Thanks for your humility. Failure is important for growth. If you’re not failing here and there, you’re not pushing yourself to grow.
@enriquep.-cz2xx10 ай бұрын
As a Marine I had the opportunity to attend SF dive school in Key West in 1993. The new facility was just getting built. I was shocked at how many E-6 and E-7’s showed up our-of-shape. They were gone in the first few days. Ranger school (12-92)- same thing. People dropped like flies. But I did meet SFC Sarun Sar who was in my squad and was impressed with his leadership.
@EricThompsonClimber5 ай бұрын
I was Ranger class 12-91.
@jaysdad42011 ай бұрын
Those "gentleman's courses" ain't easy....
@Sevencitymafia11 ай бұрын
Hell naw 🤦🏾♂️😂
@One_out_of_144K11 ай бұрын
This guy is the real deal, Hollyfield. I appreciate when a real man isn't ashamed when he fails at something, this guy is a real man. I served 21 years in the U.S. Army and I also failed at some Army schools, but the important part is being able to get back up and keep going. I have lots of respect for this guy, he's REAL and keeps it real. He even knows how to and when he needs to apologize for whatever reason. Takes a real man to take accountability. Thank you for keeping it real, God bless you Brother. -Georgie Porgie 1/144,000
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Much appreciate it
@jimboinsa11 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Nothing like failing a school to take you down a notch. Very humbling experience.
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more!
@shrapmagnet4 ай бұрын
Most of the guys I knew in the pathfinder det at Ft Campbell were E4's. My Ranger class was mostly E4's and 2Lt's. I failed CDQC the first time, academic failure. A week later, I started pre-scuba again and 2 weeks later I was back in KW, and crushed it. Would not have been able to live with myself if I hadn't.
@jt593811 ай бұрын
No matter what, you miss every target you don’t shoot. Never follow a leader without failures.
@animula690811 ай бұрын
I’m not special forces material, but for some reason I really find it interesting to hear about failures of my heroes, because it inspires me to keep facing life’s defeats as well. God bless you. ❤
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Don’t disqualify yourself
@Golgi-Gyges11 ай бұрын
I like to hear it because some of them need grounding.
@shadooks47744 ай бұрын
@@Golgi-Gygesyou haven’t achieved anything great
@Golgi-Gyges4 ай бұрын
@@shadooks4774 ha! You don't even know me, kid. I say that you haven't achieved anything even mediocre 😆
@raheemrichardson5 ай бұрын
I just retired but I am still watching his content! I wish I had his videos to watch when I was in. He is a leader who displays a great deal of humility
@shootingbricks85549 ай бұрын
I failed the Army's Counterintelligence Special Agents Course. It was rough. You fail a test twice and you were gone. Each part of the test you had to get an 80% or higher. They didn't recycle me. I felt pretty defeated.
@frankb260211 ай бұрын
I appreciate your honesty. I don't know how many other people on KZfaq would have brought this up.
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
It’s not doing me any good not sharing it
@stephm939711 ай бұрын
Retire SF SGM Knowing your failures and responding is what counts. You did that. “The Man in the Arena “
@TaskForceCP11 ай бұрын
When I went to jumpmaster school, I had two Green Berets, one and 18 bravo in the other and 18 delta fail JMPI. I had a special forces captain that commanded an ODA. he failed actions in the aircraft. When those two guys fail JMPI all of my confidence, leaked out my ears. Because here I am a regular airborne guy and two green berets just failed. I’m thinking to myself. Where is this going to leave me? But I passed and a Jumpmaster qualified. Nobody was more surprised than me.
@mattybserbia11 ай бұрын
i attended pathfinder last year and we had one green beret in the class, he failed the second written test and i was shocked. the dream vision of them as superhumans was shattered and i realized he was just another dude like me lol. i failed the sling load inspection too, it was heartbreaking as it was my first real army school and it was most likely the only chance id ever get to go. but i learned a lot from it and moved on.
@richardvien892510 ай бұрын
he puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you do. remember that.
@shootingbricks85549 ай бұрын
Pathfinder loads are very tough. Like you have to do it verbatim. My buddy who went through it said you MUST study prior to going to the course. 3 weeks is hardly enough study and retain all of that stuff.
@Anthony-hc9ib7 ай бұрын
The only reason I graduated ranger school is 1st phase got lucky 2nd phase did good and third phase was made platoon leader cried instructor asked me why upset said I’m a private and don’t know anything just putting one foot in front of the other. He told me to get the guys and walk west. 5 min later new platoon leader. Passed. That instructor saved me because he knew I was in ranger battalion and he was in same batt❤
@mc.983911 ай бұрын
Pathfinder got a lot of people. When you said Ranger school I thought: Watch it be packing list or a heavy batt-boy class because we like to peer SF guys, lol (joke but not really).
