It takes time to train and select a green beret. Now imagine we need more green beret because of a war with china. How fast can you teach them ? I is taking roughly two year ( i think) in peacetime. You cannot wait 2 years so you will have to shorten their formation and thus, shorten their capacity and knowledge in special operations. If an emergency occurs, SOF cannot be created quickly enough to respond, you need to create, train and refine this "tool" BEFORE any emergency. Like a swiss knife, you don't buy it when dropped in nature, 'cause you can't, you buy it before in case that happen.
Medically retired infantryman (failed 18x). The military is absolutely worth joining. Fuck the politics, serve your nation, test your capabilities and set yourself up for success. 💪 🇺🇸
Not good advice in this decade your army was a peacetime force playing gay at ftx. This generation has a real chance of ending up as fpv drone fodder…..
@@AmirShafeek yeah go to educate yourself to get out an make someone else rich, living a pathetic life sat on a chair starring at a computer the whole day. You'd be totally set up for success
I have been asked over the years about what was it like being in the military. I would borrow a partial quote from Hunter S. Thompson. "Buy the ticket, take the ride."
Finally somebody advocating not just harping on the negatives. I’ve Been living civilian life and as a man I’m finding myself working to pay to make up for the things the military pays you to learn. 24 Considering Joining.
18X here shipping out in 5 months. Looking forward to the journey. I've been watching all of your vids. I hope to report back in a year or so saying that I passed selection :)
So what im taking from this video is that 19th-20th group is the way to go. Just went to SFAS in January but dealt with an injury that resulted in getting dropped. Looking to go back ASAP. Only problem is I absolutely HATE my duty station and my unit. Not the people, but the day to day. Ive never been more bored in my life. Id rather work a desk job than sit in the back of the COF and wait to do details. If i want to go back to Selection ill have to re-up and I cant even imagine being stuck in a conventional unit again if something were to happen again at Selection. So NG SF seems the best way to go, hands down.
Finally a motivating video on your end. Thanks a lot for the insight, I do really think that civilian life is the same shut about having someone telling you what you can do or not, unless you can make money and somehow don't work for somebody else.
Back in 1998, I had recently been promoted to E-5 in the Army and tried out for Special Forces; but I was eliminated embarrassingly fast. Looking back on that day, however, I'm glad that I at least tried. I guess it's better to try and fail than to never try at all.
Dont want to hijack this video, but my advice would be (if SF is your goal) to join NG as an 18x or go active as a POG MOS and then drop an SFAS packet. The infantry blooows.
This just came across my feed. This is the best vid I’ve seen on entering SFs and, while I’m not in the position to do this (too old, too small), there are many excellent elements to take away from all the videos. In specific, resilience, motivation, and perseverance. As always, great content Nate. BTW If an individual is interested in abuse, get into civilian aviation or, as I call it , S.H.I. T. Training. The managers of your MRO/AMO will give you all the SHIT you want, indefinitely, AND paid a paltry salary for your efforts 😁
Went to SFAS in 2021 at 31 years old after some time in the regular Army. Unfortunately I got injured and caught covid at the end of gate week. Definitely glad I was able to try despite being bittersweet now. ETS'ing in 2 months.
How did you prep? I heard one guy saying that if he expected 20mile rucks that he would practice 40 mile ones so when in selection it wouldn't smoke him
Awesome video as always, brother, thank you! Can you please consider doing a video on how it works as far as which specific job you are given and whether you have any say in that? Similarly, whether you have a choice to be on a HALO team/other team or not… This video would get massive amounts of views because nobody really talks about the logistics of getting your job and team assigned. Thanks for considering this amigo & keep up your great work!!!
@@ValhallaVFT of course, you’re welcome and thank you. For example, if I were to hate to do engineering/medical .. and also would not want to be on a HALO team, would I even have an option to choose? I bet that a lot of people are curious about this and not much content is out there on that (basically none). It would be really cool to know the logistics of getting assigned to your team, your actual job, etc. Thanks again for considering this and all the best!
