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@deadheart5562 жыл бұрын
Biggest misconception is that Pat isnt the actual Unit.
@isaacbarrett92122 жыл бұрын
No....Pat is a Terminator Cyberdyne systems model 101
@dmo5442 жыл бұрын
Pat once taught my AIT class how to change a flat tire with nothing but a rusty pair of channel locks
@thomaspavelko94122 жыл бұрын
Keep in mind when Pat & Larry Vickers did there time in CAG there was not alot of this high tec stuff "tactical" stuff everywhere..even something as what today is a simple weapon light..we had to take a maglight have a commo guy do some wiring and make a remote switch. Laser aiming gadgets were big and heavy enough to be used as a back up CQB weapon.
@kilakr132 жыл бұрын
CQB
@thomaspavelko94122 жыл бұрын
@@kilakr13 Thx,one of the "As I get older " issues.🥴
@sNiPeR95PwnZ2 жыл бұрын
Pat left the Unit in 2005; Vickers i believe 2002 or 2001. While there is some truth to your statement - this is not the timeline they went in to rescue Kurt Muse either.. Around the 2000s where plenty or high tech stuff
@thomaspavelko94122 жыл бұрын
@@sNiPeR95PwnZ Pat was in before 2000,the 90's was around the time of all the wiz-bang stuff was really flooding in,everybody jumped on that "try our new sci fi stuff", just my guess nothing more but its probably why Vic and alot of guys from that time don't really do hi tec stuff...my wording for optics and stuff. My reasons and again just mine are some of that,the other half is no matter what I pick up strip all the optic and stuff up I'm familiar with its operation and use. I don't have anything against all that fancy stuff if people want to use it that's awesome that's just me.
@masonbush36862 жыл бұрын
You are making our military look bad. Nobody is gunna give you a pat on the back because you carried a heavy radio. You still were out there. You were still getting some. You signed up for it. Shut up. There is a 9 year old in Syria with no food, not one clean wound, and an old AK. Oh and he’s fucking ready for you. With all of his technology. So yeah. Let’s sit here and remind everybody that we didn’t have cool flashlights to help us win gunfights or we didn’t have a laser or we didn’t have this. It’s a sacrifice.
@timothymcglothlin41652 жыл бұрын
I think I worked with some guys in the unit in Kurdistan. They were really professional but very secretive, and way more humble than some of those playboy operator dudes that all the conventional forces could tell were operators. It was an honor to get to support such amazing warriors.
@timothymcglothlin41652 жыл бұрын
Granted they didn’t need our support, they just politely tolerated us 😂
@kilakr132 жыл бұрын
Meat gazer
@DoomsdayIsComing732 жыл бұрын
Takes all types to form a SOF Unit. But Tier One guys I have been around, and worked with, are all humble and genuine guys, who truly care about those they work with, and care more about getting the job done, than getting recognition or accolades. That shit comes with the job, but is seldom the focus. Plus OPSEC is pretty much the focus of everything you do in the SOF world. Quiet professionals, bro..
@tridelltransportation36032 жыл бұрын
The best troopies are the ones that can and do think for themselves. Tell them the outcome you desire, ask them if they need anything, make sure they know how to get hold of you and get out of the way. Go solve another problem.
@suntzu58362 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@numericbin99832 жыл бұрын
Same thing in a business setting or in any task delegation role really.
@justindelaney99872 жыл бұрын
In the 90's I was in the 82nd at Bragg the same time Pat was there. And looking at old pictures of him. I'm about positive I once saw him on a dropzone. Some SF guys were there. A guy on a Camo looking dirt bike pulled up to talk to them and the guy looked like Pat. I really want to say it was
@MrJtin692 жыл бұрын
Likely was him sir thank you for your service
@mtnman12 жыл бұрын
I don’t idolize anyone but if there is one person on this planet that I’ve never met that I look up to the most it’s easily Pat. I’m your run of the mill washed up 12B1P from OEF 6 with a family now and this dudes methodologies and ideologies resonate well with me. Air-fucking-borne! 🤘🏽
@silvermediastudio2 жыл бұрын
ATW
@SgtRudySmithbRet2 жыл бұрын
I'm calling BS on the policing of brass. You know good and damn well that it jumps in the can out of fear.
@oneshoeless2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the channel. Thank you for your service. It can NEVER be said enough.
@Kevinj365412 жыл бұрын
The best thing about small units has to be the big boy rules.
@shaunr54502 жыл бұрын
I went SF for hands in pockets.
