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Mon Top 10 Badasses of the Worlds Special Forces January 11, 2010 Share by FlameHorse 1,308 Comments

In honor of a recent list of cheesy 80s actioners, here is a list for us James Bond wannabes. This list looks at 10 of the special forces from around the world that have the honor of being the most elite and consequently badass. Feel free to mention your own favorites in the comments which will no doubt include a lot that are not listed here. 10 Spetsnaz

Whereas most of the training regimens of militaries around the world are designed to teach, Russias Special Purpose Regiments, equivalent to the U. S. Green Berets, endure punishment daily throughout their training. They may quit anytime they want. The Spetsnaz want only the best, pain-hardened, battle-loving killers. They spar with the express goal of injuring each other, breaking ribs, fingers, vertebrae, healing only long enough to get back on their feet and complete the training. They are typically deployed for reconnaissance or house-to-house close quarters combat, but are also employed as extremely formidable bodyguards for high-ranking politicians. They claim that they are not taught to ignore pain, since that is impossible. They are instead taught to enjoy it. 9 French Naval Commandos

They call themselves berets verts, or green berets, and consist of 6 units: Hubert, Trepel, de Montfort, de Penfentenyo, Jaubert, and Kieffer. Each unit is trained for special tasks, whether combat diving, close quarters sea combat, exfiltration, canine units, or long range fire support, including snipers and missile launchers. They were established much at the behest of JacquesYves Cousteau, who was a naval officer in WWII. 8 MARSOC

Currently, only men are allowed to try out for the U. S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command. Its primary missions are typically special reconnaissance, direct action, and internal defense within foreign nations.

Their training regimen is comprised of 4 phases, increasing in strenuousness. Phase 1 is SERE training, survival, evasion, resistance, escape. They are trained to make fire by friction, fire by mirrors, even fire by ice, depending on the location to which they are deployed. You mold the ice with the heat of your hands into the shape of a lens, which works just like a magnifying glass. Of course, they take matches and Zippos with them. After this, they begin physical fitness training, and hand-to-hand combat, practicing a hybrid of the most functional martial arts: Jeet Kune Do, Wing Chun, Karate, Jiu-Jitsu, even Pankration. Then, Sayoc Kali, which is Filipino knife fighting. This is just phase 1. Phase 2 is marksmanship, amphibious demolitions, reconnaissance. Phase 3 is a contrinuation of 2, but with the addition of field radioes and satellite data-uplink systems. Phase 4 is irregular warfare instruction, which is a euphemism for anything goes. This phase consists primarily of the Derna Bridge operation, which forces the recruits to use all skills acquired during the course. 7 MI-6

The closest thing to James Bond can be found in the personnel of the UKs Secret Intelligence Service, or Security Service, section 6. It works in close partnership with section 5 (MI-5), the latter which is more of a pure spy agency, dedicated to counter-intelligence and counterespionage. MI-6, however, is the unit which deploys its agents all over the world to detect international intelligence threats and neutralize them before they become truly dangerous. Their headquarters is at Vauxhall Cross, London, and they will be quick to tell you there that there is no James Bond among them, and that their assignments and missions are quite boring.

They do, however, have an agent very similar to Q, who is in charge of all equipment and weaponry deployed for each operation. They also have indoor firing ranges, dojos, and a gym. 6 U. S. Army Rangers

After basic Army training, voluntary enlistment into the 75th Ranger Regiment will train the recruit for the HALO parachute jump, SERE, languages, elite combatives expert, mountain warfare, combat diving, in addition to all the weapons qualification training. After nine weeks of this, they enroll in Advanced Individual Training, to become masters of their chosen fields, then immediately enroll in the Army Airborne School, then in Ranger Indoctrination or Orientation Programs. By the time theyve graduated, theyre so well trained that members have reported waking up screaming from nightmares about Ranger school to be relieved that they are only in Vietnam. But then, they lose a few points for an incident a Ranger told me about: he was the captain of a tank regiment on maneuvers in the Amazon jungle. Just an exercise, but because of the sweltering heat, they had to open their tank hatches. This captain, who shall remain nameless, heard a thump behind him, and turned to see a Goliath Bird-eating Spider crawling toward him, raising its front legs and hissing. He admits to screaming like a girl, knifing the tarantula, jumping out of the tank and running off into the jungle for a mile and a half. His buddies still rib him about it.

U. S. Army Green Berets

Thats their nickname. Technically they are the U. S. Army Special Forces, as opposed to the special forces of other countries, many of which also wear green berets. Typically, the Green Berets are trained to administer unconventional warfare, which entails infiltrating a hostile area in anticipation of a large-scale military engagement, and training the local resistance populations to fight back against the enemy. This was done in South Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, among others. In the event that there is no local resistance to the enemy, the Green Berets infiltrate and soften up the enemy by neutralizing as many of its officers as possible. This usually involved sniping and throat cutting. Training is very extensive and begins with the Armys assessment of the recruits possession of 12 attributes: intelligence, physical fitness, motivation, trustworthiness, accountability, maturity, stability, judgment, decisiveness, teamwork, influence, and communications. 40% of applicants satisfy the Army that they have these attributes. Final training consists of various endurance courses, carrying heavy backpacks over 40 miles of rugged terrain, with nothing but a live chicken and a knife, day and night. If the recruit can make a fire, he can eat the chicken cooked. He is not given matches or a lighter. He is allowed only a compass and his own hand-drawn map, completed from earlier reconnaissance courses. 4 The Delta Force

The only official United States counter-terrorism unit, dedicated to hostage rescues, counterinsurgency, and general counter-terrorism. Theyre full name is 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, managed by the Army. Selection is done according to a physical fitness test: situps, pushups, followed by a 3-mile run, in an undisclosed time limit. Then an all-night, 18-mile hike over mountainous terrain with a 35 lb backpack and a compass, no map. This finally culminated with a 40-mile hike with a 45 lb backpack, in a shorter time limit. Then psychologists conduct a grueling battery of mental exams on the recruit to try to break him into confusion. If he passes this, he actually gets to begin Delta Force training, for 6 months. Firearms, heavy weaponry, elite hand-to-hand training. 3 Shayetet 13

The name means Flotilla 13, and their official motto is the same as the Israeli military: Never Again, in reference to the Holocaust. Their unofficial motto, as they like to joke, is When the going gets tough, the Jews get pissed. They are 1 of the 3 most elite Israeli special forces units, but Shayetet 13 is the unit most similar to the Delta Force. They specialize in hostage rescue and counter-terrorism, and because they live so close to a host of nations that seem bent on eradicating them, they are at all times ready in an instant to travel abroad and kill. They are very secretive, but of their missions publicized, the most notable include Operation Spring of Youth, in which they hunted down members of Black September in Beirut Lebanon and killed them, in revenge for the 1972 Munich massacre. Apart from their firearms and heavy weapons training, they train extensively in Krav Maga, the national martial art of Israel, to which they endearingly refer as Jew-jitsu. Its philosophy is based on the principle that in a real street fight no quarter will be asked or given. Fight to kill. Groin strikes are quite prevalent. 2 Navy SEALs

You might think there are a lot of them, given the number of action movies dedicated to the plot device of an invincible warrior, but there are only about 2,000 of them. They are the Unites Statess most elite special warfare combatants. They are trained in all the fields in which the other U. S. special forces are trained, but to an even higher degree of competency. SEAL training lasts over a year, and requires an age of between 17 and 28 years, male, incorrect vision no worse than 20/200 in either eye, and correctable to 20/20, and the physical screening test, which is beyond belief. 500 yd (460 m) swim using breast or combat sidestroke in under 12:30 with a competitive time of under 10:30. At least 42 push-ups in 2 minutes with a competitive count of 79 or more. At least 50 sit-ups in 2 minutes with a competitive count of 79 or more. At least 6 pull-ups from a dead hang (no time limit) with a competitive count of 11 or more. Run 1.5 mi (2.4 km) in boots and trousers in under 11:30 with a competitive time of 10:20 or less. Then training begins. Physical conditioning, diving, land warfare, for 24 weeks, then 26 more weeks of SEAL qualification training. Then specialization in whatever fields a SEAL team needs expertise in: anything from sniper to language specialist, rope climbing, diving, jumpmaster, surreptitious entry, dynamic entry (door breacher), etc. 1 British SAS

The Special Air Service is trained to perform equally well in all the fields listed for the SEALs, but is also trained by MI-5 and MI-6 for in-depth counter-espionage, more so than the SEALs. Physical competency must be of equal stature to the SEALs, to the degree that both special forces work closely together when necessary (Iraq and Afghanistan) and have good camaraderie. They wear a tan beret, just as the U. S. Army Rangers, and both the SAS and SEALs are trained in knife fighting by experts in Apache Indian knife techniques, as well as Sayoc Kali, Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do, and for the last 3 years or so, the Keysi Fighting Method, made famous by the Chris Nolan Batman films. They have the distinction of being the model on which almost all national commando units are based today, including every other entry on this list. Like this list? Share it with friends, or : Share Related Lists

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kaus Indian / 29 Nov, 1999 at 05:00 pm well NSG commandoes from India showed exemplary bravery when Hotel Taj was attacked in Mumbai. so u really cant ignore them. besides we are a population of 1.3 bilion. 4times the pop. of USA so we naturally have greater base for selection and hence better competition & better special forces. Reply

major ram / 2 Jan, 2012 at 05:50 am hahahaha!!! Indian armyhahahahabloody loosers. Reply

Tiger Claw / 6 Jan, 2012 at 05:11 am Bloody Losersmay be some But u aint the big deal .. I hav heard they have supreme knowledge in jungle warfare Itz true and i aint bluffin Reply

Metempiric / 30 Jan, 2012 at 07:18 pm I thought the Gurkhas were the supreme jungle fighters? Theyre considered number 1, followed by the Japanese and then the Vietnamese. Reply

Merlin / 17 Jan, 2012 at 01:34 pm Cheerio pal! its not the numbers that count ..Its the quality! Hundreds of years of martial expertise has been handed down to the English forces , their skills honed from way back in history and learned by their forefathers as Albion took the greatest empire ever. Practice makes perfect my friend .. and nobody has more than the Brits. Reply

