Reminds me of a saying I read in an old black belt magazine eons ago. Something along the lines of … a black belt starts at a white belt and goes through the colors until he earns the black belt, after being a black belt for so long his belt starts to frey and starts turning white again. And that signifies that he has mastered the basics through constantly trying to be his best at the basics. I have used that in my life and when applied, it works very well. Great short clip, thanks 🇺🇸👍
Nice thought but such things kind of irk me as the whole belts thing is quite recent. Some Okinawan schools did white, brown, black, some only white and black. Black belt did not signify mastery only that one had a good hold of basic moves, an introduction, like a high school diploma, nothing more. Ones real education began after earning a black belt. In my lifetime the black belt has become VERY watered down and it already was for non-asians.
@@markhatfield5621 I get it, but this was eons ago. Back when the black belt was much harder to get and it wasn’t about money. It was about going down the street and beating up the other martial arts school “whatever discipline they taught” or getting in a street fight and beating the crap out of 4 guys with only your feet just because you could. Different times and back then the black belt was absolutely earned. I totally get today’s black belt deal where whoever has the parents with money gets a black belt etc… thanks for your reply and I agree for today’s standards.
'Processor speed" is what my friend called it...some got and some don't. I never had it....doesn't make you a bad Soldier, just not the right guy for that unit
Some of the best soldiers I knew weren't really very smart, but they were willing to do whatever they needed to do for the mission. I also knew some really smart guys who were terrible soldiers, and couldn't be trusted at all. The true elites are smart and winning to do whatever it takes.
It’s like math. Back when I was in school you get taught the fundamentals in algebra. Once you get the basics down, there are shortcuts to get the answers faster. But if you get taught the shortcuts from the get go, you won’t fully understand the topic and will just learn it by memory. We all know memory will diminish over time. I haven’t touched algebra in ages but if you asked me to do basic algebra I will be able to solve for x and explain it. As far as shooting goes, it’s a highly perishable skill that requires constant practice. You can train and takes you 6 months to become an expert handgun shooter but if you take that next 6 months off, you Forsure won’t be shooting at an expert level anymore. But if you trained on the basic fundamentals, you will always have that knowledge to go back to and pick it right back up quicker after a long layoff.
@@L_Train he didn’t. It doesn’t need to be said. If you become a subject matter expert it should be common sense from there. Once you get good at drilling down the basics there are shortcuts you can apply in certain situations to be more efficient. He doesn’t need to say it outright. For the people that understands this concept, it should be a given.
Great stuff, and truisms for many careers. I flew F-16s. Now speaking fighter flying and particularly air to air combat. You had to be proficient at the basics at a level that it was second nature. flying formation, or an instrument approach, you just as a fighter pilot had to know those basics. There wasn’t a lot of dedicated formal training to that. Air to air, has to be practices. Some guys get VERY good, and it’s ingrain. You just see it before it happens and can anticipate moves. Some never get that good, just ok, and remain reactionary. but it’s still all the basics. Just getting VERY good at it. But to be the best you have to have something most don’t have, and probably won’t. Now, the average US Fighter Pilot is as good as any in the world and better than most.
They need more practice at identifying balloons, large birds, and infrared exhaust from jets as what they are instead of calling them "UFOs, uaps, or aliens"
I always appreciate the term “evolution “ being used in training. Because it absolutely is, you evolved or you die. Each basic thing mastered is an evolution to the next level. Focus on today if you want to see what happens tomorrow. Everyone starts at zero!
I love how Bob Porras says he hates the term "operator" and I get why, because they ARE soldiers. If you are a member of a nations recognized armed forces, according to the United States Government AND the Geneva Convention (who is the world recognized authority on who and who isn't a soldier) you are classified as a SOLDIER, not an operator. An operator worked at the phone company decades ago when they still had operators. 🎤 Drop
A lot of guys that came back from Panama including guys from the 75th Ranger battalion were with me in Airborne school back then in 1991 They’re all crazy😂
It’s insane how the experience of operators changed post 9/11. Before 9/11 everyone in the SF community was ready to give up their first born to get a good mission and a decade later the SF community was overworked to the point of endangering the community. It’s night and day in terms of how much battlefield experience a decade made. Operators from the 1990s might have a handful of stories regarding significant combat experience but post 9/11 you were in the mix day after day month after month year after year. We were asking these guys to do way too much. Takes a certain kind of man to operate at that level of operational tempo.
