Non-SF qualified personnel within an SF Battalion/ Group will wear the maroon beret as it is the organizational headgear. You will typically see this in the Support Company or HHD, but a few non-SF positions exist down to the company level.
fishsmom said:holy cat poop..where DID you get that photo marauder.. the brat on the left is mine.. thats fish! all dressed up and ready to go to 'work'.
fishsmom said:holy cat poop..where DID you get that photo marauder.. the brat on the left is mine.. thats fish! all dressed up and ready to go to 'work'.
Are the SF support guys also trained in some way like SFers ? I mean CQB, small unit tact. trained like SF in weapons handling etc. ? Or are they just "shooters" like regular grunts when shit hits the fan ?
I served in a Special Forces Battalion Signal Detachment and in a Group HHC. I'd say Marauder06's description is essentially accurate, with one exception. SOT-As are supposed to be Ranger-qualified so they can keep up to some extent with the ODAs they support.fishsmom said:would you consider the commo guy 'suport'?
I know my brat trains pretty much the same as the guys in his unit.. they are tight, they have to be to do what they do.
In fact when he is not in the sandbox for summer camp, he is training most of the time. I do not ask what.. just take it at face value.
I don't ask too much. I work under the premise the less I know the more sleep I get. ;)
At company/ODB level, I think there are only two non-18 series positions, supply sergeant and NBC NCO, but I may be wrong. It's been a while since I looked at an SF battalion MTOE.Non-SF qualified personnel within an SF Battalion/ Group will wear the maroon beret as it is the organizational headgear. You will typically see this in the Support Company or HHD, but a few non-SF positions exist down to the company level.
My recollection is that it was somewhat "aspirational". IIRC, our Group's goal was to have at least one Ranger-qualified guy and at least one 98-qualified guy, and they didn't need to be the same guy.Zapp is correct about the SOTAs- they're all "V" coded.
Although I'll have to say I can't remember a single one of my SOTAs being tabbed.
My recollection is that it was somewhat "aspirational". IIRC, our Group's goal was to have at least one Ranger-qualified guy and at least one 98-qualified guy, and they didn't need to be the same guy.
...It's a problem that's going on with 7th right now, actually. Having problems fielding SOT-As because they don't have enough 98's...
and the 18's and other MOSs CANNOT perform the same function. They are not authorized to.
...*most* (not all) of the 18-series I've worked with just don't have the language ability to the SIGINT mission...