George Pelser / 18 Feb, 2012 at 11:55 pm

Did not help them much when they fought the Boers in South Africa and though outnumbring the enemy by 15 to 1 AND outgunning them,they still had to burn their farms and put their women and children in camps to eventually after 3 years of fighting subdue them.Doesnt say much for their fighting genes does it? Reply

just a kid... / 29 Feb, 2012 at 08:48 pm ya whatever.India is always the bestbest in foodbet in landmarks.best in educationyou name it Indian best it.Losser Reply

Azza / 8 Mar, 2012 at 05:10 am Obviously not the best in spelling though :/ Reply

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MAR.S.O.C. / 29 Nov, 1999 at 05:00 pm yea all you guys are gay fags and MAR.S.O.C. should at least be first and if not atleast in front of the navy seals Reply

Thompson / 26 Dec, 2011 at 08:25 pm Wel this list is simply all on a persons favoritism to seals. One sas ya should b there but delta should b next then seal team6 then green beret then seals and ranger and marsoc should be on the same level rangers r better than standard marines but marsoc is on their level. But delta force does what rangers, seals, sas, sf, marsoc, and seal team 6 does. Delta has the highest rate of failure, and u dont ask them to join like every other one on this list does. They ask you to join. They do standard infantry patrols n guarding to all the way to training others to even going in the black spectrum of the ops like marsoc. In delta u r both and expert

and professional at close quarters as to being the best snipers. All of the facts on here arent even close to what they really are. Reply

Matthew van der Lee / 30 Dec, 2011 at 03:12 am I agree with you having all of those American Special Forces on this list is a waste of picks. He/she forgot to include GROM, JTF-2, and the Israeli Commandos. It doesnt make any sense that the Green Berets and Marsoc, and even the Rangers made the list when the three that i stated didnt. All of the ones that I stated are extremely elite forces, Rangers are not. They are just a elite light infantry unit. Green Berets are the same thing and so are Marsoc. The ones that I stated are all tier 1 or 2 SOF which specialize in Counter-Terrorism. Some of the picks on this list are inadequate to the ones that I mentioned. Reply

Metempiric / 30 Jan, 2012 at 07:21 pm MI6 shouldnt be there either. Theyre not an elite fighting force, theyre a security agency, same as the CIA or Mossad. Instead of MI6, he should have included the SBS, and they should be at number 1 with the SAS at number 2. I understand that only Royal Marines can join the SBS and those that fail can still join the SAS as the SBS selection is much tougher than the SAS. Reply

Azza / 8 Mar, 2012 at 05:18 am Although i agree the SBS should be above the SAS, purely because they do everything the SAS do and more because they are an amphibious special forces. You are however wrong when you say only Royal marines can apply for SBS, anyone who has been in the military for a certain amount of time is entitled to apply for either SAS or SBS,

although a large proportion of SBS is made up from Royal marines and Para and the same with the SAS.

andrew / 12 Feb, 2012 at 10:40 am not even close seal team six is the top military tier one unit. the best of the best though is the c.i.a sad sog they are the top dogs Reply

Jake / 27 Feb, 2012 at 01:24 am @MAR.S.O.C. Nah, dude. Actually, out of all the U.S. (not the world, just U.S.) Special Forces, MAR.S.O.C. doesnt really come near the top. And I like how you say at least first. Is there even a position better than being first? And also, you felt the need to point out that they should be atleast in front of the navy seals. Lol. Dude, the SEALS are the most elite of all U.S. Special Forces. You may have had a case if you had referenced the Army Rangers or something, but look you like a retard by referencing the top dog. Face it, youre mad not because you REALLY think MAR.S.O.C. is better than everything, but because youre most likely in the USMC, and are offended that someone put the SEALs ahead of your beloved MAR.S.O.C. That actually makes a lot of sense because Marines tend to be a bunch of misfits with a hot***** attitude because their branch is SUPPOSED to be the most elite. It was, but I dont think it is anymore. And yes, I realize that Im responding to a 12 year old comment. Reply

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Avi / 10 Jan, 2010 at 06:33 pm I am surprised that Israel did not make it on the list. They damn good at what they do. Reply

r3pr3z3nt / 4 Jun, 2010 at 11:09 am Shayetet 13.

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ms12 / 7 Jun, 2010 at 06:20 am Shayetet 13 is on the list. I guess thats for Killing unarmed civilians in international waters , and crying like a baby when captured by them. O soorry I forgot. the well armed! "terrorists" had marbels and sticks with them. Reply

David Schkolnik / 3 Jul, 2010 at 09:24 am they went anarmed , one by one, into a ship supposedly full of civilians. They were received by a crowd of trained terrorist armed with lethal weapons: knives, lances and heavy wrenches. Imagine the courage of the second commando going down. He sees his partner lynched by the crowd, and he's going down from the chopper unarmed. In the end, the anarmed commandos kicked their ass. And the whole world went crying like only Palestinians cry. First you hit, then you cry. Next time the ship will be sunk. If you want to do filantropy, do it in Haiti (along with Israel), where Trukey never sent aid, and not with the overfed Gaza terrorist. All the cargo carried by the flotilla does not amount for a 1 day supply that goes through the border from Israel daily, and is targeted by Hamas government sometimes. You either don't know what you are talking about or you are lying. Reply

enough / 14 Sep, 2010 at 02:31 pm how can u people of israel use u highly educated brain to tell the world and me this kind of bull*****.are u all totally out of u foreskinn??? thought they made a small cut on u dick, but for meits sounds like they blow out u brain..and cut u ballsthe whole world is fed up of u rubbish brother david or goliath, what ever u call u selfsometimes ther are people who think it was a shame the austrian painter he never managed to finish his visions about a clean worldeat arab ***** brotheru alleady killed jesus

there.what the ***** do u think the rest of the world will do to u, when obama is getting more week than nowthat was u last hope brother.this black manbut he is differenthe is racistic to the jewish..not shown from him at presentbut u will se.remember baba, he has an arabic sounding name..take care of the night of long knives..they are cheaper to produce and cheaper than u military and u absolute brain less soldierswho have to protect holy landwho are not yours or u failed brothers and sisters landeat pics and clean u mouth dear jude..or the pics will ***** U tiny litle jewish asshope they will enjoy the smell!!! Reply

bobo / 16 Dec, 2010 at 07:06 am Another zombie crying out of the zombie-land

arkeville / 2 May, 2011 at 02:48 am Someone has a real booboo..

ProudIsraeli ! / 26 Jun, 2011 at 09:10 am stupid ***** crap is more vauler then you.. you think we care from america ? obhama? lol you make me laugh ! we can kick ass of almost all arab countrys without any help from usa if usa wont be in our side, who will be?

Ricky / 4 Nov, 2011 at 02:25 am

You sound like a nigger anyways, so who gives a ***** what you have to say.

America is better than him / 20 Mar, 2012 at 05:39 pm Freaking moron???..

Josh / 17 Dec, 2010 at 04:16 am Yes, the Israeli Terrorists were unarmed. That's why the civilians were shot? One of those civilians was Australian. They were in international waters, the military action taken by Israel was ILLEGAL. The CIVILIANS on board were well within their rights to attack. Reply

matityahu / 26 Dec, 2010 at 06:09 am When you live in a country that has no other choice, then come back and comment on this. When you're the parent of a boy or girl that goes off to serve in the army, because your nation has no other choice other than get annihilated, see if you'll say the same thing. Israel's not perfect, or immune to making mistakes far from it! But the difference between Israel and [most] other countries in the world is that Israel can't afford to be cautious. This site isn't supposed to be a discussion about Israel's politics, Josh, or any of you who are arguing either for OR against Israel. It's just supposed to show us all the cool badasses out there. There are plenty of other sites for you to express your opinions about Israel.

Adolf best leader / 23 Jan, 2011 at 05:32 pm Die you stupid Kike! Israel is terrorist country.

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venomousm / 19 Mar, 2011 at 05:04 pm true

Tobias / 30 Mar, 2011 at 04:30 am Really ? you turn to racism to take the moral high ground ? matityahu is completly right, israel is certaintly not perfect, but few other countries are at risk being annihilated by every one of their neigbours at any time. Im guessing that because of youre stupid remark, you are probably american and have no idea how to world really works. But thats ok, because if we all had been intelligent, we wouldnt have anyone to make fun of. But to my point: dont turn to anti-semitism just because you live in a country that have started the most pointless wars through the history.

primus / 2 May, 2011 at 02:54 am And that has anything to do with this blog because? And if were talking terrorists here, I believe the Nazi party that your beloved JEWISH leader Adolf Hitler ran would be classed as terrorists themselves. Do your research child.

Ashmit Dev / 7 Feb, 2011 at 06:36 am It was God Almighty himself who came to the rescue of the poor unarmed jewish commandos; Come off it, do you really belief in that stuff. Did the poor unarmed commandos fire from their arse to kill the Turk civilians ???? Reply

bronzezeus / 19 Jul, 2011 at 02:55 am Im sick of the US having to look after israel because its like an assole brat younger brother who is brainless and sick in the head. The US and americans have to take slack because we support israel from the whole world and i have a message for the idiots from israel who say they dont need the US. You brainless pieces of ***** if the US didnt support you all the countries in the world would first ***** and ***** on you then crush you like a bug. So dont be ungrateful and bite the hand that feeds you. Israel needs the US like a parasite needs a host and israel is the parasite. Jews were ungrateful to God and now ungrateful to the US who protects them. Reply

Johnsmith / 30 Aug, 2011 at 01:38 pm All of isreals weapons are mafactured in there country they do not need the US they are fully self sustaining and do not bring religion into this. They are neighboured by hostile nations and have been in so many wars.imagine you where beetwen two nation that hated you then your nation would be militaristic.

stone / 10 Sep, 2011 at 09:51 am they are also sucking the american tax payers and the whole nation to the bone why shall we allow them and dont forget the political cover and support for there crimes in gaza . why ??? do we pay them to kill others or they have have enough influence to suck our budgets .

Everybody hates you / 4 Nov, 2011 at 02:24 am Suck a tailpipe, loser.

Metempiric / 30 Jan, 2012 at 07:26 pm Such ignorance. Remember the 5 days war? Where was the US then?

