This is a great channel full of useful positive information. Cheers brother 🍻🇺🇸

One of our platoon sergeants once asked us "do you agree with the phrase i love being a Marine, but i hate the Marine Corps?" Everybody raised their hands in agreement.

Timestamps: 2:19 - Doing inventories 4:14 - Enjoy teaching + Building relationships 7:19 - Getting training ready to go 8:24 - A lot of responsibility

There were a lot of Hooah Hooah privates in Basic and AIT that wanted to go SF or Ranger Batt. The reality was that only a few of them REALLY wanted it, and got through Selection or RASP. I was fine doing my 4 years as a line medic with a regular Infantry unit. Appreciate the honest review about the not so glorious parts of the Army and SF life. It's not negative, just reality. The video game generation needs to hear this stuff, otherwise they join and become shitbags when they realize you have to do layouts, motor pool duties, cleaning latrines, standing in change for command ceremonies for hours trying not to pass out, all the online trainings like SHARP, SSD1/s, etc etc. And not just hear about only the cool operator shit.

Is it wierd that now I feel even more pumped about becoming SF?

So as a former Combat Controller in the Air Force, we did these inventories for the first half of my enlistment.... they sucked like you said..... then the Air Force being the Air Force decided to get smart and they bought us these nifty scanners that would scan the little coded bar code on the items and we could knock out a full inventory in like a few hours rather than going clip board style through the entire damn thing. Love the guy that came up with that brilliant idea.. lmao

I had someone very close to me pass away in June. His wife knew he was in the Army, but nothing more. My brother was asked to do a eulogy. He did some research, and we were all flabbergasted (including his wife LOL) We found out he was a captain in a Ranger regiment, then went to selection, and earned his green beret. He taught boy scouts. He raised $ for veterans. He would give the shirt off his back to anybody in need. I'm proud and honored to have had him in my life.

When I went thru in 2005, we had to stand in formation for 6+ hours in sleet & rain til 50 guys quit (the arbitrary quota the cadre had for quitters prior to day 1. It was 1st formation on day 0. Didn't know I could sleep standing at parade rest til that day. Been there, good times. 🤤

I’m a 19k veteran and will never get to operate, but I love this channel! Wish I had this knowledge when I went to preselection in Germany.

“We’re working on it” I feel like I tell that to my PSG daily lol

Bro I felt your pain on the brass part that you touched on. I was an ammo dude in 5th group. Worked with multiple teams and shit was always stupid when dealing with the ASP and being short on brass. Love the content bro and I’m training up to go back to SFAS on the tail end of my recruiting tour. Your channel has given me a lot of golden nuggets to prepare me to go back. thanks bro keep it comin 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Keeping it real!!!. Keep it up brother..u r positively influencing generations of warriors. Stay blessed!

Buck thank you for creating this channel it is very informative and motivating! Inventory, teaching/building relationships, creating training, is what I do now in the Navy as a BM. I am an aspiring green beret and I really want it in the worst way, (i transfer to the army in 2 years).All these negatives about it are things I go through now on a daily (minus shooting). I’m no stranger to hard times or hard and long and stressful work. Trust me I’m not phased! Thank you once again!

Best information on KZfaq about SF. Getting me motivated to work hard to achieve my goal !

This video right here is 100% spot on! ODA is NOT your typical DA unit! Then again that is precisely what makes them special! What a crazy mission set!

I always wanted to be a Green Beret since I was 12 and main reason why, is not because of the combat and cool operator but teaching to others and learning about cultures and creating relationships with band brothers, and the motto “De Oppresso Liber”, always made me want to fight and help free oppressed cause i believe everyone should be free, Green berets are inspiring special forces group that I wish to be a part of!

This message can be related to many professions. Comes down to your will and passion. I feel your message! Like always thanks for everything 🇨🇦

Great perspective brother, was never a SF, I was a 14T20-Patriot Missle...Been following your material and greatly respecting you for the no B.S. advice and information...a TEAM built by quality over quantity, asset over liability is so necessary...PRAYERS AND GOD BLESS..!

This is so dope buck , this is definitely the stuff we need to hear brother 🏴

Literally all this video did was make me want to join army SF even more. I was a logistics specialist in the navy for 5 years, so I did nothing but inventories for that whole time, so that’s no problem. I love teaching, I currently am in a leadership position at my job at a physical therapy clinic teaching new techs how to perform their role. After my undergrad is finished I want to go into SF guard. I live in Oklahoma though so I hope I can join up with 19th SFG in Texas and be allowed to drive in for drilling. IF get selected

One of my MOS’s was 92y in the Batt I definitely know what your talking about. There’s always change of commands in SPC-Ops commands constantly. Most regular units in the army three to four years. I was HHC we were always helping other units with inventory or COC

Teaching and raising foreign soldiers sounds really interesting, it’s the main reason the Berets are something I’m thinking of if I choose Army. Also love the pic of the Lee Enfield at the end🔥

Appreciate the honest content. These young guys need to have that side of the story too

You're videos are extremely helpful! Please keep them up!