@cgsai200811 ай бұрын
Excellent video. You kept it real and shared some genuine insight. Thank you for sharing 👍🏽🇺🇸🦅.
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@Greg-lg6jh10 ай бұрын
Honestly that pathfinder school was probably the most beneficial thing to happen to you at that point in your career to make you as grounded as you are. Great lessons to take forward and to use your personal style of leadership
@drew897910 ай бұрын
Hey man, I failed out of the CCT pipeline at ATC because I was too worried about failing and looking back, it made me the man I am today. I don't let it define me and I know that at least I didn't quit and took that to the civilian side of life. I'm currently working on my second master's degree utilizing the Post 9/11 GI Bill and I'm happy. I have a buddy who failed out of Jump School and now he's an Officer. You only fail if you quit and your true character is tested on how you respond to failure.
@rashad645911 ай бұрын
I failed MFF my first time (spinner),started skydiving and then went back to MFF with 250 skydives. Passed with flying colors...even though I fractured my ankle on the 2nd to last jump. Graduated SFARTAETC first time...graduated SOTIC my 2nd time...lol I almost didnt pass Pathfinder because I went into the school to "slow down the tempo"...lol I recycled Florida phase....
@JohnSmith-qv4yk11 ай бұрын
I won’t lie. The timing of this video is really amazing. I just failed ESB. Appreciate your honesty
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@abroadmentally512710 ай бұрын
Level 3 is a MONSTER! A lot of guys fail that course
@sheltonpoteat624111 ай бұрын
I failed 2 PT test, but it was because I had asthma and nooooobody knew it. I kept it to myself. None new that at times I could barely breathe. Every time I went to Benning it was spring and my allergies kicked my ass. It was awful.
@karlcarlysle35782 ай бұрын
Failed Air Force Weather which was academically hard but three other schools and left AFSOC went back to Army LRS
@Lukeclout10 ай бұрын
Just came back from POAS . Non Select, 12 months ETR. Thank you for this video.
@grafenr.340510 ай бұрын
Simply outstanding
@c.r.chandler590510 ай бұрын
The first time I went to SWAT school, I failed a pistol qual just before graduation. To say I was gutted was an understatement because I knew I had to go back to my agency with that stink on me. I continued to train and passed with no issues the second time. I have to say that failing a course such as that is a truly humbling experience and it can either lead you to say fuck it and never try again to say fuck it and crush it the next time.
@SNAKEEATER177611 ай бұрын
I failed CDQC soon after I graduated the Q and guess what? I still retired as a Green Beret 15 years later. No one cares. 🤷🏻♂️ Some guys who were CDQC qualified, failed SFARTAETC we attended together. They’re great divers but can’t shoot safely in advanced CQB. They’re still great operators. 🤷🏻♂️ Certain schools do not define a Green Beret.
@geraldmantanona611610 ай бұрын
Just like everything in life, you learn more from your failures than you do your successes. Great videos. 🇺🇸👍🏾
@thekitchenvillain11 ай бұрын
Bro I failed the fucking armorer course. It was an open book test and I forgot the book on the bus
@brianreeves940411 ай бұрын
Same body type, and I do the same thing to prep my run time.
@PapaPerk36011 ай бұрын
I failed RTAC and Ranger School in 2017. Never got a chance to go back as a 88H unfortunately.
@Golgi-Gyges11 ай бұрын
Hello, fellow Cargo Specialist (11B, 88H, 88M)
@PapaPerk36011 ай бұрын
@@Golgi-Gyges What’s up spearhead of logistics ! Nothing happens until something moves 🤪.
@Golgi-Gyges11 ай бұрын
@@PapaPerk360 that slogan was the worst! 😆 My background, 11 B in Hawaii, changed to 88H assigned to 372 in Ft. Campbell - also 88H in Ft. Useless.
@Golgi-Gyges11 ай бұрын
@@PapaPerk360 what were your posts and the years, and your last name (if you volunteer that)? I may know you.
@PapaPerk36010 ай бұрын
@@Golgi-Gyges camp Carroll, ft story, Grafenwoehr, R.OB., Ft Eustis. Perkins
@3SLXXV11 ай бұрын
Pathfinder was the toughest school I attended in the Army by far, and there was nothing physical about it. I didn't make it past slingloads 😂
@andrelone11 ай бұрын
This video has one of the topics that has me wondering around for some time.. Thanks for the honesty Jay you're the best!! Btw how hard is the sniper school for SF? I hear that is one toughest besides dive school
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
It was s challenging but I passed that one
@TheInvisibleMan42010 ай бұрын
Respect to this man for being open and honest
@Bourbon101LRSD11 ай бұрын
Great video man!! Nobody tells about their failures.