Ron / 4 Nov, 2011 at 02:22 am Absolutely agree, dont let idiots that havent actually listened to real Arabs pretend that they are all for peace. Reply

corfarrell / 12 Nov, 2011 at 10:50 am Trained terrorists???? your obviously a fu@kin jew. peacefull people delivering aid to the poor palestinians. remember it was palestine along time before you wierdos declared it your state. f@ckin bullys Reply

Metempiric / 30 Jan, 2012 at 07:33 pm Really? And yet theres no record of any Palestinian state before the land was given to them AFTER the (re)creation of Israel on that same land. Israel was there first. Palestine shouldnt exist. Its like the UN giving land in Virginia to the US worst enemies. Its the same thing. It wouldnt happen to the mighty US, but little Israel, alone and surrounded by enemies, well, it was easy to force Palestine on them. You could claim its not really their land as you dont recognise the authority of the UN, but the rest of the world would recognise it. And when that small area of Virginia starts launching terrorist attacks and suicide bombers, what

would you do? Let it happen because theyre a sovereign state? Or start taking extreme action? Israel is doing exactly what any other nation faced with the same situation is doing.

pang / 28 Nov, 2011 at 10:00 am bull*****. no comando would go on a mission unarmed!! Reply

18bravoSupaTrupa / 9 Sep, 2010 at 08:13 am Bravo! Reply

jg / 16 Feb, 2011 at 07:54 am well said Reply

A.mi / 9 Mar, 2011 at 12:02 am boy you have no idea what happend there! so shut up! Reply

dshap / 19 Mar, 2011 at 12:22 pm You sir are an idiot Reply

Max / 26 Jun, 2011 at 03:07 am Error 000293: Idiotism Detected! I want to see ur reaction after palestine freedom figthers will throw rockets on your city and plant bombs in bus stations by the time they exploding in public places in purpose to kill and make massacare.. Reply

ifty / 1 Jul, 2011 at 07:36 pm basically yeh thats the case Reply

Nissim / 24 Nov, 2011 at 04:06 pm Exactly, why would Israel need special forces? Its not like the Arabs surrounding Israel pose any threat to its security. Reply

Napoleon 666 / 10 Feb, 2012 at 07:36 am LOL I completely agree! These little pricks shouldnt have made the list! Reply

Napoleon 666 / 10 Feb, 2012 at 07:40 am Their mottos should be When the going gets tough, the jews get *****ed and gee, I sure hope THAT wont happen again. XD Reply

parker rhodes / 23 Jun, 2010 at 11:31 pm ok the most hardcore group is the Jtf2 Canadian special ops they never faild a mission ever and never will and you have to be in a nother special ops to get into jtf2 ya never thought Canada had something like that right. Well your wrong its nuts!! you have to do 100 pushups without stoping or holding yourself for a few seconds or your automaticlly out of the group if you cant. and you have to stay with them till you die. And alot of people dont hear about them because there so crazy like i said you have to be in another special ops to join them you cant just join like any other one. look it up Reply

enough / 14 Sep, 2010 at 02:40 pm u r very right they never failed any mission,how can the fail when they dont participate. canadians who come home after duty, use to come home in a coffin, declared usually, ''as suicide caused of extreme pressure'' Reply

Ignoranceisfucked / 12 Feb, 2011 at 10:01 am Absolutely pathetic, how dare you bash the incredible military history of Canada go drink some window wiper fluid you *****. Reply

mike / 14 Feb, 2011 at 07:24 pm mik Reply

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JTF2 wants no recognition for any of their work, if they had it their way, no1 would even know they exist. JTF2 is one of the most highly trained forces in the world. Unlike other countries there is only 1 elite group, not 5 different special forces. The reason most people havent heard of them or dont know much about them is because they keep it that way Reply

CANADAisbetterthenAmerica / 6 Oct, 2011 at 06:45 pm if anyone disrespects Canada or its military will be hunted down Reply

c8 heavy / 29 Nov, 1999 at 05:00 pm JTF2 is the best of the best. Canada has an amazing military, ask any marine or US army soldier that has fought along side them overseas. extremely professional and they task a platoon with what americans would task a company and they still get it done.

James / 13 Nov, 2011 at 06:18 pm Canada has the worst military Ive known. Theyre just awful. Come get me. Ill be waiting.

Scottish / 20 Feb, 2011 at 12:42 pm To get into the Basic Frontline British army you have to do 100 Push ups non stop and that is after youve done a x-mile run, Cant remember he distance but your facts are wrong. 50% of the SAS are Scottish(Look it up) SAS all the way.

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criticalsonofabitch / 23 Mar, 2011 at 06:15 am haha, thats such bull *****. I know British Army Paras, and thats NOT the physical fitness test. Reply

ABDUL QADEER MARTIAL / 9 Apr, 2011 at 09:47 pm israel is the best terrorist in the world .Jihad is the only way to overcome these terrorists

Scots Guard / 21 Jan, 2012 at 06:01 pm Bull*****, 1.5 mile run in under 10.30 for males, 44 press ups and think about the same with sit-ups. So you tadger, before you start spouting ***** about stuff u havent looked up, look it up. Reply

Jostein Mark, Norway / 28 Feb, 2011 at 12:06 pm Idiot you dont know much about special forces if that is your argument, any one can be trained to do 100push ups, what the ***** diffrence does if you can do a 100 push ups or not in fire fight.. Its your traning as a team and your brain that matters in a good special forces soldier. And in traning, they dont care about the push ups lol, its if you can walk with a 30kg back pack for 50km without taking back problems or so and still can finish your mission. Bacicly most countries like UK, Norway, france and usa CO, so their traning is the same. Its just that some have diffrent missions than others like recon and counter terror attacks for example. Really, the diffrence between special forces is not that huge, their all well trained. Reply

jarred / 25 Mar, 2011 at 10:33 am you are correct, the canadians are freaking crazy at what they do and always put the mission first Reply

Name / 30 Mar, 2011 at 12:01 am Being Canadian I love the shout out and by the way this is written your probably just some 10 year old kid but you need to get your facts right!, first off you do not need to be in special ops to get into JTF2, any member of the Canadian forces can apply for selection with 2 years of active duty service or 3 years in the reserves. Secondly you dont have to do 100 push ups, the push up aspect is done on the physical fitness test long before you ever make it to selection and you only need 40 to pass, lastly you dont stay with them till you die, after the special operators course which lasts a total of 9 months you will sign a contract for 4 years after that its totally up to you, and I dont have to look it up all of this is straight from the JTF2 recruiting site, thanks for your time. Reply

richard / 22 Aug, 2011 at 05:00 pm what r u on about join like any other one u idiot the sas recruit from mainly the royal marines or paras its not like anyone can just go hey lets go join the sas u doosh sas are better anyways Reply

Metempiric / 30 Jan, 2012 at 07:36 pm And they are trained by the SAS.. Reply

Bill / 16 Feb, 2012 at 06:03 am Haha Canadian Special Ops! They sit on there asses in afghanistan hence why they never fail a *****in missionthey dont go out. No better then the French Reply

Dave / 1 Jul, 2010 at 07:52 pm I agree with you. Israeli soldiers are the badass of the badass too bad this is just for the badasses and not the badasses of the badasses. Reply

bill / 27 Aug, 2010 at 07:22 am i love that whoever came up with this ridiculous list obviously has no military experience. the same goes for all of the ***** ass comments that some of you have made. what the hell do any of you know about sf? or the military for that matter? a bunch of fat disgusting closed minded fat asses that wish they could take the hell we go through on a daily basis. Reply

Scottish / 20 Feb, 2011 at 12:43 pm Cool story bro, You just commented so your obvisouly one of the people you described in your comment. Reply

Daniel / 29 Nov, 1999 at 05:00 pm I find it rather funny that you people really think that oh wow my country special forces have to do such and such to make the

selection criteria good on ya. you can be as fit and strong as you want, take it from a Australian commando Close quarters specialist, the stronger and buffer you are the bigger target i have to shoot at. You go into a building full of targets doing so many push ups dont count for *****, what counts is the fact that your are trained specifically for that task, just like seals are mainly trained for stealth and Spetznas units are often trained for counter espionage and anti terrorist. And i personally know quite a few Israel special operators and they are good blokes. So my request is if you dont know your ***** or just want to comment racist comments remember you think your tough, we think your a tool Reply

Daniel / 29 Nov, 1999 at 05:00 pm I find it rather funny that you people really think that oh wow my country special forces have to do such and such to make the selection criteria good on ya. you can be as fit and strong as you want, take it from a Australian commando Close quarters specialist, the stronger and buffer you are the bigger target i have to shoot at. You go into a building full of targets doing so many push ups dont count for *****, what counts is the fact that your are trained specifically for that task, just like seals are mainly trained for stealth and Spetznas units are often trained for counter espionage and anti terrorist. And i personally know quite a few Israel special operators and they are good blokes. So my request is if you dont know your ***** or just want to comment racist comments remember you think your tough, we think your a tool Reply

enough / 14 Sep, 2010 at 01:56 pm

for sure u must be from israelwho else have this stupid comment!!! Reply

enough / 14 Sep, 2010 at 02:00 pm irael is only tough to to poor equipped nations, like palestine and their other poor arab neighboursi mean how can they test their musclles againts stones???? Reply

bobo / 16 Dec, 2010 at 07:15 am There is no such nation as palestine, fool! When the first group of israelis returned to their homeland there were only bedouins around. Whoever calls themselves palestinians are really from Jordan, Syria and Egypt. By the way Israel kicked ass of 5 real arab nations at once. So learn history and be smart, son!! Reply

Ahmed / 25 Sep, 2011 at 01:38 pm Isreal was kicked in 1973 ,as they claimed they had the barrier wall that no human can destroy ,and they will always be kicked as long as they are trying to take something that dont belong to them

Lol again / 5 Nov, 2011 at 02:29 pm did u forget 6 october 1973 war .Egypt Kicked ass Israel and Usa also.Go to youtube and see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Nrjm5G3VU&featur e=share egypt airforce vs usa airforce

Napoleon 666 / 10 Feb, 2012 at 08:33 am Indeed they are so badass they needed the Brits to get them a country which shouldnt be theirs. And dont give me the crap that your god gave you that land because he does not exist! If he did, then Id rather worship satan than a god like that.

Eden / 8 Jan, 2011 at 01:28 pm Israel Tech and weapons Are the badass weapons,Write in youtube MicroTavor and Corner Shot gun You muslim *****. Reply

FRESH / 18 Jun, 2011 at 05:34 am yeah thats right. Thats the real WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION

bronzezeus / 19 Jul, 2011 at 02:34 am The israeli forces are pussies cause they only know how to fight kids, woman and old men and think they are badass. Maybe if they fought a real army instead of ill equipped arabs they would have their ass kicked. Israeli Jews suk dik n eat ***** hahaUS navy seals all the way baby.

stone / 9 Sep, 2011 at 06:00 pm baby killers

Aronthehun / 22 Feb, 2012 at 10:20 pm

Generously provided/funded by the taxpayers of the United States of America, you zionist trash.

