Topic: How Many Green Barets

Whispering Death · March 15th, 2006

Okay I get it now Rnder, it was a cute joke. I missed the 5,000 figure because I was thrown for a loop when you threw out that 300-400 thousand business.

But I'll explain it for you... when civilians like us talk about US Army Special Forces, people tend to think you're talking about USASOC as conventional logic would dictate that the rangers etc. are all "special forces" even though it is wrong. So while when two millitary guys talk amoungst eachother they know what's up, out here in the civilian world we use the term "green berets" so as not to confuse those that might not be so up on the knowledge. That and when you do try and tell people that it's "army special forces" they normally just think you're being a complete blowhard.

Oh yeah, and I got the 13,300 number for ACTIVE personel from globalsecurity.org but the even though they seem to think you're off by about 5,000 total it really doesn't much matter.

March 15th, 2006
Whispering Death Tribuni Angusticlavii Gear	Okay I get it now Rnder, it was a cute joke. I missed the 5,000 figure because I was thrown for a loop when you threw out that 300-400 thousand business. But I'll explain it for you... when civilians like us talk about US Army Special Forces, people tend to think you're talking about USASOC as conventional logic would dictate that the rangers etc. are all "special forces" even though it is wrong. So while when two millitary guys talk amoungst eachother they know what's up, out here in the civilian world we use the term "green berets" so as not to confuse those that might not be so up on the knowledge. That and when you do try and tell people that it's "army special forces" they normally just think you're being a complete blowhard. Oh yeah, and I got the 13,300 number for ACTIVE personel from globalsecurity.org but the even though they seem to think you're off by about 5,000 total it really doesn't much matter. Last edited by Whispering Death; March 15th, 2006 at 08:10.