Comments by "Andy Dee" (@AndyViant) on "US Marine reacts to Australian SASR in Afghanistan" video.

  1. You havent had a lot of exposure with SASR? If they're doing their job well, other than the odd mess hall meeting, you wouldn't even know they were there. Australia don't have the biggest armed forces in the world. What we do have, however, is some of the very best Special Forces in the world. We make up for what we don't have in numbers with quality. To try and explain it to someone outside our structure, the 2nd Commando would probably be the equivalent of the US Marines SOCOM. Similar to Delta Force, or 75th Rangers, but honestly probably a little bit higher, in that they're not an "elite infantry unit" but are not just a part of a specialised Special Operations Command, but the absolute spearhead of the Austalian Armed forces. When the 2nd Commando (itself an elite Special Operations unit) is calling in the SASR because THEY can't get the job done without huge casualties you know the odds are really bad or intel has GONE HORRIBLY WRONG. 10-1 odds for these guys are just a warm up. These guys are absolute machines.
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