C17 / 21 Sep, 2010 at 09:19 am Israel Got 3rd Place Genius. Reply

Reven / 25 Oct, 2010 at 01:39 pm #3 Reply

John Kungu Moni / 14 Nov, 2010 at 11:02 pm c num 3 Reply

Me? / 21 Nov, 2010 at 12:54 pm They done did they're number three Reply

WAURIO / 21 Nov, 2010 at 01:17 pm Everyone should really just shut up. The way that the Israelis have fought off ALL the countries surrounding them is just an insane feat. I believe that the Israelis have one of the best military forces in the world because EVERY SINGLE PERSON is trained to be in their military, with the percentage of active members in the military at 6.45%, which ranks 5th out of 163 countries involved. This is only behind N. Korea, Eritrea, Singapore, and Brunei respectively. You may have noticed that the only legitimate force out of those four is North

Korea. Israel also has the most advanced Nuclear Missile program in the Middle East, and while this is only the Middle East it does help to fuel efforts by surrounding countries to overtake Israel. But the main reason that all the surrounding countries want to capture Israel is because of their religious beliefs and the relics that they have on their grounds that are worshipped by religions all over the world, so this means that they are constantly fighting off Muslim attacks on their country. Like I mentioned before, the reason that they gave not been overpowered is because their ENTIRE population has been trained in their system of warfare and their insane form of martial arts, Krav Maga, which dominates other forms of close combat warfare. By the way, I'm American and Catholic so don't try calling me a defensive Jew. Reply

Keed / 27 Mar, 2011 at 08:05 am Why would you tell everyone to shut up and then post the longest of all comments? Also, by posting anything youre continuing the cycle. Reply

Laughing / 12 Dec, 2010 at 09:07 pm How good do you have to be, to shoot kids, snipe journalists and beat grandmothers? Reply

bobo / 16 Dec, 2010 at 07:20 am Are you talking about Hamas special forces?? Reply

not- laughing / 18 Feb, 2011 at 12:36 pm

no he is talking about the israeli special pirates , who are brave enough to fire unarmed civilians in the international water , and coward enough to try entering Gaza in the last war. Reply

Proud Christian Friend of Israel / 22 Jan, 2012 at 10:12 am I am sick of you morons spouting this crap. First of all no force is perfect so of coarse all armies have killed civilians by accident. That is why the term colattera damage exists. Secondly Israel is not perfec so they too have had this unfortunate byproduct of every war in history. But the truth is that the Palestinians (which as stated earlier are actually Jordanians and Syrians) after murdering women and children then go and hide behind their own women and children using them as human shields. This has historically been the cause of the vast majority of all palestinian civilian deaths. As opposed to all (100%) of the women and children shot or blown up deliberately by the PLO or Hamas or whatever they call themselves. Murder of civilians is all the terrorists do. Its their bread and butter so to speak. In fact even the regular armies of the surrounding Arab countries are primarily murderers of cilvilians including rocket attacks and tanks firing on civilian targets. And as far as I am concerned as a good Christian, any deaths that have occured as a result of a country and a people that has been forced to defend their very existence from its first day are justified. Reply

Boris / 16 Dec, 2010 at 07:01 am Just letting you know that # 3 is an Israeli special force Reply

eden / 8 Jan, 2011 at 01:26 pm Israel did make it on the list if you didn't saw,Shaytat 13 Is Israel Navy SEALs #3 Reply

Jam / 28 Jan, 2011 at 12:33 am They did make the list because the only enemy they fight are women and children and makes it really easy for them to win. Also if they ever get captured by a gang in Gaza or anywhere else they will ask America for help just like all ways. Reply

xellos / 7 Feb, 2011 at 02:33 am shyatet 13 shouldnt even be on this list , in 1997 they had a mission to capture a top hizbullah memeber in the town of Ansariye about 40 km north of israel on the beach , the mission was a failure hizbullah killed all 12 memebers of the group in a miracle ambush ,not just killed them, they blew them up to peices !! I still remember the ripped face of the IDF soldier!! In 2006 they also had an operation in Tyr , the mission was also a failure , the goal was to capture a senior hizbullah officer resposible of firing missiles to Israel , they didnt acheive the goal and lost a minimum of one soldier and a couple injured according to Reuters !! but they managed to kill two lebanese civilains who they took refuge in their home until the helicopters arrived . yeah they are the best no doubt lol ! Reply

Keed / 27 Mar, 2011 at 08:08 am Number 3 doesnt make them the best. And does any group on this list have a perfect mission success record? Reply

Voon / 11 Oct, 2011 at 03:26 pm Look, lad, Im not even Israeli, but remember Entebe? How can u only highlight the bad? Reply

pilko / 7 Feb, 2011 at 03:14 am The Australian SAS are the best! these are the guys that are called upon in Afghanistan to save ambushed US Rangers. they do jobs that other special forces have failed. known as ghost of the night by the Taliban. the Australian SAS are the most feared special forces unit in the world. Reply

Dave / 16 Feb, 2011 at 08:11 am Im sorry but I dont think that is true, the ASAS is a quality SF and yes I would have them in the top 5 but the student will never surpass the master ( SAS ). Reply

Mike / 29 Apr, 2011 at 09:43 am Actually the Australian SAS have been used in rescue and support roles for American SAS. They were also the first SF teams inside Iraq during the first Gulf War. Reply

Zar / 3 May, 2011 at 10:13 am American SAS?? when did american got SAS? when Dave said SAS he was talking about British SAS. u dont know what you are ralking about

BL / 17 Mar, 2011 at 07:46 pm No, American Pararescuers are who rescues all american military personel.

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CS / 11 Jul, 2011 at 05:07 pm Amen, and amen. Reply

Kiwiinf2ndreg / 10 Jul, 2011 at 03:58 am right and thats why NZ SAS is rated beter than AUS SAS why because AUS SAS got deltafied Reply

camb / 11 Mar, 2011 at 12:08 pm they re shayet 13 Reply

chinstrapsam / 9 Apr, 2011 at 01:07 am dumbass Reply

Stirling / 3 May, 2011 at 06:50 pm Im more surprised I didnt make the list. I am seriously the BADASS-IST home schooled unit ever! Mainly self taught, I (through skill) manufactured most of my own weapons in the garage, not that I need weapons I am a weapon. At present I am still waiting for deployment. Reply

Yeti / 28 Feb, 2012 at 04:43 pm Best comment Ive read yet! Nice break from the bull*****! But I am afraid that I am the most badass, just watch me on call of duty. I can carry out missions in hostile territory with a desert eagle at the same time as being a gunner on an ac130! Reply

toby / 11 May, 2011 at 11:00 am they are, number 3 Reply

bronzezeus / 19 Jul, 2011 at 02:36 am Yeah damn good at killing unarmed women children and old men. What a pathetic people you are. Reply

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Atheismo / 10 Jan, 2010 at 07:43 pm "But then, they lose a few points for an incident a Ranger told me about: he was the captain of a tank regiment on maneuvers in the Amazon jungle. Just an exercise, but because of the sweltering heat, they had to open their tank hatches. This captain, who shall remain nameless, heard a thump behind him, and turned to see a Goliath Bird-eating Spider crawling toward him, raising its front legs and hissing." *cough*bul******cough* A tank regiment? The captain of a tank regiment? On manuevers in the Amazon jungle? What assed up army could he possibly have been a part of? A captain in a regiment (Any idea how big and what level of command a regiment is? No? I didn't think so.) is so insignificant as to hardly even be noticed (just another *****ing junior offcier). The biggest BS indicator is "on manuevers in the Amazon jungle".

Gullible, thy name is Flamehorse. A tiger!? In Africa!? Reply

someguy / 22 Jul, 2010 at 11:50 am Where where the tanks when I was in Real Ranger would have ate the spider anyway. Reply

Prrrrt / 9 Dec, 2011 at 04:40 pm amazon is not in africa. Reply

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Houssam / 10 Jan, 2010 at 08:44 pm To number one, first israelis made the list. Second, you should see them without their airplanes when they tried to enter Lebanon in 2006. They were crying, crying lol big time. I think the list is a joke cause 99% of what these have is technology battlefields are for resistance fighters Reply

David Schkolnik / 3 Jul, 2010 at 09:29 am when you try to avoid hurting civilians, you get hurt. When the civilians try to hurt you, you get hurt even more. Only Israel has to confront it. Reply

Yuval / 30 Sep, 2010 at 05:17 am In 1948 Israel won a war against 5 Arab countries. What do you have to say about that? And another thing..just because Musleams don't care about human lives doesn't mean you won the war in Lebanon. About 140 Israelies were killed and almost 700 Musleams were killed..and still you think you won. Know why you think you won? Because normally we never loose so many of our dear soldiers. Reply

bobo / 16 Dec, 2010 at 07:31 am Your partisan cowards only know to hide behind women or sit in bunkers like rats. Reply

Eden / 8 Jan, 2011 at 01:40 pm Israel Is the #3 most exeprinced on this list,and got high tech. We were crying?those who lost was hezbollah Anyway i would like to see you go 1on1 witha shyatet warrior,i bet that you will run when you see him .*****. Reply

adiadnan / 12 Jan, 2011 at 12:00 am yes, i totally agreed..so far US has never really won any wars on any battleground without the help of modern mehanised weapons presently..in afgan..they never mention of their losses.. when US started to attack Iraq..they were so cnfident..2 days they will take over so history told everything..even until today US army still never won anything on

personnel combat..which were suppose to be among top 10 of selective units.. US can't even won against Vietcong.. I hope next war US army only just send Rambo to do their war..he was really tough..he cuold wipe out the most brilliant guerillas..vietcong..and in afgan..US were already warned by the Russian that US will be wasting their time, money and personnel. But surely we are entitle to our opinion..tq Reply

AWay / 9 Apr, 2011 at 04:11 pm Youre an idiot. Do you even realize what you are saying? All. U.S. Miltary is trained in mixed martial arts and thats just basic. And to say technology is the reason countries win wars is stupid. Obviously technology wins, whats youre point? I bet you most of the resistance in Iraq and afghan have now been lightly trained by armed special forces. Reply

Soton 2D / 4 Aug, 2011 at 03:48 am Actually no special forces are actually trained in hand to hand. Thats a myth, there are things called I.As.Immediate Action Generally one I A is..enemy within in 300M..mag offpack off***** off.Special forces main taskes before being asked to take on basic infantry roles as now is the norm was usually to go and stay by stealth to collect and refer info/to take out nasties/to sniper and do political kills and returned un noticed. Their role was never ( not a real Special Forces Soldier unlike the US Green Berets which are GOOD infantry but NOT special forces in the true sense) to operate in open combat thats why there were never MANY of them they were SPECIAL for SPECIAL missions a lot of dum ass answers on here! Reply

Tap / 1 Dec, 2011 at 10:37 pm

You obviously know nothing about the green berets my father was a green beret, they are classified as special operations forces thats where the term SF comes from they are not infantry. And this list is completely *****ed when it comes to the green berets, delta force, seals, and rangers. Green Berets work with the britsh sas aswell. They go throgh allot of the same training. All of you couch commandos with no millitary history or familiy background of it need to shut the ***** up because you obviously know nothing more than what google regurgitated and fed you on a *****ing spoon forged from your own stupidity.