@@ValhallaVFT P.S. Quick question: after selection as an 18X, do you have a choice which MOS you can select or not really (and it’ll be whatever the needs of the SF regiment/Army are…) Thank you in advance.
As an orthodox Christian I honestly don’t know if I should stay in or not. I only found my faith a couple months ago and now I don’t think I could fight in a war against my brothers and call myself a man of the LORD. I think there is some real evil in the world I just don’t think the government would send us to fight that evil, the evil that even the LORD used violence against when he walked the earth.
Pray on it brother if we go too war go with the intent too bring as many too Christ as possible we do bad things in the name of war but wile you walk through the valley have God on your heard and he will show you what too do
200,000 maybe if you go to an expensive ass ivy/private/liberal arts school with no financial aid. In state tuition in Florida is like 5k a year and you can get your Engineering degree with a chance to have your Masters Paid off for free. And you may not even pay that full 5k if on a merit based scholarship or if interning/doing summer research.
I went to college at 18 for mechanical engineering. In my opinion, that’s too young for college. You are too busy living and exploring at that age to actually focus and apply yourself. It’s nice for the girls and freedom but that’s about it. If you do well in college at that age it usually comes at a cost, depending on your degree. I’m not sure there is a wrong path, but I would recommend others to get your shit together on your own before you make a large investment like college, where you can either get a lot out of it, or nothing. Military is a great option to do that, and potentially a career.
If anything, regardless of politics and bullshit, I still consider joining for the brotherhood. Having been stationed in Okinawa was Japanese even a limited language in group or was the Japanese liaisons/partner forces proficient enough in English to make learning it redundant?
@@ValhallaVFT some of us b***sh*ed most of our 18-20’s, not to say loss or in a midlife crisis, but now finding a better sense of purpose. Don’t wanna look back at the age of 50 and ask myself did I atleast try or sit on the sidelines my whole life (message to the older cats) Thank you sir. Any chance to have a zoom meeting or an email I can contact you from
@@themosthigh3376 I fee l that. I feel as though we may have an advantage as long as were staying fit, we have life experience and hopefully a deeper sense of maturity and know how we tick
Hey man been watching your videos for a while now I’m in college and 24 right now I would’ve been out earlier but school shutdown credits didn’t go thru so I’m basically not trying to quit on that me getting my degree I definitely still wanna try out for sf hopefully after I get my degree I’ll likely be 27-28 hopefully thanks for the videos and advice
Thank you for the information, I wanted to ask do the guard get these same benefits you are mentioning as active duty? Thank you and thank you for your service that you have done and do now.
I competed in a few at the group level. After 4 knee surgeries earlier in my career though I stopped all that. If you can stay healthy and enjoy that kind of thing I think they’re fun to do.
Question. I'm currently infantry and would like to try out for a particular elite unit before i cash in my chips with the Army. (By try out, obviously, i mean train and prepare myself as much as possible) In your experience, does this 'one last hurrah' attitude tend to lead to failure when it comes to things like selection?
Does having native proficiency in a foreign language (Mandarin, Tagalog, Korean etc) a factor that helps with getting assigned to 1st group? Great content, thank you!
What if an 18year old with felonies (allegedly committed armed robbery, strangulation, battery) at 17 due to a drug dealer selling products to his little sister decided to commit his life to the army(75th Regiment)? Note that he checks/exceeds every box of the SoF qualifications. In your opinion sir, what are his chances of getting past the moral waiver? This is all hypothetical.
Unlikely you’ll be able to even join the military with those charges, especially right now with no war going on to make exceptions more likely. Worth visiting your recruiter and asking though to find out for sure.
@@ValhallaVFT Thank you for taking the time for a thoughtful response. What if the charges get lowered to misdemeanors leading onto probation and expungement, would the chances of a waiver getting approved increase? Do you think we would go to war or deploy SoF troops anytime in the next 5 years?
