Navy Seals vs Green Berets - Which Military Special Forces Unit Wins?

The Navy Seals and the Green Berets are two of the most highly trained and sophisticated soldiers the US military has to offer, but we're looking for the MOST ELITE military unit, and in today's comparison video we're going to find out who comes out on top, the Seals or the Berets!

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[DontFearTheWolf]

Navy seal trainer: I didn't see you at the camouflage training earlier?
Recruit: Thanks

[thedolphinhand]

A green beret, a PJ, and a SEAL walk into a SEAL writes a book about it

[cristianwaters]

Green berets (I trained with them, I was Airborne beret at Fort Bragg) are assigned for a long term assignments like creating governments and/or replacing them as advisors/snipers/etc. Navy seals are short term assigned to objectives.

[aidanmcwhirter]

SEAL’s conquer battlefields, Green Beret’s conquer nations.

[timmyztimmyz]

Everybody gangster till grass start speaking English

[benallyteamak]

Person: Should I be a navy seal or green beret?

Sam Fisher: Why not both.

[ftunder]

infographics guy: *trying to teach us something
guy with a mustache: BLAHBLAHBLAHblahBLAHblaHBLAH

[julietmike]

I've worked with both units. SEALs are definitely capable, but the Green Berets radiate intelligence. They just seem like a smarter unit.

[EverythingScience]

How do you know if a guy was in the Navy SEALs?

Don't worry, he'll tell you.

[cohenbennett]

When America is so powerful it starts challegning itself.

[flynnryder]

Nobody...


Delta Force picking up random best guys around the military.

[nickbryan]

A lot of difference between SEALs and SF, their mission sets are very different. SF primary role is integrating with and training up indigenous forces to fight alone, unafraid, and minimal support. So they have to be strong and highly competent fighters in order to teach, fight, survive, and be a force multiplier for the indigenous forces. During GWOT they have shifted the mission towards more of a direct action role. The typical Green Beret has 5-10 years experience in the Army, is likely Infantry/Armor/Combat Arms, but they do pull candidates from other Branches/MOS’s. They run them through a 3 week assessment/selection that weeds a high percentage out. Then over the next 8-20 months of training even more get weeded out.

SEALs have more of a direct action role and majority of their selectees are fresh recruits out of basic or in their first tour of enlistment in the Navy. Unlike the Army, there’s not much opportunity to get combat arm’s experience prior to showing up to BUDS.

[Mmora]

FYI: SEALs have a higher drop out rate in training because the candidates usually have not been in a real stressful environment (most have just gone through Navy basic) while most people who try out for Special Forces have been either rangers, airborne infantry or another advanced unit and they’re typically older and more mature

[PARR]

This is such a comical argument. These 2 units are entirely different in their task and purpose of why they even exist. Do they have overlapping capabilities?? Of course they do but US Army SF are a force multiplier and have a lot more mission capabilities. Direct Action is only one. Seals are predominantly a Direct Action Force and used like a scalpel taking out Teir 1&2 targets. SF are more about the long term stability in a region in which they operate. Neither is better than the other. They are different units for different purposes and both serve a very valuable role in the defense of the United States and her interests around the world.

[conormurnane]

Thank you for everybody in the comments who obviously served as both SEALS and SF operators for enlightening us no all your service

[LongRon]

SEALs and GBs have very different mission sets. SEALS are primarily used in a direct action capacity while GBs can conduct direct action missions but can also wage unconventional warfare campaigns to accomplish a mission. GBs can legally do things (like buy them weapons) with foreign forces that really no other unit can do. A better comparison would be SEALS and Rangers. They conduct missions more closely Related to one another

[ChaosMarzero]

me : to think that I've missed out the beauty of nature
the grass : ikr
me : *WAIT WHAT*

[louisvivas]

Navy seals: so have you read my book?
Green berets: don’t brag about it

[chrisbingham]

We had SEALs come on our submarine and tell us they don’t know how we do our job and stay so resolute. We were a little taken aback by that. Everyone has a different challenge. Everyone sees the world a different way.

[metalman]

Neither "win" over each other lol. They're both some of the most highly trained and intelligent soldiers our military has. They have vastly different missions though. Navy seals do the SWAT style raids and that type of deal. Green berets are more big picture guys training resistance groups to fight for them and that sort of thing. Their missions are much more long term.