweig]

Yup when the Alphas meet there is only one way to determine the Alpha, you don't see males lions talking about so you

[@22mikemike]

Jake, a question about working with other countries. I'm a Finnish combat diver, got out of the navy in 2004. Have you ever trained with the Finnish armed forces? I know you guys work with Norway since they're in NATO and Finland is now looking to join the treaty too. We work with the US closely but I haven't heard of the SEALs ever trained with our guys. On a side note, I know of at least one Finnish navy combat diver (officer) who graduated BUD/S. There may be more. Our program was modeled after SEAL training in the 80s.

[@jakezweig]

No I have not.....I did shoot a TV show in Finland in the artic circle

[@Confidential619]

They say that all time that they may never get to go war but they all want that call saying they have to go since they're training non stop and eager. To me I thinking you really want to be able to do anything at least war related, would just be the army because they always send them just to get rid of them first. They're not going to waste the best one's on petty stuff.

[@Midnitedreary88]

This is a great video!

[@tommybritt4111]

Love your show Jake, just one question. I'm a 53 year old former Marine infantryman. Why do you never tell anyone about Marine infantry and even officer in the Marine Corp. Also the recon/force recon route. Just wondering. Keep up the great work. I have a 15 year old son and I make him watch you at times for motivation. He has been in competive jiu jitsu now for 7 years and he also loves watching you. Thanks brother

[@jakezweig]

NO ONE IS GETTING PROMOTED IN THE MARINE CORP

[@aroundtheworldin80days16]

Maybe try to become a Swat team paramedic in a big city with violent gangs, probably close as your gonna get to a PJ in combat. I heard people burn out fairly quick.