I don’t have any children yet, but when they are born, I want my sons to be prepared for war from birth. Special Operations is the way. But, which service is the best training for war and to be at the tip of the spear?
- Army Green Beret
- Navy SEAL
- USAF (CCT or PJ)
Please tell me the way so my future sons are well prepared. I am also thinking of BJJ and Muay Thai training from a young age. Then college at The Air Force Academy, USNA, The Citadel, or Westpoint. Surely they will be well prepared for war.
Put them on the swim team and cross country team at a young age.
This is good advice. I ran cross country in HS and for a semester in college and it taught me the value of hard work and pushing yourself. The military largely taught me how to swim and it is great training.
I would say swim is even more important than CC for Seals, but doing both is a good idea.
Football too. 90% of military brass played football at some point
SEAL training has produced the top notch soldiers that serves our country, nation. I live in SoCal, and see these folks do training on the weekends from time to time.
Swim team + CC would be a good start. Isaiah_53_5 💎🙌💎🙌💎 also add BJJ if you have time for them for this.
Good points. Yeah Jocko is big on BJJ training.
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Can't neglect the mental/psychological aspect of training. Good strategic thinking means fighting battles that you have high/decent likelihood of emerging from with victory and as limited damage as possible. Playing chess is excellent practice for thinking tactically.
I also think hunting/fishing is important for getting children comfortable around death. Death is an inevitable outcome and is not to be feared to the point of distraction. You don't want to raise psychopaths so, even though death is the end, the journey that is life should also be respected/revered. Exposure to art and music is valuable in this regard.
Education and history is how I want to prepare my kids for war as step one.
First thing you have to know is if you are in a war worth dieing for. You can only do that by knowing your history and the context. Don't want my kids to die for someone's defense contract and mansion outside of D.C.
There are wars where I want my kids to be the tip of the spear and there are wars where I want my kids to be considered cowards and enemies of the state.
I think the danger of raising your kids with the mindset of being a Navy Seal or Green Beret is that they end up dieing for some stupid shit.
The rich men north of Richmond have made themselves that way by burying a lot of sons and heroes. Won't be my son if I can teach him some sense.
Water Polo and Rugby players are the most tenacious athletes outside of combat sports.
I trained in Spec Ops with a water polo US Air Force Academy player and he was built, fit, and beat us all by minutes in the swim tests. Stud.
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There's a podcast I watch on youtube called "The Shawn Ryan Show", where he interviews mainly SOF guys (although he is diversifying now).
It's really interesting since the interviews go over the life of Navy Seals, Green Berets, Delta Force... from childhood to life after serving.
Check it out, you'll learn a lot about SOF backgrounds, how they got there and SOF life.
lol at being prepared for war. most vets are poor or injured and then live their lives on handouts after fighting pointless wars and end up hating investment bankers etc. who earn much more than them.
if srs, I will actually suggest looking at french foreign legion (5 years), or even going to Singapore or Korea and becoming a citizen there and have your sons serve national service (2 years). 2 years is a good term to get some army skills (i.e. weapon handling, grenades, rockets etc.), understanding military terms (HALO, Take point, Oscar Mike etc.) and regimentation/fitness.
I genuinely hope you're not larping if not your kids will hate you for it. I wouldn't mind training etc. but to go to special forces, get injuries on a stupid mission and then live on welfare the rest of my life, not the most ideal for most people.
This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Are you not a patriot of our beloved ‘Murica? USA has the greatest military in the world.
most powerful military, but also fighting the most pointless wars.
You should train for war, but never be in a stupid one. that's why trained fighters usually run away from fights and will only fight when necessary. so what if you're trained for war? what if it doesn't come? you'll be unprepared for an "economic war" where the rich and powerful with connections win and control you.
Also high chance if you get injured the army will throw you away faster than a used condom unless you've some badges or a purple heart or got a high rank (which still means you won't be on the ground doing actual ops or missions which is what OP was looking for)
Put them in wrestling at school. BJJ is also great if you can do both, but wrestling is way tougher training. Will build the physical and mental endurance needed.
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