Most common ways Special Forces Soldiers RUIN their own careers | Green Beret breakdown

Breaking down the most common ways guys ruin and destroy their careers in Special Forces.

If you’re struggling with substance abuse addiction, make sure you go find help before you ruin your own.

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[Wil-]

Cocaine, drinking and, adultery all fueled by stress of the job and ptsd ruined my career and marriage…… You are so right…. Just stay sober and humble.

[ShorePatrol]

Had a friend with SEAL TEAM 3 in the late 90’s and he got popped for pot on a random U/A. No probation, no sent back to the fleet for 18 months to reapply for Special Warfare. He got the Big Chicken Dinner, Bad Conduct Discharge. He was left to figure out what then after 12 years in the navy. He started professional skydiving as a videographer and skills instructor, still does it to this day in Texas.

[justindelaney]

When I was active duty. A PFC in my company. She said her Dad was SF and Delta Force. But she told me her Dad had to kick a guy off his team. Apparently he was telling classified Mission info to women in bars trying to impress them with "Rambo" type stories.

[crawdadandtheboilers]

I was at Bragg in the OTS (Out of Training Section, which is the unit you are put in if you are removed from SFQC and awaiting new orders) I get there one day and find out I've been selected to stand guard over a guy that popped hot for crack. I was told that, while awaiting transfer to a stockade, he escaped and was later found in Fayetteville trying to get more crack. I was one of three soldiers who was to be tasked with guarding him until he could be transferred to the stockade. While they were briefing me, in the other room, he picked his handcuffs and shimmied out the window. Easiest detail I was ever on.

[thewarbuggie]

0:52 --Oversimplified list.
1:41 --Substance abuse.
7:24 --Relationships.
11:51 --Work Performance

[saiyanninjawarriorz]

I hope this channel gets big, it's one of the most informative military themed channels on YouTube, thank you for sharing this information sir🙏🏾

[Bryan-jwyi]

I find Nate's insight into the Green Beret world extremely interesting... funny, too.

[prsee]

I appreciate you name dropping that POS who didn’t get punished for some serious unhinged lunatic crap, vs some dude who lost everything because he had his own pistol. The hypocrisy is staggering.

[alexanderjamieson]

I was a MP stationed in Okinawa from 2007-2010. Myself and five other MPs got attached to an ODA training PNP in Jolo in 2009. Living in a team house and seeing how an ODA works was enlightening. I was entering my 8th and final year in the Army in 2010 but part of me wished I would have stayed tried out SFAS. I still think I made the right choice getting out. That same year in 2010, three of my friends were killed in Afghanistan, and I met the woman who is now my wife. Okinawa is the Army's best kept secret for a duty station. Loved my time there.

[Askorti]

When you started talking about how rank influences the consequences of doing bad shit, I was hoping it was gonna go along the way of "the higher the rank, the worse the consequences", but deep down I knew it's gonna be the opposite. It sucked to be proven right.

[MarkMulligan-wjes]

I was a corporate fraud investigator for over decade and all of these reasons apply in the civilian world. One point about criminal charges. My company didn’t wait for convictions- if you got arrested you were gone the majority of the time. I’m surprised I didn’t see fraud or theft mentioned.

[Mosscatski]

I have never been in the military but found this both interesting, useful for life in general, and very well done. Great job!

[joeldelossantos]

Dude you’re grinding and crushing it!! God bless!

[prdubi]

I'm in a Corps of Engineers unit, and we had a some former SF team members who were assigned to us. In the end, it kinda worked out good. They were competent in the performances of their duties. On one particular deployment, they knew the PMCs and the local environment to the point where we werent stressed about security for where we were working.
Not name dropping but he was a great sheepdog and my company commander got a lot of positive comments about him.
So what if he was just a glorified security guy, he WAS GREAT on what he does.
My personal opinion is that I think he wasn't a very good team player when he was in whatever unit he was in but when he came to our engineering and construction unit, he was superb.

[steveshapland]

When I was in 10th SFG('69); getting a tattoo was an exit from SF. Your ability to go down range was compromised.
We were not subject to random drug tests at that time.

[OUTDOOR_SCALE_MODELS]

99 percent t of my problems in life went away when I quit drinking. The other 1 percent were problems that will always exist in life but doing the mental work and having healthy outlets are key.

[PaulysAuto]

Facts and it's difficult to understand, but life is not over! Sometimes we all reach a breaking point, but it is a great opportunity to learn from our mistakes, and make changes.

God bless this man for telling the truth and being an honest man.

[badxradxandy]

I was talking to an army recruiter and my first time visiting a base, the thing that stood out the most to me was the HUGE sign warning you not to get a DUI. "Hey what's that about" he definitely gave me a down played answer on how big of a problem it is.

[canuckflxnfly]

Coming from the aviation and more recently, oil & gas, it's the same. Drink, drugs, relationships. Thanks for all the vids, Nate. Your definitely crushing it 👍 Btw, you've got a great collection of shirts!

[gov]

It's so sad to see what you guys are going through. When I was in, my leadership was fantastic! We were never expected to pay the military back for the equipment we used, unless we lost it. Our retirees never had to pay insurance to ensure their retirement payments would come through. It was truly a fantastic time for me 😊1990 to 95