CCT’s have the best pipeline, you’re expected to fill a slot into any special forces detachment, so you get Dive school, HALO, JTAC etc. long pipeline but IMO the coolest job. Pjs as well but they have much more linear scope of duty.
I’m 28, am I stupid for wanting to get an 18x so late? I know I can do it however will I be taken seriously at this point? Having conflicting information being given to me everywhere
@@ValhallaVFT Well my body isn’t great. I’ve got degenerative disc disease and it hurts every day but being a green beret is my dream so I might try anyway. Do you think that’s a pretty bad idea?
Love your channel bro. I’ve noticed that special forces guys don’t focus much on the swimming required for to make it through, specially dive school and the difficulty of it and how to best prepare. Would you more likely to advise someone that isn’t much of a swimmer to go SF instead of special operations branches? I think the swimming is what scares most away.
If you’re not on a dive or maritime team then there’s really no swimming involved. There used to be a 50m swim test as SFAS, at least there was when I went though. I’ve heard that may have gone away though, can’t confirm that though.
Remember one of the SOF Truths, “Competent Special Operations Forces cannot be created after an emergency occurs.”
Cold you break that down?
@@ggutube You train to prepare, not to react. If you are always ready you dont need to get ready.
SF is weak AF. The fact that girls are green berets tells you just how weak it is.
It takes time to train and select a green beret. Now imagine we need more green beret because of a war with china. How fast can you teach them ? I is taking roughly two year ( i think) in peacetime. You cannot wait 2 years so you will have to shorten their formation and thus, shorten their capacity and knowledge in special operations.
If an emergency occurs, SOF cannot be created quickly enough to respond, you need to create, train and refine this "tool" BEFORE any emergency. Like a swiss knife, you don't buy it when dropped in nature, 'cause you can't, you buy it before in case that happen.
@@kloic9334 girls are in the green berets. Your example is cap. Real warriors take time to develop, green berets are POSERS.
Medically retired infantryman (failed 18x). The military is absolutely worth joining. Fuck the politics, serve your nation, test your capabilities and set yourself up for success.
💪 🇺🇸
Enjoy fighting with the VA who will give you less than what the feds give to illegals. Only a fool would serve under Biden.
Exactly stay apolitical. Stop with the dei shit and gender shit
Not good advice in this decade your army was a peacetime force playing gay at ftx. This generation has a real chance of ending up as fpv drone fodder…..
@@AmirShafeek yeah go to educate yourself to get out an make someone else rich, living a pathetic life sat on a chair starring at a computer the whole day. You'd be totally set up for success
You crazy bastard!😮 You're right!
I have been asked over the years about what was it like being in the military. I would borrow a partial quote from Hunter S. Thompson. "Buy the ticket, take the ride."
Finally somebody advocating not just harping on the negatives.
I’ve Been living civilian life and as a man I’m finding myself working to pay to make up for the things the military pays you to learn.
24 Considering Joining.
Yup. I hate complaining. Gen Z here time to make changes and a difference
This pumps me up. I went in October and got road killed on the star lol but already ATRRS slotted for my return date.
lol, stay off the roads next time it’s never worth it. Good luck.
Road killed? Nerd 😂
Agree with all the points, the military has been a great stepping stone to a wealthier life.
18X here shipping out in 5 months. Looking forward to the journey. I've been watching all of your vids. I hope to report back in a year or so saying that I passed selection :)
Do you need to be 21 to grab 18x contract???
So what im taking from this video is that 19th-20th group is the way to go. Just went to SFAS in January but dealt with an injury that resulted in getting dropped. Looking to go back ASAP. Only problem is I absolutely HATE my duty station and my unit. Not the people, but the day to day. Ive never been more bored in my life. Id rather work a desk job than sit in the back of the COF and wait to do details. If i want to go back to Selection ill have to re-up and I cant even imagine being stuck in a conventional unit again if something were to happen again at Selection. So NG SF seems the best way to go, hands down.
