160th Pilots and crew are hands down the most fearless and dedicated aviators I have ever witnessed. They will come when no one else will, without a doubt.
I just bought a car and I guess the previous owner forgot his pin, it was a night stalker pin, I had no idea what it was till I looked it up. I’m proud to be owning a car that a night stalker previously owned. He really took care of this car. Salute.
It was fun putting Green Platoon together back in the day when I was a NightStalker. Many afternoons and nights went into the planning of the training needed. Well done, NSDQ
@Adrian Valdez a various amount of aviation jobs that deal with maintenance and crew cheif. Also some jobs like wheel mechanics. It's not just pilots.
I built the SOF Co. Admin at HAAF, the USCG Flight Station, and re-wired the runway lighting as the Owner's Rep to the Site(s). Thank you for letting me contribute. Much respect to all.
Spent 4 years in the Marine Corps as an Infantryman, transitioned into the SD Army National Guard as a 15T and recently took a job as a civillian aircraft mechanic. Been looking pretty heavily into dropping a SOAR packet to go to Green Platoon.
@@anthonye084 As a certified Airframe & Powerplant mechanic, a guy can make $35-$47 an hour starting. I don’t have my A&P currently so I work as an Apprentice. Finding a job is fairly easy, I reccommend going through a college AMT program.
Wow EGP has changed. It looks like those mannequins and how they can simulate a real casualty is gonna save lives...it beats the hell out of just slapping and dragging ol rescue randy around all day lol.
Hell yeah man! You should see the mannequins 68w get to use, they squirt blood, talk, breath, you can do almost any intervention on them from chest tubes to fulley Caths.
@@connorignozzi6124 thats awesome! the more realistic the better. Nothing can fully prepare you for that no shit moment if it happens...what's that again? The more you sweat in training the less you bleed in combat. NSDQ!
My cousin was a mechanic in 160th, but he had to go through all of the same selection and training as everyone else. In Iraq he was called on quite frequently to be a door gunner on infil/exfils. He was patching up blackhawks and little birds for sometimes 18+ hours per day when they were hunting Zarqawi
Your cousin....A true hero. SAAAALUUUUUUTTTTE! My father was a door gunner/ 1st Cavalry. 65-67, Vietnam war. He wasn't an acclaimed "Rambo" but Survived 2 helicopter crashes and lived. Had endless nightmares of a chopper going down or the faces that were on the other end of the his constant strafes and sweeping motions...monkey slinging from one door to the other. Agent Orange ate him alive eventually passing in 97. He was such a peaceful, loving and honorable man. Your cousin certainly was a true, natural warrior and most likely a wonderful and peaceful man as well. Truly. Never ever forget, good friend. God bless you.
Ah your cousin was a 15T 😎 yes they really like multi mos experience in combat unit selection. That's in case something happens it's redundancy and prudence.
Just finished my time in Regiment and Army. Being apart of Task Force was the most rewarding choice I ever made. Thank you guys for the suck and brotherhood NSDQ
Big respect to the Regiment and incoming members. Very proud of the ladies who are serving. Years ago one of the Battalions was garrisoned in the same location as my unit. Always respect top notch aviatiors. 👍🏼
@@tomekwodzu6220 Depends on the job and person just like dudes. I have seen guys fallout of ruck marches or not know a M4 from a M240 and some gals crush it on rucks and job ability. That's why the army should have 1 standard and let anyone do any job no matter what if they meet the standard and do the job well
@@apollo4619 , I disagree. Like I wrote before - some women (a very little number) can kick and outperform men physically, but the biology is merciless: when it comes to war and fight in extreme environments, just imagine a woman having period - she’d be done within a few days. Even a jet fighter - what if she has to catapult herself in enemy lines? A woman can be a great fighter, no doubts. But wars are for men.
