Special Operations requires a certain mental attitude as highlighted by this article on NEWSREP. The article described the character traits which are often found in candidates who successfully complete Special Operations selection. The article points out how the character traits of Integrity, Teamwork, Persistence, and Love of Learning ranked high among the study participants who successfully completed […]
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Special Operations Selection: This study reveals the character traits that make it more likely to pass
CHARTERS TOWERS, AUSTRALIA – SEPTEMBER 06: A soldier from 3 RAR (Royal Australian Regiment) starts patrolling after a paratroop drop during an airborne combat team exercise as part of a combined Arms training activity on September 6, 2010 in Charters Towers, Australia. The soldiers made the jump from an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and […]
Don’t be a Babylonian, stick to those new year’s resolutions
We hope that all of you had a fantastic, happy and healthy Christmas and New Year. And now that the holidays are over we can, hopefully, get back to somewhat of a normal schedule. As we’re all creatures of habit, to varying degrees. And the New Year is the subject of today’s piece here. Specifically […]
Special Operations Selection: Breaking up your training routines
For many of our readers who are preparing for taking the big leap into one of the Selection courses, we try to help you get ready for the challenges here by posting a daily piece on the physical training program that we feel will help you achieve your goal. But sometimes it is good to […]
Special Operations Selection: Changing your workouts to increase your speed
As you are preparing to get ready for Selection, we post our daily Physical Preparation workouts which should help you prepare for the get you as ready as you can be when you begin your journey into one of the US’ Special Operations units. We always push the distance running, rucking and building upper body […]
Rucking early Christmas morning, no days off
Before celebrating Christmas with the family today it was time for some exercise. I was up before the sun and since everyone was sleeping in as we had been out late visiting family on Christmas Eve, I decided to take advantage of the quiet time to get some rucking in…and to work off some of […]
Special Operations Candidates, Get Your Mind Right
Opinion: I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say to me or comment in my presence about what they “think” it takes to become a Navy SEAL or Green Beret. Most often, these people are unaware of my profession and it is always with a sense of amusement that I hear their […]
“Why Do You Put Such A Premium On Rucking In SOF?”
We frequently get a lot of questions here at SpecialOperations.com about the Selection part of the pipeline, what the candidates for the various Special Operations units in the SOF umbrella must pass. Selection, as we say is just the first step but it is a continuous process and never really ends. Candidates during Selection will be assessed […]
The GORUCK Challenge is a Fun, Interesting Event While Prepping For Selection
While preparing to go to Selection, there is a lot of individual work that must be put in. Finding and breaking in the best boots for your feet and prepping your feet for the long road ahead. Then there is the Land Navigation training and map reading which, if you aren’t ready for can be […]
Finding the “Lost” Land Navigation Point At Camp Mackall
Many of the training pieces that deal with either the Selection course or the SFQC (Special Forces Qualification Course) we write from a perspective of one of the cadre members, which I was for a time during the early days of Selection. Passing Selection and the SFQC was/is no easy task and many of the […]