My official U.S. Government spokesperson tells me that there is no such thing as Delta Force. My competition shooter buddy tells me he was Delta Force. Who do I believe? I was in the 101st Airborne 1960-1962. Followed by Ranger School, if you wanted to eat shit in the jungle for a couple of months. Then along came Green Berets, started by President Kennedy. A French Beret? Gay Beret. Amusingly, the Ranger School commandant had the same last name. Some of the officers remembered the hazing at the school. They outranked me.
@@bradleygonzalez1160idk, I’m getting the impression that this dude is no stranger to fightin some shadow people. All I mean OP is that maybe it’s best to question the validity of what’s happening in your peripherals. But either way, I’m pulling for ya against those shadow people. Fight the good fight brotha. God speed.
There is no element of the U.S. military with the official designation "Delta Force". It is a nickname given to an acknowledged official element designated 1st SFOD-Delta, aka CAG, ACE. The govt. is just denying the name, not the existence. Kinda stupid, but....
I disagree with Delta operators sharing any details of OTC or selection with civilians and this comes from a respect issue. Civilians as soon as they hear some insider bread crumbs about seals or delta or whatever the unit may be, they automatically see everything beneath those units as canon fodder. For instance, how many infantrymen have been on this podcast ? ZERO. It's a fuqin attitude thing with civilians to want to be the best but never want to start at the bottom. If you can't even get through basic training and infantry training then do not even concern yourself with units such as Delta.
Bro the founder and 1st commander released a book immediately. Then haney released a highly detailed one. Then came the primetime cbs show. Then the late early gwot recruiting video hit youtube. Then the seals get a public presidential announcement and a movie for the bad guy #1 mission... U cant get mad at delta vets for recollecting their experiences on podcasts given all that did already allows 2 be released
WTF... you remember the "lighten up Francis" quote from Stripes? Yeah... you just outed yourself as Francis. People are interested in this stuff because it's as close as they'll ever come to HSLD shit. That's why videos like this are so popular. People want a glimpse into the rarified air of that life. Same reason people love hearing 1st hand accounts from SR71 or Apollo pilots. Don't piss all over their interest with this lame shit. Without them, these glimpses into greatness wouldn't even exist.
@@ianthompson5678 I'm not mad at "Delta Vets". Don't get it twisted nerd. As a matter of fact having worked with "Delta" in the Army I can tell you that these are by far the greatest soldiers to have walked the earth and nothing else in the Army that i saw compared to them. But you wouldn't understand that contrast because you we're never in the Army nor the military, you we're given the privilege of youtube to jack off to guys you would like to be but are to afraid to do so. You want all the spoils of greatness but you don't ever want to drag you're crank through the mud.
In 2002, the SFQC was testing a change in their course. They came over to 18th Airborne corps for LRS soldiers to test it. I volunteered and spent 4 days doing the orienteering portion that is at the end of selection. I learned alot about SF selection. So when I decided to go to selection myself, it still was very hard. My previous experience help a little but I still had to ruck it. So no matter what u think you know or how much G2 you have, you still have to perform.
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Reminds me of a saying I read in an old black belt magazine eons ago. Something along the lines of … a black belt starts at a white belt and goes through the colors until he earns the black belt, after being a black belt for so long his belt starts to frey and starts turning white again. And that signifies that he has mastered the basics through constantly trying to be his best at the basics. I have used that in my life and when applied, it works very well. Great short clip, thanks 🇺🇸👍
thank you for the sharing, sir
great analogy-explanation about the black belt and being an operator...
Nice thought but such things kind of irk me as the whole belts thing is quite recent. Some Okinawan schools did white, brown, black, some only white and black. Black belt did not signify mastery only that one had a good hold of basic moves, an introduction, like a high school diploma, nothing more. Ones real education began after earning a black belt. In my lifetime the black belt has become VERY watered down and it already was for non-asians.