Annon / 11 Sep, 2011 at 10:12 pm The U.S. Has won wars without modern mechanized weapons. How do you think we won our independance? Or the union winning the civil war. Or the spanish american war? Hell we lost vietnam kuz its a *****ing jungle. We were at the disadvantage and manuverability was imossible. Think before you speak. Reply

truthISpain / 13 Jul, 2011 at 10:20 pm cant be more agree. israel such a coward terrorist country. proud killing unarmed civillian and good in manipulating super power country (usa). no one can deny this fact. thay can defeat arabs just because they are not unite. Reply

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nipper / 10 Jan, 2010 at 09:19 pm not being a dick or anything but the navy seals physical screening test requirements dont sound too hard really, at least not "beyond belief" awesome list but abit surprised to see 4 of these being special forces from the U.S, some arguably better outfits missed out (gurkhas, nz and aus sas'and others) This list makes me wana go research more of this stuff

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brian / 6 Jun, 2010 at 03:28 am Nipper, I am a former 2nd Force Recon Marine (ret.) disabled in action. You might think the physical part is not so bad which, really it is not. What gets most trainees is the cold, sleep deprivation and things I can't tell you really. I seen triathletes fail in our training and screening. It is as much if not more psychological than physical. Try it and see! Reply

CelerSilensMortalis / 1 Sep, 2010 at 12:42 pm your retarded.if its easy go try it and see if you get in ya? and there is 5 special forces from the United States learn to count and the United States special forces would beat any of these other special forces list and the aus sas isnt that good thats probably why there not on the list.. Reply

whodareswins / 11 Sep, 2010 at 12:52 pm us special forces are sh!t compared to the sas. aussies are good they're just as good as their british and kiwi counterparts, and we could all kick your arses by ourselves. Reply

theguywhohatestheusspecialforces / 17 Dec, 2011 at 01:07 pm the british SAS is the best special force there was, is and will ever be Reply

Wild Bill / 4 Mar, 2012 at 10:02 pm Patriotism for your Country and those that have lost their lives doing so, should always come first right behind anyones religous beliefs. The fact is their are several deserving special units that werent mentioned, such as Australian SAS, South African Commandos, Rhodesian Army, German GSG-9 and Gurkas just to mention a few. I think the list is close- (Not) but I do think highly of a few.. Take the girt of Spetnaz mixed with Marine. Then the counter intelligence of SAS, then close quarter battle of GSG-9/ Israeli Commandos, tactics of Delta Force/ Seals and finally jungle combat/survival of Rhodesia/ South African Commandos. Im pretty sure you would finally have a perfect soldier but until then God Bless America and your country too. Reply

Jon / 30 Nov, 2010 at 04:24 am The physical requirements listed are the bare minimum to even be allowed to start training. 50 pushups in 2 minutes? Easy. My brother did phase 1 selection with the SAS as a member of the reserves <21 SAS(R)> he could do over 20 hand down pullups and about 100 pressups without stopping before he even went to training Most of the SAS training is about mental strength and perseverance and being able to walk the funk anywhere. After 30 days of full-on phy beat-up sessions and long range patrols the final task is exercise long drag which is 40 miles through proper mountain country (one is the valleys is named VW and if you can't figure that one out I can't help you!) in 20 hours or less carrying a rifle, helmet and finishing without 55lbs in your pack (i.e., not including the 15lbs of water and food you had during the trip). Now that separates the men from the boys Reply

Jon / 30 Nov, 2010 at 04:25 am

without 55lbs = with 55lbs, obvs Reply

randell / 24 Dec, 2010 at 10:35 pm there are alot of special forces units that could make the list. but the seals test is just that a test. once you get in seal training the training is unimaginally difficult. and by far the most difficult physical program on the face of the earth. the list is inccorect because seal training is not a year its 2 years long. i have many friends who are in the military several of which were in the seals. i have also met british SAS who have said the seal training makes they'r training look wimpy. the British SAS physical aspects are only a few weeks long the rest is mental training such as counter terrorsim and phycalogical warfare the entire seal training is physically demanding aswell as mentally demanding Reply

Dylan / 18 May, 2011 at 12:15 pm The thing is, it is hard. THere are only like 2000 navy SEALS. That number alone should be more than enough to signify its difficulty to become one Reply

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seeyainhell! / 10 Jan, 2010 at 09:22 pm Farken hell! Looks like the Americans have all the best fighting forces on the planet! Funny how with all these kick ass "forces" they still can't keep beat a country for a sustained period. It's one thing to rip ***** and bust on a country with a ***** load of bombs and tech but they still can't win over time. If these forces are so good why can't they aid the regular army in beating peasant armies/insurgents in Vietnam and Iraq? The Delta Force? Not much good they have ever done. Rubbish! Hiss! Boo! See ya in hell! Mwhahahaha! *****ers! Reply

Sushi / 28 May, 2010 at 05:27 pm Do you really think they want the war to be over? Reply

CelerSilensMortalis / 1 Sep, 2010 at 12:45 pm Sounds like your English.I believe that the United States beat the British if i remember correctly.That an hitler would have demolished Great Britain if it wasnt for United States Reply

dearg / 11 Sep, 2010 at 08:23 am Considering the US waited years before entering the war (by baiting Japan into a conflict), Germany was no longer full strength and Hitler made the decision to attack the USSR and fight on 2 fronts. Don't see anything in the post above to show the poster is English, that must be your arrogance showing. Reply

BRATCH / 26 Apr, 2011 at 11:54 am We had troops on the ground the day after 9/11, Just not large forces. 3 years, my @$$. Reply

Daniel / 12 Dec, 2011 at 01:57 am Just a little history lesson, we didnt entice the Japanese! Second we entered the war when Britain was surrounded by U-Boats,

which then America was still willing to send fleets of supplies to Britain when Hitlers Nazi U-Boats controlled the Atlantic. They (Nazis) had all Atlantic sea ports in main land Europe and we still invaded Normandy! Once we did the war took a drastic toll for the Germans. Why didnt we enter the war early? The reason is simple, it wasnt our war to fight until Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor, which after the commanding Admiral of the Japanese Imperial Navy, Isoroku Yamamoto said, I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. We beat you in the Revolution, we dominated the treaty after the War of 1812, and to this day we are still militarily the great power on the planet. With that said our country/government has not allowed our military to fight a war since because we are kowtowing to Nations that have no respect for what we have done for them! A thank you would be nice and a little respect for those, both British, American, Israeli and any other military that sacrificed lives to rescue those who were unwilling to fight for themselves! Reply

Elo / 1 Mar, 2012 at 06:57 pm Hitler caused his own demise, he decided to fight on 2 fronts and take on Russia advancing his army too far with a lack of supplies, I dont think anyone in England would say you didnt help us, but yea to say you saved us is just arrogance!! Aaand you beat us in the revolution at a time we were already fighting in the Napoleanic War and saw your fight for independence as more of a side fight, an inconvenience but even so we had to travel across the Atlantic which will have taken weeks to do,resulting in fatigue, sickness and vulnerability on arrival. At that time, like it or not, we were the worlds most powerful military force, obviously not anymore like but we were. Either way the Americans and British work together on almost everything anyway

whodareswins / 11 Sep, 2010 at 12:54 pm the RAF stopped the invasion of britain way before america even got here. i'm not gonna play down the americans role in WWII, but no way did you

"save us". also, the poster is not english, because english people say arse, not ass. Reply

Ben Barber / 21 Nov, 2010 at 01:56 pm Why would somone from England be complaining about American prolonged combat? We're in the same war in Afghanistan you idiot!!! Reply

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whoop / 10 Jan, 2010 at 09:43 pm thoses navy seals physical screening tests seem a bit easy 42 push ups in two minutes? pff Reply

whodareswins / 11 Sep, 2010 at 12:55 pm i'd like to see you do that without getting tired Reply

randell / 24 Dec, 2010 at 10:37 pm that is just an entry leval test to see if you are physically capable of doing push ups. the navy seal hell week would make wimps out of anyone. no other force on earth ever does an entire week long training Reply

Dave / 19 Oct, 2011 at 10:03 am The SAS sends their recruits to a jungle for 3 months

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brock / 6 Oct, 2011 at 05:26 pm thats not it bro watch youtube videos Reply