I’m going to do a video on SF NG later this week, should give you a little bit of an insight into it.
Can you do a video on National Guard SF? I’ve heard you can still do much of the same thing active SF guys do, but you get much more freedom
I’ve been asked about this probably more than any other topic, so sure I’ll try and put out a video this week on SF National guard.
Well you can choose your home base for one. Have them send you, just think it helps you be able to course job easier.
“If you don’t like the genderisms idc” I’m right there with you brother lol
Finally a motivating video on your end. Thanks a lot for the insight, I do really think that civilian life is the same shut about having someone telling you what you can do or not, unless you can make money and somehow don't work for somebody else.
Back in 1998, I had recently been promoted to E-5 in the Army and tried out for Special Forces; but I was eliminated embarrassingly fast. Looking back on that day, however, I'm glad that I at least tried. I guess it's better to try and fail than to never try at all.
Dont want to hijack this video, but my advice would be (if SF is your goal) to join NG as an 18x or go active as a POG MOS and then drop an SFAS packet. The infantry blooows.
This just came across my feed. This is the best vid I’ve seen on entering SFs and, while I’m not in the position to do this (too old, too small), there are many excellent elements to take away from all the videos. In specific, resilience, motivation, and perseverance. As always, great content Nate. BTW If an individual is interested in abuse, get into civilian aviation or, as I call it , S.H.I. T. Training. The managers of your MRO/AMO will give you all the SHIT you want, indefinitely, AND paid a paltry salary for your efforts 😁
Went to SFAS in 2021 at 31 years old after some time in the regular Army. Unfortunately I got injured and caught covid at the end of gate week. Definitely glad I was able to try despite being bittersweet now. ETS'ing in 2 months.
How did you prep? I heard one guy saying that if he expected 20mile rucks that he would practice 40 mile ones so when in selection it wouldn't smoke him
liked the video as soon as you said "I don't care if you don't like the genderism of that"
Very informative thanks!
Awesome video as always, brother, thank you! Can you please consider doing a video on how it works as far as which specific job you are given and whether you have any say in that? Similarly, whether you have a choice to be on a HALO team/other team or not… This video would get massive amounts of views because nobody really talks about the logistics of getting your job and team assigned. Thanks for considering this amigo & keep up your great work!!!
I’ll take a look at doing something on that. Thanks for the idea.
@@ValhallaVFT of course, you’re welcome and thank you. For example, if I were to hate to do engineering/medical .. and also would not want to be on a HALO team, would I even have an option to choose? I bet that a lot of people are curious about this and not much content is out there on that (basically none). It would be really cool to know the logistics of getting assigned to your team, your actual job, etc. Thanks again for considering this and all the best!
@@ValhallaVFT P.S. Quick question: after selection as an 18X, do you have a choice which MOS you can select or not really (and it’ll be whatever the needs of the SF regiment/Army are…) Thank you in advance.
Only dream I’ve ever had was being special forces but caught a felony at 17 . My only regret
Going to Recruiter today.
Great video man!
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As an orthodox Christian I honestly don’t know if I should stay in or not. I only found my faith a couple months ago and now I don’t think I could fight in a war against my brothers and call myself a man of the LORD. I think there is some real evil in the world I just don’t think the government would send us to fight that evil, the evil that even the LORD used violence against when he walked the earth.
Pray on it brother if we go too war go with the intent too bring as many too Christ as possible we do bad things in the name of war but wile you walk through the valley have God on your heard and he will show you what too do
You’re talking about Russia? Russia is literally in a war with their fellow orthodox brothers in Ukraine. That’s how it goes unfortunately
You mean Russia? They’re currently at war against their fellow orthodox brothers as well. That’s just how it goes sometimes
@@corneliusmcdonald1231 Amen, stop the brother wars.