@caiman1142 жыл бұрын
@@shaunr5450 and hiking boots
@gazmo8472 жыл бұрын
No more head dress, no more blousing your trousers/pants in the UK lol
@SamaelVR Жыл бұрын
@@shaunr5450 Beards and shades
@mistermusik2 жыл бұрын
When your recruiting pool is special forces, what the heck do you expect? Not surprised the cowboy stuff doesn’t put the most people near the top. Yes, free thinking to come up with better solutions, but that cut above where you are also in hyper control as a matter of course, is just beyond. I remember reading about a retired operator (forgot the branch) who said in the top tier you don’t get kicked out, you kick yourself out if you can’t do the job right (paraphrasing). Skill AND seriousness are necessary. Thanks Pat.
@SuperWagner232 жыл бұрын
Delta takes recruits from all branches of the military. First selection is from the army, Special Forces, Rangers and 82nd Airborne. Then they will look at recruits from other special missions units like Navy Seals, Air Force Special Tactics Squadrons and MARSOC
@JohnnyLightningV102 жыл бұрын
They aren't great at one thing its because you are goodbye at everything. They don't have a weakness and carry a trait of team oriented.
@griffey112 жыл бұрын
@@SuperWagner23 please stop spewing this nonsense on the internet. Some high school kid might actually believe you.
@DavidLLambertmobile2 жыл бұрын
@@SuperWagner23 true BUT, data & R&D shows about 75% of ACE(Delta) are Airborne Rangers from the 75th Ranger Regiment. Most of the Army tier 1 units are Bat Boys 🦇....
@boveeinc44 Жыл бұрын
Excellent self reliance.
@GATOR_MCLUSKY5 ай бұрын
82nd lrrp and core lrrp are bad ass and was disbanded few years back , same with the 11h the antiarmor light infantry teams
@willnotcomply13282 жыл бұрын
For me , it was finding out from my best friend (5th SFG not Unit) about the diving!
@JasonVladimir2 жыл бұрын
Some great questions coming in!
@johngross83002 жыл бұрын
Thank you Pat.
@AnomadAlaska2 жыл бұрын
Embrace the grey space, that is where you can make decisions.
@DavidLLambertmobile2 жыл бұрын
What did Pat Mac think of the CBS action series; The Unit? That was based in part on CSM Eric Haney's non fiction book about Delta Force. I'd add that about 5yr ago I saw a US Army general testify before Congress that at the time, 2010s, approx 75% of the tier 1 "Delta" also called ACE came from the 75th Rangers.
@beenschmokin9 ай бұрын
I asked him about it in a class in New Orleans. He was not a fan.
@benjaminhamm39572 жыл бұрын
I remember you commenting that "sometimes someone is preparing for a secret mission and didn't have time to police brass" (jokingly) during marksmanship.
@mikebsbd2 жыл бұрын
That's cool. The business world could use some of those lessons.
@silvermediastudio2 жыл бұрын
That's why they often hire SOF, for those skills and culture.
@davidsalsedo2 жыл бұрын
Solid Pat! Always enlightening to hear your commentary.
@sombra61532 жыл бұрын
Just think of how Major (Retired) Richard Meadows, then a civilian employee with the unit, went under cover into Iran to for intel, recon, and to prepare logistics for the hostage rescue attempt. Then multiply that factor by outside-the-box variables. Then you might barely have a grasp of what they are.
@silvermediastudio2 жыл бұрын
Dudes.
@wbbarth6 ай бұрын
This is the case in my dojo. Experience / skill = responsibility. Some other places breeds bad power dynamics.
@gx122 жыл бұрын
Will you ever release a memoir or documentary about your time with the Unit or time working as a Cold War super spy?
@michaelcarter82092 жыл бұрын
Outstanding
@terdburglar2 жыл бұрын
Mac did you know my ranger buddy Steve Langmack? Served with him at 2/75. I think about him often. Anyway I always heard you guys kept your weapons in your lockers rather than in an armory like everyone else in the Army. True or no?
@Flashhood14252 жыл бұрын
Ha Pat Mac really makes you realize how f-ed up the Eric Bana safety selector scene is in Black Hawk Down
@pointbreak2811 Жыл бұрын
According to the book, that actually did happen with Norm Hooten
@DJTheMetalheadMercenary2 жыл бұрын
Ahhh yes, brass detail is always a good time lmao. I'd usually volunteer to load mags so I didn't have to walk the line and clean the range up lol, just one of those things non-military folk never see and don't understand are all those menial tasks ingrained in training and otherwise.
