The Army, hands down, has the absolute worst recruiting initiatives for our respective SOF forces when compared to the other branches. For us, its all about do you meet the minimum asvab scores, do you qualify for a secret clearance, and can you pass the airborne physical (pop your ears). We have not quality screening whatsoever. And as far as the contracts, its all about right place right time. "oh look there's option 40's on the system today". It's retarded. I have examined how the Air Force, Navy, and Marines all go about recruiting for there respective SOF forces, and they all have vastly superior TTP's compared to the Army.