@@tomekwodzu6220 Women in combat have already proven themselves in GWOT and the gulf war many many times. Some earning Silver and Bronze stars. Also what do you mean by period? Women currently and have been in the field for months at a time since like the 1980's... there is TP wipes in the MRE's for a reason. Everything you tried to make a point on has been proven wrong. Like I said before if a woman can hack it and meet the standards in physical and job proficiency then why shouldn't they be allowed in combat? I have served with plenty that could hack it and plenty that got kicked out (same with dudes)
@tomekwodzu6220 This is, without question, the most moronic take thar gets repeated over and over again. You do realize that Himan Beings evolved living in harsh outdoor environments, and women evolved being able to survive in those environments long before the invention of a tampon. One of those evolutionary traits is that the menstrual cycle shuts down n times of stress. Not many of the women fighting right now on the trenches of Ukraine or the rubble of Ayrian Kurdistan are worrying about their periods. The women tabkers of the IDF who, without infantry support, killed around 100 Hamas fighter were not worried about their periods. Second, these are grown women who can take care of their shit. I'm guessing that deep down you hate the idea of women who are stronger than you.
I served in SOF community for 5 years and this was some of the best training of my life. I wasn’t able to make it unfortunately at the end I was dropped but I (used/ taught) everything I learned. NSDQ!
Classes seem so much bigger now. I went through in 96. An enlisted class was about plattoon size. I should know, I just missed the start of one class and had to wait though an officer class before I started.
@@kd741 That's probably not new, I got snatched 20 years ago when I was in Korea. I didn't know anything about them but I had been in long at the time either.
I remember I was at Hunter Army Airfield in 1985. We were changing the floor out of a Huey and this Col came by from 160th. He said they were looking for mechanics that can do heavy mods on aircraft. They would take you away that day and give you a promotion within 30 days if you passed their PT test and looked like you were going to fit in the unit. We all looked at each other then the floor and each mumbled "Nah we are all good Sir. " Its shitty enough to work 8 hours a day in a sweaty georgia hanger then you have to put up with all that "Oorah" crap
When I was in AIT I either wanted an overseas assignment (most of my classmates were getting assigned to Germany) or I was going to drop an Airborne packet if I was assigned CONUS. I got assigned to 10th Mtn, so I dropped my Airborne packet. I assumed that would probably put me in the 82nd, but I got DA assigned to the 160th. Not sure if they're still DA assigning straight out of AIT anymore, but maybe worth a try? Could try contacting Regiment recruitment to see what the pipeline looks like these days.
@@tommyy2857 I honestly don't know. You might be able to go, and then they can send you. I knew a guy in airborne school who was in 160th and then went airborne school. I'm airborne now and tried to go to 160th but my mos wasn't needed. So now I'm not doing it
@@patrickstoute7607 I’m trying to get it signed into my contract, any tips to mentally prepare myself? As I’m still in highschool and have some time to prepare.
@@jacobwilson8243 yes, be willing to work with others. Understand everyone may share a different viewpoint but know how to work well with opposing opinions. Cardio is BIG, make sure u taking time out of your day to run and build up your endurance. I’m not really sure how to tell someone “how to mentally prepare for EGP”, if it’s something you really want to do, then you pure “WILL” will carry you on throughout the course. good luck bro and NSDQ!
@@patrickstoute7607is it a pass/fail type assessment and selection like POAS or SFAS? Went thru POAS and wasnt selected at end, didn’t know if it was same or if everyone who made it thru was “selected”
Maaan... back when I was stationed in ft C, there were folks that gave out recruitment stitches in front of our company a few times. I always wondered what I would have trained in if I was interested in that path. It's really cool to see this. I wish I would have when I was in. I wise what would happen if a video like this was given on a business card to us during that time and we got to check it out. Most of those times we got those speeches were Friday formation when most of us really just wanted to go unwind. Maybe if e had a cool TH-cam video to introduce us after we get to the barracks it would really in some more interest? I dunno... things have probably changed a bunch since I was in.
For about a year and a half before I ETS'd we were trying to fill my job by trying to recruit from the 101st and straight out of AIT. Most of the guys we talked to weren't interested because they'd spent half of their Army career deployed, and were happy just chilling. Recruitment was difficult because regiment demands A LOT and around 2008-2012, soldiers were burnt out from multiple deployments. Hard to blame any of them, big army life was tough in the mid 2000's. But in the end, life in regiment was something I wouldn't have traded for any other assignment.
Honestly, I can't think of any of them being a dick. I got roughed up more from the green suites, lol. The retired ammo guy made us write that letter home while squatting, that wasn't fun, but wasn't a dick
I wish i had gotten to experience this training it looks so much more robust and more indepth. This i garuntee will produce NightStalkers the likes of which this world has never seen. Man what i wouldnt give to be able to go through it again. Best time i ever had in the Army was going through EGP. Class 16-02.