@@markhatfield5621
I get it, but this was eons ago. Back when the black belt was much harder to get and it wasn’t about money. It was about going down the street and beating up the other martial arts school “whatever discipline they taught” or getting in a street fight and beating the crap out of 4 guys with only your feet just because you could. Different times and back then the black belt was absolutely earned. I totally get today’s black belt deal where whoever has the parents with money gets a black belt etc… thanks for your reply and I agree for today’s standards.
I've something like that. It goes like, "you don't become a student of the art until you earn a black belt"
Brilliance in the Basics
Tiger 🐅 Swan 🦢
'Processor speed" is what my friend called it...some got and some don't. I never had it....doesn't make you a bad Soldier, just not the right guy for that unit
Some of the best soldiers I knew weren't really very smart, but they were willing to do whatever they needed to do for the mission. I also knew some really smart guys who were terrible soldiers, and couldn't be trusted at all. The true elites are smart and winning to do whatever it takes.
We fielded our A6 Paladins across the road from 'the fence'.😉 Thank you for a concise breakdown brother! God bless,have a great summer. 🇺🇸
It’s like math. Back when I was in school you get taught the fundamentals in algebra. Once you get the basics down, there are shortcuts to get the answers faster. But if you get taught the shortcuts from the get go, you won’t fully understand the topic and will just learn it by memory. We all know memory will diminish over time. I haven’t touched algebra in ages but if you asked me to do basic algebra I will be able to solve for x and explain it. As far as shooting goes, it’s a highly perishable skill that requires constant practice. You can train and takes you 6 months to become an expert handgun shooter but if you take that next 6 months off, you Forsure won’t be shooting at an expert level anymore. But if you trained on the basic fundamentals, you will always have that knowledge to go back to and pick it right back up quicker after a long layoff.
I thought he said there were not any shortcuts?
@@L_Train he didn’t. It doesn’t need to be said. If you become a subject matter expert it should be common sense from there. Once you get good at drilling down the basics there are shortcuts you can apply in certain situations to be more efficient. He doesn’t need to say it outright. For the people that understands this concept, it should be a given.
You must master the basics. I learned this from a young age in wrestling. The basics, mastered, = success.
I was 1 in 1990. I could learn so much from Mr.Porras. He has forgotten more than I know.
Great stuff, and truisms for many careers. I flew F-16s. Now speaking fighter flying and particularly air to air combat. You had to be proficient at the basics at a level that it was second nature. flying formation, or an instrument approach, you just as a fighter pilot had to know those basics. There wasn’t a lot of dedicated formal training to that. Air to air, has to be practices. Some guys get VERY good, and it’s ingrain. You just see it before it happens and can anticipate moves. Some never get that good, just ok, and remain reactionary. but it’s still all the basics. Just getting VERY good at it. But to be the best you have to have something most don’t have, and probably won’t. Now, the average US Fighter Pilot is as good as any in the world and better than most.
They need more practice at identifying balloons, large birds, and infrared exhaust from jets as what they are instead of calling them "UFOs, uaps, or aliens"
I always appreciate the term “evolution “ being used in training. Because it absolutely is, you evolved or you die. Each basic thing mastered is an evolution to the next level. Focus on today if you want to see what happens tomorrow. Everyone starts at zero!
like my dad said about a completely different task, "you don't have to be insane to do this - but it helps".
After spending ten years in the Army, this sounds like it might actually be the sanest shit that the Army does.
the highed the tier you go, the saner it is. thats what i learned from being in SOF and working with Regular army cats.
Amateurs train til they get it right. Professionals train til they never get it wrong. Nuff said.
I love how Bob Porras says he hates the term "operator" and I get why, because they ARE soldiers. If you are a member of a nations recognized armed forces, according to the United States Government AND the Geneva Convention (who is the world recognized authority on who and who isn't a soldier) you are classified as a SOLDIER, not an operator. An operator worked at the phone company decades ago when they still had operators. 🎤 Drop
“B-**ch I operate “
Mat Best. 😂
A lot of guys that came back from Panama including guys from the 75th Ranger battalion were with me in Airborne school back then in 1991
They’re all crazy😂
It’s insane how the experience of operators changed post 9/11. Before 9/11 everyone in the SF community was ready to give up their first born to get a good mission and a decade later the SF community was overworked to the point of endangering the community.