Great content. Rare to find legit military information like this.

Love to teach and learn. Have done wall to wall inventories for the shop and hate em as much as the next guy, looking forward to being the Charlie (if i get it) Enjoy being around solid people who give a damn. This video just solidifies it even more. Man, I just want to find my tribe and leave the world better than I found it. I'll be looking out for one of those shirts! Let us know when they're available!

Great content man, hands down best channel out right now!

What terrifies me is getting to a team, going through all that arduous training and then not getting to operate at all.

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Green Berets are definitely an underrated unit. They are truly a versatile group of men !!!

Out of all the Special Forces Green Berets are the most appealing to me. Your tasks are what I personally synonymize the most with success. Helping the locals, being teachers, protectors, just straight up nation builders. I love that.

Blowing up! I remember this channel like two weeks ago and now it’s at 22k. Press on!

I've had a 37 page hand receipt that excesses in over 4 million dollars with individual BII for 291 pairs of PVS14's that went into the thousands. Anywhere in the army there is layouts. I want to be the best of the best with the best moral leaders and warriors when I do whats required of me. Great video buck, I now want to be a Green beret even more on some David goggins shit lmao.

As a guy nearly 30 who is hating working a 9-5 for a tech company, inventory and preparation of soldier equipment would be a dream come true for a guy like me. I intend to embrace it all with a smile, the good and the bad. By all means, keep informing us on the mundane tasks, it all just puts a smile on my face

I am a Recruiter in NYC. I enjoy watching your videos. Thank you for your service and the knowledge you share to us.

Can't wait for that CCT vid!

I just discovered this channel . I am an old guy who appreciates and looks up to green berets . This channel is full of interesting information

I remember signing up for Selection thinking I was going to have it made in the shade. Two days into Selection and I wanted out; I ended up lasting two weeks before being IVWd on my last day of Land Nav Week. A lot of guys think that SF or any SOF Community is free of bull shit but me refusing to pursue SF was a good thing on my part. I hate teaching, I hate coordinating and I hate having responsibilities, and I’m a SSG. I think I’ll just milk as much time in my POG unit as much as I can lol

Dude Buck, I remember when you had less than 1000 subscribers 🤣😂 it’s unreal how much it’s grown. Awesome content man. Keep it up 🤘🏼 all your videos giving me more confidence to challenge the Rec 🇺🇸

I love this rant, and I’m sorry I’m slow to show. But I thrive on chaos, and I know all about inventories. 😭😭😭 but this video just made it more concrete for me to go, I love teaching lower enlisted and even those outside of the realm my mos! Great video though, keep it up!

That’s just army in general the grass is never greener on the other side. I appreciate your insight Buck and you have motivated me even more to make sure I kill it at SOCM.

That all sounded good. I wanted to go option 40 for a long time until I looked into what 18x really does. It sounds more rewarding to me. 40 is still BA tho. Great video Buck 👍. Can't wait to buy some MERCH!

After watching this video so far all the things you mentioned applied to me in the positive way but I’m not getting my hopes up on this thinking it’ll be perfect because nothing is or will be perfect. As a current 11B in a armor unit who’s wanting greater purpose/belonging in the profession I want to do something new. Layouts, C.O.C & teaching is one of my favorite things to do for my team & squad. I ETS soon but Wanting to put a SFAS packet in through the CA national guard after college has been on my mind lately. Would appreciate more advice when applicable, much appreciated 💪🏼

Been bing watching all your videos recently and i fucking love the info 💯 my brother is a retired green beret and im about to pull the trigger and join💪🏻

Nah this ain't bitching or ranting, just a much needed dose of reality check.

I really wish videos like this had been around in 1994. At the time, while I was on leave at home from South Korea, I had told an older friend that I wanted to go SF, and that a special program was open that would take E-4's. My friend said simply, "You need to talk to Dave," and left it at that. A few days later, I was invited to have a conversation with Dave. I spent an hour and a half listening to victory and horror stories of Dave's eighteen months in Viet Nam as an SF operator. I wasn't shocked at his accounts of every fucked up thing that happened. Nor the complaints of how a 9mm couldn't cut through the jungle brush. What steered me off of my potential SF path was what Dave had to say about how things were when he got back from the war. Several years later, Dave had a daughter. As she grew, whenever she skinned a knee or elbow or finger, he went after her hard, like an SFAS instructor about getting up and moving on. He couldn't turn off his rage when it came on. And he hated it about himself. I recognized that trait in myself, and elected to opt out of the application process. There are times I wish I would have gone on, for sure. But in the end, I feel I made the right decision.