Hmm I seem to remember a hose or two coming out during that first day.. and I wonder if the still have that trench they make you crawl through with your TA50 being hosed and then making you throwing everyone’s TA50 in a giant Mountain.. lol good times
I was about to say how did you possible forget its called the pit 😂 at the end of every day during the first week they would gather us up and we'd all start chanting "the pit" like a bunch of psychos and then scream and dive in and embrace the suck
Ruck layout drills!! Lol 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 I just remember throwing my shit on the ground at 2 in the morning and being encouraged to "hurry the fuck up and pack"
EGP 2008, Wow have things changed. I recall a lot more yelling and we didn't have all of the nice combatives gear lol we did airways and iv's on each other. But the range looks nice.. I wonder if they still do graduating class projects. My class left behind (the four bitches) we took a telephone pole cut it into 4 and chained them together. If one side goes the rest follow. We did a lot of log pt 😆
EGP 2015, Yea I can say if it was a log pt specific project, I didn’t see it 😂 our class did the asylum sign though so hopefully that was longer lasting… definitely not as great though 😂
For any new buck who sees this, when they talk about running be crucial, they are not fucking lying. Open those lungs up and train them running, hiking if capable, also never neglect land NAV, learn your tractors, how to shoot azimuths and back. You do that, everything else will follow if you really want to be a Stalker. This is easy, wait till SERE. Hookers gunna hook, stalkers always gunna creep. Never sleepin always creepin.
I went through "Green Platoon" (GP), back in early 90's. Back then it was still within it's infancy. Its good to see how much the program has evolved. It's the perfect way to 1) weed out the SMs who shouldn't be there; 2) provide a baseline to newly assigned SMs; 3) Instills the NSDQ attitude. I'd be remiss if I didn't give all the 160th NCO's that has invested time & energy into making GP what it is today their acknowledgement!! NSDQ!! MSG Green, R (Retired), 92-A, 2nd BN D Co., Tech Supply NCOIC (assigned in 1990).
@@Handlehandleistaken If I reclass into 35L (i'm a 35F right now) i'll definitely try to send another packet, that's if i want to do another active duty contract
@@himehime1629naw they usually like new soldiers; if you’re already in then you’ve gotta prove yourself. My Sgt is in and he got CRUSHED in green platoon bravery he was an SNCO replacing one of the night stalker SNCOs. They made my Sgt work for it.
Robert William BYNG night stalkers comander cia nsa teir 1 operator and first respounce unit for traines dont worry that your legs are tired try useing skates and doing more laps or roller blades and doing faster laps with added weight in pack for 100 pounds.
I heard way back in the day you had to be specially selected, when 160th was much smaller and tight-nit. Now it's grown, and you can sometimes be picked up straight outa AIT or simply drop a packet once you're in the regular army. There are 160th recruiters.
1. Talk to a recruiter, 2. Ask for a 15X contract. If you want to be a pilot it's a much longer process. Long story short, go to college, go to ROTC, pass SIFT test, fly for regular Army/reserves for a while, go to a SORB recruiter and drop your packet.
If hes fat and passed then that means he met all of his PT requirements. Whats the issue? If he was that fat hed get kicked out for height and weight so chances are you are just salty lol.
I don’t know to be critical but you have people with guys and women what kind of high end fighting unit is this? I really am worried about the next high intensity conflict with a country like China. This stuff works against Afghan farmers but the Russian or Chinese military are not so easily beat.
"Safe and comfortable in the field" - That's some PR bullshit right there. Regular grunts don't get comfortable. Spec ops? Toss both out the window. It's more like the kink community's RACK - Risk-aware, consensual kink. Or soldiering... Or both, when you're that gung ho.
160th Pilots and crew are hands down the most fearless and dedicated aviators I have ever witnessed. They will come when no one else will, without a doubt.
Absolutely my brother Steven Vasek night stalkers Chinook pilot
I just bought a car and I guess the previous owner forgot his pin, it was a night stalker pin, I had no idea what it was till I looked it up. I’m proud to be owning a car that a night stalker previously owned. He really took care of this car. Salute.
Didn’t forget the pin. It was left because the car meant something to them, much like the aircraft. Extension of self.
@@AJKlinkhammer-jc3iu thanks man, this car is in good hands.
Why were only some of the students' faces blurred?