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ExMilitary / 10 Jan, 2010 at 10:18 pm This list has some inaccuracies in it. First within the American Special Operations Command there are units like Marine Recon, Army Rangers ( sometimes airborne/air assault units ), Navy DEVGRU, Air Force Para Rescue, Army Green Berets, and Psychological Operations ( usually an army unit ). Then there is the Joint Task Force Delta. Delta is so much harder to get into than the Seals. You usually have to be a seal, Green Beret, or Ranger to even be asked to try out for Delta. So they obviously have the best equipment, training, and personnel. They will beat any other American Spec Ops unit on a unit to unit comparison. Then there is the Green Beret/ SEAL Debate. The SEALS and Green Berets are both highly skilled operators. This is what they do operate some of the best equipment in the world and follow some of the best theoretical and tested techniques available. SEALS are primary short deployment and water based infiltration. Green Berets are longer deployment ( and any moron who says they are just trainers does not know anything at all ) and air based infiltration. High Altitude Low Opening jumps. They both fight in some nasty environments. Seals are like a razor blade, and the Green berets are like a chemotherapy treatment. So if there is a crime the seals are a fast and precise force. If there are terrorist of guerrilla warfare involved that need 4 months plus to eradicate the green berets don't stop until the enemy is at it's knees. They are equal in their own ways. Number one on this list should be the millions of small poverty stricken people who fight every day of their life in Africa, Middle East, Former USSR. They grow up tough and do not train to be tough. Training will never be able to emulate a life's worth of experiences. This is why guerrilla warfare poses a huge threat to every powerful elite unit in any military. We have seen this in Bosnia, Vietnam, Burma, and now Africa and the Middle East (Al-Qaeda that fought against the Russians in Afghanistan). The best fighter in the world is a poor person from hell. They have nothing to loose. Reply

brian / 6 Jun, 2010 at 04:06 am

Great narrative and very true. One thing though, Force Recon Marines can be in Delta. As matter of fact Marines are the only service that can join any elite American force if they want to get out of the beloved Corp's. and for some reason join another stinky Army unit. You are very true about the people who struggle, they are tough and don't have any technology we do! Were you in the Army or another service other than the Corps.? I ask only because your name is exmilitary, not former. Reply

Sue / 22 Aug, 2010 at 07:52 pm re: the US Army SF yah, they sure are more than trainers. Their brief includes direct action, long-range recon (= being dropped in their 12-man ODAs as far into enemy territory as helis will fly, and belly-crawling 20 klicks farther in), counterterrorism, unconventional warfare, anti-narcotic***** actions, and black ops that, well, we don't know about. Throatslitting is right. I have a friend who's ex-Army SF, and though he's safe as houses to me, a fellow citizen, I know he has killed "the enemy" with knives, grenades, .60-caliber machine guns, shotgun, semi-auto rifle, and likely his hands. How many I don't want to know, but even at the minimum, or two per weapon mode, that's not schoolteaching I want to be on the learning end of, or even learn about. And it was more than the minimum. He didn't like killing per se, but he loved being a soldier, and that kind of soldier is essence o' soldier they kill what their government deems a threat. I could not do it. I do not like the necessity of it, and question specific instances. And I am safe from both while such as he stand between me and them. For good or evil, or more likely both; but while it is my good and other people's evil, it does not really behoove me to moralize on the topic, and I will not. Reply

Titty Launcher / 22 Oct, 2010 at 05:02 pm True and not true. Guerilla fighters are a definite threat and have alot of experience, but no training. And if they do have training, it's very poor training. Many special forces units have years of combat experience and such under their belt that they indoctrinate into their training programs. In a way, you're correct. But also, you have to consider why these special forces do so well and why they're called upon to deal with such threats. Everyone trains

the same way, special forces usually employ guerilla tactics because they work. But they train to a super human standard almost, as compared to small time local guerilla forces. Good point though, mate. Reply

randell / 24 Dec, 2010 at 10:44 pm i agree that delta force is harder to get accepted but the navy seals have a higher failure rate they also train for much longer then the delta force which only trains for about 8 months the seals train for 2 years. and everything delta force learn seals learn i know many ex military some of which are seals and one was delta force and they all say seals are better. all of which agree that no military unit in the world train as hard as the navy seals hell week alone will make any man a a P%%sy Reply

Ex Frogman / 6 Jan, 2011 at 05:40 am The attrition rate attributed to the Navy SEALs, when compared to other SOF units is skewed, and for good reason. Firstly, an aspirant is able to opt for BUDs straight from boot camp In other words, straight from 'civvy street'. The toughest thing that many of these guys have had to endure (prior to BUDs) is waiting for a bus in the rain. Even the guys who have spent time in the fleet prior to training have never experienced any of the rigours associated with field work/military training. With the Army special forces (Green Berets), a large percentage of the aspiring canditates are already either Ranger qualified, or troops already serving with the 75th Rangers. Even those who fail to meet the criteria of the two aforementioned institutions are still generally infantry trained, meaning that they have a higher level of expectation/knowledge than your average sailor attempting BUDs. So with a significantly higher level of basic canditates applying for Army SF, you can begin to see where the problems of comparison begin to creep in. And yet, attrition rates for Army SF selection still stand only marginally lower than that of Buds/SEALs.

As for Delta, well, same thing again. They select from existing SF (Green Berets) and Rangers Beginning to see the picture? It is pointless for anyone to attempt a comparison between the effectiveness of the various SOF units when the necessary criteria is based upon attrition numbers. In fact, given the digression in roles and tasks among the many special units floating about, any comparison attempted between them is akin to deciding whether a refrigerator or a car jack is more effective/elite Reply

Yope / 9 Dec, 2011 at 04:53 pm The best comment in here. Bravo Reply

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Morten / 10 Jan, 2010 at 10:45 pm I think it's wrong to put out a list of the best special forces in the world, especially writing "badass" in the title. Those you mentioned do definitely have the most combat experience, but I'm not quite so sure they're the most badass Let's take the norwegian special forces for example, they're the only unit in Afghanistan whom havent been airlifted because of hypothermia and/or altitude-sickness. They have close ties to Rangers, DEVGRU (better known as Seal Team Six) and the British SAS, and they are also viewed upon some of the best in winter warfare, or warfare under extreme conditions. I think you should've included the Norwegian special forces on the list, but you're also mising out on Gurkhas and KSK, all of whom are much better than MARSOC (they aren't even viewed upon as an special force, they're just a bunch of steroid-pumped maniacs), same goes for Green Berets, or Special Forces Group 1 to 13, though they are a little more cunning than the MARSOC-guys. MI6? Seriously? They're spies, the same as CIA, they're not a special force. Rangers, although great soldiers, aren't Special Forces (atleast not in my opinion), they're just a well trained light infantry division. Spetsnaz isnt what you think it is, it's the russian word for special forces, and may mean alot of things. I guess you're meaning the army Spetsnaz, which is called GRU. But there

are some mean mother*****ers from FSB aswell whom are called Spetsnaz, though noone really knows anything about them. And the fact that you let out CIA's Special Activity Division and Intelligence Support Activity just goes to show how little research you actually have done. My list would be something like this: 1. CIA Special Activities Division (USA) 2. Shayetet 13 (Israel) 3. Spetsnaz GRU (Russia) 4. Forsvarets Spesialkommando (Norway) 5. SAS (UK) 6. 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (USA) 7. Marinejegerkommandoen (Norway) 8. Intelligence Support Activity (USA) 9. Gurkhas (Nepal) 10. Kommando Spezialkrfte (Germany) And to all of you who ask why Mossad aren't on the list, it's because they're spies. They're like CIA, but they're allowed to kill, and seemingly enjoy to do so. Reply

brian / 6 Jun, 2010 at 04:27 am I bet you are nothing more than a frigging scholar. You could not make it in the Air Force, regular at that. I am a former Force Recon Marine disabled before MARSOC came along. Let me tell you something Mort from ork. Right now your damn lucky I don't know you, but I can find you! I would show you why MARSOC is and will always be the tip of the spear. Steroid maniacs, wow!!! You are a genius I can tell. It is funny though I work at place now that intelligence is needed and Marines are steroid maniacs and not as cunning as SF soldiers. Sounds like you aren't from America, I don't care really but you list more other forces from European countries. Let me guess Mort, British. By the way FU

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eteddsy / 27 Jul, 2010 at 03:39 pm I think a British national would place the SAS rather higher up the list, and most probably know that the ghurkas are a British and Indian Rifles Regiment and not a special force at all. Reply

Yeti / 28 Feb, 2012 at 05:09 pm So true! People forget who the Gurkhas fight for, and I dont think anyone in the world could handle high altitude like they can. Reply

whodareswins / 11 Sep, 2010 at 01:00 pm yeah, why do you think he is british. i'm british, and thats not how any british list would go, especially not with the CIA at the top. not in a million years Reply

Metempiric / 30 Jan, 2012 at 07:53 pm I think your guess is wrong. The guys name is Morten. He placed Norweigan special forces quite high on his list both of them Getting a better picture now? Reply

Bug balls / 22 Oct, 2010 at 04:58 pm

And yet you put CIA on TOP of your list, you hypocritical little *****. Plus, half of your list is the U.S. Get your head out of your ass and do some *****ing homework, then you'll have a better idea of who's good and who isn't. Reply

Sean / 19 Dec, 2010 at 06:31 am The Special Activities Unit (Specifically the Special Operations Group) is a part of the CIA that selects the best of the Special forces units (Delta, Seals, SF and others) with a minimum of an under grad degree and the ability to speak minimum 3 languages, the trains them in CIA trade craft, there are approx 250 active Paramilitary operational officers (PMOO) these individuals are deployed to pave the way for special forces to enter a country. Reply

Yevgeni / 26 Nov, 2010 at 01:07 pm the norway units can win battles just by making their enemys try to say their name espesially #7 ))) Reply

RASCO10 / 30 Dec, 2010 at 02:43 pm Actually here's what the list should be based off on; Most kills throughout OIF and OEF COMBINED 1) 1/75 RANGER BATTALION (US) 2) 2/75 RANGER BATTALION (US) 3) 3/75 RANGER BATTALION (US) Reply

Elliot / 2 Jan, 2011 at 10:05 pm Yea when half of them are innocent civilians it doesn't count. Reply

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Chris / 10 Jan, 2010 at 11:03 pm Avi, Idrael did make it onto the list. They're at number 3. What I'm surprised about is that Australia's SAS didn't make it on there. I recently passed my officer selection board for the Australian army and was considering special forces. The tests, training and overall lifestyle is commonly said to be the toughest in the world. Our SAS are the most sought after soldiers for recruitment into private security forces in the middle east. Look it up, I'm not just spinning *****. Reply

whodareswins / 11 Sep, 2010 at 01:04 pm personally, i think the british, aussie and kiwi sas should just be grouped as one on these sort of lists. there is little or no skill distinction between the two, and they don't call them selves british or aussie it's just sas or "The Regiment" Reply

Hunt / 18 Mar, 2012 at 07:50 am Yeah your right there mate. Should be grouped together Reply

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BravehisTickle / 11 Jan, 2010 at 01:38 am I say, super list! Flamehorse is back with a bang!

