So, as I try to recover from some nagging injuries, I find myself reading more and more about basically everything pertaining to SF. And although certain discussions have been beaten to death about standards, Future of SF etc...I wanted to ask a rather different question to any QPs out there willing to answer.
SF has the highest optempo around, and seem to be deployed almost everywhere all the time. So much so that the q course produces 700-800 graduates a year (about right?). Just to keep up with attrition and demand in the groups, and there are some seasoned QPs on this board saying standards are dropping. Point is, there are a lot of SF soldiers, doing a lot of things, in a lot of places.
Do you think that the FID missions that are commonly given to the Groups are worthy of your skills and talent...or could be done by a more conventional unit? My point is, (just for the sake of knowledge) should SF be more focussed on upping its standards, lowering it's numbers and concentrating on UW rather than FID? Kind of like MARSOC creating 2 different units MSOG and MSOAG I am WAAYY out of my lane here, and this thread will probably get torn apart, but just curious what the SF attitude is to average FID missions?
I ask because I, by chance, spent some time on a Jungle training course in South America with a National Guard ODA doing some FID work in country xxxx (PM me for details), because I have an interest in SF I grilled those guys for info, they were awesome, incredibly professional, and the 18D's were seriously talented, (helped them stitch some guys up after an accident with a machete). They were motivating as all hell to be around for an aspiring 18x'er, but I couldnt help but think that some of the stuff they were doing in that country was not beneath them... but they were obviously frustrated, you could tell by the way they joked about it. They spent alot of time doing tourist stuff and Apparently, country xxxxx's armed forces were terrible to train and work with, and just getting basic marksmanship skills was a serious problem. Though the Medcaps they preformed in some remote villages were very cool, and did alot to create allies with the local population im sure. HOwever, Cant such a FID mission be handled by a more conventional army training unit? Im sure that the ODA there was doing alot more than just training the locals in marksmanship, but at the same time, should there be a less specialized, dedicated FID unit working under SF, couldnt this shorten deployments, increase training/ family time and thus allow for greater retention and an increase in quality and standards....basically, why isnt there an UW/FID command spanning the armed forces? Just saying, it makes a hell of alot of sense, even to my inexperienced, know nothing self. ...Im ready to get beaten down now. I apologize if I am seriously out of bounds, but am simply interested in the conversation this might create. It seems logical to me that only high priority FID missions should go to SF. Looking forward to my destruction.
Oh man...kinda wish I hadnt asked this.
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