@lasombra1206802 жыл бұрын
Pat... are you telling me the CBS show with the guy from All-State was not real!?!?
@emersonbolen784 Жыл бұрын
YES!!!!!
@standodge55362 жыл бұрын
The flexibility to make your own brand,...is what makes the Unit unique. In conventional units you do it the way the Army says period. Otherwise you get the talk...."you can't do that because...." Yeah you have some limitation but not nearly as bad as conventional units.
@auwz662 жыл бұрын
Hey Pat would love to know if you ever crossed paths with the Brixmis lads from the UK. Not sure if it was a bit before your time but they had some super clever and ballsy guys out there in Germany.
@hiramhaji78132 жыл бұрын
Great video
@jkeefer0342 жыл бұрын
Love the Judas Priest Poster. Metal Gods
@SHADOWACTUAL2 жыл бұрын
Okay, so how does one transition from the Unit to FOX-HOUND?
@footba11fan41ife2 жыл бұрын
Lmao 😂🤣 MGS was one of my favorite games of all time
@realitycheck41582 жыл бұрын
Wait wait wait, I pick up My own brass! Am I Delta now? Sweet! 🔥😎👍🇺🇸
@marknemeth5392 жыл бұрын
No brass no ammo Drill Sgt lol
@cisco8933 Жыл бұрын
Most people don't even know what a cowboy is. This guy was a power ranger. Another chest pounder
@DoomsdayIsComing732 жыл бұрын
In the Rangers, even though we weren’t Tier One, we still were held to that standard of discipline and maturity, and performance. Being a SOF unit, isn’t all sexy shit. You still have to do Staff Duty, CQ, range details, and all the other mundane bs any other big army unit has to do. You get to do a lot of sexy shit, and have an astronomical budget, but Soldiering is Soldiering. We used to call it “Big Boy Rules”. But with that comes Big Boy responsibility!
@yasotay2 жыл бұрын
Do you stay in contact with any of the unit, past or current?
@1fromtheroad2 жыл бұрын
Life in the stockade. 🇺🇸
@ftdefiance12 жыл бұрын
All I know is that there were a bunch of unemployed construction workers wearing combat boots and pagers
@GATOR_MCLUSKY5 ай бұрын
anyone i know thats passed selection but didnt get on said its alot with a certain personality
@kyrin872 жыл бұрын
Pat scares me 😂
@gsb5w2912 жыл бұрын
Hello Pat, what product do you recommend to keep the beard styled? It seems to hold its shape well.
@ZWhiskey2 жыл бұрын
There are people who blown down doors, and people who hang them back up. That’s a fact
@barry30452 жыл бұрын
This here’s my safety sir ! 😂☝🏾☝🏻
@benking04122 жыл бұрын
Off topic but im interested in knowing what supplements pat mac uses if any🤔
@JamesHartnell2 жыл бұрын
Pat Mac excretes supplements for other, lesser men, to take...
@benking04122 жыл бұрын
@@JamesHartnell not the answer I was looking for but was the one i didn't know i needed😂
@tridelltransportation36032 жыл бұрын
@@JamesHartnell the ability to excrete supplements was one of the DARPA design features built into the MAC 3000. Sadly, the test model escaped the lab before it could be patented. In the brighter side, we now get to watch his videos.
@MB2.02 жыл бұрын
@@tridelltransportation3603 😂😂😂😂
@davidsalsedo2 жыл бұрын
Same ones as Chuck Norris
@operatorerror1242 жыл бұрын
Can anyone explain what the difference is between delta and cag is it the same? Did they change names ? Are more units involved?
@arighteousname58822 жыл бұрын
It's the same thing. CAG is just another name for it.
@operatorerror1242 жыл бұрын
@Antoine Brosseau what’s smu?
@operatorerror1242 жыл бұрын
Secret military unit 😂
@DavidLLambertmobile2 жыл бұрын
CAG or Combat Applications Group was a label given to the SFOD-1 unit in the early 2000s. After 09-11, Bush & his DoD team said; "let's streamline, re-set the upper level tier 1 units to have direct access". CAG later became ACE. The Navy after the bad Marcinko SEAL 6, Red Cell mess 🗂 said; let's rename it Development Group or Dev Gru. The SEALs go thru "Green Team" or selection then are assigned to a squadron. It was gold, blue but after 2010-2015 era more SEALs were added.
@operatorerror1242 жыл бұрын
@@DavidLLambertmobile thanks
@gtcam7232 жыл бұрын
How was the unit different from AWG?
@1970bosshemi2 жыл бұрын
Probably in the same way the Unit is different from ISA.
