Humm. Isn’t the point to not kill but to capture the spies, so you know how much other damage they have done?
Yup, the JTF2 get the harder job, hiding in the water. They get bumper stickers aftwards, Tougher than the SAS
Well in books of popular fiction, that course of action is taken when the spy has outlived his or her usefulness. Some fictional NATO person whose hands have been caught in the cookiejar was turned and feed info to whomever. Whomever has now rumbled to the fact that his or her source has been turned.
Depending on what the fictional Nato person was selling, its usually something heinous to rate a terminate with extreme predudice.
Declan
This sounds deeply bullshit, if only that there’s a long-known rule that the people who actually worked in Special Forces are the ones who never brag about it. This guy sounds like he’s making it up.
I smell a poseur.
Okay, I have some background and had the opportunity to speak at some length with a former member, although he was not an assaulter, he was “in the know” support staff.
He did say that all books on the subject (including the one in the OP) are about 25% accurate, the rest is utter BS. I am inclined to believe him.
This is a valuable point of hard-data, Poysyn, thanks for posting this. Did your acquaintance make any comments on any of the points I pulled out from the book in the OP?
Btw, not that it matters much, but after the general scepticism regarding the effect of the mysterious muscle building supplement, I went back to check if my recollection of the wight gain figures were correct. Turns out the claim is for 90lbs of muscle gain, but over 6 months, not 3 like I originally wrote. I suspect it doesn’t make that much of a difference, though…
Books like this are often written by the people on the fringes of the organization - the supply Sergeant who didn’t quite make the grade, or someone who was in the unit for a very short time and may not have ever even seen combat, who’s looking to embellish his reputation and make a few bucks. In some cases, it can even act as resume padding for higher paying jobs in the ‘security’ industry or as a military consultant. Someone close enough to be able to realistically describe the scenes, the jargon, the strategies, and the weapons, but is more of a ‘wannabe’ than the real deal.
It doesn’t make a difference, it’s still a ridiculous figure. The only people who can gain 90 pounds of muscle even with the most powerful anabolic steroids are professional bodybuilders who dedicate their entire day to weight training and elaborately-planned meals which are planned down to the very last calorie and carbohydrate. You cannot do this and be a special-forces soldier at the same time. And you sure as shit can’t do it in six months.
No problem.
I hate to use this, but the points specifically discussed were on a privileged platform, so I wouldn’t feel right posting them to a public board. Suffice it to say, the guy was not “showing off” it was an official briefing.
Nor can you do it with a pill. Most of the ‘good’ stuff, steroidally speaking, has to be taken by injection, or you kill your liver. Sure, there’s stuff like 'var that comes in pill form, but it is incredibly mild both in side effects and mass gains even with large doses. Guy is blowing smoke.