Women in Special Forces | GreenBeret Reacts

[@josharnold.]

I mean, you look at all the airborne units. They used to be considered hard like the ranger battalion, but they just kept lowering standards to let people through. And now, airborne is just a school instead of a really hard unit to get into

[@EckRD]

Hard is subjective. GWOT has made all the units in the armed forces complacent. NCOs and Officers are mediocre, even the good ones. These airborne units will have a hard time replacing KIAs and WIAs in a actual war, if standards are high. Remember, standards are only enforced in peacetime. Artillery, bullets, Mortars, land mines, drones, and enemy cruise missiles dont care about looking good and being tough. Our adversaries( russia, china, iran, nk) will play the attrition warfare( see Ukraine) which is dangerous for the US military. The US military is run like a business( since GWOT started) and casualties is bad for business. If you served or still in, you know I'm right. There are NCOs and Officers who are now leading troops with a mentality of " i cant have turds and shitbags watch my six or 9 or 3 ". PUSSY lol

[@gordo3697]

​@@EckRDI was a GWOT Marine its not hard to work out back then airborne school was 10 pullups. 10 pullups in the Marine Corps is sub par. Falling out of road marches sub par and I was a POG the army is lazy outside of SF

[@marshallrowley3516]

They need to increase the physical fitness standards for women.

[@SaveTheUnion]

Yes putting women in infantry, airborne, ranger, special forces units is a very bad idea

[@155michaelx]

more than 80% of the women i served with got pregnant within 6 months

[@gordo3697]

@@155michaelx story of my life and the egos were bigger then my pansa now

[@kylev8905]

Yep. Alot of females go on leave after boot camp with the express purpose of getting pregnant. So yea, within 6 months of graduating, there are thousands of pregnant females across the services.

[@christopherhazell420]

@155michaelx the issue none of the advocates ever want to deal with.

[@didyouknowamazingfacts2790]

It is a 100 percent a terrible idea. I know this personally. I served 4 years at Fort Hood, Texas as an Infantryman. When we got back from Iraq in 2009 my squad was picked and assigned to help out another mixed/non-infantry company in our battalion for a few weeks. When we got there we were in shock and couldn't believe how inferior they were physically. Literally, their best person was equivalent to our worst guy at my unit. We would go on ruck marches with them and literally non of the females could finish a ruck march. The female sergeants would have the dudes under them carry all of their shit. Which is a major no no in any infantry company. You care your own shit. I'm looking around at these pathetic pieces of shit with no struggle or effort at all and thinking to myself I definitely don't belong here and can't wait unit I get back to my unit. After we finished working with them. As we were heading back to our company area we kissed the ground.

[@aesonmoritz2100]

C'mon Battle you know them CS / CSS units not built like that. I can't even imagine now Post GWOT Era. The next war with a peer nation gone have us fall short and full of body bags coming back to Dover.

[@EckRD]

@@didyouknowamazingfacts2790 They weren't Infantry. You can't shit on support guys/gals. At the end of the day, we got paid the same.😂

[@didyouknowamazingfacts2790]

@@EckRD Yes, but no solider should be that bad. None of them could pass basic military standards.

[@TM-lj1ju]

@@EckRD What! "They weren't Infantry". What about the APFT? Is there one for infantry and another for support? If you're in the 80 percentile passing score you should be able to Ruck. This is the Army...not the Girl Scouts. You must be a career REMF. DOL

[@jameshaynes8315]

I've had this conversation several times with fellow service members since the combat exclusion clause was lifted. Here's what we know; Women can perform the job of a combatant. However, they're on average not as effective as men. Female outliers are not the norm but are very capable, but only as capable as the marginal Male Combat arms soldier. Of course you don't need a PHD or study to figure that out. No elite professional sports league in the world has even one female competing at that level. Why? Because billions of dollars are at stake, not politics. The inclusion of females is combat arms was not a "mission effectiveness" decision. It was based upon a lawsuit and the constitutionality of the exclusion, along with a political push to demonstrate the "capability" of women in the armed forces. The decision was not litigated in congress as it should have been and is highly immoral. Placing people in life threatening jobs when they lack the mental or physical ability to compete at the highest level is extremly dangerous and places everyone at risk. The question of "should we" is paramount in this decision, but policy makers too often are more interested in "optics" rather than facts. Example: We know that physiologically, Boys between the ages of 12-16 would be excellent candidates as Combat Arms soldiers. Not only are they very trainable blank slates, but the risk of injury and atrrition during training would be far less than experienced by the current cohort. However, we understand that it's not "MORALLY" correct to subject young children to that type of training environment and most importantly, expose them to the horrors of war before their brains are developed enough to process it. Just as it's highly immoral to subject women to an environment that has for millenia been unforgiving to them, placing them in scenarios where 99 percent of the time they'll be outmatched physically.