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pablo / 23 Aug, 2010 at 02:20 pm and ireland we are better than we luc Reply

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BravehisTickle / 11 Jan, 2010 at 01:40 am And thank you for reminding me to play counter strike and delta force again Reply

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Super Kenwyne / 11 Jan, 2010 at 01:43 am Steve Bruce red and white army Reply

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lala / 11 Jan, 2010 at 01:49 am awesome list Flamehorse really super. Reply

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JohnTheItalian / 11 Jan, 2010 at 01:49 am Cool list FlameHorse! Reply

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arturo / 11 Jan, 2010 at 01:50 am

great list Reply

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BravehisTickle / 11 Jan, 2010 at 01:56 am Hey Flamehorse, have you submitted that WW2 list that you were talkin about earlier? I wanna see that one quick. Reply

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Jack / 11 Jan, 2010 at 01:58 am SAS FTW Reply

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Clark / 11 Jan, 2010 at 02:01 am Justice Leaguehaha! awesome list! Reply

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Jediknight / 11 Jan, 2010 at 02:02 am What about the Power Rangers? Reply

arkeville / 2 May, 2011 at 03:47 am I do say, nice speculation there. POWER RANGERS must be one of the top elite forces. They use weaponary and Intelligence of far more advancement than any of these SFs.

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evilspwn / 11 Jan, 2010 at 02:09 am once met an ex-SAS man who allegedly had his girlfriend in a wheelchair for having a threesome with 2 soldiers. he had left his wife and kids for her. weirdest thing was he was just another normal guy. physically unremarkable. but with scary shark eyes. Reply

enough / 14 Sep, 2010 at 02:50 pm u simply just spend u boring life watching toooo many bad low economy movies, produces by people who scare u abit yah??? dont watch these kind of movies brotherspoils u goodnight sleep, and when u feel bored and cant sleep..u wrote things like that to us, who try to give u a safe night sleep!!!!, and put our life on risk because u feel sooooooo booooored!! better u find an less excitin site to have u good night story..maybe u should try this siteits free..www.helpme4godssakeimwrongplacedinthisworld@ymail.com100% boy, its a much better site for u than this one..best free and honest advise Reply

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deeeziner / 11 Jan, 2010 at 02:12 am Another fine list FlameHorse. You always manage to author lists of interest. As a Navy brat Ive always been interested and even a bit envious of those who have gone the extra mile in their training. And I would like to say thank-you to all the men and women who have put themselves in harms way to serve. Reply

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hunter / 11 Jan, 2010 at 02:19 am

Groin strikes are quite prevalent. that proves that Shayetet 13 is the most badass Reply

smallen / 31 May, 2010 at 11:00 pm I took a few Krav Maga lessons there's three main targets eyes, throat and groin its sheer brutality. they even taught us a way to get out of a bear hug from behind by breaking thier pinky, then pulling Reply

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Muscarius / 11 Jan, 2010 at 02:24 am I also see no mention of Italian Col Moschin. Reply

Albert / 16 Aug, 2010 at 05:35 am Sorry but each special force evaluation is conditioned by the countries militray tradition. Unfortunately Italy has a reputation of ending battles on the opposite side from where they started. And believe me I am being very kind with my words. Reply

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Atheismo / 11 Jan, 2010 at 02:34 am I am surprised that US did not make it on the list. They even damn gooder at what they do. Reply

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Moloch1123 / 11 Jan, 2010 at 02:36 am Ive met some American retired Special Forces guys and yeah the eyes will scare you. Reply

Magnumto / 16 Sep, 2010 at 10:17 am I worked with a former SEAL and he was just a normal guy except he could impersonate a lot of cartoon characters! Funny guy, and damn smart too. Reply

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Manda / 11 Jan, 2010 at 02:38 am Excellent list. In some ways I am a little envious of these people and what they can achieve, on the other hand, I am certainly not brave enough to do what they do. You mentioned for MARSOC that only men are allowed to join. Do the other groups allow women? Reply

guest / 26 Aug, 2010 at 09:49 am not as an operator but delta force does have women in them you dont do the same training but there is a very tough security cleance and selection process you have to be the best in your field Reply

Ruben / 11 Sep, 2010 at 07:25 pm South Korea 's 707 (aka the White Tiger) has women in their units because "Women appear less threatening than a man when facing a terrorist." Polish GROM had women operators in Iraq performing covert operations.

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simon / 11 Jan, 2010 at 02:47 am was bit surprised not to see the australian sas mentioned, theyre generally pretty highly regarded among special forces ranks Reply

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David / 11 Jan, 2010 at 03:36 am Don`t believe all these programmes that you wath about the SAS. Because while you see all these books, and ex-SAS, telling their stories, it`s not like that at all. They suffer from PTSD, depression, alcoholism, have commited suicide and other sad things. Yeah-It`s GREAT to be in the SAS! Reply

Frank / 22 Aug, 2010 at 11:02 am Believe the programmes, and books about the SAS. Especialy the ones written by, or adviced about by the soldiers who where there. You can never have the slightest idea about the personal sacrifices, living conditions,stress,and life threatening situations, these men have to endure. Time and time again. Not for nothing, do the rest of world look to them for advice, and training ideas. They may be the toughest of the tough, but they are still Human beings. You'll more often than not find the things you mention, have an outside the barracks influence. Family problems being a major one.None of this is denied by the soldiers themselves. As one SAS soldier admitted, when in action they are so highly trained, that they are simply a killing machine, Reply

Titty Launcher / 22 Oct, 2010 at 04:44 pm

It's the same for all special forces. Every one of them. I met an SAS guy who drinks, but not excessively and he lives a decent life. He's a driving instructor now, and a damned scary one. Reply

Bob USA / 12 Dec, 2010 at 09:10 pm Oh but it is, Dave! Nobody who signs up for that kind o work expects to live for ever. While you are there though, live it and love it! Reply

arkeville / 2 May, 2011 at 03:55 am Well Im sure that the majority of military personnel in any country and regiment would have PTSD.. Just like the majority of the world has depression.. and its considered a mental disorder.. The only difference is that the military see and do things the norm of population doesnt. So they might as well call it double depression. Depression and PTSD.. shouldnt be classed as mental disorders, should be renamed as LIFE. Reply

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Babe Ruth / 11 Jan, 2010 at 03:40 am Wow!! For 6th time in a row the list that has been coming out from this site has impressed me!!! Now lets see who is the ***** who is going to break this streak by publishing a baseball list. Reply

Keed / 27 Mar, 2011 at 08:19 am

Ted Williams was a better hitter than Ruth, thats for sure. Nearly half the strikeouts with nearly as many walks in 200 fewer games. Didnt have the protection of Jimmie Foxx as long as Ruth had the protection of Gehrig. If Ted played in Ruths era, hed have posted better numbers, because pitchers werent as wary of the home run back then, and Ruth changed all that. Reply

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mattricks / 11 Jan, 2010 at 03:42 am I agree with Simonalthough the 4 RAR regiment is the kick-arse one that should need mentioning. Not only are they kick-arse at combat but they can also rescue people like no one else can! But a great list none the less mate! Ask any American war hero who theyd rather fight along side and theyll say Aussies!! Its cause we rock Seeyas later Reply

CelerSilensMortalis / 1 Sep, 2010 at 01:05 pm I'd rather fight with Israelisjust saying. Reply

Behemoth 69 / 12 Dec, 2010 at 09:14 pm 4RAR is Kick Arse????? Hahahahhhahahah!!!!!!!!!! I have seen more kick ass Aussie Army Reservists. They do rock and take their job seriously. Look at their work in Afghan recently, as good as any regular, maybe special, force. Reply

PatriotAUS / 11 Oct, 2011 at 03:40 pm Personaly Im offended by the majority of the rubbish posted here by some people, the 4th commandos are reservists, and they are just ad tough

as any full-time SFs even if half of them carry a briefcase Aswell as an M4, a 4 man SASR team would rank very high on this list if u would stop wasteing ur time crying about either side of mistakes made inthe past by certain countries, I agree the Brits SAS is the best I would wager the 22nd would put all others to rest, I personally am not agreeing with the horrors done to the Jewish community, but israil needs to take a step back and consider the fact that it was over 60yrs since, and even NeoNazis wouldnt dare come close to israil. Reply

arkeville / 2 May, 2011 at 03:59 am We do rock! Reply

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Edgar Hoover / 11 Jan, 2010 at 03:44 am What about Special Forces from Asian country?? Reply

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Gregory / 11 Jan, 2010 at 03:46 am Woulda put the Ruskies up higher and included the Australian SAS, but all good. Reply

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flgh / 11 Jan, 2010 at 03:47 am @Atheismo (22): What are you talking about? Half the entries on this list is American Reply

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Kibey / 11 Jan, 2010 at 03:49 am

If you know about them, they arent badasses. The true badasses are secret. Reply

JTF93 / 23 May, 2010 at 01:11 am those we know are the wannabe badasses of the true badasses. Reply

brian / 6 Jun, 2010 at 03:14 am Very true Kibey. I was disabled from the USMC (2nd Force Recon Co.) for the most part nobody new our existence if not in the service. I know most are with MARSOC now but we were a spitting image of the SEALs, mission wise. We never did get many jobs because Naval commanders wanted their own. SEALs get more credit than deserved. If our job or mission was to go and do a direct action (DA) mission and shoot up thousands of rounds at the enemy and then peel away maybe we would have been more known. Now I know they do more than just DA missions, but our missions and training were damn near identical other than reconnaissance and a few other things. Other services did not appreciate us not joining SOCOM and they gave us crap missions. The Corp's didn't need SOCOM, we were great w/out them. We had the MAGTF. MARSOC will do great in there new surroundings. I also can't believe the Rangers are that well thought of. Don't get me wrong they do a great job at what they do, but what I have seen of them (and I did do things w/them) they are a great small unit infantry or grunt. The Army in general are not really that well trained, that's my opinion and what I have seen. SF are great advisers, knowledgeable, very intelligent, but in my lack a little fighting skills. They are threatened now by MARSOC because of our MSOAG and MIB. I love all my spec op brothers from all services and they are the greatest!!!! Reply

john / 25 Oct, 2010 at 11:18 pm Umm. second force recon? Heard and know some guys guys in that. And you think seals get more than they deserve huh? Do you not realize the training they go through? Do you not know that there are only 2000

active? And you especially don't know half the missions they do. Just another marine saying he is or was or could have been a seal. Never heard a seal say he could have been anything other than a seal Reply

Joel / 20 Dec, 2010 at 06:17 pm Such as the SBS, even the SFSG do the same job as the SAS Reply