@EricThompsonClimber5 ай бұрын
How do you fail Patchfinder?!?!? You're a good and humble man.
@msk191111 ай бұрын
Failure is the best teacher and the harbinger of humility. Great vid
@SoldierJake11 ай бұрын
Turn on that notification bell gentleman. This made my day. More content LFG!!!
@jeffmays175511 ай бұрын
Lil bruh, your the realist. Jeff M USMC occasional hero nuff said.
@grantjones19911 ай бұрын
Thank you for the knowledge!
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@Flooozeee11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the perspective.
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
No worries!
@bmorecareful101410 ай бұрын
Thank you. This is good advice especially for new recruits.
@GreenBeretChronicles10 ай бұрын
You're very welcome!
@georgewashington93811 ай бұрын
how one deals with failure is many times more important that the failure itself
@itskrieger-kz8en10 ай бұрын
Hey man I've been training for a long time because before I was able to remember or even before i was conscious of my own actions i wanted to be the best of the special forces and to day i felt like a faker because I failed to run for 30 minutes straight witch i messed up I was at 20 minutes when I accidentally hit the emergency stop button and I could feel my legs rest it pissed me off i wanted run till I hit the 30 minute mark so started it up again and walked for the next 8 minutes and the last 2:minutes I ran I can't tell if this is quitting or being persisten but ether way thanks for this video I feel better knowing that even good people like you make mistakes
@bornepatrol11 ай бұрын
The course I have the biggest hurt feelings about was dog handler course. I was pulled off the day before graduation. So devastated even more than failing selection. The airborne courses I quite thoroughly enjoyed, very theory heavy though, but inspections on course always put me off and gave me the biggest anxiety. There was one I did where the second day we had to do load inspections it was there as a barrier to make sure you had pre-existing knowledge or at least had taken the effort to get trained by someone before arriving. About 20% failed that.
@gregorycruz86911 ай бұрын
Much respect!
@foxhound504611 ай бұрын
This has been very helpful
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
I’m glad
@ino59200211 ай бұрын
I do not know what it is like now but in my time in the military no one tells you that your very best wasn't good enough like the US Army. I was voluntold that I would be attending Airborne School at the home of the US Infantry formerly known as Ft. Benning (now Ft Moore) after completing OBC its BOLC now or that might have changed as well. But anyway I had a tough time there. I might have jumped out of the 30 Ft. tower maybe 50x hell could have been more, I finally made it to jump week and broke my leg. I didn't know it was broken until I was waiting on the bus to take us back to the rigger shack or wherever we had got our chutes and just sat for hours not moving. I felt like a total failure and honestly I think that failure kind of effected me for the rest of my career. I told that story to a good friend of mine who was a GB and we just laugh at our failures and no go's we have experienced along the way. Builds character that's for damn sure!!! Cheers
@theeveryman349311 ай бұрын
Can you go into more of a deep dive into that professional development, regarding being competitive for the board? Most first line leaders don’t do that nowadays.
@ML-nj8fq11 ай бұрын
SF doesnt do promotion boards
@theeveryman349311 ай бұрын
@@ML-nj8fq I know that, but this guy can still speak about professional development and how to be competitor promotions. You don’t get to be an E8 without that knowledge.
@bruceleealmighty10 ай бұрын
Empathy is hard. You've had to endure a lot. Any, well almost all specialty courses I've been one of those 75% guys I suppose. Well, not all, but a lot. Seems like I've gone through courses enough times that you would suspect I would be ready the first time. I guess it's just easier after you've already learned what they are about to present again. ha ha Thanks for the video.
@GreenBeretChronicles10 ай бұрын
You got it
@HighTreason00711 ай бұрын
The first I’ve heard to talk about this
@yankbat848111 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
No worries!
@Cichlidman10 ай бұрын
I could of sworn path finder was no longer available did they bring it back because back in 2001 when I was in my understanding that is was no longer available
@Bubbly_pen10 ай бұрын
Not sure how often you look at the comments but just a question. During SFAS what was the best way that worked for you to move the wheeled apparatus during team week?
@GreenBeretChronicles10 ай бұрын
Push it
@xusmico18711 ай бұрын
back in my day ANY school you failed was a career ender. top in class # 1 in class. always got promoted and good jobs. WORST in the field. Spear evals killed some of the best in class but they were the best in the field. Just did not play games.
@parawill707411 ай бұрын
Failure is part of the process. Never understood why any SF operator would attend Ranger School, but more power to them. I've seen a couple not make it (PT test mostly) and many complete it, but I saw it as a pride thing and nothing more. I always believed in the old saying "Why attend High School when you've already graduated college?" when it concerned SF attending Ranger School. You can learn a number of things at Ranger School, but i don't think it makes an SF operator a better SF operator, and those 60+ days could have been spent doing something more beneficial. That's just my opinion and I respected anyone that attended the course.