[@epictetusghost1369]

Eloquently argued, the facts are irrefutable. Sadly, progressive ideologies require a suspension of logical facts and 'new' relativistic conclusions to be factored in. You can get away with it in multi million pounds / dollar businesses, where the corrosive effects can be covered up, for a time, but when the rubber hits the road in real life, war and sport facts won't be caring about feelings.

[@ehodfi6037]

You guys are spot on with all of this. Too bad, people don't want to listen to you. You guys are the pros.

[@Floppy-1235]

They will just lower the standards like they did at ranger school.

[@dannystranahan1004]

So let's see if I understand this correctly. Women do not want men and their sports teams because they say they cannot compete against men, but yet they think women are going to add value to combat units, whether it's Marine Corps, infantry or Army special forces 2 of the finest fighting forces in the world. They do not bring value. And they do not make either one of those units more lethal. No more, then, a woman playing sports against a man make sense.

[@duganashley1337]

The purpose of a nations military is to prevent their women from dying from hostile force. When you put women in the military, it is a sign that the nation is on the way out.

[@teambeforeself6839]

They should not be in the infantry, but I could see special, female only SF units that conduct specific roles, but integrated Specops, hard no.

[@Kq4hcuDan]

Neither infanty or special ops only in the bedroom, or kitchen serving man only. If you disagree you support Tim walz

[@teambeforeself6839]

@@Kq4hcuDan 😂😂😂 but don’t put Tampon Tim on me, MF… I’m a Master Chief, and I make my own choices.

[@hansangb]

Simple physics. Avg height/weight for male: 5'10" and 199lbs. Average height weight for women. 5'3" 112-136lbs. So if you're carrying an 80lb ruck (which isn't that heavy). So that' 40% of body weight you're humping for males. and for females its 71% or 59% of your body weight. Who'll ruck longer/faster? It's physics.

[@fergusontimothy71]

Women shouldn't be in special operations forces especially during direct action ,now for intelligence agencies they have a place, like human intelligence ,recon on a target that would be beneficial most likely for certain missions, when a woman would probably be less of a giveaway to gather intelligence on enemy targets and cia ops that call for a honey pot

[@15Train15]

Mike is always wise and measured when he speaks. His podcast doesn't get enough love. Been around for years, but relatively unknown compared to others who came after him.

[@OG-Ghost33]

It’s funny how in 2008 when I was in Afghanistan they would not even allow female soldiers to go to outposts due to the austere environment and now they are in special forces. Real progressive btw lol

[@OG-Ghost33]

Also to add when she found out we were going to outposts she admitted she was pregnant and they sent her home haha

[@brydawg2020]

What a terrible idea

[@apsiTV]

Bro. I was talking to a Seal about that same thing. I have 3 daughter athletes and they realize the limitations and acknowledge the fact that their sport is different than the boys. As a 3rd ID Army Vet, no way would I set them up by endorsing that kind of path and they know it… great video and Go Army!!!!

[@realCarlosMazda]

DEI = Didn't Earn It

[@SNAKEEATER1776]

The most athletically capable woman on the planet is likely just above average when compared to moderately athletic males. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@NigelEharis]

It’s unfortunate that so few people realize this. A 13 year old boy would severely defeat just about any adult female.

[@StariDido]

What happens when we're on a 30 day mission in the bush...hygiene/bloody 😂

[@haddenindustries2922]

I'd suggest using corks🤷🏼‍♂️😁

[@StariDido]

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[@haddenindustries2922]

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[@mikesmith7497]

30 days in her bush sounds like a long time man.....

[@StariDido]

@mikesmith7497 🤣 finally someone gets it..👏

[@Ralph-lh5hi]

A woman's emotions have no place in combat.

[@Kq4hcuDan]

Or in the presidency 😂

[@haddenindustries2922]

@@Kq4hcuDan This☝🏼🤣🤣🤣

[@daemonmcfarland2877]

@@Kq4hcuDan Nor voting, in my opinion!

[@StariDido]

100% and tampons 😂

[@StariDido]

​​@@Kq4hcuDanor anywhere in leadership positions

[@daemonmcfarland2877]

Crossfit women are on "supplements" and have perfect diet, sleep and workout schedules. Take that away and they will quickly revert back to their former physicality.

