Tier 1 Assets are the most prestigious jobs

If you become a Navy SEAL, you become a Tier 2 Asset for the DoD. To get to Tier 1 (Team 6), you have to successfully deploy 1-2 times and make it through additional training. CCT PJs and Delta have Tier 1 Assets as well.

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Hi I wanted to learn more about the above. 

Can you break down what exactly qualifies someone as a Tier 1 asset versus Tier 2? Is it the individual or the unit?

You mentioned SEALs become Tier 2 assets upon graduation — how does the transition to Tier 1 (e.g., DEVGRU) actually work in practice?

What does being a ‘Tier 1 asset’ mean operationally? Are their missions different, or is it about resources, training, and priority?
 

 

Can you break down what exactly qualifies someone as a Tier 1 asset versus Tier 2? Is it the individual or the unit?

Tier 1 Assets are individuals in Tier 1 groups Like SEAL Team 6 and CCT 24th Special Tactics Squadron. They are groups of Tier 1 assets. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

You mentioned SEALs become Tier 2 assets upon graduation — how does the transition to Tier 1 (e.g., DEVGRU) actually work in practice?

You typically have to be a "star" in deployments and there is a selection for those who want to "tryout" to be a Tier 1 asset. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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