[Unknown Target]

Delta are what Marines want to be when they grow up.

Marines NEVER grow up.

Seriously. Almost all the Marines I've met and worked with are like 13 year old pubescent boys on the inside. I have met one who was really cool though.

That being said, I looked at the Wikipedia page for Pararescues. Holy **** those guys are hardcore - they get the top dog pick from me.

[Colonol Dekker]

If the other forces training was up to speed the para guys wouldn't be needed. They'd be able to rely on each other. 

[Thaeris]

Indeed, one does not mess with PJs/Combat Rescue Officers (aka "Crows").

Even their formal attire (not service dress, just Blues) is reported to be bad-ass from some of my former fellow cadets: wearing their black combat boots instead of Oxfords while also blousing the Blues slacks. I think they're issued barrets as well... These are USAF personnel, by the way.

...As someone who formerly was required to pay copious attention to uniforms, yes, I do find that quite cool. 

[headdie]

Indeed, one does not mess with PJs/Combat Rescue Officers (aka "Crows").

Even their formal attire (not service dress, just Blues) is reported to be bad-ass from some of my former fellow cadets: wearing their black combat boots instead of Oxfords while also blousing the Blues slacks. I think they're issued barrets as well... These are USAF personnel, by the way.

...As someone who formerly was required to pay copious attention to uniforms, yes, I do find that quite cool. 

the British parachute regiment has a bit of a nutter reputation

[Nuclear1]

Even their formal attire (not service dress, just Blues) is reported to be bad-ass from some of my former fellow cadets: wearing their black combat boots instead of Oxfords while also blousing the Blues slacks. I think they're issued barrets as well... These are USAF personnel, by the way.

Anyone in the USAF who was issued the black combat boots can wear them with their blues.  I do occasionally.

And yeah, it's PJs, SSTs, CCTs, SOWT, and SecFor that get issued berets (there might be a couple career fields I missed, but those are the guys I see wearing them most often).

If the other forces training was up to speed the para guys wouldn't be needed. They'd be able to rely on each other. 

I wouldn't say that necessarily.

[Colonol Dekker]

In the case of regular soldiers i agree. But special forces that aren't special are just forces.

[General Battuta]

I think they're issued barrets as well...

So .50 cal sniper rifles are part of their dress uniform?

[Thaeris]

Anyone in the USAF who was issued the black combat boots can wear them with their blues.  I do occasionally.

And yeah, it's PJs, SSTs, CCTs, SOWT, and SecFor that get issued berets (there might be a couple career fields I missed, but those are the guys I see wearing them most often).

Yes, I used to do that with my boots as when I was a freshman at Embry. I don't think I ever did that as a sophmore, though. Of course, you don't blouse the boots when wearing Blues...

I think they're issued barrets as well...

So .50 cal sniper rifles are part of their dress uniform?

Accursed spelling errors!

[General Battuta]

It was a great image.

[Dilmah G]

Drilling with a .50 cal would most definitely be a serious *****.

[Mongoose]

Drilling someone else with a .50 cal would probably be fantastic, though.

[General Battuta]

Drilling someone else with a .50 cal would probably be fantastic, though.

Half an inch wide ought to be enough to satisfy.

[Dilmah G]

...

[Thaeris]

Drilling someone else with a .50 cal would probably be fantastic, though.

Half an inch wide ought to be enough to satisfy.

I have discovered Battman's theme song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Y1mFTNU2c

[General Battuta]

Drilling someone else with a .50 cal would probably be fantastic, though.

Half an inch wide ought to be enough to satisfy.

I have discovered Battman's theme song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Y1mFTNU2c

pleasure