@@daveherrington9112they’re still in
@@daveherrington9112probably went on stealth missions overseas, protects them and their families.
It was fun putting Green Platoon together back in the day when I was a NightStalker. Many afternoons and nights went into the planning of the training needed. Well done, NSDQ
Is everyone a pilot in green platoon?
What’s the training like
@@adrianvaldez2442 lol no
@Adrian Valdez a various amount of aviation jobs that deal with maintenance and crew cheif. Also some jobs like wheel mechanics. It's not just pilots.
@@adrianvaldez2442 no.
I built the SOF Co. Admin at HAAF, the USCG Flight Station, and re-wired the runway lighting as the Owner's Rep to the Site(s). Thank you for letting me contribute. Much respect to all.
Spent 4 years in the Marine Corps as an Infantryman, transitioned into the SD Army National Guard as a 15T and recently took a job as a civillian aircraft mechanic. Been looking pretty heavily into dropping a SOAR packet to go to Green Platoon.
Need to be active duty
How's the pay as a civilian aircraft mechanic? And was it hard to find a job?
@@anthonye084 As a certified Airframe & Powerplant mechanic, a guy can make $35-$47 an hour starting. I don’t have my A&P currently so I work as an Apprentice. Finding a job is fairly easy, I reccommend going through a college AMT program.
Haha fellow sd guardsmen found
Wow EGP has changed. It looks like those mannequins and how they can simulate a real casualty is gonna save lives...it beats the hell out of just slapping and dragging ol rescue randy around all day lol.
Hell yeah man! You should see the mannequins 68w get to use, they squirt blood, talk, breath, you can do almost any intervention on them from chest tubes to fulley Caths.
@@connorignozzi6124 thats awesome! the more realistic the better. Nothing can fully prepare you for that no shit moment if it happens...what's that again? The more you sweat in training the less you bleed in combat. NSDQ!
That fully kitted out Rescue Randy to simulate a casualty that weighs like 250lbs is miserable to carry. Pure dead weight.
They are sometimes people who haven’t shot gun’s before!
Great looking soilder here
@@JesusChrist2000BC absolutely but you can’t do much medically with it
Just got done watching Jocko’s podcast with Mike Durant, Nightstalkers are hands down the best and most badass pilots
Same, needed this for my WOFT prep motivation
Easily...
All enlisted have to go through green platoon no matter your job
@@kd741 you mean all enlisted going into the 160th
@@BobBob-oh6wl yes, no matter your MOS or sex, you go thru green platoon. Females were becoming nightwalkers way before it was a thing.
My son is a Nightstalker officer and pilot…training is very difficult…he’s always deployed 😢😢😢
Amen. May the lord overwatch him. God bless ma'am
My cousin was a mechanic in 160th, but he had to go through all of the same selection and training as everyone else. In Iraq he was called on quite frequently to be a door gunner on infil/exfils. He was patching up blackhawks and little birds for sometimes 18+ hours per day when they were hunting Zarqawi
Your cousin....A true hero. SAAAALUUUUUUTTTTE!
My father was a door gunner/ 1st Cavalry. 65-67, Vietnam war. He wasn't an acclaimed "Rambo" but Survived 2 helicopter crashes and lived. Had endless nightmares of a chopper going down or the faces that were on the other end of the his constant strafes and sweeping motions...monkey slinging from one door to the other. Agent Orange ate him alive eventually passing in 97. He was such a peaceful, loving and honorable man. Your cousin certainly was a true, natural warrior and most likely a wonderful and peaceful man as well. Truly. Never ever forget, good friend. God bless you.
@@ADAMBOMB2DETONATEthis is one of the craziest TH-cam comments ever LOL
Ah your cousin was a 15T 😎 yes they really like multi mos experience in combat unit selection. That's in case something happens it's redundancy and prudence.
Outstanding. Looks like they changed a few things since I went through Green Platoon. Glad to see them upholding high standards.
Hey
Yup it's still crazy hard. I got two months left before I start class
Just finished my time in Regiment and Army. Being apart of Task Force was the most rewarding choice I ever made. Thank you guys for the suck and brotherhood NSDQ
Big respect to the Regiment and incoming members. Very proud of the ladies who are serving. Years ago one of the Battalions was garrisoned in the same location as my unit. Always respect top notch aviatiors. 👍🏼
With all respect to the ladies, but they are the weakest link in when it comes to surviving for many days in trenches.