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Cortex / 11 Jan, 2010 at 03:52 am had a mate in the Kiwi SAS who said when on exercises against Navy Seals found that most were stoned. He said in Afghanistan all the commonwealth troops tried to avoid the Americans so they dont accidently get hurt by them. But this list missed the WORLDS BEST the gurkhas from Nepal still considered the most stealthy and deadly. Reply

BM. / 21 May, 2010 at 11:14 pm gurkhas are not special forces, they are elite soldiers, but not special forces. Neither is Mi6 for that matter. This list is rubbish and the rankings are pulled out of his ass. If the SAS is on the list then so should the SBS quite arguably the better of the two. Never heard of them? Thats because they are more secretive than the SAS which gets more media attention. Reply

Nick / 29 Jun, 2010 at 11:44 am This is very true, you also have the Pathfinders which is the para Reg on version of an SF force, officially not classed as SF, but have exactly the

same level of training as SAS.. Also SAS is 60% made up from The Para Reg SBS are arguably better and get much less attention you also have DET and 14 Company in the UK military which are counter intelligence and SF trained which also include women. Reply

Luke / 2 Jul, 2010 at 01:29 pm I dont know about the SBS but the only reason the SAS get more media attention was because Iran Embassy hostage situation before that hardly ANYONE knew about them, they significantly helped fight in the Bosnian war and no-one even knew they were there! If it weren't the Iranian Embassy raid, who'd probably not have heard of them Reply

Luke / 2 Jul, 2010 at 05:47 pm *If it weren't for the Iranian Embassy raid, we may not have ever heard of them. But Margret Thacher decided she wanted to send them in to make a statement to all other terrorist organisations that Britain would not just sit quietly and give in. Which served it's purpose, but came at the price of worldwide attention unfortunately.

Rainman / 15 Dec, 2010 at 03:45 am Thats because theyre 3 foot tall! Reply

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dalinean / 11 Jan, 2010 at 04:03 am

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apoorv aditya / 14 Feb, 2011 at 11:00 pm which bastered has posted this,spetsnaz are far tougher than us green berets and u havent mentioned indian marine commandos who are tougher than us navy seals and royal marines.this article is biased only going after the name of western specially us forces Reply

Spud / 18 Feb, 2011 at 07:16 am thank you. Who in their right *****ing mind would put the spetsnaz at number 10? They are easily top 3 if not number 1 Reply

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Shagrat / 11 Jan, 2010 at 04:06 am Avi did you not read the list? Shayetet 13 is ISRAELI Atheismo youre an idiot first you state I am surprised that US did not make it on the list. They even damn gooder at what they do and then criticise Flamehorse for giving a humourous anecdote about the Ranger Captain from a US Unit!!!(Ive also heard that one. too, horse great story) BTW, Athieismo there were no less than 5 US Units described: MARSOC @ #8 Rangers @ #6 Green Berets @ #5 Delta Force @ 4 and Navy SEALs @ #2 Flamehorse an awesome list and well-researched: maybe a little light on other nationalities, but the US does tend to have immense military resourse and specialisation. Id've thought, maybe that the British Commandos or Marines mightve snuck in given the former was the basis for both the SAS and other Special Forces while the latter was

the inspiration for the British Commandos and the US Marines having been a regiment well before the War of Independence, the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars. A second BTW Australia and New Zealand also have SAS Regiments and they receive exactly the same training as their British sister Regiment: so much so that the individual SAS Regiments dont even distinguish themselves as British, Australian or New Zealander they are SAS; or simply The Regiment. This was explained to me by one of the six Aussie Vietnam Veterans who were ex SAS that called the Vietnam Veterans Clubhouse in Hastings, Victoria, Australia, their home (there was also a Kiwi ex-SAS member as well, making 7 in all) - - - and, yes, David; they DO have their problems; as do ALL ex-servicemen; Special Forces or no: God Bless them ALL! Reply

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InShaneee / 11 Jan, 2010 at 04:06 am Definitely surprised Mossad didnt make the list, those guys (and girls!) are terrifying. Reply

whodareswins / 11 Sep, 2010 at 12:49 pm mossad isn't a special forces unit, they're the israeli intelligence service, like MI6, which also shouldn't be on this list Reply

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Shagrat / 11 Jan, 2010 at 04:10 am Houssam tell your resistance fighters to put on a real uniform and actually fight and not bomb innocent market-shoppers and then running away! Reply

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wallet / 11 Jan, 2010 at 04:22 am

The test for the seals doesnt sound that impressive. any runner should easily do 3 km in 10 mins. I flipped through a book in a shop written by an SAS guy one, and he claimed one of the tests they did was something like 20 km in 3 hours, with a 60 kg pack. (about 130 lbs) Reply

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Armodillotron / 11 Jan, 2010 at 04:43 am MI6 are badasses? MI6 are bloody useless. Remember The Weapons of Mass Destruction fiasco? Reply

Yeti / 28 Feb, 2012 at 05:35 pm Mi6 wouldnt have let some nutter fly a plane into their HQ though! Reply

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mike / 11 Jan, 2010 at 04:55 am In NZ about 2 years ago there was a 6 {i think} part SAS series, it was well done and a good watch as it was not glamed up at all, the guys that failed really did fail, and the guys {4 in the end} that went through were the best. I know {through a workmate} New Zealands yougest SAS {now a trainer} and he is not a huge man but very brave, very powerfull and smarter than anyone i have met. you just know he is all bravery. My hat is off to them all on the list. JF do you know of the series i had seen aired in nz? Reply

Elliot / 2 Jan, 2011 at 09:56 pm It's called "First Among Equals" an awesome doco, its on youtube in 18 parts I think. Reply

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Julius / 11 Jan, 2010 at 04:58 am Spetznaz definetely has to have a higher rank and also where is the german KSK? They are generally viewed as one of/if not the best special forces in the world. A bit heavy on the americans but otherwise good list. Reply

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El the erf / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:12 am Considering the fact that the armed forces of America are superior in everything be it mobility, firepower or communications, its sad to know they couldnt find (find, not fight) a certain bearded bloke in the mountains of afghanistan. Well I guess you can beat man, not nature Reply

brian / 6 Jun, 2010 at 03:42 am Hey dumb ass, the same thing could be me trying to find you in your backyard w/out millions of acres of mountains. If you have not been there looking, shut the fk up! Your blokes are not doing well either are they? Reply

dearg / 11 Sep, 2010 at 08:27 am Who are his blokes genius? It's a US fake war costing endless billions.

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Arsnl / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:16 am @Armodillotron (43): i also think propaganda plays a role here. Why the hell did osama escape when the had him cornered in 2002, if americans had so many great units?? Ps a notable mention for the french foreign legion, i was hoping. Reply

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orangeherald / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:21 am very good list i thought. Reply

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Arsnl / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:26 am @Shagrat (32): When you say God bless them all, to what god are you refering. The Thou shalt not kill god, the turn the other cheek god or ares? Im a bit confused. Why are people so freakin proud of their armies? Im not being an utopist here. Armies do have their role but lets consider them a necessary evil not something to be that proud of except when the other side is truly evil like nazi germany. But there have been so many massacres too and blunders with so many people killed. @El the erf (43): stop repeating what i say you freak. Reply

whodareswins / 11 Sep, 2010 at 12:58 pm any and all gods, i believe Reply

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d600 / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:34 am

JTF2? Reply

fpmaldini03 / 14 Dec, 2010 at 07:13 pm You can't include the JTF2 on the list because almost no one knows anything about them. The best special fcorces are the ones that you know nothing about. Reply

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c man / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:36 am arsnl: f u dillweed , freakin loser f u Reply

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El the erf / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:37 am @ExMilitary (45): The second para stroked an emotional chord within me I am unsure which. Cant exactly decide whether to cry or feel scared. @Arsnl (47): Oh I see 43>44, uh? You are that bad at numbers?? chee. Reply

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suchy / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:46 am No GROM??? hmmm even tho USA got 5 force units on this list GROM operators extract six CIAagents from Iraq during Operation Desert Storm which is only one among their missions, and the first known by public Worth mentioning imho! maybe a BONUS Reply

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Camo / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:48 am Interesting list as per usual Flamehorse but sorry, far too US-centric for my liking. To allocate 5 of the 10 positions to the various US Forces is a bit rich. Surely you could have found room for the elite talents of the Australian SAS, as well as Mossad? Reply

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oouchan / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:48 am Interesting list. Learned a bit. Nice work, flamehorse. Not really my type of list though, so nothing more from me. Reply

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Morten / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:48 am Actually, I forgot DEVGRU. Put them at place number six and push out KSK from Germany. Reply

whodareswins / 11 Sep, 2010 at 01:02 pm DEVGRU is part of navy seals. they're commonly called seal team 6, so technically they're part of this list Reply

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Nicky / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:54 am the Navy Seals physical training is beyond belief?! are you having a laugh thats what the British army expects its mere officers to do in selection, and they point out (and are correct that that is a BASIC level of fitnessyou shouldnt have to work too hard to do any of those. (speaking as an army officer)

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USMC Devil Dogs / 11 Jan, 2010 at 05:57 am Wow I Feel Hurt That Marines Are Number 8 On This List You Obviously Dont Kno Your Special Forces Too Well Reply

skullfuck / 19 Oct, 2010 at 11:05 pm think about it the fact that you're hurt by that makes the marines deserving of its #8 ranking. Right?

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skullfuck / 19 Oct, 2010 at 11:24 pm oh yeah I forgot, the few the brave the proud.. too much pride makes your ego weak. Just so you know.. Reply

Joel / 20 Dec, 2010 at 06:51 pm Marines aren't special forces, so they shouldn't even be on the list. Reply

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Arsnl / 11 Jan, 2010 at 06:02 am @c man (49): He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how

violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder Albert Einstein. GOD bless them. May GOD save our countries and our culture. GOD is on OUR side. @El the erf (50): well stop repeating me. Its so annoying. Maybe you tap in my brain. Its like a milkshake and you have a straw (cant rememer the quote exactly) ps to all the army men and women that will certainly disagree with me: well im sorry. Atleast in my ideas and on the net i want to be an utopist. Reply 1 2 3 17 Next Amazon B&N Plus: Purchase The New Book! The Ultimate Book of Bizarre Lists Subscribe 21696 Facebook 9397 Twitter 0 RSS

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