[@NigelEharis]

A lot of soldiers are on supplements too.

[@KC-UT4rmAZ]

Ranger school used to be a coveted hard asf course that came with real bragging rights wearing that tab. Now it’s just a consolation prize with standards that have been brought down so low you can stub your toe on them.

[@mikesmith7497]

Did you serve?

[@mcwarrior1238]

No!

[@dannystranahan1004]

The finest fighting force in the world United States. Marine Corps has been fighting this for a long time. I'm not saying that women are not patriotic. And they cannot squeeze a trigger, but they do not belong in a combat unit. Like the United States Marine Corps. You can't even try out to be a Marine Raiders unless you have been in the Marine Corps for a few years, and already been a Marine for a while. Un like. Your special forces or your navy seals. When you join the navy, you can request to try out for the seals right from the get go. You can try out for the Rangers. And for the green berets. However to be a Marine Raider You cannot even apply for them unless you've already been in. The Marine Corps on active duty for a few years and have proved yourself, and the standards to be a Marine Raider are much higher. Imagine allowing women in the Marine Raiders or in Marine infantry, totally ridiculous.

[@vik12D]

Meeting the standard, and performing is all that matters. Most female dive candidates fail pull ups for the DPFT, but there are those that pass the DPFT, and actually pass dive school. They can do the job, so what does it matter? There shouldn't be a blanket rule preventing anyone from attempting training. There are tons of men who can't pass, high attrition is high attrition. With that said, it would be a good idea to have all female units, and all male units. We're not at Starship Troopers yet, having co-ed showers. Fun fact about female Sailors failing prescreen. In 2001, EOD took the same DPFT as SEAL candidates at Great Lakes with the Dive Motivators. You had to pass it by your third week of training, in basic. The only difference was that the SEAL candidates had to wear pants and boots, and EOD candidates were supposed to be allowed to wear shorts and sneakers...but everyone was told to bring utility pants and boots. Everyone took the DPFT in utilities and boots anyway. The Navy had female EOD techs in 2001, not a lot, but some, so it surprises me that female Sailors could pass prescreen/mudpup, whatever you want to call it in 2001, but allegedly not today? I've been through dive school with the USN (EOD) and USA (12D). Tons of males, and females fail it. Regularly.

[@Ac-paraphernalia]

It shows how far this country has fallen. This new America isn’t half what the old was and we will be conquered. We earned this decline.

[@briangarrett6332]

The military is supposed to be base on efficiency of killing, search and rescue, reconnaissance and information gathering. There is no place for feelings or D.E.I. . You send your strongest and best men to accomplish this. You want all your men coming home. If you apply this DEI and inclusion you get people killed.Military is supposed to be based on results. That’s winning no matter what it takes. Applying women to combat roles in special forces is setting us up to fail. Women do roles in military, just not in roles such as SF. The men I have met from SF units are mostly quiet professionals , mostly of killers and meat eaters. Let’s go back to old days please.Women are women, men or men.

[@roberts2099]

I would hate to see one person lose their life because the government wants to plat idiot games.

[@Crackshotsteph]

A friend of mine told me of his experience with these social experiments in the Canadian Army. He was a Combat Engineer Instructor stationed at CFB Petawawa in the 90's.

[@roobear5357]

I hope that soon the main job of our military will be to stay home and defend our own country and borders.

[@daemonmcfarland2877]

Not anymore! Now it is a social experiment!

[@NigelEharis]

This is literally what the national guard is lol

[@mikejohnson5059]

Please bring back the Cory Mills Stolen Valor pod cast. It's a public record.

[@GreenBeretChronicles]

Appeal it waiting for an answer

[@considertheravens2024]

Im a woman!!! And I do not believe in woman being in combat roles. I served in the military for 7 years as support. I dont think its honoring to the Lord for woman to fill these positions. I think by allowing woman to fill these postions it will weaken our military. And biologically men are physically stronger than woman...thats just the facts. Also, having one or two female deployed with all men...yea, it puts the woman in a dangerous position. Its just not necessary. And coming from a woman who was in the military, most of the woman I met who wanted to go infantry or ranger were motivated by "I wanna prove I can". They are motivated by pride and ego, not a sincere heart to serve thier country.... Im sure there are a few woman who have pure motives for wanting to go to these combat but Ibjyst think its dangerous for the woman and the overall mission. Men and woman have different roles and certain postions should only be filled by men. Same thing in the Body of Chirst and marriage. Men and woman have different roles/functions. My future husband is at Special Forces selcetion right now. Im glad I served in the military for a season and it was a great experience but I would never wanna be in a combat role with all men... "Guys thier sh!t when woman come around".... Yep! They act as distraction to the mission. It creates unnecessary drama. And unfortunately, many military woman are very promiscuous. And if we lower standards it weakens the military. I think this guy did a great job on this interview!