@@tomekwodzu6220 Depends on the job and person just like dudes. I have seen guys fallout of ruck marches or not know a M4 from a M240 and some gals crush it on rucks and job ability. That's why the army should have 1 standard and let anyone do any job no matter what if they meet the standard and do the job well
@@apollo4619 , I disagree. Like I wrote before - some women (a very little number) can kick and outperform men physically, but the biology is merciless: when it comes to war and fight in extreme environments, just imagine a woman having period - she’d be done within a few days. Even a jet fighter - what if she has to catapult herself in enemy lines?
A woman can be a great fighter, no doubts. But wars are for men.
@@tomekwodzu6220 Women in combat have already proven themselves in GWOT and the gulf war many many times. Some earning Silver and Bronze stars. Also what do you mean by period? Women currently and have been in the field for months at a time since like the 1980's... there is TP wipes in the MRE's for a reason. Everything you tried to make a point on has been proven wrong. Like I said before if a woman can hack it and meet the standards in physical and job proficiency then why shouldn't they be allowed in combat? I have served with plenty that could hack it and plenty that got kicked out (same with dudes)
@tomekwodzu6220 This is, without question, the most moronic take thar gets repeated over and over again. You do realize that Himan Beings evolved living in harsh outdoor environments, and women evolved being able to survive in those environments long before the invention of a tampon. One of those evolutionary traits is that the menstrual cycle shuts down n times of stress. Not many of the women fighting right now on the trenches of Ukraine or the rubble of Ayrian Kurdistan are worrying about their periods. The women tabkers of the IDF who, without infantry support, killed around 100 Hamas fighter were not worried about their periods. Second, these are grown women who can take care of their shit. I'm guessing that deep down you hate the idea of women who are stronger than you.
As a Old NIGHTSTALKER I am so proud of each and everyone of you. THANK YOU. NSDQ.
NSDQ!
🤘
Green Platoon still holds the standard. Assessed and selected almost 20 years ago. NSDQ.
I served in SOF community for 5 years and this was some of the best training of my life. I wasn’t able to make it unfortunately at the end I was dropped but I (used/ taught) everything I learned. NSDQ!
Been looking into soar for like a year now and Im applying soon. Hopefully i meet all the requirements and can make the cut
Next stop Dairy Queen……or nightstalkers don’t quit
Did you make it?
How’d it go bro?
Most of the Standards should be incorporated into Basic AIT training.
The Bar needs to be increased.
Then we couldn't call it basic
I agree - at least bring it up to the marine corps standards. (Saying this as an army vet)
So the kid in thenred shirt was getting his cadre shirt as a hotel when i went through Green Platoon. He was beast.
Went through back in 00’ I saw one of my instructors(John) in this video. Can’t believe he’s still doing it .🇺🇸💪🏼NSDQ
I caught a glimpse of him too, and I went through in ‘96. Man could be bring the pain during CQC.
I remember all of the log training with him...my arms still hurt.
@@slk77vic the log will condition my body my mind and my soul!
He is still there to this day
I WISH I would have known about this when I was younger and healthier!
Great insight to a incredible job.
These are the dudes that fly the SOF community in and out of objectives
They also provide top tier CAS
COrrect.
enlisted arent pilots...........
Yes they are in the army look up street to seat program
@@GulagG4ry takes about two years for pilots to be FMC
Wow Big John is Still There too
The log is mah friend!
@@skakid1988 it will condition my mind, my body and my mf soul
@@skakid1988Hahahaha! It really isn't. 😂
02:35 after 3 years, our class gravestone is still there "To the grave"
Classes seem so much bigger now. I went through in 96. An enlisted class was about plattoon size. I should know, I just missed the start of one class and had to wait though an officer class before I started.
Need personnel for 4 BN's plus Regt HQ
I went through in 98, seems to be way different
They got more battalions and are actually snatching from big army not just volunteers
@@kd741 That's probably not new, I got snatched 20 years ago when I was in Korea. I didn't know anything about them but I had been in long at the time either.
Our classes may be big but our attrition rates are 48%. On these days.
Awesome to see how the training has evolved in the last 2 decades. NSDQ!
Were you a pilot?
Would like to see a video of the overview of the officer assessment! Great Video!!
