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They are configured and trained for two very different missions...Green Beret are primarily counter insurgency troops involved with winning the hearts and minds of locals while killing the enemy when they find them. The seals are trained to seek out and kill the enemy behind enemy lines on special operations...and to the fellow above who said Seals don't speak 2nd languages, thet is not true, almost all of them have had language training. FYI, with regards to fitness levels, the Seals are way ahead of the Green Beret.

Green Beret

The Americans.

@Wine

SEALs don't carry 50lbs rucks?

Edit: Smells like some branch rivalry.

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Hey buddy, relax, I wasn't taking sides... I've just heard some different stories pertaining to SEAL endurance. Nothing along the lines of superhuman abilities, but a little more than guys who whine when they have to do long range humping. I mean, in the book Fearless about SEAL Adam Brown, an Afghan interpreter who was with his team regarded them as 'machines' when it came to covering some distance in the mountains.

I'm not mentioning this to suggest the SEALs are the best, and I know you were saying that to George and not me. But your apparent(and justified) irritation of the media attention they're getting seems to have tarnished your opinion of them.

If any of the scenarios involves carrying a ruck over 50 pounds or speaking a foreign language...hands down Special Forces

If any of the scenarios involves swimming 3+ miles...SEALs

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"The quickest way to make a SEAL whine is to throw a ruck on his back"

- SF Sergeant - "Not a Good Day to Die"

When the SEALs decided they wanted to "imbed" with Army SF and Delta Teams doing recon in the opening days of A-stan after 9-11

Long range humping is not their "cup-o-tea"

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Rivalry? No. Realism? Yes

I myself? Went through Ranger School with several SEAL Officers and NCOs

They sucked like the rest of us. Not the "supermen" everyone makes them out to be. Nowhere in their training pipeline are they conditioned to carry a 80-120 pound pack for 60 days straight. Which is pretty standard fare for any regular old Army or Marine grunt.

Would I challenge them to a 6 mile open ocean swin? Nope. But they aren't the "end all be all" super humans everyone makes them out to be either.

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@George

Language training IS NOT in their pipeline. Nor are specific languages assigned to specific teams. Period. Do they get language training? Yep..some.

But the fact that they aren't engaged in FID ops in A-stan (and thus are available for missions like the Bin Laden raid) comes down to the fact that they lack in language skills (compared to Army SF). That isn't their mission. Once again contradicting the people who suck SEAL c*ck that they are the "bestest of the bestest of the bestest..just 'cus...'cus they got a movie!"

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I didn't TD you George

I would think SEALS, they have sea air and land support and Green Berets have air and land. SEALS also have special training for swimming in dangerous situations which gives them an advantage over enemies

Swiss Guards all the way!

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