[@dukedynasty]

I’m in a 82nd unit and I have a female soldier, she switched from artillery to supply cause it broke her. Most of the females in my unit are either broken, get pregnant, or supporting. There are bad ass women no doubt but there is a time and a place to have a woman in a direct combat role and the same goes for men

[@KGSpradleyAuthor]

People always talk about whether they can make it through training yet no one talks about if they can “make it” in the dynamic of serving on a Team in combat. Totally different thing. There is training and there is living together outside of the schoolhouse.

[@grinch45]

The Koreans have some women but in their tier 1. Seems some were on a friendship jump on a CH47 and while doing jump commands, a stream of water rolls down the floor and into the ramp joint. I was weirded out that one of them females pissed her pants. I had to leave, "follow me". On the ground some of my guys run over to me to help. I said go find one of our female friends and help her.

[@jamesboylan3262]

I agree with you 100%

[@thekitchenvillain]

That should’ve did what the AFSOC guys did initially. Make a standard a standard regardless of gender. 12 pull-ups regardless of gender, 12 min 2-mile regardless of gender, 80+ sit-ups regardless of gender.

[@Yes-Gi-Man]

"Honey Traps".....that's their role, that's it....

[@jonstackelin1861]

I think there are women operating in some of the tier 1/tip of the spear units but they aren’t door kickers. I could see where top level women spies could be way more effective than a bearded pipe hitter but I don’t see any situation where they should be kicking doors. Just as effective but different roles 🤷‍♂️

[@rwdchannel2901]

The question that Congress is having is if Special Forces(SF) training(that keeps women out of SF because it's too hard) is necessary for combat. They want to know if log training is necessary for SF because if log training is keeping women out of SF, log training could be dropped and women can become SF.

[@gordo3697]

I always wondered about female engagement teams interacting with Islamic women they didnt speak dari pashtu or arabic

[@ehodfi6037]

I wonder if our enemies will respect our commitment to gender integration? Russia, China, Iran or North Korea all on board with this?

[@gilzavala9739]

I am sorry for this CA medic. I was in the 95th CA BDE in USASOC for 13 yrs and I've seen what females have done to the unit as I was there back in 2005 when half our BN, the 96th, was thew only Active CA BN. I would say at that time close to 1/3 of our formation was green Berets, we had 1 full Ranger qualified company with half wearing the tan berets, and then us with maroon berets. The one thing I've learned deploying 6 times with 3 different SF groups, 2 SEAL teams, and 1 CAG squadron is that they don't care about the badges you have or how many schools under your belt, the main thing I was asked when I did missions was, "If the shit hits the fan, can I trust you to jump on any weapon and use it, and can I depend on you to be at my side". If you can't answer yes, they don't want you near them. I also concur on the CST/FET teams. I've trained these teams and the feedback we got back was exactly what he's talking about.

[@WAR_1933]

"Participation awards"

[@debrajohnson545]

Can some do it certainly, but the numbers will be very few.

[@tracphonevirtualmagazine]

.......I mean it's already few now. So i don't think that's a good point.

[@christopherhazell420]

ROI is nil.

[@shadooks4774]

@@tracphonevirtualmagazineu mean transgenders?

[@haddenindustries2922]

DO NOT DO IT!!!! It'll only end badly

[@angloaust1575]

Its a physical thing However in the mission field Many women go into hostile Enviroments helping third world people their courage Cant be faulted! The spiritual is superior to the physical!

[@veteransowhat5669]

There is other areas of the military that are more suitable for women carriers. Phyc op, civil affairs, media. It is a cultural stereotype. Because they will also have sex with woman. Cultural support team it is just human behavior it is the first pages in this book. Yes it makes you more human.

[@Mc007-]

If a woman wants to go through SF selection I believe she should be in the infantry for four years gets some experience for example Ranger school, pathfinder IBE badge at least be a E-5. Yes they should go through a different pipeline because they truly need to taste the combat life style not because you’re just a woman and you got something to prove. CWO3 Retired Ranger Batt HHC

[@tylergranger2159]

Honestly, the United States Armed Forces needs to develop all-female units specialized to addressed their skeletal structures and other distinctions. Like, look at Norway with their Jegertroppen.