I remember I was at Hunter Army Airfield in 1985. We were changing the floor out of a Huey and this Col came by from 160th. He said they were looking for mechanics that can do heavy mods on aircraft. They would take you away that day and give you a promotion within 30 days if you passed their PT test and looked like you were going to fit in the unit. We all looked at each other then the floor and each mumbled "Nah we are all good Sir. " Its shitty enough to work 8 hours a day in a sweaty georgia hanger then you have to put up with all that "Oorah" crap
Great training, LOVE IT!!!
Are you able to do a video regarding the pilots training?
When I went through, I noticed that for the Officers its sorta similar, just a lot more class time.
Oh shit!!! Is that 1eye Willie! Looking good man!!!
This is my end goal, I’m in AIT and I’m trying all I can to get into 160th
When I was in AIT I either wanted an overseas assignment (most of my classmates were getting assigned to Germany) or I was going to drop an Airborne packet if I was assigned CONUS. I got assigned to 10th Mtn, so I dropped my Airborne packet. I assumed that would probably put me in the 82nd, but I got DA assigned to the 160th. Not sure if they're still DA assigning straight out of AIT anymore, but maybe worth a try? Could try contacting Regiment recruitment to see what the pipeline looks like these days.
How do you get to 160th selection/training?
@@AA-xk7gycontact a 160th recluiter.
I'm waiting for airborne school and I'm hoping after I can move forward with trying to get to this next step!
So you go to airborne school first then green platoon?
@@tommyy2857 I honestly don't know. You might be able to go, and then they can send you. I knew a guy in airborne school who was in 160th and then went airborne school. I'm airborne now and tried to go to 160th but my mos wasn't needed. So now I'm not doing it
@@kevinohler7054what’s your most?
@@tonyg5292 74D
Are you aiming to become a pilot
Currently in my last 2weeks of green platoon. I graduate in 13 days wish me luck.
Was it hard?
@@jacobwilson8243 it was difficult but it’s nothing you can’t handle if you mentally prepared.
@@patrickstoute7607 I’m trying to get it signed into my contract, any tips to mentally prepare myself? As I’m still in highschool and have some time to prepare.
@@jacobwilson8243 yes, be willing to work with others. Understand everyone may share a different viewpoint but know how to work well with opposing opinions.
Cardio is BIG, make sure u taking time out of your day to run and build up your endurance.
I’m not really sure how to tell someone “how to mentally prepare for EGP”, if it’s something you really want to do, then you pure “WILL” will carry you on throughout the course. good luck bro and NSDQ!
@@patrickstoute7607is it a pass/fail type assessment and selection like POAS or SFAS? Went thru POAS and wasnt selected at end, didn’t know if it was same or if everyone who made it thru was “selected”
World class team! Great video!
Maaan... back when I was stationed in ft C, there were folks that gave out recruitment stitches in front of our company a few times. I always wondered what I would have trained in if I was interested in that path. It's really cool to see this. I wish I would have when I was in.
I wise what would happen if a video like this was given on a business card to us during that time and we got to check it out. Most of those times we got those speeches were Friday formation when most of us really just wanted to go unwind. Maybe if e had a cool TH-cam video to introduce us after we get to the barracks it would really in some more interest?
I dunno... things have probably changed a bunch since I was in.
For about a year and a half before I ETS'd we were trying to fill my job by trying to recruit from the 101st and straight out of AIT. Most of the guys we talked to weren't interested because they'd spent half of their Army career deployed, and were happy just chilling. Recruitment was difficult because regiment demands A LOT and around 2008-2012, soldiers were burnt out from multiple deployments. Hard to blame any of them, big army life was tough in the mid 2000's. But in the end, life in regiment was something I wouldn't have traded for any other assignment.
holy shit these guys fly 20m AGL in the middle of the night over undulating terrain, fucking cool
9:27 ITS RESCUE RANDY HELL YEAH
I was in class 21-01… Great times
The best part of my career was in 3/160. The worst decision was to reclass and move on to regular army.
Coomes, when were you in Regt?
@@ccah69 2010-2015
@@joshuacoomes6388 who would you say was the meanest civilian cadre that was a prior NightStalker?