I did psyop before the name change and really thought I wanted to go sf. But after some time I really saw I could do my schools I wanted, do my high speed stuff. Loved doing that job and got to work with tons of other sof units. So never did, don't regret not either.

I don’t necessarily wanna do sf but I really wanna do marsoc. But this video helped me a lot, I assume all sof units are similar in terms of the downsides and it really doesn’t seem to deter me. It almost makes sense. If you’re gonna be a high speed team then you need to be able to handle high speed responsibilities. I think that’s pretty cool cuz you’re working with (mostly) motivated guys

Thx 4 the raw truth, ppl need 2 hear that...

Ur doing a great service helping the nxt generation buck...

Thank you for making this video because I thought after you pass sfas and the q course you're home free, I didn't know you had to compete to remain on the team.

Thanks for this one, very nice insight. Im a hunting guide up in Maine looking into SF. Some similarities i noted. Teaching, keeping accountability of people and gear, and occasionally look cool and do something bloody. Hunters forget to load rifles too and do some other funny stuff if you dont coach them your SOP. Thanks again.

You just performed a great service for your community. No one gives real speak, they just show the Gucci shit. Great job.

Dude this channel is badass

Biggest i had seen was the turnover on teams. With guys being SWCS eligible at 36 months its hard to maintain continuity on the ODA. With commanders and sgm measuring teams based off experience and performance it becomes difficult to get to the top or stay at the top with guys getting moved out so quickly. With the Q course pumping out numbers it takes almost a year to get new guys up to speed on everything. By then sometimes those new guys are being pushed to SR positions on a team. It can put them in a bind because you don't know what you dont know. It creates lag on the team which could prevent getting top missions.

I already know these things but this video just makes me want it more

Great video buck. I really think this was a very important video and a lot of people do need to hear this. Also, when you say "TAB" i was like wait did he just have an accent switch?? For a second I thought you were jamaican because you kind of sounded like me when you said it.

$937 raised at the moment. Thanks for looking out for a great organization!

It’s funny cause I actually like inventories and check list, now not fully but I find it relaxing and something I do sometimes to past time

Absolutely! Let's get some!

Thank you for your service brother.

Great video. The terp part made me laugh. “I’ve been shot!”

I am 2nd Decade Special Forces (1964). During my service we looked for team players who were fully qualified in their specialty with high levels of integrity. During selection, instructors looked for those who would help their peers and share while under extreme pressure. There was a huge dip in the standards during the latter years of the Vietnam War because of our losses that we paid a huge price for during the post war years until Colonel Howard took over Camp McCall and SF selection and the standards went up to a very high level. Today's SF qualified soldier are among the best to come out of the system.

I attended a course with former SF guys as instructors. He had us teach another student how to load and make a firearm ready without verbal instructions, only demonstration. To simulate a student that didn't speak your language. Interesting twist for an instructor candidate...glad I never had to use it.

Whats funny is they had us doing overnight inventory layouts even when I was an 11B38. And I hated that shyt! 1 PVS/14 came up missing (more like miscounted) and they locked the whole Battalion down. Thank you for your service brother!

Inventory sounds like a closing shift during the holiday season at a clothing retail store fix everything thing in the store! only with that you're leaving at like 1am or 2am lol. My question is there coffee during these inventories? if so I'm pretty sure I can survive that tedium lol. But love the video!

Bro! I was regular army for 21yrs and that shit about the range is fuckin true! I didn't know SF went through then same shit. And don't get me started on fucking inventories man that shit was the worst! Glad u got this channel I seen SF guys in action in OIF1 and they are truly professionals and they need quality not quantity.

Inventories blow, especially when your the Ammunition accountable Officer running AHAs and ASPs its a nightmare. Thank goodness for those Chief Warrant Officers. You hit the nail on the head with receiving ammunition for your range. It is such a pain in the ass getting ammunition no matter if its a 5.56 to a 40mm grenade. Just some key notes if running ranges if you open boxes of Ammunition just use it or else ya got to count every single round of ammo, its easier to expend it and weigh it than count it. Make sure that all the same dodics stay together. And the amount of ammunition that is allotted per Company is dictated by your Companies weapon densities and MTOE but is already figured in at your Companies yearly training brief with your Battalion and Brigade Commanders. If you want to order specific ammunition get yourself a yellow book. Great videos, although I am not SF or any other Special Operations soldier its great to see someone with first hand knowledge just being real.

you are awesome! keep up the good work. big fan here!

Greetings from the philippines! This is motivating me to go SF in my country. Thanks for the video

I can't say I'm an expert in management and coordination but I'll learn if need be.

