Navy SEALs

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 10-13-2004, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Grasshopper359

The SEALs themselves are funny. Their problem is that they believe Hollywood's propaganda about being the best. They're pretty sad compared to, say, the Gurkhas. Although, that's not really fair. You can't really compare anyone to the Gurkhas - they're in a class of their own. One time, 3 PPCLI was doing a cross training excercise with the Gurkhas out in Wainwright. They knew that the Gurkhas were coming, so they set out a day early to set up their defensive line, early warning devices, trip flares, etc. And they stood down for the night. The next morning, they woke up, and went to put their boots on, but found that all their boot laces were cut. The Gurkhas had snuck in past the sentry trenches and OPs (who were equipped with night vision goggles and scopes), into their hide, into their hoochies, right beside their sleeping bags, where their boots were, cut all their boot laces bottom to top, and slinked out without anybody knowing that they were ever there.

i have met a few who could contend with gurkhas... Several warriors I met in PNG were so wood crafty, they would have hung tough. There tribe butchered the japanese in World war 2. When you can defeat machine guns with palm wood bows... ...I think that qualifies.

Grasshopper359 · 10-13-2004, 01:09 PM

As a side note, when I was in Basic training, one of my friends had his heart set on JTF-2, Canada's counter-terrorist unit, patterned after the SAS. My advice to him was, "Dusty, when you get to your infantry battallion, see how you like life there. If you get bored, take your jump course, and get your maroon beret. Then if you still want to get into JTF, then try it out, but don't just try out for JTF the first chance you get. You may find that you like being an infanteer or paratrooper more than the thought of being a commando. Then if you want to go over to JTF, then try out for selection, and if it doesn't work out, or you don't like it, your hopes aren't shattered. If you set your hopes on JTF, and nothing else, then if it doesn't turn out the way you expected, you'll be really disappointed."

He went to infantry school in Meaford, set a bunch of records, and was posted to 2 RCR in Gagetown, where I believe he's waiting for his jump course, just having returned from Haiti.

Before getting into special operations, the best thing to do is get into a normal infantry unit, to see how you adjust to military life, and wheather or not it's something that you want to continue on in, or if it just irks you too much. If you don't like military life in a normal infantry unit, you'll hate special ops, because it's the same thing, but you have to do more of it. The military isn't all adventure and glory, like the movies portray it to be - at times, it's boring, at times, it's tedious, at times it just plain rubs you the wrong way, like any other job will. My advice to you is to get into the military first, try out the life, and then if you get sick of it, or it's not what you're looking for, then you can always say, "Well, I did it, and it stunk, so I'm going to find something else". A lot of people join the military, find that it's not what they wanted, or expected, do their basic engagement, and don't renew. Another friend of mine from basic is one of those. He joined, finished basic, did his training as a signal operator, and was posted to Petawawa. He hates it there, and can't wait to finish his BE, and get out of the Army. You should try it at least (because you'll regret not having tried it of you don't), and then determine if this is what you want to do.

Grasshopper359 · 10-13-2004, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

i have met a few who could contend with gurkhas... Several warriors I met in PNG were so wood crafty, they would have hung tough. There tribe butchered the japanese in World war 2. When you can defeat machine guns with palm wood bows... ...I think that qualifies.

There aren't many of these kinds of people left in the world - the remnants of the ancient warrior cultures. Most of them are extinct. Replaced by our idea of war being glorious.

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 10-13-2004, 01:43 PM

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There aren't many of these kinds of people left in the world - the remnants of the ancient warrior cultures. Most of them are extinct. Replaced by our idea of war being glorious.

True. PNG is one of the last places they can be found.