[@LostPrinceofAll]

If they can pass the training without lowering the standards cool but if so they can be snipers only or medic no ground work i wouldn't risk it hopefully when it comes down to pulling the trigger they won't fold,also love interest can be a big distraction definitely don't need that in SF

[@hardcoreraider7029]

Thanks for doing this vid. As an Army infantry combat vet, I’ve considered going back in to serve. But I won’t do this DEI scam. America better wake up before it’s too late. It takes a certain kind of soldier to be in combat. Most have no clue. It’s really sad what they’ve done and are doing. But imo the question should be WHY?

[@StreetLethal92]

So they let Trans gender in SF etc. and what happens if they get into a situation where they run out of their meds and won’t get re-supplied for weeks. Major issue leave the fighting to the actual men.

[@Wade-1]

Such a dumb idea.

[@NigelEharis]

Civvy here changing around my life to go 18x….i believe women should not be in combat MOS.

[@MDLamb80]

My guess would be lung capacity to attend BUD/S. Everything revolves around the water. Not to sound sexist or misogynistic or whatever but it is what is is. Nature and shit.

[@jerryj3047]

there are women in SF and the CIA already 😎😎

[@DirefulT453]

If they want women in special ops, then create a women only regiment or team, as mentioned in the video, peoples lives are on the line plus you don't want to be carrying a team mate

[@NigelEharis]

This would not go well at all.

[@NigelEharis]

I take that back. Seems like there is a place for that! Hell yeah.

[@moderatecanuck]

@@NigelEharisNorway has one, just saying.

[@kevinthegrizzly5074]

MAYBE during advanced intelligence gathering (posing as a couple). Door kicker/assaulter, absolutely NOT. Check out the video of the 3 female Chicago PD officers who couldn't arrest one guy. He just ran away. That's my 2 cents.👊🏾🪖🇺🇸✝️

[@Eiael]

Women in SF definitly has a place - in their own unit. We have them, and they did work in Afghanistan that could not have been done without them..

[@Shqiptar881]

If its talking competition, yes i agree 😂😂

[@NigelEharis]

What about the menstrual cycle? Women have gotten off murder charges because of this kind of thing haven’t they?

[@justinquaid2610]

There are no women who have made it through Navy SEAL training, but last year there was a female that made it through SWCC. I think woman should be allowed in to try as long as the PT standards are not lowered. During WII the women were out sniping the men during the sniper wars in Russia. Women have better control over their heart rate then men. Also, in the past, all of the world record long distant swimming records have been set by women because women have more body fat then men, so then they could tap into energy where men cannot. Women also have higher pain tolerances than men. In Russia women are allowed to go through Spetsnaz training, and women are allowed to go through Marine Recon training in the Philippines. I'm not against it at all just as long as they don't lower the standards.

[@emerkamp1]

They'll just lower the standards, they already have. I call BS on the, out sniping men. Maybe when you place A tier women against avg. dudes More women are also on psycho medications.

[@christopherhazell420]

Exceptions not the rule. After WWII, the Soviets did not have females in infantry.

[@justinquaid2610]

@@christopherhazell420 I guess it's just recently in 2019 that women have been allowed to serve in Spetsnaz's Alpha Group. In WWII there was close to a million Russian women who served directly in combat. There is a famous female sniper that came out of WWII called 'Lady Death'. I use to briefly read about the sniper wars in Stalingrad during WWII.

[@williamwilson9283]

No can do.

[@dominickrodriguez9822]

Terrible idea

[@tipdalilgator77]

There are Women already on Tier One teams.. and have been. Yes, during SERE, some Men have a hard time hearing Women counterparts, endure certain things. But to think there aren't Women already within and even running teams, is one not knowing actual reality to situations. Ever trained at an actual MMA Gym with top ranked Pro Fighters? The Women train and spar with us Men. And many times, a Woman, even smaller, gets the best of the situation.

[@nikitaw1982]

This y trans in womens sport positive.

[@PA1NK1LLER]

There is one active duty female SEAL. I suspect she will write a book after she gets out like a few of them do. No hate….just facts.

[@asce9182]

She's actually SWCC. As far as I know, no woman has passed BUD/s yet.

[@ReDoG129]

If women can serve in the millitary, they can serve in special forces. AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE REQUIRED standards. One set of standards for everyone. No exceptions or compromises should be made.

[@Marcus-lb6dv]

@@ReDoG129 They lowered the standards to get them in.

[@ReDoG129]

@Marcus-lb6dv big ****ing mistake. The mission can't adjust its standards to suit a woman/women.

[@inwoodboy1937]

No. stupid idea.