Honestly, I can't think of any of them being a dick. I got roughed up more from the green suites, lol. The retired ammo guy made us write that letter home while squatting, that wasn't fun, but wasn't a dick
@@joshuacoomes6388 that was me. I was a cadre on the weapons committee, just helped with the ammo, when the main guy was busy. I was in 2BN
Respect! Personally something I would never want to do lol. I’ll stick to my regular army job.
I wish i had gotten to experience this training it looks so much more robust and more indepth. This i garuntee will produce NightStalkers the likes of which this world has never seen. Man what i wouldnt give to be able to go through it again. Best time i ever had in the Army was going through EGP. Class 16-02.
LOL the military soft as baby poo now
@@ColdGrapeDrink true
It is
Man you probably still ran through the mud pit (talladega) we ran through that I was in class 07-99 ha
@@Invisible_Socks we crawled through it 😂
Hmm I seem to remember a hose or two coming out during that first day.. and I wonder if the still have that trench they make you crawl through with your TA50 being hosed and then making you throwing everyone’s TA50 in a giant Mountain.. lol good times
Yeah lol they definitely still have the pit
I was about to say how did you possible forget its called the pit 😂 at the end of every day during the first week they would gather us up and we'd all start chanting "the pit" like a bunch of psychos and then scream and dive in and embrace the suck
My damn ruck had like 9 boots in it poking me in the back..stupid Dodge Omni..
I remember the sugar cookie going from the pit and then low crawling through the sand just to do it all over again 😂
Ruck layout drills!! Lol 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 I just remember throwing my shit on the ground at 2 in the morning and being encouraged to "hurry the fuck up and pack"
EGP 2008, Wow have things changed. I recall a lot more yelling and we didn't have all of the nice combatives gear lol we did airways and iv's on each other. But the range looks nice.. I wonder if they still do graduating class projects. My class left behind
(the four bitches) we took a telephone pole cut it into 4 and chained them together. If one side goes the rest follow. We did a lot of log pt 😆
EGP 2015, Yea I can say if it was a log pt specific project, I didn’t see it 😂 our class did the asylum sign though so hopefully that was longer lasting… definitely not as great though 😂
I bet the yelling was toned down for the camera
Not going to lie this looks way more fun then the Q-corse was
You idiot it's not even remotely the same thing
So attends the training? Pilots, crew chiefs & maybe refuelers since back in the 80's they had refuelers that were on jump status in the 160th?
that is my friend at 3:22 NSDQ!!!!
Will there be a video about the pilots?
it's gonna be boring compared to this. only cool stuff for pilots happens in BMQ
now just found the unit i want to push myself for
For any new buck who sees this, when they talk about running be crucial, they are not fucking lying. Open those lungs up and train them running, hiking if capable, also never neglect land NAV, learn your tractors, how to shoot azimuths and back. You do that, everything else will follow if you really want to be a Stalker. This is easy, wait till SERE. Hookers gunna hook, stalkers always gunna creep. Never sleepin always creepin.
I read there’s an array of MOS that are eligible for Green Platoon, what’s their role?
Lots have changed. But definitely an improvement pertaining to todays theatre.
I need to fly to Afghanistan
Everyone: NOPE
160th SOAR: I’m waiting on you, LETS GO
Damn I’m finna drop my packet
Night Stalkers dont quit!
It’s a pocket today and a safety catch tomorrow
i’m thinking about joining the 160th to be a 15W (UAV Operator)
Same here, hopefully after AIT. I’m a 15C
@@iCampTooMuch i’ve actually been deciding between quite a few paths. 75th Rangers, 160th, AF TACP or PJ
🇵🇷 in every regimen, Battalion, Company, platoon, squad, you will find us, serving with honor.
GP has changed!
I’m in ait thinking of doing soar
What about a special Olympic pivit
Brutal AF
I went through "Green Platoon" (GP), back in early 90's. Back then it was still within it's infancy.
Its good to see how much the program has evolved. It's the perfect way to 1) weed out the SMs who shouldn't be there; 2) provide a baseline to newly assigned SMs; 3) Instills the NSDQ attitude.
I'd be remiss if I didn't give all the 160th NCO's that has invested time & energy into making GP what it is today their acknowledgement!!
NSDQ!!
MSG Green, R (Retired), 92-A, 2nd BN D Co., Tech Supply NCOIC (assigned in 1990).
Is there a swim test? I’ve never swam before and I would like to do this, but afraid I’d be DQ’ed because I can’t swim/never been in water before.
No.