It’s night and day in terms of how much battlefield experience a decade made.
Operators from the 1990s might have a handful of stories regarding significant combat experience but post 9/11 you were in the mix day after day month after month year after year. We were asking these guys to do way too much. Takes a certain kind of man to operate at that level of operational tempo.
David looks just like the guy who plays Winter Soldier in Captain America
Theres no secret code here.do what we tell you trust us.perform it to standard..
I was at Clayton in 94
This guy doesn't strike me as being a Delta operator. if he told me he was I'm not sure I would believe him. 😊🤣🙃
A lot of them are like that
Part of Delta training is to not look like a Navy SEAL. :)
We're all lying.
Was a SOF medic for a while. In the paradises I deployed to the dreaded and the 22s looked like history teachers. PT studs and true gray men.
And thats the point isnt it?
My official U.S. Government spokesperson tells me that there is no such thing as Delta Force. My competition shooter buddy tells me he was Delta Force. Who do I believe? I was in the 101st Airborne 1960-1962. Followed by Ranger School, if you wanted to eat shit in the jungle for a couple of months. Then along came Green Berets, started by President Kennedy. A French Beret? Gay Beret.
Amusingly, the Ranger School commandant had the same last name. Some of the officers remembered the hazing at the school. They outranked me.
Believe your lying eyes bro
@@bradleygonzalez1160idk, I’m getting the impression that this dude is no stranger to fightin some shadow people. All I mean OP is that maybe it’s best to question the validity of what’s happening in your peripherals. But either way, I’m pulling for ya against those shadow people. Fight the good fight brotha. God speed.
There is no element of the U.S. military with the official designation "Delta Force". It is a nickname given to an acknowledged official element designated 1st SFOD-Delta, aka CAG, ACE. The govt. is just denying the name, not the existence. Kinda stupid, but....
Kennedy made the Green Beret but he didn't start it. Green Beret types started in the 50's.
Love your content but your video titles are cringe af 😅
Hookstead loves his clickbait titles. I have to not show up on my feed. Only here for Bob.
I disagree with Delta operators sharing any details of OTC or selection with civilians and this comes from a respect issue. Civilians as soon as they hear some insider bread crumbs about seals or delta or whatever the unit may be, they automatically see everything beneath those units as canon fodder. For instance, how many infantrymen have been on this podcast ? ZERO. It's a fuqin attitude thing with civilians to want to be the best but never want to start at the bottom. If you can't even get through basic training and infantry training then do not even concern yourself with units such as Delta.
Bro the founder and 1st commander released a book immediately. Then haney released a highly detailed one. Then came the primetime cbs show. Then the late early gwot recruiting video hit youtube. Then the seals get a public presidential announcement and a movie for the bad guy #1 mission...
U cant get mad at delta vets for recollecting their experiences on podcasts given all that did already allows 2 be released
WTF... you remember the "lighten up Francis" quote from Stripes? Yeah... you just outed yourself as Francis. People are interested in this stuff because it's as close as they'll ever come to HSLD shit. That's why videos like this are so popular. People want a glimpse into the rarified air of that life. Same reason people love hearing 1st hand accounts from SR71 or Apollo pilots. Don't piss all over their interest with this lame shit. Without them, these glimpses into greatness wouldn't even exist.
@@ianthompson5678 I'm not mad at "Delta Vets". Don't get it twisted nerd. As a matter of fact having worked with "Delta" in the Army I can tell you that these are by far the greatest soldiers to have walked the earth and nothing else in the Army that i saw compared to them. But you wouldn't understand that contrast because you we're never in the Army nor the military, you we're given the privilege of youtube to jack off to guys you would like to be but are to afraid to do so. You want all the spoils of greatness but you don't ever want to drag you're crank through the mud.
In 2002, the SFQC was testing a change in their course. They came over to 18th Airborne corps for LRS soldiers to test it. I volunteered and spent 4 days doing the orienteering portion that is at the end of selection. I learned alot about SF selection. So when I decided to go to selection myself, it still was very hard. My previous experience help a little but I still had to ruck it. So no matter what u think you know or how much G2 you have, you still have to perform.
LOL... You are all like prepubescent teenagers arguing over professional sports.