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 brother. Hope it eases your mind.
this is encouraging
There’s many technical type college degrees that are very useful but you can’t just go off to college with no plan or you’ll be fucked with debt
The degrees that are very useful all cost 200,000+$ now. That’s still all free with the GI bill.
200,000 maybe if you go to an expensive ass ivy/private/liberal arts school with no financial aid.
In state tuition in Florida is like 5k a year and you can get your Engineering degree with a chance to have your Masters Paid off for free. And you may not even pay that full 5k if on a merit based scholarship or if interning/doing summer research.
10:28 love your humor😂
Everyone has to ask their boss when they take vacation 😅
Not when you’re your own boss you don’t.
I went to college at 18 for mechanical engineering. In my opinion, that’s too young for college. You are too busy living and exploring at that age to actually focus and apply yourself. It’s nice for the girls and freedom but that’s about it. If you do well in college at that age it usually comes at a cost, depending on your degree. I’m not sure there is a wrong path, but I would recommend others to get your shit together on your own before you make a large investment like college, where you can either get a lot out of it, or nothing. Military is a great option to do that, and potentially a career.
Trying to decide if I should make the leap as an Air Force vet at 33yrs old. I'm wondering if I've become too comfortable in life.
If anything, regardless of politics and bullshit, I still consider joining for the brotherhood.
Having been stationed in Okinawa was Japanese even a limited language in group or was the Japanese liaisons/partner forces proficient enough in English to make learning it redundant?
I didn’t learn any Japanese, our partner force typically speak English, the first world countries at least.
It’s worth 100%!
Can’t wait to join. Going National Guard route to special forces. Wish me luck! Any advice?
I did a video on NG SF you might want to check out, and lots of SFAS advice videos further back.
Can you make a video in regards to 30 year olds or plus going in for 18x
I actually get asked that all the time so ya I could probably do that
@@ValhallaVFT some of us b***sh*ed most of our 18-20’s, not to say loss or in a midlife crisis, but now finding a better sense of purpose. Don’t wanna look back at the age of 50 and ask myself did I atleast try or sit on the sidelines my whole life (message to the older cats)
Thank you sir. Any chance to have a zoom meeting or an email I can contact you from
@@themosthigh3376do not waste your chance!
@@themosthigh3376 im about to be 32 , shipping 18x in less than 2 weeks . Send it .
@@themosthigh3376 I fee l that. I feel as though we may have an advantage as long as were staying fit, we have life experience and hopefully a deeper sense of maturity and know how we tick
Hey man been watching your videos for a while now I’m in college and 24 right now I would’ve been out earlier but school shutdown credits didn’t go thru so I’m basically not trying to quit on that me getting my degree I definitely still wanna try out for sf hopefully after I get my degree I’ll likely be 27-28 hopefully thanks for the videos and advice
I quit school, joined as an 18x, finished my degree for free while I was in. Best decision I ever made.
@@ValhallaVFT thank for the advice keep making videos 💪🏾
From what I gathered from buddys and the online info the only Sof you can go right into at 17 or 18 is Ranger Battalion correct me if I am wrong
What about us fellas with a little more seasoning on us. I’m wondering if I can get an exemption? Is there a way I can pm you? Not sure how on here.
Alright fine.
Thank you for the information, I wanted to ask do the guard get these same benefits you are mentioning as active duty? Thank you and thank you for your service that you have done and do now.
I just put out a video on SF National Guard yesterday, explains it there.
Is hazing culture still alive in the green berets? If so, how bad is it?
Hazing? I mean you can use the definition loosely. You definitely are going to still get shit on as a new guy, but it’s not as bad as it used to be.
Thoughts on SOCOM Athlete events ? I’m leaning towards just training solo dolo for sfre lol
I competed in a few at the group level. After 4 knee surgeries earlier in my career though I stopped all that. If you can stay healthy and enjoy that kind of thing I think they’re fun to do.