@Tragicide2 жыл бұрын
FOR HELGHAN!!!
@ilililiiiiiiiil3265 Жыл бұрын
Awg was effectively a think tank…
@fatmunch63182 жыл бұрын
Do all special forces make and design their own stuff or just delta?
@SuperWagner232 жыл бұрын
Yes, no. Army Special Forces aka Green Berets used to manufacture what they needed back in Vietnam, which is where they learned a lot of tactics from the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. One has to remember, Pat is like 57/58, so times were different during his time I service. The advent of 911 really got research and development for special Operations going. For instance, I was an Army Ranger Infantryman. Before that I was a Nation Guardsman for 6 years (a NG contract is 6 years) to pay for my University studies. While at University I studied industrial arts or technology education which is fancy for shop teacher. I was on the wrestling team also. Taught school for 2 years. When I decided I wanted to enlist in the army active duty on a option 40 (Army Ranger)contract my schooling paid dividends. I had a minor in metallurgy/machining so I would fabricate or alter numerous equipment. You just do what you have to
@DavidLLambertmobile2 жыл бұрын
To be clear, J-SOC or SOCOM based in MacDill AFB in Tampa Florida runs the upper end SOF units. SecDef Rumsfeld and Bush changed the upper level special ops units around 2005. Special operations units by law have separate funding, budgets 🗂, procurement policy than "line" units, "Big Army". The DoD or NSC(CIA) can add or fund projects, mission support as required. SF guys, Air Force STS, MARSOC, DevGru, etc all get funds outside of normal DoD budgets.
@Senseigainz2 жыл бұрын
My understanding is that Delta is a carbon copy of the British SAS which is renowned as the best SF in the world.
@ffryan2 жыл бұрын
Delta was based off the SAS when it was created, from an organizational structure standpoint. That was in 1977. A lot has changed in Delta, the SAS, America, Britain, and the world as a whole since then. War is where you get good at war. The United States was actively engaged in 2 major wars for nearly 20 years. Delta in 2022 is superior to what Delta was in 2000 because of the lessons learned in combat. Something to keep in mind when commenting about who the "best in the world" is.
@Senseigainz2 жыл бұрын
@@ffryan ill keep it in mind but ill still say it thanks. Dont forget, the US were not alone in those wars. 😏
@jorgegabrielgarciagutierre17222 жыл бұрын
@@Senseigainz Delta > SAS 🤫😉
@Senseigainz2 жыл бұрын
@@jorgegabrielgarciagutierre1722 👍
@CoolestDude38NC11 ай бұрын
I have nothing to do with Delta. But Ive been a huge fan of the 22 SAS since I was a teenager in the eighties. Read a lot of books about the SAS. Ive read stuff written by SAS guys complaining about Delta as being too macho acting, like too much testosterone driven behavior compared to SAS. Whether that's really true I have no idea. My impression of SAS is they work direct under the British high command with no in between layers of management or bureaucracy whatsoever. SAS plays no games whatsoever, but also not macho acting...just go fast and get the job done. SAS has kind of a paranoid aspect to it, mild paranoia is good if you are operating deep deep behind enemy lines like SAS does. Paranoia equals violence at the target.
@UofO082 жыл бұрын
They put their pants on one leg at a time too.
@stevenfrost64412 жыл бұрын
Yeah Military SOP's and Safety Protocols are almost always written in BLOOD. In other words some poor SOB had to die before something becomes a "Rule". Sad but True.
@michaelrouse14562 жыл бұрын
Typical Army mentality, " Police up that brass, Troop"!!!
@gunlover942 жыл бұрын
I made the grand mistake of reading your comment section. Wtf 😂
@awalker81122 жыл бұрын
What was the last thing he said? "There was a lot of .......fed on you" ?
@alan549627 күн бұрын
There wasn't a lot of things force fed on you. Force fed meaning that they didn't force instructions or directives on you, you have to work it out yourself
@irunwiththedead97772 жыл бұрын
Is it a misconception that only soldiers from the Army can join The Unit? Because there's a rumor that's been floating around for a while now that there's Marines in The Unit too. I also heard that they recruit out of all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces if you meet their criteria.🤔
@deadheart5562 жыл бұрын
All branches can try out, so yes.
@DavidLLambertmobile2 жыл бұрын
The USMC now has MARSOC or Raiders. They have new occupation skill identifiers, new logo-badges, new chain of command. What was "Delta"(the Unit was disbanded in 2005 by SecDef Donald Rumsfeld) became CAG then later ACE.
