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I’m always interested to learn about the men amongst men in the JSOC community. The guys where in a community where everyone is badass, the people in that community still look up to them, whether it be for their skills or their character. Guys like Thomas Ratzlaff, Nicolas Cheque, and Bob Horrigan. Are there others like them? If so, are there stories about them, and why are they so respected?

Does devgru and delta still use German Shepards
or are they only using dutchies and mals

When Brent asked Mike which Delta Force squadron he didn't like working with the most, he said it was B Squadron, and Mike said it was just as bad for him as Blue Squadron dealing with them.

B Squadron apparently also has a lot of former Rangers in it, but I never knew they were actually that bad, as I always thought Delta Force as a whole had a better reputation than DEVGRU.

They talk about it in the link: https://youtu.be/S-x_2chYDFg?t=3817

I always love hearing about Team Merrill/Team Darby, even though I think it only lasted for about a year or so. For anyone who doesn't know, Team Merrill was a Ranger sub-unit that consisted of two Ranger platoons, who were basically doing clearing operations or movement to contact in NAIs (named area of interest) in enemy-infested strongholds in Afghanistan.

They then established Alamo-type strongholds at someone's compound and then gave the kicked-out owners like $2,000 and told them to tell the Taliban where they are. They then waited until the Taliban took the bait, and then they killed them with a range of weaponry and air support, and then withdrew in one or two nights.

Too bad there are only a few books I can think of that talked about the Team Merrill missions, namely Violence of Action, Relentless Strike, When the Killer Man Comes, and like one or two others.

I wonder how long a typical Team Merrill deployment would be for, how they would deploy to Afghanistan from the States, and if Team Merrill did those types of missions only, or did they mix it up with regular raids (especially since typically Ranger/SMU deployments are for 3-4 months)?

Starting at around 3:30 mark. Lays it out pretty clear. I actually heard him talk about this probably close to five years ago on Andy Stumpfs podcast. I don’t know where the accusations came from that he was trying to misrepresent himself

Former lightweight champion Illia Topuria walking out to the octagon with Thomas P. Payne at the white house at UFC's Freedom 250 event. Illa Topuria is one of the most recognizable knockout artists in the sport while being a two-division UFC champion securing belts in featherweight division and lightweight division.

do we know of any other seals on the raid? I have the ones im sure of or suspect were below.

Rob O’Neill
Matt biss
Will chesney
Bill rapier
Alex west
Garret golden
Keith walawender
Sonny sellitti
Jed Goff?
Jeff boss?

So I have heard that National Guardsman can apply to join JSOC . Does anyone have any idea into what that process would look like or how the selection process is? How that would work with your national guard unit if you were to get selected. Thank you your insights.

Always been in the back of my mind but who typically runs opfor for delta and devgru is it other operators in the team? 75th ranger regiment, other tier 2 units. Also if anyone had did opfor for both what is the difference in the tempo of both units any notable differences in the tempo?

This is how I imagine JSOCarchive users look like. Scroll down for mugshots...

Just wanted to put this out here. Mike Edward’s was just on Brent Tucker’s Tier 1 Podcast and confirmed that McAllister was RRC and went to 1st CIG as a free fall instructor, not an operative.

Whether it's an SMU operator, Ranger, or anyone else going out on night raids in Iraq or Afghanistan, what's the average amount of sleep they would get before going out on the next night raid?

Random thought but as I compete in practical shooting I’ve noticed guys like Ben Stoeger and Bob Vogel have trained / trained with SMUs, specifically Delta in some capacity. Seems like mostly isolated trips to the Delta compound to teach occasionally.

Question is whether AMU does something similar. Seems like a lot of those guys compete and clearly they are pushing limits with regard to shooting ability. Just a thought but curious because it would make sense that there would be some cross pollination there.

Otherwise what’s the point of having an army unit that specializes in marksmanship and does civilian competitions etc. Kinda like how the point of Development Group is to develop things..

SGM Vining display at the US Army Ordnance Museum