Is Army Special Forces Culture TOXIC? My experience as a Green Beret

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00:00 Intro
01:43 Fix your sleep
03:22 Chad Wright breaks down toxic culture
06:15 Personal story dealing with toxic culture
09:57 My overall experience in Special Forces

A break down of if Army Special Forces is as toxic as some of the other SOF organizations.

[ValhallaVFT]

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[MoshJunkie]

Any time you have a job that uses the terms "best" "special" "elite" etc etc. Youll have the attraction of people with huge egos (what job doesnt have ego filled people am i right). But just because you served or are serving doesn't make you an amazing human or a larger than life hero

[Paprikawastaken]

Damn, honestly the first time I've heard a story like this from SF. I left the Army in February this year as an 11b. My first deployment happened for me 2 months out of basic, I got picked up by my unit liaison, dropped my shit off in my barracks room and left for our trainup. A company worth of uplift orders were going to my battalion, and so we were watched and graded by 1st group. Long story short, after that deployment I was so motivated and ready to make the army a career and go to selection, but my career was dead stopped by dogshit leaders. Packets "lost", schools denied, cursed with CPL stripes so I could get jerked around as a joe but fucked as an NCO when needed. Even though our entire squad was recognized and sometimes tasked by brigade and division level leadership for our quality of work. It's all a political game to seemingly most officers, it's too bad they're playing god with the lives of good dudes.

[danielmcneely]

Brother, you nailed it. We had dickheads in 10th, but they’re rare. Did I get thrown under the bus by a CSM that took the word of some NG shit bags without asking me? Sure, but that’s one incident and I was retiring anyway.
I tell my civilian coworkers that SEALs are awesome-just ask ‘em. A SEAL will tell you he’s a SEAL within 15 seconds of meeting him. GBs will go lengths to avoid telling you they’re SF until it becomes socially awkward. What happens in the team room stays in the team room, and I think we’re better at that.

[seanmichaelkurtz]

I had a few toxic leaders in the Army. It's easy to play the blame game, but knowing how to stay professional working under leaders who probably shouldn't be leading is definitely a useful skill. There's always some who slip through the cracks, but you just have to remember what not to be, if nothing else when you get promoted.

[marks]

I see this with the Hunting community also. Extremely toxic community these days. Its always, well this guy hunts private land, has better access, more money or better gear etc etc...Maybe those communities have alot of similarities in the types it attracts, but it is so exhausting. I just enjoy hunting, I enjoy watching other peoples hunts and the toxicity isnt helping anyone. This isnt to say there isnt bad apples but man its exhausting. Anyway, love the vids!

[mikegarcia]

Former TACP here. Love you guys, loved working with you guys, it was all professional.

[matthewotis]

Its everywhere. Even fishermen are becoming insanely toxic. Its near everyone. Its good vs evil and good is losing.😢

[justinnguyen]

One thing I'm finally realizing is that the infantry is just a pack of high-schoolers in adult bodies. A lot of them never grew up and it definitely shows

[justinblower]

My ex-wife described teamroom culture as a group of white sharks swimming together in an aquarium. Everything is fine until someone starts to bleed, and then all hell breaks loose. I always thought that was a pretty decent description. That culture definitely breeds the habit of not being kind to your weaker members, and in SOF in general, if you are seen as having a weakness you will be attacked.

[stevengrumley-uoje]

Watching You, Glover, Stumph, Hafer etc. makes me still feel connected to The Community even after 34 years. Thanks Brother. Keep up The Great Work! 🇺🇸🙏

[ubcroel]

Hell, if it's toxic in the pogue MOSs I imagine it's much more amplified in combat arms and even more so in Specal Operations.

[NEVERGOON]

I can never understand why some people who claim to be the manliest of men complain and bltch and whine over stupid things that don’t matter. I see it every day in the fleet. Wish I could start my day at work without the latest drama fest each morning about he said she said bs

[chrisjcuby]

Congrats on the sponsorship. That shows serious growth. Keep it up!

[thePrussian]

I’ve experienced some very toxic NCOs both as a medic and as EOD. I was fortunate to have some good leaders looking out for me. However, ultimately I was forced out.

[michaelgreen]

I agree with you, it's not toxic. Here's my take...SF guys find fault in just about everything and are very critical about everyone, including themselves. It's the reason they're the best. They're A-types and ALWAYS want things to be better. If you gave a Green Beret $1 million in gold, they'd complain about the guy that gave it to them and say things like:
-He should've gave us stacks of $100 bills.
-They should've done an electronic transfer.
-What about a cashier's check?
-How about diamonds instead?
-etc...

SF guys complain about everything because they want to make things better. That's not toxic.

[ccodzkp]

Thank you for the video. This reminds me of the aviation industry. First day of tech school. we were told that AMEs (aircraft maintenance engineers) eat their young. It's true. I can't imagine what it's like in special forces. I really find this trend disturbing.

[MCFCTheMadHatter]

It’s amazing how good or terrible a boss can make your experience in any line of work.

[nasgonzo]

Your videos are the best Nate! Really appreciate your mentorship !

[jakeg]

My experience with getting hurt in the army I went from having a lot of respect from my superiors to a thorn in their side because I wasn’t 100% when they thought I should have been. Come to find out at my ETS physical, the ACL reconstruction I had failed, which was why I wasn’t back to duty in the time they thought I should have been which in turn led them to treating me like a shit bag. I went from passing pt with at least a 270, passing board, to shit bag in their eyes. The army wouldn’t let me have a second MRI bedore I ETS’d to see what was going on, I knew something was wrong, so I went to the guard, had a second surgery, and after a year of therapy I was cleared and went on to infantry school. The guard treated me better with joining the company, with the exception of one NCO prior to my second surgery, during recovery, and leading up to infantry school than inexperienced on active duty. Injuries always seem to take you from hero to zero.