@irunwiththedead97772 жыл бұрын
@@DavidLLambertmobile Yeah, I know all that but a Marine that was said to be a Unit member was awarded a Navy Cross for his actions during the Benghazi incident. That was back in 2012 and MARSOC was created in 2006. So I'm thinking Marines can join Delta.🤔
@Beepestis2 жыл бұрын
@@irunwiththedead9777 They can. Todd Opalski, for example. Some USMC MOS can apply for the Unit.
@vitigaymer10532 жыл бұрын
@@irunwiththedead9777 Yes anybody can try out from any branch. Jamey Caldwell said a member of his Squadron had been a hardhat diver in the Navy before joining CAG.
@ZildjianMan30 Жыл бұрын
With as much range time as they do, I always thought thumb-reloading your own magazines was training to resist torture. That's bad enough. Now I find out they also had to pick up their own brass. I'd ring the bell at that point! I'm out! Med board me!
@kdaltex Жыл бұрын
Just use a pecan picker. Picks up brass without the hassle
@ZildjianMan30 Жыл бұрын
@kdaltex Or a butterfly net. The net is soft and supple, so it catches jumping brass bunnies quite well.
@suntzu58362 жыл бұрын
500 likes @12:23 on 4/29/22....👊👍
@trroop17forever2 жыл бұрын
Did you really wear skater helmets?
@beenschmokin9 ай бұрын
According to Kyle Lamb and Tom Satterly, yes. Early 90s. They may not have been off the shelf skate brand but many companies make stuff for military and don't broadcast it. But could just as easily been from academy sports and outdoors.
@silvermediastudio2 жыл бұрын
The man who requires to be driven is not worth the driving.
@joeholden25282 жыл бұрын
Does the unit have boat troop, air troop etc like the SAS? Also is there a part of selection in the jungle?
@sugandesenuds66632 жыл бұрын
didnt the SAS boat troop got outsourced an reorganised as the SBS?
@ClodiusP2 жыл бұрын
@@sugandesenuds6663 Nope. SBS has existed for eons.
@jamiecameron74652 жыл бұрын
@@sugandesenuds6663 the SAS also have their own boat troop, I guess it's because the SBS might be deployed elsewhere when such a troop is needed.
@jackbauer41862 жыл бұрын
Love to know what Pat thought of the "this is my safety" scene in Black Hawk Down. Typically, the higher the unit in SF/Spec Ops.... The more weapon safety is taken seriously.
@ffryan2 жыл бұрын
Apparently that is based off a real life incident where the safety was not on. However there was also no round in the chamber. Black Hawk Down deliberately portrayed Delta in a certain way, to play into the drama of the movie. This was highly inaccurate as Delta and the Rangers had a great working relationship, as discussed by numerous guys who were there. T
@rossg47882 жыл бұрын
Although many agree the Ranger Captain was actually a dick in real life. He also had issues as a battalion commander in the 10th Mountain division while deployed
@gradycdenton2 жыл бұрын
@@rossg4788 true but CoL Steele was commanding 3rd BCT Rakkasans in the 101st ABN not the 10th MTN when he came under investigation for war crimes a team in his unit committed.
@z-z-z-z2 жыл бұрын
hell bent for leather
@GruntProof2 жыл бұрын
Everyone still has to do transgender training
@MightyRob12 жыл бұрын
Hurry up and pass me that sign-in roster so I can dip out early
@mariusfrost6402 жыл бұрын
This makes sense. Movies often portray guys as anti-social or stuck-up. I would expect unit guys to be very polite (as long as you're not screwing around) and open minded. Very little butting of heads, more being thoughtful. I doubt very many delta folks are climate change deniers for example.
@DP-ec3zo2 жыл бұрын
“I doubt very many delta folks are climate change deniers …” people always inserting their own politics in these videos. 🤦♂ You probably think they’re all a bunch of Prius driving vegans.
@1970bosshemi2 жыл бұрын
They’re likely intelligent enough to understand that “climate change” is a fact of earth and humans have little to no impact on it. 97% of scientists agree the climate is changing. They do not agree that humans are causing that change.
@DP-ec3zo2 жыл бұрын
@@1970bosshemi Interesting. The climate has been in a perpetual state of change. Marius was talking out his 4th point of contact
@RockyMountainWest132 жыл бұрын
Wtf how does climate change deniers have anything to do with this…?
@username_37152 жыл бұрын
>80% of combat arms ncos voted for trump, and its the same in special forces and rangers. if anything they are probably some of the most group oriented people in the country.