Navy SEALS  train every bit as hard as SAS or harder SEAL stands for sea ,air,land they train for every climate and terrain and I might ad that includes the arctic.Green Berets,Along with Seals and Recon Rangers were the Original SPECIAL FORCES  and RECON MARINES who were actually older than the SEALS and  did not like too train with the SEALS shortly after they,re founding because they did,nt agree with they,re training methods.SAS also trains for all terrains including Oceanic Operations though they were the first too take out terrorists in ninja fashion in an urban setting on international tv in awe inspiring fashion GSG9  are some deady TEUTONIC commandos also and cant leave out HA MOSSAD EITHER

Navy SEALS  train every bit as hard as SAS or harder SEAL stands for sea ,air,land they train for every climate and terrain and I might ad that includes the arctic.Green Berets,Along with Seals and Recon Rangers were the Original SPECIAL FORCES  and RECON MARINES who were actually older than the SEALS and  did not like too train with the SEALS shortly after they,re founding because they did,nt agree with they,re training methods.SAS also trains for all terrains including Oceanic Operations though they were the first too take out terrorists in ninja fashion in an urban setting on international tv in awe inspiring fashion GSG9  are some deady TEUTONIC commandos also and cant leave out HA MOSSAD EITHER

Mough, about 90% of the guys going to BUD/s are either guys with SEAL challenge contracts, or are volunteers in basic or A-school. The 10% of the fleet who go to BUD/s are generally guys who don't like ships (guys who chose the wrong military branch or career).

 

I also agree that it is ridiculous to compare units by the length of their training. In fact, I would argue that spending too much in an initial training environment, wether it is basic training or one of the Special Operations pipelines, can be detrimental to the training of the unit. I've heard that a lot of guys just getting out of SFQC realise how little they actually knew compared to the guys who have been in group a while and how much more they learned when they were on a team. In an initial training environment there's a lot of things that slow down the pace of the training (waiting to get people qualed, administration, etc). And the most important thing is that it isn't the real thing. Far more effective training can be done with your SF detachment/SEAL platoon/SAS Squadron etc. Initial training environments are supposed to lay down a good solid foundation, not make anyone an expert in anything. That is at least the opinion of someone who spent some time in the conventional army, I doubt it would be different for SOF. The only exception to this rule is the Special Tactics guys, who have a lot of technical schools to go to on top of everything else.

This is some pretty retarded stuff here. Guys who have read 4-5 books arguing with guys like Mough and Bob who are/were in the business.

 

There is a reason that CAG, DEVGRU, SAS, SBS, GSG-9, etc get all of the 'high profile', ultra-classified (well, not to make it sound too 'ninja' or false) missions. They are Tier 1 units. They generally get the best guys, the most money, the best facilities, the latest/greatest weapons, and most importantly (regarding missions) they get the most faith placed in them by our leaders.

 

Honestly, we have dealt with 500 pages of bs. We are all being too political and stupid here. Most of us would agree the SAS is better at shared tasks (DA for example) than your average SEAL Team. There's a reason for that. Money/Facilities/Weapons/Training is typically more/better. Yeah, I may be out of line. Sue me. I'm being honest here.