To
Be a U.S. Army Green Beret
Having commanded Special Forces
units, and experienced combat first hand, the author is
able to provide unique perspective into the personal and
professional characteristics of the men who make it though
the Special Forces Qualification program.
Reflected throughout this book are examples of
the relevancy of Special Forces training to the application
of skills required on actual Special Forces missions.
Learn about the thoughts and fears of students
as they progress through each phase of training.
It is a long haul, but the best will become
Special Forces, aka: U.S. Army Green Berets.
From the Back Cover
On any given day U.S. Army Green Berets are operating
as small teams in over a hundred foreign countries. They
are hunting terrorists, deterring drug smugglers, clearing
minefields, training foreign armies, developing resistence
fighters, providing medical treatment to local villagers,
and constructing bridges and buildings in remote communities.
Considering their few numbers and isolation from other
American military forces, they must be prepared to independently
handle any emergency, or any threat that might confront
them.
President John F. Kennedy called the green beret
of the Special Forces soldier "a symbol of excellence,
a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight
for freedom."
Retired Special Forces Colonel Gerry Schumacher
knows firsthand the focus and effort required to maintain
that excellence. The six-phase training program of the
Special Forces is longer, more academic, and more physically
demanding than any other special operations training -
and that's only the beginning. The Green Beret also looks
forward to foreign language courses, specialized underwater,
sniper, and advanced parachute training and learning arctic,
desert, and jungle survival and tactics.
It is this level of commitment that has earned
the Green Berets their reputation as "force multipliers."
Green Berets have successfully recruited, trained, and
guided thousands of otherwise defeated people to victory
over repressive regimes. They are De Oppresso Liber, Liberators
of the Opressed.
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