It was interesting to hear this FGB (Former Green Barry) talk as if he were still active in places throughout this video. It's is so hard for people who were once in the fight to accept the fact they are now civilians. Albeit with advanced training and skills in warfare.

I was in B/1/7 starting in 1980 as as 91B2S (now 18D). I don't remember inventory being such a pain. I do recall "hearts & minds", being an armed diplomat, teacher. That's what set us apart from other units - we were there for the long haul.

Haha inventory! That’s something I don’t miss from the Marine Corps. Thanks for making us aware of that though, Buck. As much as inventory SUCKS, it still doesn’t deter me from wanting to become SF

Dude I had to do inventories as a CBRN Marine, just because I was somehow attached to the S-3 and was a junior Marine me and a boot Lieutenant, not only did we have to do the Regiment inventory but all the Battalions as well. Took us 2 days over 12 hours a day.

I was never a special forces soldier, but I’ve been through a bunch of COC inventories. They do suck, but it’s part of the job.

Sounds like it requires some additional ownership and pride in preparation than most knew about. Thanks for the information! A younger version of myself wouldn't have dug it but after 8 years in the Marines (I love teaching) and working corrections and having to instruct inmates..I think im mentally primed. Now I need to focus on my fitness, but im convinced its what I want.

Very insightful appreciate it 👍🏽

Hi Buck. I would like to see a video about your experience with the toll that special ops takes on your body in the long term. Thank you for the great content.

Former 11B everything you just said is beyond facts. Though I only know this from reg AC side of OPs. Yall are more OP than us so I can only imagine how it was like.

Well well well looks like my time as a 74 d will come in handy.. if supply sgt wasnt there the next person to go to was cbrn as they did inventory hand in hsnd with supply haha. Gave classes and loved it

The more informed your decisions are, the better they will be.

Nothing gets me harder than doing inventories and training. My favorite is conducting training on how to do inventories.

That inventory thing made me laugh 😂

I couldn't help laugh at the story of the 2 solidiers just going into a room and spraying xD

"If you can listen to this video and you still wanna join, then maybe GB is for you." This right here is the biggest thing I've felt as a guy going for Ranger Batt, and just seen with other dudes that wanna try to go SF or anything like it. If you can hear the shittiest parts about the job and still be more than happy enough to be one of the team, then you're more than likely one of the guys they need. You wanna do cool guy shit? You gotta embrace the suck of the day to day jobs too, like doing inventory.

Sounds good to me. I have a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education and I worked in property management before enlisting. Plus, I have young children. All I do is teach and count stuff all day. Sign me up. Lol

Police calls on the range does suck. Essentially have to get an e-tool just to find one piece of brass😂. But as the saying goes "Embrace the suck". However I'd still would love the chance to attend SFAS. I'm just too old and broken now. Anyhoo..great channel and subscribed.👍

Saw Shawn Ryan comment. Can we please get buck on the Shawn Ryan show?? Would be badass!

I’d like to see a group team inventory compared to EOD team gear. Field loss as much as possible.

My rules for my kids are simple. Be nice don’t lie. I also don’t do well with people not being accountable but normally can get through without screaming. That said I’ve been more or less a foreman since I got out so I’ve had to lead 18 year olds and immigrants that don’t speak English or very well at least. Everything you just said made me want to become a green beret even more 💪

Dealing with inventories, enjoying teaching? As a former supply sergeant that is now a teacher, I feel strangely motivated lol.

This channel is awesome

Well now I'm motivated AF

Thankfully, a lot of the (very few) wrong guys we got in the teams ended up "selecting themselves out" by screwing up some egregious stuff (losing a weapon, misusing OPFUND, or a DUI). On my first tour to AFG we lost two medics (as in "they got kicked out of SF"; different teams) to them self-medicating controlled substances. Both medics were from the 18X program. Theres a reason teams are usually short a couple of guys - SF is not for everyone. One has to be mature and dependable to stay in SF. Honestly, although qualifying to get into a team is very difficult for most soldiers who even try, staying in SF until retirement is even harder. Again, it is not for everyone. That being said, I loved that life.

Get someone from the 19th or 20th SFG and do a video about National Guard SF! We know pipeline is the same. But, what’s the life like?

I’m in the regular army and I laughed out loud when you said inventories 😂. But you didn’t convey honestly how sh*tty it is! The Sir isn’t just going line by line. He’s looking at the serial on paper then at the serial number on the equipment. And if there’s more to that piece of equipment he wants to see it all 😭😭. Love the video!

Im 15 aspiring to be a green beret its been a dream sense i was 12 ik it wont be a easy journey but this helped even after hearing this i want to become a green beret

Change of Command Inventory sucks in your normal Infantry Unit. When I became Armorer I always got tasked with helping supply do inventory - shit is ridiculous.

Good points.