@kxkxkxkx11 ай бұрын
I only went because ranger batt made me go 😂 so when I got kicked out for stealing pancakes from the chow hall they took my tab and my scroll and my jump status 🤮 ...still love pancakes tho ☝️
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Hahaha
@parawill707411 ай бұрын
@@kxkxkxkx - Damn. LMAO
@billyjacc11 ай бұрын
@@kxkxkxkx😮...Are you " For real?". If so, where'd you end up?
@shootingbricks85549 ай бұрын
@@kxkxkxkxRanger Batt guys are ballsy as hell even in garrison 😅
@Boredoutofmywits11 ай бұрын
In my day, you failed a couple of schools, they wouldn't sent you to another one. You QUITTED and school and hey wouldn't sent you to another one ever. Pipelines were less defined back then.
@resolute12311 ай бұрын
If Ranger School is a leadership school, why would they send qualified SF guy that has BNOC under him for leadership? Was it a prestige thing among operators?
@brianoswald106710 ай бұрын
BNOC, check the block😂
@colt1319911 ай бұрын
Any tip for SFAS i know not to quit what some thing i should bring with me to selection?
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Heart
@TheArizonaRanger.10 ай бұрын
When your in SF is Sniper school an option, or does it fall on needs of the team? Can you just volunteer for it if you have down time?
@GreenBeretChronicles10 ай бұрын
You can volunteer
@chrislarson541611 ай бұрын
Bottom line, you went for it. That speaks more than anything else. Don’t be scared to go to any courses in the military.
@L30NHART11 ай бұрын
Speaking of Ranger school, what's the general consensus 18 series guys have with it? Is it a requirement even though you are already wearing the green beret?
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
It’s not a requirement guys go just to go
@Sniper18B10 ай бұрын
@@GreenBeretChroniclesfacts. Why go to High School when you're already in college😊
@dwaynehagle744510 ай бұрын
Too funny You didn't want to go to Ranger School.Of course you're already SF tabbed.I failed the Expert Medical Field badge 3 times Before Earning it.Hardest badge I earned.Also Airborne ,Air Assault.Wanted 18D
@kevinthegrizzly507411 ай бұрын
Honesty. Great leadership trait Top. Keep sending 'em.👊🏾🪖🇺🇸✝️
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Always
@Golgi-Gyges11 ай бұрын
Is it a thing, that foreign military members cannot fail a US military school? It's what I've noticed.
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Yeah that’s correct
@keithphaneuf914611 ай бұрын
Did you ever go back to retake/go to the shcools that you failed?
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
No I didn’t
@Harry-uq9qd11 ай бұрын
As an SF guy, what would be the most useful thing you would learn at ranger school?
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Nothing
@brianoswald106710 ай бұрын
It’s a good test to see if you can stay motivated & lead when you’re all starved & exhausted. Glad I went when I was young.
@Sniper18B10 ай бұрын
@@brianoswald1067SERE did that for us. It was only 18 days long
@Jr-qo4ls11 ай бұрын
The duffel bag drag sucks big ones.
@greenbeanie11 ай бұрын
I thought that the pathfinder course was now in the SF pipeline. Is that correct?
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
It’s not
@mc.983911 ай бұрын
I've been out a while but I thought I read they discontinued Pathfinder.
@rashad645911 ай бұрын
For a while they stopped letting 18CMF go to PF. I remember being in the last class we were allowed. Not sure if that changed.
@nicky2times2times1011 ай бұрын
Can prior service guys do the 18x program?
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
You have to get out first
@shootingbricks85549 ай бұрын
Yes. I knew a Army SF Guard Soldier who was Marine Sniper. He got out of the Marine Corps and enlisted in the Army. He went through the SF pipeline.
@michaelwoodard692411 ай бұрын
Level three mhm
@billyjacc11 ай бұрын
What's Swick?
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Special Warfare Training Group
@songen104211 ай бұрын
ASOT
@GreenBeretChronicles11 ай бұрын
Correct
@LeDiamondDog11 ай бұрын
👍
@williamalexander438911 ай бұрын
HooAh
@Steven_Williams11 ай бұрын
Fail Forward.
@genecps10 ай бұрын
I got kicked out of USMC boot, Army boot, police academy… and became a bountyhunter, bodyguard, PI. Won an award in pistol shooting, became an instructor in a couple of disciplines, EMT- Ineridiot, got a cdl with a passenger endorsement, and learned how to get into any vehicle. P. Got my courses completed than the department of courses has. Lol. PS. Love the story!