@@ValhallaVFT Ok for sure, thanks for the input
Question.
I'm currently infantry and would like to try out for a particular elite unit before i cash in my chips with the Army. (By try out, obviously, i mean train and prepare myself as much as possible)
In your experience, does this 'one last hurrah' attitude tend to lead to failure when it comes to things like selection?
Does having native proficiency in a foreign language (Mandarin, Tagalog, Korean etc) a factor that helps with getting assigned to 1st group?
Great content, thank you!
Typically yes. If you’re a native speaker they often times just let you test out of your language and move on to group.
Nate what’s your favorite thing about a dive team?
The physical fitness level and the competitiveness. Dive teams are typically the best teams in the company for those reasons.
What do you mean by “heading in a negative direction”?
Go watch my video on the state of the regiment I put up a few days ago, will explain that.
Can i go through the program as a SFC?? 😒
Yes but typically they have a very low success rate due to having very limited time left in rank for team time.
What if an 18year old with felonies (allegedly committed armed robbery, strangulation, battery) at 17 due to a drug dealer selling products to his little sister decided to commit his life to the army(75th Regiment)? Note that he checks/exceeds every box of the SoF qualifications. In your opinion sir, what are his chances of getting past the moral waiver? This is all hypothetical.
Unlikely you’ll be able to even join the military with those charges, especially right now with no war going on to make exceptions more likely. Worth visiting your recruiter and asking though to find out for sure.
@@ValhallaVFT Thank you for taking the time for a thoughtful response. What if the charges get lowered to misdemeanors leading onto probation and expungement, would the chances of a waiver getting approved increase? Do you think we would go to war or deploy SoF troops anytime in the next 5 years?
Would absolutely love to join SF but now in 51 and thy won’t take me
If someone cared about the genderism use of that, i dont think they are cut out for any type of special operations.
Lot of people out there in today’s society pretending like men and women are the same. But you aren’t wrong.
Opinion on Air Force SF?
Depends on what you mean. Airforce SF as in Airforce Security Forces? Or do you mean PJs, CCTs etc.
@@ValhallaVFT PJ SR Etc
CCT’s have the best pipeline, you’re expected to fill a slot into any special forces detachment, so you get Dive school, HALO, JTAC etc. long pipeline but IMO the coolest job. Pjs as well but they have much more linear scope of duty.
I’m 28, am I stupid for wanting to get an 18x so late? I know I can do it however will I be taken seriously at this point? Having conflicting information being given to me everywhere
28 isn’t that old, I know guys who made it through in their mid 30s
@@ValhallaVFT I appreciate your response, thank you
What was your reasoning going from the regiment to SF?
I was never in Ranger regiment brother, just strictly talking about the SF regiment.
I’m 22 and a half. In your opinion what’s the best age to be at sfas?
22-25 is about perfect. Not too young and immature, not too old and body starting to break down. Pretty good window:
@@ValhallaVFT Well my body isn’t great. I’ve got degenerative disc disease and it hurts every day but being a green beret is my dream so I might try anyway. Do you think that’s a pretty bad idea?
perfect age
I’m 33 so it’s not an option
Guess you should also watch my video on exactly that, going SF over 30.
Is 25 too old?
No, 25 is your peak physical performance age.
I went at 31 and was in better shape then I was at 25.
You're going to be the baby 😂
😂paying for it… if you’re poor naw
P r o m o S M
Love your channel bro. I’ve noticed that special forces guys don’t focus much on the swimming required for to make it through, specially dive school and the difficulty of it and how to best prepare.
Would you more likely to advise someone that isn’t much of a swimmer to go SF instead of special operations branches? I think the swimming is what scares most away.
If you’re not on a dive or maritime team then there’s really no swimming involved. There used to be a 50m swim test as SFAS, at least there was when I went though. I’ve heard that may have gone away though, can’t confirm that though.