Does anyone know what kind of training one is given in the U.S. Special Forces?

Question

Does anyone know what kind of training one is given in the U.S. Special Forces? Also, how long would a typical enlistment period be for Special Forces, both for enlisted and officers?

Answer 1

New male recruits to the Army who have requested to join the Special Forces first begin training at Fort Benning, Georgia. (All United States Special Forces units are closed to females.) This consists of basic training and Infantry training combined in a 14 week-long course. After graduation, soldiers must attend and pass the three-week Airborne school before progressing to the Special Operations Preparation Course (SOPC) at Ft. Bragg.


SOPC's purpose is to prepare SF candidates for Phase I, Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS), an evaluation that lasts 24 days. Upon successful completion of this phase, recruits usually return to their previous units to await being admitted to a class in the three-phase Special Forces Qualification Course ("Q Course"). There recruits are assigned to the 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg and required to participate in a demanding three-week Small Unit Tactics course. This course is designed to familiarize non-combat Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) soldiers with basic patrolling, orienteering and woodland skills. Afterwards, recruits of rank Staff Sergeant (E-6) and below attend the Primary Leadership Development Course/Basic Non-Commissioned Officer's Course at Camp Mackall before officially beginning Phase II, a five-week block of instruction in Small Unit Tactics.

In early 2006, Phase II was expanded to include three weeks of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training & lethal hand to hand combat & element of surprise disarming techniques, following immediately after completion of the Small Unit Tactics phase. After Phase II, recruits then begin Phase III for specific training within one of five Special Forces specialties: 18A, SF Officer; 18B, SF Weapons Sergeant; 18C, SF Engineer Sergeant; 18D, SF Medical Sergeant; and 18E, SF Communications Sergeant. 18A-C training courses are about 26 weeks long, the 18D training course is 59 weeks long, and the 18E training course is 32 weeks long. Q Course graduates complete their Special Forces training by participating in "Robin Sage", a large-scale unconventional warfare exercise (Phase IV) and language school (Phase V) before being awarded the Special Forces tab.

Soldiers who successfully complete SFAS but are not already Airborne qualified are assigned a class date to attend Basic Airborne School at Ft. Benning, Georgia prior to reporting to Ft. Bragg.

After successfully completing the Special Forces Qualification Course and earning the green beret and SF tab, Special Forces Soldiers are then eligible for many advanced skills courses. These include the Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, the Combat Diver Qualification Course, the Special Forces Sniper Course, Advanced Special Operations Techniques course, and the Special Forces Advanced Reconnaissance and Target Exploitation Techniques Course. Additionally, Special Forces Soldiers may participate in special operations training courses offered by other services and allied nations throughout their careers.

Answer 2

Once you go SF you don't go back. You'll serve in a sf unit until you eventually decide to get out. Thats not always the case with officers though, since they have to hold staff jobs through out their careers, but typically you'll stay in, its frowned upon if you do leave for another unit.

Answer 3

Mental stability under pressure and the will to fight in the most difficult situations using skills in weapons and survival.

Answer 4

you learn to wipe your *** without toilet paper

Answer 5

i do