I'm a marine and I can't even swim well, my as just sinks
gonna drop a packet as a 35 series
How'd it go for you? End up going?
@@Handlehandleistaken I submitted a packet but i'm assuming they're looking for E-5 and above experienced soldier since I never heard back.
@@Handlehandleistaken If I reclass into 35L (i'm a 35F right now) i'll definitely try to send another packet, that's if i want to do another active duty contract
@@himehime1629naw they usually like new soldiers; if you’re already in then you’ve gotta prove yourself. My Sgt is in and he got CRUSHED in green platoon bravery he was an SNCO replacing one of the night stalker SNCOs. They made my Sgt work for it.
So they basically go through the Infantry school?
ah the good old pit. good times
Это что за подразделение? Для каких задач? Какой род войск?
Helicopter pilots
Robert William BYNG night stalkers comander cia nsa teir 1 operator and first respounce unit for traines dont worry that your legs are tired try useing skates and doing more laps or roller blades and doing faster laps with added weight in pack for 100 pounds.
R. I. P Sgt Tyler Shelton
I grew up with him from elementary. I got pics of me and him as kids.
Why is the Unity Riser so expensive ?
How do you get to green platoon in the first place?
I heard way back in the day you had to be specially selected, when 160th was much smaller and tight-nit. Now it's grown, and you can sometimes be picked up straight outa AIT or simply drop a packet once you're in the regular army. There are 160th recruiters.
Yep I got tossed when the Army needed me. Good lock
Needles!? I guess I won’t be going… 🥺
Tough outfit. Smart uniform.
my fiance is in special forces in new mexico on deployment he's doing night patrol today and I'm very proud of his and military services
First 20 secs and I can see 2 with their pockets open 0:17
Anybody remember talladega??
Just remember - with enough ammunition and motivation there's no such thing as a hot LZ !
Oh hell yeahh! 🤘😂
Night stalkers Nevers dies
What is the path to get into
Green Platoon? (For a civilian.)
1. Talk to a recruiter, 2. Ask for a 15X contract.
If you want to be a pilot it's a much longer process. Long story short, go to college, go to ROTC, pass SIFT test, fly for regular Army/reserves for a while, go to a SORB recruiter and drop your packet.
Respect
I thought 160th was the last Army unit to not have females, I guess that notoriety still belongs to the 75th.
Rangers definitely have females now, man.
The unit has no women.
@@jensgronning4436you are dumb. Stop talking about things you don't know
NSDQ…next stop Dairy Queen…😁
How could I forget BLACK DAY.... I believe they don't call it that anymore (ahhh this PC is going to kill us...)
Man after 22 yrs in marine corps glad i made that choice- that was every day for a marine corps line rifle company
Damn, it smells in here! Oh, never mind. It's just more marine bull$hit. Carry on.
So how exactly do you become a Nightstalker aviator? Cause this video didn’t explain shit really.
Meanwhile....on the backside of Ft. Campbell.
My fat friend just did this and passed. Typical army. Make things sound cooler and harder then they are
yeah, standards absolutely need to be increased
So you're telling me this is jrotc level training?
I mean they sit in helicopters, it ain't rocket sciene and isn't physically stressful
@@adg5456 special operations should have no place for fat people regardless.
If hes fat and passed then that means he met all of his PT requirements. Whats the issue? If he was that fat hed get kicked out for height and weight so chances are you are just salty lol.
2/160 Airborne plt
I knew a ssg Mitchell dco2160 early 2000's
SERVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!
NightStalker 90-94...
#NSDQ
Did I see a woman in your training!?
yes?!
Yea things have definitely changed ...
Safe and comfortable😂😂😂😂😂 if you strive for comfort in this you're not going to make it
I don’t know to be critical but you have people with guys and women what kind of high end fighting unit is this? I really am worried about the next high intensity conflict with a country like China. This stuff works against Afghan farmers but the Russian or Chinese military are not so easily beat.
This didn’t age well
They’re pilots and maintainers
"Safe and comfortable in the field" - That's some PR bullshit right there. Regular grunts don't get comfortable. Spec ops? Toss both out the window. It's more like the kink community's RACK - Risk-aware, consensual kink. Or soldiering... Or both, when you're that gung ho.
Robert William BYNG comander of army airborn night stalkers rip kevin houston and many other s.
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Steve Vasek